Students put their act together for concert
KUCHING: Fifty students from ELS English Language Tuition Centre burst onto centre stage in a medley of songs, choral speaking, dance and drama at MBKS auditorium on Friday night.
According to ELS principal and director Rebecca Lee, the students were given two weeks to memorise their lines, rehearse, and perfect their dance and choreography for the ELS Holiday Programme Concert 2016.
“This concert is where students put into practice what they have learnt during the two weeks of holiday camp from Dec 1 to 16,” Lee told thesundaypost.
The concert was used as a medium for teachers to gauge their students’ grasp of the English language through singing and reciting their lines.
Besides expressing themselves in the English language, students ventured into the performing arts to build up their confidence.
“Language and art are closely related with language evoking emotions through drama, song and dance,” Lee said.
ELS English Language Tuition Centre has conducted various other programmes for students throughout 2016, among them the spelling bee, public speaking, story telling, singing, Commonwealth Story Writing Competition and sitting for the Cambridge exams.
This year the centre has conducted three camps: Explorer’s Camp, Maths and Science Camp and Holiday Camp to wrap up the year.
Regular excursions were held to bring students on visits to Sarawak Cultural Village, Camp Mike, Jong’s Crocodile Farm, VH Nature Park and the city itself.