WAJ3102 PPG IPGKS

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Confirmation on UAK WAJ3102

To all PPG students,

Ujuan Akhir Kursus (UAK) for WAJ3102 will be as follows:

Date : 9th of October 2011
Time : 11 a.m.
Venue : Dewan Muhibbah, IPGKS

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Please be informed that UAK will NOT be carried out on 24th of September 2011 due to technical problems with the timetable. I will update on the new date for the UAK. I heard it will be carried out during the last interaction.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Information on Submission of Kerja Kursus Pendek

To all my students WAJ3102,

You can submit all your WAJ3102 Kerja Kursus Pendek to me. Those who have submitted their draft and have not received any reply from me, you can just print out the draft and attach it together in your portfolio. Don't worry too much whether the drafts have been checked or not.

ALL THE BEST in your future Ujian Akhir Kursus (UAK)

P/s: keep on visiting this blog for tips before the exam.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Hello again...

Nice to meet all of you again. It has been some times I have not shared any information in my blog. I was down with chicken pox and still in the process of recuperating. Hopefully, all of you are busy preparing for the UAK.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Revision: Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences

SIMPLE SENTENCE
A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences, subjects are in yellow, and verbs are in green.

A. Some students like to study in the mornings.
B. Razak and Ramli play football every afternoon.
C. Raju goes to the library and studies every day.

COMPOUND SENTENCE
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma. In the following compound sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the coordinators and the commas that precede them are in red.

A. I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.
B. Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
C. Alejandro played football, for Maria went shopping.

COMPLEX SENTENCE
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red.

A. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.
B. The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.
C. The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.
D. After they finished studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies.
E. Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.

Source: http://www.eslbee.com/

Revision: Informal letter - festivals

Let's practice writing letter.

Write a letter to your friend in Australia describing the festivals that you celebrate in Malaysia.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Preparing for Exams

This is a good tips before your exam

Source: Counselling Services
Needles Hall Room 2080
University of Waterloo

Students know that they need to study and that they should probably start well in advance of the exam but because high school may not have demanded much in the way of studying, students find they really don't know how to study efficiently.

TRY	Not cramming! (But see cramming for exceptions) .
WHY?	Because short-term memory doesn't have enough space for all you need to know. Also, cramming stupefies long-term memory (where well-learned material lives), and it can set you up for panic and "blanking."

TRY

Starting well in advance, breaking your studying into chunks and reviewing often.

HOW?

A week or more before the exam, do an initial overview (a 2-4hr quick review of the material); this will help to motivate you and to determine the structure of the course, where your difficult material is and the volume to be covered.
Develop and follow a plan for getting yourself through this volume of material, starting (if possible) with your most difficult material.
At the beginning of each study period, do a 10 minute review of the previous period's material.

TRY	Studying "from the top down."
WHY?	Because it is easier to understand and retain material that is well-organized. Therefore, start with a good grasp of the course's main ideas, then follow with the sub-topics and supporting details.

TRY	Studying by jogging your memory.
WHY?	Because real understanding comes not when we stuff information in but when we draw it out. Exams require this same drawing out of information so this should be the focus of studying: answering questions, solving problems, writing essays, defining, explaining and applying terms, and working through past exams.

TRY	Taking in no new material the night before an exam.
WHY?	Because you want to build confidence by reinforcing what you know rather than running the risk of scaring yourself by discovering something you don't know. Also, you want to avoid the temptation to cram.