Assalam and Hello Again ,
I was doing my translation job just now, when suddenly I was thinking of taking a break for a while... just to fulfill my temptation to write. Oh... I don't know why ? I'm crazy of writing ! I like writing too much as much as I like eating my favourite food ! I feel extremely at ease everytime I could my express my ideas and my feelings through writing...
Throughout my teaching career ,'writing class' or 'writing activity' is the most unpopular and the most rejected by most of my students. They rather do any other odd activity as long as not writing ! For them writing is very hard for not having good mastery of English vocabularies , not having sufficient knowledge to write good content and mastery of grammatical skills are also bad !
For me, those reasons are most likely to be very true as writing really requires good mastery of all English skills , but partly is not true. It doesn't mean that writing could not be done by not proficient in all the skills. Everything is possible to be done by making it as a habit. Writing habit could be developed from young . Parents for instance can encourage their young children of age 4 or 5 years to write a simple birthday greetings like ' Happy Birthday' , ' I love You ' , " My Gift For You ", etc just to teach them to express feelings and ideas through writing. Bit by bit, the habit of writing will be developed slowly and the child is used to express ideas and feelings through writing.
The same thing goes to adult learners , expressing ideas through writing will be much easier if the habit of expressing whatever you feel , you do , you experience daily is consistently practised . This can be done by recording or reporting your daily experience in a journal or personal diary. This job is much easier at these days with the assistance of sophisticated handphones , computers and many other advance gadjets . Pens and paper are no longer needed, just write everything by using any of the gadjets. Very fast and easy !
By continuously doing this, later you will find expressing ideas through writing is much easier . Just as what I'm doing now. I don't write serious matters like politics, economy or religious ! I just write about my experience and my feeling... You too can write like me... Have a try !
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Monday 17 December 2012
FOBIA BAHASA INGGERIS ? KETAHUI CARA SAYA MELAKUKANNYA...
Salam and Good Day to all ,
Today is 17th December, 2012 which means there are only about 2 weeks left for the new year of 2013 will emerge. The same as other years, 2012 also will leave all of us with abundance of sweet and sour memories which will remain in our heart forever...
As for English language aspect, I could see lots of books and tips written throughout the year emphasising on ways and techniques to improve English. Many useful tips recommended such as reading English newspapers, reading English story books, list down new words every day , writing a journal or a personal diary in English , listen to English songs , watch English movies , practice spoken English daily and many other good tips.
It is undeniable that these techniques are very practical and fundamental to be done for English proficiency to be improved. In fact, every English learner must consistently and continuously practise these techniques or at least any one or two of the techniques in order to master the language. Remember, no easy way to get success !
For me, having strong determination and motivation to learn is as important as knowing the techniques to learn, or in some cases high motivation to do is much much more vital. Everything will turn into ashes if you know deeply the techniques but having no desire,no spirit, no inspiration and most importantly no willingness to do !
The question is how to be motivated ? How to be determined and how to get inspired ? Many believe that strong motivation from inside would not easily derived unless the reasons for doing it are very close to our heart, life and family. So, how to correlate between English and our life or family. Is it very hard ? I guess it is not that hard because this was done by me throughout the long years when I had to struggle to improve my English.
Lots of my students were in disbelief when I said I was so poor in English during my school days. I was in the second last class for 3 consecutive years until I left the school. My English grade was also not excellent until I went to university, my English was still poor. So, how do I manage to get through with English untill I can speak quite well , write good English and mostly rewarding is teach English !!! It's unbelievable but true..
As I said earlier, every impossible thing in life can be done/achieved by having strong motivation , high determination and strong desire. This is the secret of my success. Eventhough I am not as success as the others for just being an English educator, my battle to improve my English is a big success for me !
Note : Dear Readers, My book on " Fobia Bahasa Inggeris ? Ketahui cara saya melakukannya " is in process to be published . This is a book about my battle and hardship and also the sweet and sour moments in my journey to learn and improve English. This book can be read by everyone as a source of inspirational and motivational in improving English. Insya Allah.
Today is 17th December, 2012 which means there are only about 2 weeks left for the new year of 2013 will emerge. The same as other years, 2012 also will leave all of us with abundance of sweet and sour memories which will remain in our heart forever...
As for English language aspect, I could see lots of books and tips written throughout the year emphasising on ways and techniques to improve English. Many useful tips recommended such as reading English newspapers, reading English story books, list down new words every day , writing a journal or a personal diary in English , listen to English songs , watch English movies , practice spoken English daily and many other good tips.
It is undeniable that these techniques are very practical and fundamental to be done for English proficiency to be improved. In fact, every English learner must consistently and continuously practise these techniques or at least any one or two of the techniques in order to master the language. Remember, no easy way to get success !
For me, having strong determination and motivation to learn is as important as knowing the techniques to learn, or in some cases high motivation to do is much much more vital. Everything will turn into ashes if you know deeply the techniques but having no desire,no spirit, no inspiration and most importantly no willingness to do !
The question is how to be motivated ? How to be determined and how to get inspired ? Many believe that strong motivation from inside would not easily derived unless the reasons for doing it are very close to our heart, life and family. So, how to correlate between English and our life or family. Is it very hard ? I guess it is not that hard because this was done by me throughout the long years when I had to struggle to improve my English.
Lots of my students were in disbelief when I said I was so poor in English during my school days. I was in the second last class for 3 consecutive years until I left the school. My English grade was also not excellent until I went to university, my English was still poor. So, how do I manage to get through with English untill I can speak quite well , write good English and mostly rewarding is teach English !!! It's unbelievable but true..
As I said earlier, every impossible thing in life can be done/achieved by having strong motivation , high determination and strong desire. This is the secret of my success. Eventhough I am not as success as the others for just being an English educator, my battle to improve my English is a big success for me !
Note : Dear Readers, My book on " Fobia Bahasa Inggeris ? Ketahui cara saya melakukannya " is in process to be published . This is a book about my battle and hardship and also the sweet and sour moments in my journey to learn and improve English. This book can be read by everyone as a source of inspirational and motivational in improving English. Insya Allah.
Thursday 13 December 2012
Don't Say, " Horn That Car Loudly ! "
Hello readers ! Here I am again, trying my best to spend some time to share something beneficial to everyone.
Yesterday, everybody was excited with the beautiful and memorable date ever existed in history which was 12.12.12 !!! Ya....very beautiful number and hardly forgotten. Congrats to those of you who can keep the best memories in life by getting married , celebrating birthdays , having newborn babies and other important matters on this historical date ! Surely it is the best memories ever...
What I'm going to discuss here has no connection at all with numbers or dates but it is about the way Malaysians practise spoken English. Malaysians have their own brand of English which is quite distinct from that spoken by the native speakers in Britain. There is a tendency by local speakers to reduce the number of syllables in certain words. Thus Malaysian speakers have contracted "spectacles" to "specs", "darling" to "dar" and many others.
Other than that, Malaysians also keen to use the word "horn" as a verb. Whereas standard English uses "horn" only as a noun. Therefore, local speakers may use a sentence like this : " The man horned loudly" , but the standard use is " The man sounded his horn loudly ". In standard English, horn is a noun, not a verb. Same goes to the words 'trumpet' and 'drum'. These words can never be used as verbs in standard English ! However, local users usually use them as verbs. For example in this sentence : "She is always trumpeting the cleverness of her daughter"., " Michael drummed on the table with his fingers".
Below are other examples of local expressions and words which are not standard English :
Chop
Local use : Chop this form, please.
Standard English : Please stamp this form.
On/Off
Local use : Please off the lights when you leave the room.
Standard English : Please switch off the lights when you leave the room.
(In standard English, on and off are not verbs)
Cut
Local use : We cannot cut buses on this busy road.
Standard English : We cannot pass /overtake buses on this busy road.
Open
Local use : Open the lights. Open the screw.
Standard English : Switch on the lights. Loosen the screw.
Follow
Local use : I will follow you to the party.
Standard English : I will go with you to the party.
(In standard English, follow means "to go behind" )
That's all for now ...! Let's try our best to use standard English and reduce oddities in our spoken English.
Yesterday, everybody was excited with the beautiful and memorable date ever existed in history which was 12.12.12 !!! Ya....very beautiful number and hardly forgotten. Congrats to those of you who can keep the best memories in life by getting married , celebrating birthdays , having newborn babies and other important matters on this historical date ! Surely it is the best memories ever...
What I'm going to discuss here has no connection at all with numbers or dates but it is about the way Malaysians practise spoken English. Malaysians have their own brand of English which is quite distinct from that spoken by the native speakers in Britain. There is a tendency by local speakers to reduce the number of syllables in certain words. Thus Malaysian speakers have contracted "spectacles" to "specs", "darling" to "dar" and many others.
Other than that, Malaysians also keen to use the word "horn" as a verb. Whereas standard English uses "horn" only as a noun. Therefore, local speakers may use a sentence like this : " The man horned loudly" , but the standard use is " The man sounded his horn loudly ". In standard English, horn is a noun, not a verb. Same goes to the words 'trumpet' and 'drum'. These words can never be used as verbs in standard English ! However, local users usually use them as verbs. For example in this sentence : "She is always trumpeting the cleverness of her daughter"., " Michael drummed on the table with his fingers".
Below are other examples of local expressions and words which are not standard English :
Chop
Local use : Chop this form, please.
Standard English : Please stamp this form.
On/Off
Local use : Please off the lights when you leave the room.
Standard English : Please switch off the lights when you leave the room.
(In standard English, on and off are not verbs)
Cut
Local use : We cannot cut buses on this busy road.
Standard English : We cannot pass /overtake buses on this busy road.
Open
Local use : Open the lights. Open the screw.
Standard English : Switch on the lights. Loosen the screw.
Follow
Local use : I will follow you to the party.
Standard English : I will go with you to the party.
(In standard English, follow means "to go behind" )
That's all for now ...! Let's try our best to use standard English and reduce oddities in our spoken English.
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