Tuesday, 18^th December 2012…

Today we all study about reading comprehension. In this section you must know the technique you will choose depend on the purpose of reading. First, you must know how to skimming. Skimming is the process of quickly identify the main ideas. There are a few tips for better skimming, which is read the document or report quickly, noting only the main point; read the first and the last paragraphs using headings, summaries and other organisers as they move down the page; read the headings, sub-headings and illustrations; when seeking a specific information, consider reading the first sentence of each paragraph; and last but not least take note of any italicised or boldfaces word or phrases. Skimming works well for finding dates as well as names of people and places. It is also useful for reviewing graphs, tables and charts. Second is scanning. Scanning is a reading skill used to find specific information quickly. There are also a few tips for better scanning which is look for the author’s use of organisers such as numbers, letters, steps or sequence such as first, second or next; selectively read and skip through sections of the passage; use headings any other aids that will help you identify which section might contain the information you are looking for; try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you are looking for; look for words that are boldfaced, italicised or in a different font size, style or colour; do not read everything in detail, look for key words or concentrate on certain parts; during examination, you will focus your attention on the relevant parts depending on the questions asked; and last but not least you can scan web pages on the Internet to find specific information. Finally, contextual reference. There are four type of context clue which is rewording the main word, giving its synonym, giving its antonym and giving details. After we have study our lecturer divides us into five groups. Then our lecturer gives us exercise about the reference word. Then we discuss the answer. That’s from me for today…

Monday, 17^th December 2012…

Today we all study about writing. Our lecturer teaches us about how to write an introduction. The purposes of the introductory paragraph are to get the reader attention, set tone for the rest of the essay and to make a contrast with the reader. In introduction, we must have three elements which is hook, transition and thesis statement. The hook is the beginning to write an introduction. The hook is the phrase that used to attract people to read the essay. The transition is the phrase that used to connect the hook and the thesis statement. In thesis statement we can write the main idea for the topic. There are seven kind of hook which is personal examples, quotations, facts or statistics, rhetorical questions, current events, contrast to the thesis statement and last but not least definition. The personal examples must be provided strong, dramatic incidents to use. While you can make up the personal experience, be careful that it sounds credible. Personal observation was different from the personal example, an observation is something you saw happening. When you use quotations, the content should be dramatic, emotionally appealing, surprising and humorous. Quote does not have to be from the famous person, it just needs to be relevant to thesis statement. Then, when you use facts or statistics, it must be startling or unusual. It also should be from a credible source. Next using the rhetorical questions, the question was not for you to answer it but the question is for you to thinks about it. Then use the current events, the event must be recent, important and it should be made public for example newspaper, television, radio and so on. The other hook is using contrast to the thesis statement. It should be in direct contrast to the thesis statement and it must be fun to prove an expert wrong about the topic. Last but not least is using the definition. After our lecturer has explain it, she divided us into seven groups, two groups will be four members and the rest of the group will only have three members. Each group must write an introduction using the seven type hook. My group write the introduction using the personal examples. That’s all from me for today…

Friday, 13^th December 2012…

Today our class have to present about grammar. For today it just needs two groups to present about their topic, their topics are verb and nouns. After the presentation they must do a game any kind of game but the game must be related with the topic. For the first group they present about nouns. They make a game that we must make four groups, each group must have six members. The first member must remember the word that the presenter had given to each group, and then the first member must pass the word to the second member and pass it to the next person until the last person. They give us about 20 minutes to remember the word.  The last person must write the word and write it in group. The second group have the highest mark. The next group will present about verbs. They also make games, in their game they want us to make two group. The group must write every verb in 20 minutes. The second group also is the winner. That’s all from me for today…

Tuesday, 11^th December 2012…

Today we all learn about writing. We all have been asks to write a free-writing. We must write all things that show up in our mind. We must write it and do not stop writing until our lecturer ask us to do so. After finish write, we must crinkle the paper and then throw it away. Then we must pick one at random and make sure it was not your own paper. Our lecturer chooses two people at random to read the paper. After that, our lecturer asks us to write a quick-writing. She gives us a title to write about. Just like before, we must write until our lecturer says stop. This time our lecturer did not ask us to read it instead our lecturer asks us to make a group, five students in each group. After finish form a group, our lecturer gives us a topic. All groups have the same topic but different idea in each paragraph. The topic is “When Hantu Kak Limah Meet Justin Bieber”. Each member will write, the first member must write about 5 minutes so do other members. After finish write about it, the group leader will read it at the middle of the class. When all groups have read, we must choose which group has writes the best essay. The group that have many votes is group three. Our lecturer told us that all of us have writes a good essay. That’s all from me today.

Monday, 10^th December 2012…

Today my lecturer gives us a title about grammar to present it every Friday. We will it in pairs only one group has three members. The first group will present about verbs and the second group will present about pronouns. After we have the title, our lecturer asks us to write four facts about ourselves that will make others shock. I do not know what to write, and I just can think three facts only, my two other friends also write only three fact. After finished write the four facts, we must make a paper plane using the paper that we have write the four facts and then throw it to mix all paper plane from the others friend in the class. After that, we must pick one paper plane to read in front of the class and guess who write the facts. That was a very fun activity. I hope there will be more activity that is fun to play just like the activity today. That’s all from me today.

Friday, 7^th December 2012…

Today my lecturer asks us to present about our partner, we have two persons in one group. We must list four facts about our partner one of the fact must be lie. When we talk about our partner, we just tell all of the fact and the other friends will guess which one is the false fact that we give about our partner. There are things that we do not know about our friends, but we must not judge them by their looks, altitude and others. That’s all from me for today…