LAST CLASS ‘ BEL260’

Last day class, we are doing the revision for preparation in final exam. The guideline from Miss Zu is very useful to me because it can help me to answer correctly in my exam. When Miss Zu say that it is our last class I’m feel so sad. This is because in her class I’m feeling so happy and enjoy with many activities that she provided. Although, I’m not long with Miss Zu but I feel really comfortable with her. This is because her characters are entertaining. I hope next semester I will have a class with her again.

Today I have learned about Future Tense. The group that present is Amirah's group.Below are some information about Future Tense.

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE :~

•       The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future

•       Simple Future Tense  has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to”. Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.

After the presentation Miss Zu give back the test paper..My result is average but I'm still thankful to God. I hope in my final I can do better and get a good result.InsyaAllah...

WRITING TEST...

Today I have a writing test. My writing test is in a group, so is easy to me  and my friends to discuss each other. My group members are Hazura, Amirah and Hidayah. Our topic is about 'Parental negligence is the main course of social problems among youngster nowadays. We should give our stand because this essay is argumentative essay whether we agree or disagree. We choose to disagree because there are many other factors that may contribute to social problems such as peer pressure factor, environmental factor and media factor.

      ' Interpreting writer's points of view, attitudes or intentions' 

On  the night class, we are learned about ' Interpreting writer's points of view, attitudes or intentions' . We are trying to understand a text through the writer's perception, which is influenced by his or her personal beliefs on issue.

Example of tone words:~

• abstruse
• absurd
• angry
• bitter
• cynical
• optimistic
• pessimistic
• malicious
• mocking

Below is the one of video that  Miss Zu prepare for us to identify  who is the writer, who is the target audience, writer's tone, words convey his attention and writer's intention.

PAST TENSE

Today I have learned about the Past Tense. The presenters for this topic are Hidayah, Hazirah,Idayu and Amirah. The explanation and notes they given are simple and easy to understanding.

Simple Past Tense is used for:

•  Describe an action or an event which occured at a specific time in the past.
• Refer to an action which took place irregularly in the past.
• Report past events or situations in newspapers, reports and magazines.

Presentation of Extended Writing

Each group are required to present essay of extended writing by the topic in essay of introductory paragraph. Our group topic is about  "Social Problems". This is our essay of "Social Problems".

In 2007, the Star newspaper reported that an IPTS student in Segamat has dumped a baby in a plastic bag into a big drain. The baby which his umbilical cord is still intact was found by a good Samaritan. Two years later, Malaysia was shocked again by the same news: A fisherman had accidently fished a black plastic bag which he taught it was an ordinary plastic bag that had been littered by the irresponsible persons. He then opened the plastic bag out of curiosity and then was horrified for what he saw. A decayed baby!. This news proved that the statistics of social problems are increasing up until now. Thus, to ace these social problems, we should have strong moral values, parents should play their roles effectively and we should use media wisely.

            One of the major ways to ace the social problems is we should posses strong moral values. Moral values taught us to respect everybody including ourselves. For instance, by respecting ourselves, we eventually able to protect our pride from sexual harassments. Thus, when everyone has strong moral values, the social problems will gradually decline and stop. 

           

               Besides that, in acing the social problems parents should play their roles effectively.  Parents should spend some quality time with their children. Through this way, the children will realize that they are loved, appreciated and tendered by the parents. Thus, whenever they are going to do something awful, they will think first about the parents and the impacts on themselves. Hence, the parents’ roles would help in minimizing the social woes.

Lastly, we should use media wisely to prevent social problems. As we know, media is the nearest medium and the best way to communicate and educate teenagers. However, our teenagers today misuse the media such as television, movies and magazine with inappropriate materials which not suit with their age as teenagers. For example, by watching porn movies. As a result, this can lead to irresponsible sexual behaviors and thus, can cause social problems such as baby dumping. Therefore, by using the media wisely, we could avoid ourselves from involving in the social problems.

As a conclusion, the social problems can be solved by implementing the above steps; we should have strong moral values, parents should play their roles effectively and we should use media wisely. All parties should cooperate with each other to provide quality generations that can lead the nation in the future.

ARGUMENTATIVE  ESSAY

Today I have learned about Argumentative Essay. This is example  of outline from Miss Zu slides.

Thesis Statement:

I absolutely agree  that the building of nuclear reactors should not be continued  in any country due to its cost, risk and less safety .

Topic Sentence 1:

The first problem with nuclear reactors is its cost.

Topic Sentence 2:       

Another problem is the serious consequences of accidents.

Topic Sentence 3:

Less safety precautions of its constructions is also one of the major problems of nuclear reactors building in any develop country.

Concluding Statement:

Refutation:

Some people might claim that there is no real alternative to nuclear power.

Conclusion:  

In short, although nuclear power is an attractive option, it has too many disadvantages

SPEAKING TEST!!!

                                                                         

My performance in speaking test is not good. This is because I don’t have knowledge about the topic of “ecosystem” . Honestly , I’m feel very sad  but I cannot do anything because the past is past. So, I should learn from this mistakes to become  good in the future especially in my MUET and not do the same mistakes again …

 

                           PRESENT TENSE…

This evening my group has to present about Present Tense. My group members are Hazura, Diana and Umi. I’m feeling so nervous because this is my first time to start this presentation as a first presenter. However, this presentation help me to overcome my problem which afraid to talk in front of people. Our slides including of:-

Present tense describes

-what is happening now (at the present time).

Eg:

I am watching television now.

Present perfect tense

—  The present perfect tense is used when the activities which began in the past, have continued until now and may well continue into the future.

Formed using : has / have + past participle

E.g:

—  Mrs. See has mailed the letter.

Present continuous tense

They function to indicate the action which started some time in the past, is in progress now and will probably in end in the future.

Present perfect continuous tense

÷  Actions that started in past, continue to present and maybe continue in the future.  (Actions haven’t finished or have been completed recently)

¡  E.g. : It has been snowing all day.

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Active voice – indicates that the subject of verb is acting.

These examples show that the subject is doing the verb’s action.

·        The dog jump onto the boy.

J The dog (subject) is doing the jumping (verb).

·         Kristy will give a book report to the class.

J Kristy (subject) is doing the giving (verb).

Passive voice -  the subject and object flip-flop. The subject becomes the passive

                        recipient of the action.

These examples show the subject being acted upon by the verb.

·        The boy was jumped on by the dog.

J Boy (subject) was being jumped on (verb).

·        A book report will be given by Kristy to the class.

J Report (subject) will be given (verb).

TEST …………

Today we answer the questions same as the format of test  for preparing our midterm test. This is because next week we will have a test. So, this will help us  to prepare and achieve a good result. From this exercises I get 8.5 marks. I’ m feel shocked when I know my marks because I really not sure and confident with my answer. However I’ m feel thankful to the God and I hope I will get the good result in my  real test  too. InsyaAllah…

Information Transfer (Non Linear to Linear text)

Today, I have learned how to do information transfer writing from non linear to linear text. For me is quite difficult but after doing presentation   I’ m feel it will be easy when I know the way how to do. There is example of our presentation on the evening class.

How students spend their time after classes

                                                

From the pie chart, it can be shown that how students spend their time after classes according to the percentage such as involve in outdoor activities, going for movies, studying, socialising and indoor activities.  OVERVIEW  

  

According to the pie chart, the highest percentage of how the students spend their time after classes is an indoor activity which is 35% because they don’t prefer to spend more time and energy on physical activities. This shows that most of the students spend their times by  playing computer and board games, cooking and collecting stamps after classes.                                    CONTROLLING IDEA & KF1              

                            

Outdoor activities such as exercising and gardening and going for movies are the lowest  percentage by 10%. This might be due to lack of time as they have lot of assignments and project to do.      
        CONTROLLING IDEA & KF 2

            The second highest percentage of students’ spend their time after classes is 25% by socialising. This is due to reduce the stress by visiting places or chatting online with friends. In addition, another 20% students choose to study for the sake of their examination.          
                   CONTROLLING IDEA & KF 3  

           

We can say that most of the students will spend their time involving indoor activities compared to others as the cost is lower and there is no need to use too much energy. As a result, the university should provide enough facilities for the students.

                                                PREDICTION

Students should know how to spend their time after classes so that they can manage their time effectively to obtain good results and at the same time they still can enjoy their favourite activities.                               PROPOSAL

How students spend their time after classes (title)

           

The pie chart represents how students spend their time after classes such as outdoor activities, going for movies, studying, socialising and indoor activities based on percentage.                                   (overview)

           

According to the pie chart, the most outstanding percentage is an indoor activity which represents 35% because students do not want waste their energy by physical activities such as cooking and collecting stamps.  (controlling idea & KF1)

There is 25% gap between the lowest and the highest activities based on pie chart. As we can see, students prefer less outdoor activities and going for movies such as fishing, gardening, and watching comedies or action movies because the cost for outdoor activities is higher than indoor activities.        (controlling idea & KF2)

Based on the pie chart, the second highest student spend their time after classes is socialising which represents 25%.Student usually enjoy their social life such as chatting online, going out with friends and visiting places. It helps student relax their mind rather than doing homework, assignment, project research and group study which consist 20% of studying.                 (controlling idea & KF3)

From the pie chart, we can assume that the percentage of indoor activities will increase rapidly in the future. (P1) Due to the prediction we have made, UiTM should increase the number of facilities of indoor activities for students. (P2)

HOW STUDENT SPEND THEIR TIME AFTER CLASSES

The pie chart shows that how students spend their time after classes based on percentage such as indoor activities, socialising, studying, going for movies and outdoor activities .                       (OVERVIEW)

           

Based on the pie chart, we can infer that almost 35% of the students love to spend their time after class by doing indoor activities such as playing computer, cooking and collecting stamps.This might be due to lower cost of activities and easy access of internet.                                                (CI & KF1)

           

Besides that, it also can be seen that 25% of the students which is the second highest percentage spend their time after class by socialising such as chatting online, going out with friends and visiting places.     (CI & KF2)

           

            The pie chart indicates that 20% of students spend their time after classes with studying. They take this time to do their homework, assignments, projects, research and study group. 15% gap might be because the students need to relax then focussing on their studies .

            On the other hand, outdoor activities and going to movie have the same percentage which is 10%. For instance, exercising, gardening, watch comedies and romance movies. It shows that these two type of activities are the least popular activities among students due to the lack of time.        (CI & KF3)

                                   

            The percentage of indoor activities will increase steadily while going for movies as well as outdoor activities will decrease considerably. This situation happens because students are more likely spend their quality time with indoor activities  instead of going out because it is wasting their time.     (PREDICTION – PROPOSAL)

How students spend their time after classes

  

This pie chart indicates that how students spend their time after classes based on percentage of indoor activities, socializing, studying, and going for movies and outdoor activities.                                                   (OVERVIEW)

  

 It can be seen from the pie chart that indoor activities represent 35% such as playing computer and board game is the highest percentage of how students spend their time after classes while the lowest percentage are outdoor activities and going for movies that represent 10 % . This might be due to the lowest cost and students less interested in going out for movies such as romance movies and comedies and outdoor activities such as exercising, and fishing.               (CI & KF1)

 

However, the second highest how students spend their time after classes is socializing which is 25% and the third is studying represents 20%. There is gap of 5% between socializing and studying. This is due to students more interested in chatting  online, going out with friends and visiting place than doing assignments and research .        

(CI & KF2)

 Based on the pie chart, it shows student spend most of their time after classes on indoor activities. Probably the percentage will increase then become higher in future. As a result, university should provide more sport facilities so that students can use their leisure time wisely.                             (P1 & P2)

Making inference & predictions

Today I have learned about making inference and predictions. Miss Zu provide activity of making prediction from the video we watch and we will predict what will  be happen after the pause scene. I’ m also fallen in love with the song by Bruno Mars. The song really touched my heart and the ending of the video  is very sad and tragic.  L

THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

On the evening class, we are required to present the introduction  by each group. Our group is present about ‘ current events’ .

TYPE OF HOOK :~

Personal Examples

First time I saw him at the bus station. He was alone by himself. He was very messy with his tattered cloths and only with barefooted. I felt pity of him and I want to help him as I could. I went to him and try to talk to him. Suddenly, he cried by my side because nobody wanted to be around him. I tried to calm him as he explained his situation. I felt very sad when I listen to his problems, he has seven children who are still young and his wife is a disabled woman. Coincidently, he was lucky that my father needs a gardener to help him to look after our gardens. Pak Abu is now our gardener at home. As a matter of fact, Pak Abu’s experiences of poverty life make him really suffered and it effected his life completely. Thus, the effects of poor and poverty can be seen physically, psychologically and socially in a person’s daily life.

 QUOTATIONS

“I am tired of being poor, this is humiliating.” A young girl emotionally said to myself. A young girl said to herself. She never asked for this poverty fate. She was born in a poor family. She couldnot own anything that other teens have. I am that young girl. This poverty stopped many people from achieve their dreams. Apart from that, many from their kind doesnot know that they can seek help to improve their life. This poverty can be improve by government giving help through their children’s education,  economy welfare and motivation as a self-improvement.

Facts & Statistics

According to Utusan Malaysia, 45 thousands of foreign workers migrated to Malaysia legally to fill up the opportunity of jobs here. Most of the foreign workers are coming from Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. This situation has caused a problem to local workers as 45 thousand people in Malaysia have been unemployed. Thus, an unemployment of local workers more or less gives a lot of negative effect especially to Malaysia such as the crime rate will increase, money exchange frequently done by foreign workers and the income level of local workers will decrease.

Rhetorical questions

Did you know that each year college students spent a lot of money on alcohol? This is more than they spend on soft drink, milk, juice, tea, coffee and books combined. Why do college students spend so much money to get drunk at the end of a hard week of studying? It is because there is nothing else to do or is it because drinking relieves problem that the person is trying to avoid. One of the major problems of alcohol is related to the cognitive  dissonance. Drinking alcohol  has an effect on students’ cognitive dissonance such as a connection between how much students drink,  their dissonance level and what causes the student loss their dissonance.

Current events

In 2007, the Star newspaper reported that an IPTS student in Segamat has dumped a baby in a plastic bag into a big drain. The baby which his umbilical cord is still intact was found by a good Samaritan. Two years later, Malaysia was shocked again by the same news: A fisherman had accidently fished a black plastic bag which he taught it was an ordinary plastic bag that had been littered by the irresponsible persons. He then opened the plastic bag out of curiosity and then was horrified for what he saw. A decayed baby!. These news proved that the statistics of social problems are increasing up until now. Thus, to ace these social problems, one should have a strong moral value, parents should play their roles effectively and  one should use media wisely.

CONTRAST TO THE THESIS STATEMENT

Since the back of thousands years ago, alcohol has been famous and promoted in human lives. In chemistry, alcohol has been used for many things such as to produce ethanol and methanol which are commonly use in medication. Ethanol is used to treat methanol poisoning by reducing the rate of which methanol is metabolised. Research in the last few years found that there are a lot of advantages of alcohol such as the source of energy in the diet and can release our stress. However, nowadays alcohol leads to many harmful drawbacks. Thus, the disadvantages of alcohol can  cause  liver’s damage,  poor judgement , and effect of our brain.

DEFINITION

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS) is defined as a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) known as a deadly virus that was originated in the early 80’s of the twentieth century. What do you think once you see the patient of AIDS? Do you feel scared or  disgusted?.  Unfortunately, many of us do not know what   AIDS patients  had gone through in  their lives with this disease. Some of them get the disease in advertent but some of them get it because of themselves. This disease has become a serious crisis for the whole world today. Due to the above statements,  AIDS  can  give many bad effects to a person’s  life such as it leads to fatal, it  wastes  money  to get treatments and being ignored by  the society .

Blue : hook

Pink : transition

Green : thesis