The ‘hip’ way of learning English

Getting hands-on: Teachers from a group presenting their poster during the Star-NiE session. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN / TheStar

FOR about 30 minutes, the “students” huddled together in groups, poring over the materials on their desks while working to design a poster based on a theme.

The materials in this English language lesson were not the usual textbooks and workbooks used in schools.