ACTIVITY 4

ACTIVITY 4: AN INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE

The background information that I interview is a below

Name: Cyprian Realdo Bala Anak Jacky

Gender: Male

Age: 9 years old

School: Sekolah Kebangsaan Methodist Kapit

QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT BEING YOUR AGE?

ANSWER: Like to watch adventure story. Also, for leisure time he always do the homework that teacher given.

2. DESCRIBE THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU?

ANSWER: He always help his friends to read at school which is Bahasa Melayu subjects. Then, at home, he like to play bikes in the yard with his friends.

3. WHEN YOU GET ANGRY, WHAT DO YOU DO?

ANSWER: He will keep silent and likes to be alone.

4.WHAT AGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AND WHY?

ANSWER: He wants to be a firefighter. The main factor he want to be a firefighter because he not afraid of animals.

MY REFLECTION

My reflection is he can response me very well and can answer my question in quite polite and good. When I ask the question, sometime he cannot understand what I mean. So, I need to explain to him again based on the question and give the example of answer. With repeat the question he can answer the question with curious.

 During this session interview, some answer that make me surprise when I ask the question. For example, when I ask him what the thing or action he will do when getting angry. He answer is he will keep silent and likes to be alone. I’m getting surprise because I’m thought that him to answer he will possibly do things beyond our expectation and talk a lot with their parents. But I’m wrong. Next, I’m surprised when him ask he free well to teach his friends to read at school such as Bahasa Malaysia subject. So that, we can see here the children in middle childhood are capable of paying attention to more than one thing at a time and become capable of thinking much more quickly when us ask him the question. The actual responses compare with my predictions have a little bit different. Although, they become increasingly skill and develop critical areas of their brains as kids learn more. Also, parents and teachers can foster this cognitive growth by providing ample opportunities for learning between the ages of  6 to 11 years old.