Last Class (Thu, 1/3/12)

Awww...

Can you believe that it's already the last class. Time truly flies when you are having fun =D

So, on this meaningful class, Miss Zu started it with handing back our POP QUIZ and discussed it a little bit.

The next part is my favourite part or I think I can safely say that it was OUR favourite part. Haha. 

EATING!!

It's every student's hobby. Miss Zu bought loads of snacks and drinks with the late-comer's money. Thanks to Megat and Dinie! Oh, Miss Zu gave me special presents because I was the class assistant and because it seems that I did a lot of work (I didn't really). Haha. It was a box of chocolate and a tub of prunes. Haven't had prunes in a loooong time. 

Thanks Miss! I appreciate it.

After all the munching and gulping, we took group photos and then followed Miss to her car to hand in our portfolio. And took some more pictures! =P

Ummm, Miss wanted us to write a kind-of like an evaluation on her. Like, what do we think of her teaching methods, her ways of approach and other stuff. She also said that we can comment on anything that can give an improvement and better lessons for our juniors.

So, here's mine.

Assalamualaikum Miss, first of all I just wanted to say that you are by far the most energetic, enthusiastic and fun English teacher/lecturer I've ever had. That is the highest praise I can give to a person who is making a living by teaching one the most boring subject on the planet. 

I have no comment what so ever on your teaching methods and approaches as they are superb and well thought out. Although you might have caught me cringing during some of the acting lessons. Haha. Nevertheless, it was fun and different.

The only comment I have is that, you know how you like to crossed your fingers and say "fingers crossed", I feel uncomfortable seeing that. I personally think that we shouldn't practice the gesture due to religious beliefs but if I happens to be gravely wrong then forgive me for bringing it up. I'm simply stating my opinion.
http://www.englishsabla.com/forum/showthread.php?52308-Cross-Fingers!
http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/fingers-crossed.html
I sincerely apologised if I've offended Miss in any way. I just wanted to share what I know.


Ok, forget about that. All in all, I think Miss has done an excellent job at teaching us. Miss should just carry on with what you are doing now as it is already amazing. 


May we all get A+ for BEL 260 with your blessings.


See you around, Miss!

Author's Tone & Purpose (Wed, 29/2/12)

Whad'up!

As you can see, Gangster mode today. Muahaha.

So, today's class was about author's tone & purpose. Authors have several purpose in mind when writing something. Either to:

• Entertain
• Inform or
• Persuade

 Different styles of writing sets a different kind of purpose. For example, for the purpose to inform, the author might use a very formal and factual piece of writing. On the other hand, the author might use a very convincing and smooth kind of writing to achieve the purpose for persuading.

Tone

A writer's tone towards an issue is shown through his tone uses in writing.

There are 2 basic tones: Positive or Negative

You can tell if the writer is showing  a positive attitude or a negative attitude through his word choice. 

Try to differentiate the words below whether it belongs to a positive or a negative category. 

• Sarcastic
• Optimistic
• Pessimistic
• Indifferent
• Cynical
• Bitter
• Encouraging
• Thoughtful
• Mocking
• Praising

Get the idea? I really hope you do, because I have no idea how to explain it better. TT

Bye!

POP QUIZ! (Tue, 28/2/12)

Whooo, POP QUIZ!!!!

Actually, I'm not that excited about it. More like nervous as nails. Nails?? Seriously, Elya? Pffttt....

Before the pop quiz, we learnt about Passive Voice first, which was presented by Su, Megat, Nabila and Nina. 

In passive voice, the object becomes the subject.

For example, 

Active voice, Farah writes a letter.

Passive voice, A letter is written by Farah.

As you can see, the object has become the subject in passive voice. I'd just discovered this web and I find it really helpful. I hope you think so too. 

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

Ok, let's talk about POP QUIZ. I don't understand why I am so eager to tell you about it when I don't even enjoy doing it. Maybe the adrenaline from the quiz still hasn't gone away and my, oh my, it was quite an adrenaline ride!

You really can't blame a girl for pumping so much adrenaline because we were timed! Ok, I just realised I haven't told you what the POP QUIZ (why do I capital all the letters?) is about. Heee. Ladies and gentlemen, the POP QUIZ was about Argumentative Essay. How exciting.


The only good thing was that it was a group thing, phewww. The bad thing was that each person was given only 15 minutes! I know, I know, finals are also timed but then that's different (no idea in which aspect, hah!).


I wrote the 3rd body paragraph and all I could think was that "Is it long enough?? Write more!! Faster!!" All the guidelines and processes that Miss Zu taught us were out the window. Not because I think it was not important or helpful. It was because I was feeling pressured and nervous.


Ok, enough with the 'spilling your guts' thing. See ya!