Farewell

For this last entry, I just want to thank to Miss Zur for all the lessons that she had taught me for this semester. I will try my best to improve my English language especially. Miss Zur had taught me a lot and I can use all the information and skills in my life to be a successful person. Hopefully, I can get A for Bel 260 in this semester. 

Miss Zur is a creative lecturer that knows how to attract students to love this subject. She can know how to communicate to her students in a proper way. She also had a lot of idea to make her lecture time will be more interesting so that her students will never feel sleepy. I think she can continue her style with her new students next semester. She always said "bla bla bla bla", "terenjat gegirl", "bizzare" and many more haha. That shows that she is a funny person. 

I think that's all for this last post in this blog, I hope that Miss Zur will never forget me. Till we meet again ;)

( Me and Miss Zur )

Sincerely,

Nur Farhah bt Ahmad

Last Class

22nd March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today is the last class for Bel 260 in this sem :( For today, Miss Zur had discussed past sem question with us. After we finished discuss all the question, suddenly Miss Zur makes a suprised! She bring a lot of snacks for us. At the end of the class, we, JCS1132C's students together with Miss Zur had a farewell party. We takes a lot of pictures together. Hopefully, Miss Zur will never forget about us after this. 

The JCS1132C's students with Miss Zur <3

The JCS1132C's Boys with Miss Zur and also Aizureen

That's all for this post :')

Author's purpose and tone

19th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Continue from previous class, Today, Miss Zur teach us about tone that the writer’s use of words and writing styles to demonstrate his or her stand towards the issue. There are a few example of tone such us indignant, evasive, incredulous, optimistic, pessimistic, mocking, malicious, compassionate, cynical and bitter. That’s from me for today. This will be use in reading an comprehension part in Final Exam later. After that, Miss Zur gives us a little bit of exercises that we need to do in a group. My group consist of Me, Aisyah and Aizureen.

(Aisyah)

(Aizureen)

That's all from me ;)

Result

18th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today's class Miss Zur gives back our midsem paper and listening test paper. Gratefully that my marks is not that bad like previous sem. hee :D She also taught us about author's purpose and tone. There are many purposes for an author’s writing such as they want to inform, to perform a task, to sell, to inspire, to correct a misunderstanding, to show differing point of view, to review a film and last but not least to review a book. There are important reasons for author’s to write which are to entertain (tells a story that describes something or someone in an interesting way), to instruct (explain or teach something in the story that the reader does not know, the author provide knowledge to the reader), to persuade (tries to change our opinion on a topic by appealing to our emotions) and to describe (to support other purposes in writing. They use it to create a character, set a mood or envision a scene). By knowing the author purpose, you will prepare your mind for the type of information in the reading; make the article easier to summarize and to make it easier for you to discriminate between the article’s main idea and important details. Then, we do some activities.

That's all :3

Grammarrrr

15th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For today's class we were back to grammar presentation again. Group that will be present are Syahira's group and Adli's group.

Syahira's group present about Simple Future Tense and Future Continuous Tense. After finish present, they had prepared a game for us. Even the game was simple but it was an interesting game. We must form 2 circles to play the game. The game was same like a musical chair, but for this game they will play a song and after the song stop, one person will be chosen to answer the question on the notepad. The two groups got the same mark, and then Syahira ask for a representative for each group to write a sentence about what they have presented. 

On the other hand, Adli's group present about Present Continuous Tense and Past Continuous Tense. This group had not prepared any game or questions because they had enough time. 

That's all ;D

Argumentative Essay

13th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today class is the replacement class for Friday last week class. For today class, Miss Zur had taught us about an argumentative essay. To write an introduction for argumentative essay, you must introduce the topic with general statement, state why it is important, state there is a difference of opinion about this topic and the thesis statement must state what your claim is and can include the “parts” of the argument you are going to state. The body paragraph was the same as the previous essay, but for the conclusion we must do the refutation and restate the main claim, present one or two general sentences, and provide a general warning of the consequences.

That's all from me :D

Drawing a conclusion

12th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today Miss Zur teach us about how to draw a conclusion. As usual, she shows us two video clips which are Bad Day song and Gollumn's part from The Lord Of The Ring movie. Based on that video clip we need to draw a conclusion and of course in a group :) My group members are Me, Aizureen and Aisyah.

( Bad Day song ) 

( Gollumn's part )

That's all :]

Essay format

11th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For today's class, we need to present our drug abuse essay that we had done it in a group last week. Seriously I feel very scared because Miss Zur's mood currently not okay. When my group's turn, thank god her mood a little bit okay than before. Fiuhhhh! As her taught us before, a good essay should have all this things :

INTRODUCTION

1. The Hook

2. Transition

3. Thesis Statement

BODY PARAGRAPH

1. Main point ( controlling idea )

2. Supporting details ( at least 3 )

3. Example ( at least 4 )

4. Concluding sentence ( restate back the controlling idea )

CONCLUSION

1. Restate back the thesis statement (factors, reasons, causes, effects and etc )

2. Transition signal

3. Recommendation / suggestions

(example of essay)

That's all for the format of an essay ;3

Essay

5th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we had watched another video clip that tell us about drug abuse. From that video clip, Miss Zur wants us to do an essay in a group. This time my group members are Me, Fatin Najihah, Atiqah, Rahman and Haziq Amir. We need to choose which paragraph that we want to do. As for me, I choose the introduction. After we finished, we need to combine the paragraph to become a complete essay. Hope I can do the introduction brilliantly :p

That's all for this entry. ;)

Inference and Prediction

4th March 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For today's lesson is making inference and prediction. As usual, Miss Zur will teach us first and then of course we will do some activities. My group members is Me, Aizureen, Aiman and Fidaiy. For this activities, Miss Zur gives two video clip which are Grenade-Bruno Mars and A walk to remember movie. Based on that two video clip, all groups need to discuss and make the inference and prediction. This is the example that my group had done and its kinda funny haha.

For your information, inference is what we can conclude for what we had been watched or read. On the other hand, prediction is when we need to predict what will be happen. It maybe from our experiences or we know by watching from the others.

That's all :D

Speaking test

27th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For tonight, my group is one of the group that need to do the REAL SPEAKING TEST. Like I said before, I am the Candidate A, Faseha is a Candidate B and Haziq Amir is a Candidate C. Seriously, I feel very nervous before and of course after I entered the class. huhu. After we recite some 'doa', Miss Zur started the test. Thank god my group get the moderate set of question. For me, it is not too easy and too hard. The question ask about "Healthy Diet". We had a discussion about 10minutes and we give a lot of examples haha. And for the first time, my group had talk for non-stop! :D After finish the test, Miss Zur told us that our group is the best group for that night. Alhamdulillah hee.

That's all yaw :3

Listening test

26th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Finally, today, we need to do the REAL LISTENING TEST -.- Honestly, the questions a little bit trickier. arghhh. But, i can answer it, alhamdulillah :) After we had done the listening test, again Miss Zur wants us to do practice again about speaking. For today, Aizureen's group had been chosen to do practice in front of us. Miss Zur also teach us how to interrupt in polite way during the speaking test.

That's all from me ;)

Practice makes perfect

25th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Hello, for today's class we have made a practice for both test which are listening and speaking. For the first 45 minutes, Miss Zur gives us a practice about listening test. Then, she wants us to do some practice about speaking. She asks Aiman's group to do the practice in front of our class. She tells us not to repeat the same mistakes during the real test. Hopefully everything will be fine.

That's all :)

Practice for speaking test

22nd February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For today class which is in Friday, we don't have grammar presentation but we had learnt about speaking test. Miss Zur divides us into several groups. My group member is Me, Faseha and Haziq Amir. For this sem speaking test, we had two part which are Part A and Part B. For Part A, we need to talk about point for two minutes without stop and no one can interrupt. After that, for Part B, we need to discuss about our previous point and can add up some point. We also can interrupt while other candidates talk. For the real speaking test, I will be the Candidate A, Faseha is Candidate B and Haziq Amir is Candidate C. The real test will be held on Wednesday night. Good luck for us hee.

That's all for this post :3

Practice for listening test

18th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

A week after Chinese New Year break, today, we had a practice for listening test. Same like last sem, we need to hear a voice from the audio that talks about the text. We had to identify which are the answer for the question that had been given to us. We must listen very carefully so that we didn't get the wrong information. Its a little bit hard if we can't understand about the text. but as we know, it is just a practice. We had time to understand and do more practice so that we can get better result for the listening test. 

That's all ;)

Midterm Exam

8th February 2013…

Assalamualaikum.

As we all had been waiting for a long time, today, midterm exam for Bel 260 has arrived haha. We need to do the comprehension and non-linear text. I used all the information that Miss Zur had taught me before this. I hope I can get a better result for this midterm exam.

Then, we had a midterm break for Chinese New Year. HAPPY HOLIDAY PEEPS! 

That's all :)

Reading quiz

5th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we get the result on writing quiz that we had done yesterday. My group only get 5.5 over 10. Its a little bit lower, I know huhu -.-'' After we get the quiz paper back, Miss Zur wants us to photocopy it and gives to the rest of the group members. Next, we have a reading quiz. We had been given two past year question to do. On this quiz we must do it by ourselves.

That’s all from me ;)

Writing quiz

4th February 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we have writing quiz. Before we start the quiz, Miss Zur had divide us into five groups and each group have five members. My group members are Aiman, Me, Seha, Nad and Hasyimah. Then, she gave the question so we can discuss first before we decide which part that we want to write. I need to write about the key features number three. When we are writing the essay, we cannot discuss anymore about the answer. We have to wait for our turn to answer it.Then, the next person needs to continue to write the essay. Miss Zur had gives us time to finish it.

That's all :D

SPSs

1st February 2013;

Assamualaikum.

Today is a grammar day, the group that will be present for today is Hashima's and Atika's group. They present about simple present tense and simple past tense. Simple present tense is used when something is generally true; for a situation that we think is more or less permanent; for habits or things that we do regularly; the simple present tense talk about what happens in books, plays or films; in the first and the zero conditional; to talk about the future, when you are discussing; talk about the future, after word like “when, after, until, before, as soon as”; with some special verbs which we do not use in continuous tense. `Be’ verb does not combine with verb.  

That’s all from me ;)

Non-linear text task

29th January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we all must present about the task which is non-linear text that Miss Zur had gave us the other day. All groups had done their own mistakes so we have to correct the mistakes that we had done. After that, Miss Zur ask us to gives the slide to the other groups, so they can make it as an example of how to write the non-linear text. My group needs to correct the assumption of key fixtures one, two and three. After finished do the correction, we need to give the soft copy to Syazz so she can print it out and give it to us.  

That’s all from me :3

Introduction

22nd January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we all need to watch a movie which is Taken 1 that we can learn about human trafficking. We had watched the movie from the start until the end of the movie. In the movie we can see how they track a girl and make them to be a prostitute and sell them. The girl that becomes a prostitute had been given drugs. Based on the movie, Miss Zur gives us a task. The task is we have to write an introduction based on the movie. 

That’s all from me for today.

Grammar again

21st January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today Miss Zu had taught about non-linear text again. Miss Zu had given a task that we need to present it next week on Tuesday. Today's night, we had a replacement class. For tonight, we have presentation about grammar. The group that present is Farah and Asmidah, and the other group is Fatin Izzati and Amirah. Farah and Asmidah present about present continuous and past continuous tense. 

The using of present continuous tense are to show an action being done at the moment; to show the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; to show a future action; and to show an action that is repeated many times (always, constantly, frequently). The using of past continuous tense are used when two action occurred at the same time, but one action began earlier and was in progress when the other action occurred; to mention something that happen at particular time or over period of time; and when one action happens followed by another action in the past. 

Fatin Izzati and Amirah present about present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Present perfect tense is used to express past action with no specific time indicated. Rule number one an action which took place in the past, the time of the action is unknown; an action which started in the past but it effect has continued until the present and will probably continue into the future; and repeated actions in the past. Rule number two are the affirmative; the negative; and the interrogative. Rule number three is time expressions (since, for, yet, recently/lately, already, just, until, now/up to now/so far, ever, etc.). Past perfect tense is used to describe an action which took place before another action in the past. Rule number one are two actions that happened in the past, the verb of the earlier action is in the past perfect, while the verb of the later action is in the simple past; an action that happened before a particular time in the past. Rule number two are the affirmative; the negative; and the interrogative. Rule number three is time expressions (before, after, as soon as, when, until and by the time). 

Actually, I didn't come to both class for today because I need to go to Johor Bahru hee. That’s all.

SVA and Determiners

18th January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Like usual Friday is a grammar day. Today the group that will be present is Saifudin's and Fidaiy's group. They had to present about Subject Verb Agreement and Determiners. 

Determiner is used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or something of a particular type. Personal pronouns such as I, you, he and etc. and possessive cannot be determiners. 

Subject verb agreement must agree with one another in number (singular or plural). If the subject is singular the verb must be singular. 

That’s all :)

Fact and Opinion & So You Think You Can Act And Sing

14th January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

Today we all learned about facts and opinions. Fact is objective information that can be checked or proved to be true. Fact also is information that does not change. Fact is not a statement about the future. There are a few clues that we can use to identify facts which are:

• the use of dates and year
• the use of statistics or figured or precise numbers or quantities
• the use of definitions
• when starting a geographical or scientific fact. 

Opinion is a statement that cannot be proved to be true or false. An opinion also one’s personal belief, idea, or feeling about a subject. Opinion can be a statement about the future. There are also have a few clue to identify opinion which are :

• the use of adjectives which show your point of view or emotions
• the use of comparison words which show a comparison between two or more things
• the use of other words which show frequency, possibility, advisability and necessity
• the use of phrase which show a belief, a suggestion, a feeling, or an opinion. 

After Miss Zur has explained about the facts and opinions, she wants us to form a group. My group members are Aiman, Syazz, Seha, Fatin Izzati and also me. She gave us one product which is coconut milk and she wants us to promote about that product. We all must talk about a product and talk about the fact and opinion about the product. Then, the rest of the group will guess how many fact and opinion that the group has present. 

That’s all for today :)



15th January 2013;

Assalamualaikum.

For today class, Miss Zur wants to do some activity which is 'So You Think You Can Act And Sing' -.- Okay, seriously I feel shy to get involve with this activity huhu but I have no choice. As always, Miss Zur divides us into groups. My group members is Me, Haziqs ( Amir and Fidaiy), Shindah, Hasyimah and last but not least Fatin Izzati. We get a topic about 'The Big Clean Up'. After we all had discussed and prepared some lyrics, then we act and sing infront of our class members. arghhhhh! haha. --'' Actually, this activity is good for us because it can help us to be more confident to talk in English infront of other people. Thanks Miss Zur.

Our topic.

My group members

I think that's all for this activity. ;3