tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34581986581000480212024-03-29T04:02:48.782-07:00MUET my way...Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-86446204798252095622023-11-19T18:41:00.000-08:002023-11-19T18:41:14.296-08:00Suggested answers for MUET Reading 800/3 Session 3 2023<p>Hey all.. yes, I know you have been waiting in anticipation for my suggested answers. This session's reading comprehension exam paper is a little tough, but doable. Although there is Charles Dickens, and some iffy questions especially of the Dam in Part 7, overall this is a good reading paper. Much better than the questionable quality of the first 2 sessions for 2023 but hey, this is just my personal unprofessional opinion. </p><p>Anyway, do check your answers here. I think I have 2 questions that I cannot say for sure what the answer really is, but it is up to you to fight it out in the comments (politely please). </p><p>1. B - acai berry</p><p>2. C - sold online round the clock</p><p>3. A - RM100 per box for 3 weeks </p><p>4. A - 3 weeks vs 1 month</p><p>5. B - Memory Stone</p><p>6. B - leaving behind all the memories</p><p>7. C - stone, but nothing happened, it was the photographs that jogged the memories</p><p>8. B - when she was 11, childhood days</p><p>9. C - it will be able to trigger rememberances</p><p>10. A - thinking of terminology</p><p>11. A - thinks too much, face of an old man who thinks too much, no mention of same looks</p><p>12. C - to give a simple explanation</p><p>13. C - refuses to accept answers </p><p>14. B - anxious due to 'resent the idea'</p><p>15. B - preserving photos and memories</p><p>16. B - Nick Dymond took the pictures</p><p>17. A - who knew my parents</p><p>18. C - violets in spring, summer ..patchwork of colour</p><p>19. C - Text 1, para 2: dirt roads winding, Text 2, Wendy: narrow winding roads</p><p>20. A - photos of landscapes, memories of locals</p><p>Q 21- 26 I cross-checked with the actual article in Nat Geo 2021: </p><p>21. G</p><p>22. D</p><p>23. A</p><p>24. C</p><p>25. E</p><p>26. F</p><p>27. A - language dev delay = learning disability</p><p>28. C - critical period</p><p>29. D - lasting effects on their development</p><p>30. C - learning process, all other options should be avoided as listed in the para 6 & 7</p><p>31. D - think creatively and abstractly</p><p>32. B - develop children's range</p><p>33. C - gives advice that these may be the years that matter the most for children's development so make use of the opportunity </p><p>34. D - its image has never been entirely absent</p><p>35. A - alternative views/perspectives</p><p>36. B - it is quite descriptive: it doesn't talk about causes, there is no real comparison to Mindanao Trench and no calculations/enumerations mentioned</p><p>37. D - brightest promise lay in American engineering</p><p>38. C - abandoned: flags whipped, empty can clatters, frozen in time</p><p>39. A - my hands on the turbine</p><p>40. This is the trickiest question: I'm going to go with A because of the line 'splendid at last in its absolute isolation'. Feel free to disagree. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck to all... I'm sure you're on a downer cos the essay question was a killer. Well, as long as you tried your best. Will blog about the other papers soon, if I feel inspired. :) </p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-26241774003785709752023-07-14T20:07:00.004-07:002023-07-16T05:52:29.395-07:00Suggested Answers for MUET Reading 800/4 Session 2<p>Bah.. my students have taken the exam. They are now attempting the writing paper. While I wait I might as well try to answer the reading with suggested answers. (Don't mind the publishing timestamp as my blog is on USA clock.. so it is still Friday.. I assure u it is now Saturday and the paper is over) </p><p>Part 1</p><p>1. A (31 August 2023)</p><p>2. C (post to address given)</p><p>3. B (scholarship for college edu)</p><p>4. A (between1000 and 1500 words)</p><p>5. B (new date)</p><p>6. B (annual event of Engineering Club, not Robotics Society)</p><p>7. B (time zones are not the same) </p><p>8. B (speak fluenty)</p><p>9. C (do not hesitate to talk to me)</p><p>10. C (Mrs Bennet.. having a guest of such high importance) </p><p>11. C (wordless: sitting for a moment in silence)</p><p>12. B (with a young man.. soon become part of the family)</p><p>13. A (inference: a measurement of wealth, compared to other ppl's property sizes)</p><p>14. A (take a turn (walk around) the park; favour me with your company)</p><p>15. C (iconic towers in USA now have new and improved appearences = makeovers)</p><p>16. A (conceived, designed, and built by locals)</p><p>17. C (renew the visitor experience significantly)</p><p>18. C (floor to ceiling glass)</p><p>19. A (personal vs professional experience) </p><p>20. C (all about Seattle)</p><p>21. E </p><p>22. G </p><p>23. C (cataphoric: recognised landscape = crown jewel)</p><p>24. B </p><p>25. A </p><p>26. D (cataphoric: symptoms of hyponatremia = faced a problem) </p><p>27. C (not been any ariticles published.. Currently, school practices..show minimal engagement)</p><p>28. D (lack of practical learning = did not show much engagement..hands-on way)</p><p>29. D (guided by teacher to write letter)</p><p>30. C (exemplification = examples of various techniques)</p><p>31. B (learning of literature with the real world = linked reading to practical work and life skills)</p><p>32. B (Rous = teach and nurture environmental awareness through various techniques)</p><p>33. B (literary texts can bring about social change) </p><p>34. B (own people = local indigenous ppl)</p><p>35. D (communication among local ppl)</p><p>36. A (uninvited = the first settlers)</p><p>37. D (definitely NOT condescending or commanding, possibly convincing but critical is more accurate as he tells abt the good uses of the sound and how to others it sounds scary)</p><p>38. B (culture - seeing Australia through local eyes)</p><p>39. D (artifice = fake)</p><p>40. D (mainly about significance of cooee between settlers n locals)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bah.. there are MY SUGGESTED ANSWERS.. pls discuss PLEASANTLY. </p><p><br /></p><p>You need approximately </p><p>14/40 to hit B3</p><p>24/40 to hit B4</p><p>And 33/40 to hit B5.</p><p><br /></p><p>GOOD LUCK! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-51995970304851118892023-07-12T23:54:00.004-07:002023-07-13T06:54:21.000-07:00Last Minute Tips for MUET Writing 800/4 <p>So if you have reached this page you are now panicking. :) Typical Malaysian students who wait for the 11th hour before sweating profusely. So let's get straight to it. </p><p>What do you need to know to ace the writing paper. I have heard a million complaints by now that those scoring B5s for the first 3 papers are let down with a B3 or B4 for Writing. Why is this happening? My best guess is the rigid marking system. Don't get me started. Suffice to say that the validity is affected if the marking system is compromised. </p><p>Right.. so for Task 1.. what do you need to know? The MOST IMPORTANT TIP is to: </p><p>Respond to EVERY LINE IN the email/letter. </p><p>I have taught my students to highlight sections of the question itself before starting. Aim for 10 sections. You can easily see it through these sample pictures. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JZ8p8MaIJURpXZ9zyEfzg3-KBXijimUVvc8Aq7T9gNPWGqPGoXy6DrRgRk2UvoRFyKVQPV-Ci7R_QKNmmdA4tEnyJDhxyyNrtZV3duWsD2-oBbPo6aYug-ZipBGaao4csDK-fsb8Aot9HIGHtB82ijkZv_VSmVph43k1D042waA81qFjgWR-jNSIHcTL/s1279/photo_2023-07-13_14-20-50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1279" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JZ8p8MaIJURpXZ9zyEfzg3-KBXijimUVvc8Aq7T9gNPWGqPGoXy6DrRgRk2UvoRFyKVQPV-Ci7R_QKNmmdA4tEnyJDhxyyNrtZV3duWsD2-oBbPo6aYug-ZipBGaao4csDK-fsb8Aot9HIGHtB82ijkZv_VSmVph43k1D042waA81qFjgWR-jNSIHcTL/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-20-50.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yVK4ZSfJz0uwLYx1ZvOeDGnMFz5XxIaBYmFWOQ83T5HpINGgQmTfKt6tx8TA3YhGaJQqzn4p1wGLGMFUG1CPRqLo1cItI2EVhdtkosivV6_NQOmI6X18VKJ58o2KPDlVBgh2IMaNLzsg_71zS0_-L1E5xZyOyWBn6iYxk8GMg7QNL8PIvtnXDelApmJZ/s1279/photo_2023-07-13_14-20-45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1279" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yVK4ZSfJz0uwLYx1ZvOeDGnMFz5XxIaBYmFWOQ83T5HpINGgQmTfKt6tx8TA3YhGaJQqzn4p1wGLGMFUG1CPRqLo1cItI2EVhdtkosivV6_NQOmI6X18VKJ58o2KPDlVBgh2IMaNLzsg_71zS0_-L1E5xZyOyWBn6iYxk8GMg7QNL8PIvtnXDelApmJZ/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-20-45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... what's the moral of the story? You need to make sure that the context is always accurate and that you have responded to the first few sentences BEFORE addressing the notes. Teachers and students, this is a CRUCIAL TIP ok.. if you don't do this, you cannot score good marks for what is seemingly such an easy question. Also, don't worry about wordcount (exceed is fine but don't exceed too much or you will waste your time and make more errors), write clearly, don't get the names wrong, always offer 2 reasons/choices/explanations (with precise quality vocab) and make sure the sender's and receiver's names are CORRECT. Remember to use LINKERS/Sequence Connectors..Bah.. good luck. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next tip, you need to make cuecards like my students. They have prepped cuecards for most themes. In the cuecards, they prep important information to help with vocab (expressions/colloquialisms etc), content (especially the budget), proverbs etc. Here are some awesome samples from this year's batch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT_rVCDo0MUYiyDVxPrQKHJ3Ub6IUlL5TJoURixbvrCTY3YKPye9yFPCS5QPFc4Vv877q8tdFsJg2rAWfIOZGevPe0r2vBaSBnRrXcg3-57IuhCDyKWfJT38QAbAWKvY9aSps8ySzzq829kuNP_6IkC81mT4QNx-VgAmESXIdWr_aWfcmJlW9zhK_YgUj/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-01-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT_rVCDo0MUYiyDVxPrQKHJ3Ub6IUlL5TJoURixbvrCTY3YKPye9yFPCS5QPFc4Vv877q8tdFsJg2rAWfIOZGevPe0r2vBaSBnRrXcg3-57IuhCDyKWfJT38QAbAWKvY9aSps8ySzzq829kuNP_6IkC81mT4QNx-VgAmESXIdWr_aWfcmJlW9zhK_YgUj/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-01-22.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">If they have taken my advice n memorised all, they they would have the content at the tip of their fingers no matter what theme appears in both writing Tasks 1 & 2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moving along, students learnt to identify the 2 parts in each academic essay question. They have also learnt that they cannot merely list down reasons/examples/ways etc unless they link Part A of the question with Part B. Their job is to PROVE the statement and not just to give an explanation. Basically the hardest thing to teach students IS TO PROVE THE LINK between A & B. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VAoJ3_DxZnnPV2es0huxgMM5v9dZ5sJgo9Yy-Wp43e6m_qrgZhCJeTGlb0KZTzn1widhXDhbhHX9od1FHfCfo6ApvLGOYCNrFvrE-iX5YggMkZz1fYpoIEFc24LugnJAsYk87mDeMHVcMJ2PIoodCCPVEulNF0mtYgn93GDIKHubft_L1flsxmxQOF8-/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-35-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="1280" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VAoJ3_DxZnnPV2es0huxgMM5v9dZ5sJgo9Yy-Wp43e6m_qrgZhCJeTGlb0KZTzn1widhXDhbhHX9od1FHfCfo6ApvLGOYCNrFvrE-iX5YggMkZz1fYpoIEFc24LugnJAsYk87mDeMHVcMJ2PIoodCCPVEulNF0mtYgn93GDIKHubft_L1flsxmxQOF8-/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-35-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right so in this example.. they need to prove that Modernisation has indeed robbed us of our moral values (give 3 points for agree) or that it is not modernisation that has robbed us of our moral values but </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disagree Version 1(some consider this in danger of being off tangent/out of topic so becareful how you word it):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Offer 3 other concepts that have robbed us of our moral values (eg. dependence on technology, poor parental guidance, peer infuence, social media influence etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">or </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disagree Version 2 (higher critical thinking skills): </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Modernisation has robbed us of 3 other things but NOT our moral values, in fact, modernisation has helped to enhance our moral values (eg. many role models online and offline, modernisation has given us a more comfortable life so we can focus more on good values like be grateful for parents etc) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So you can see from above, agreeing 100% is easier than disagreeing because when you go against the topic, you are burdened to choose how to argue the case without merely listing new points without proving that there ISNT A LINK between A & B. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For more ambitious writers, you can write a discursive essay to explore a 'partially agree' stand where you can write both the pros and the cons, benefits and drawbacks etc to show both sides of the coin. Just make sure your THESIS STATEMENT is very clear and how you develop the essay should be as outlined in this thesis statement. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I got my students to brainstorm points for and against, concrete examples, proverbs and recommendations for past year questions. While the points may or may not be in the actual marking scheme, I did not want to be too strict with my students in case they feel pressured to find the 'right' points. Writing an essay of 'possible points' is FARRRRR better than submitting a BLANK piece of paper or and incomplete essay. Just a ball park figure, I always tell my students if you RUN OUT OF TIME, just write 1 intro, 2 points and 1 short conclusion (4 paragraph format, remember to edit your thesis statement) and you can get Band 3. ALL INCOMPLETE ESSAYS I MARK DOWN AS </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BAND 2.5 and below. </div><p>Bah, here are some samples that my students did so that they can brainstorm faster during the real exam. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN to think faster! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWd4gpeh7I3IS-jrrVWt_-5iy4NAl2kw-RW55LCJY79vc7i058sN-JZG_Y3FuUntYY2NgvCQHfJNMbsVGy3EFtqyMbvKs9yBzuHwAoEGo_sk0Bf7i1E_8nHXVuAF9CrukKoOEV_6t8Ql5Opz1PZMP9WY8sdGaw9_KYkjiZzkQzLe5Ha6NjbjMGlYB08k2W/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_13-59-36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1280" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWd4gpeh7I3IS-jrrVWt_-5iy4NAl2kw-RW55LCJY79vc7i058sN-JZG_Y3FuUntYY2NgvCQHfJNMbsVGy3EFtqyMbvKs9yBzuHwAoEGo_sk0Bf7i1E_8nHXVuAF9CrukKoOEV_6t8Ql5Opz1PZMP9WY8sdGaw9_KYkjiZzkQzLe5Ha6NjbjMGlYB08k2W/s320/photo_2023-07-13_13-59-36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R3eII0YGkqovFi_C_CjUVUIKffn3odUe7q2h7b_bmZ-cY7pqxmsxYlD2U9s4OmlOdnUuxT6zyxyp4ehBAr1-cqAOXvMRwxIS127Drtk61jSgpWoIj4PBWqVQqWcPXb1B57TF1DC_T6T0IQ3RXm-PdAElwjsBFzFpdJs7R_GCG7VsDHq99VyDnsRtX6TH/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-00-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1280" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R3eII0YGkqovFi_C_CjUVUIKffn3odUe7q2h7b_bmZ-cY7pqxmsxYlD2U9s4OmlOdnUuxT6zyxyp4ehBAr1-cqAOXvMRwxIS127Drtk61jSgpWoIj4PBWqVQqWcPXb1B57TF1DC_T6T0IQ3RXm-PdAElwjsBFzFpdJs7R_GCG7VsDHq99VyDnsRtX6TH/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-00-30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-CDRUAhGrbvC9Rp5dd-VvL5855e27-_o2GK9-Mu-bZfpmCl-nLAKt8ge8H4sDfbUMD3cuVM9IydF-USXlZgfD4-5RsEJFTOZJnzI4BA9pMIci0lFsQ8BoJBfPGniAuYCGwWCGVD1eoL1OHWZu1mVodiOpml24FcpsE_HZ3CSAh8qlgj7echhNKcwEokU/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-01-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1280" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-CDRUAhGrbvC9Rp5dd-VvL5855e27-_o2GK9-Mu-bZfpmCl-nLAKt8ge8H4sDfbUMD3cuVM9IydF-USXlZgfD4-5RsEJFTOZJnzI4BA9pMIci0lFsQ8BoJBfPGniAuYCGwWCGVD1eoL1OHWZu1mVodiOpml24FcpsE_HZ3CSAh8qlgj7echhNKcwEokU/s320/photo_2023-07-13_14-01-06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>And finally, students review their essays which I have painstakingly marked using coded marking (they edit their own mistakes) and I add info/sentences to help them round off each paragraph and to have a better 'wow factor' conclusion. Here are the two essay topics we have worked on recently. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_4A6TcXZBiMiD6mdkqGj62ge0F0q3rWghhh6MFMwbwC18u2GrZUZ4hyHMsZ2haEAuGxQWN3NjDXVvsa_bUWzKcpROs9ZdyOnxhY8U9_oROGQa63Us4dFI-X1WknnvWy2t8e6hzLX_y61YSw2Gyjz4W7fsHf7OscBviLPQi8SsApRIIQ0AsUtBysaB6SW/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="878" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_4A6TcXZBiMiD6mdkqGj62ge0F0q3rWghhh6MFMwbwC18u2GrZUZ4hyHMsZ2haEAuGxQWN3NjDXVvsa_bUWzKcpROs9ZdyOnxhY8U9_oROGQa63Us4dFI-X1WknnvWy2t8e6hzLX_y61YSw2Gyjz4W7fsHf7OscBviLPQi8SsApRIIQ0AsUtBysaB6SW/w275-h400/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-39.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNe3iNrx71xUepSey_SrS6eU68XrFP1CUl1K_zvRHR3nYV5ds5c2aoTew1fucy_cUs2ngk-lbvnTX39mWm2OV_wLY-78z1oc0ya0Fu9IbdY4VC-uckgePJJk5nwdWqTlxX5y8HaJ3Sq73rg7-0FY0ksFSusowNyEA1AyURceKe8gEaF-cUhuEDyFWLV-J/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-43.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="882" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNe3iNrx71xUepSey_SrS6eU68XrFP1CUl1K_zvRHR3nYV5ds5c2aoTew1fucy_cUs2ngk-lbvnTX39mWm2OV_wLY-78z1oc0ya0Fu9IbdY4VC-uckgePJJk5nwdWqTlxX5y8HaJ3Sq73rg7-0FY0ksFSusowNyEA1AyURceKe8gEaF-cUhuEDyFWLV-J/w276-h400/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-43.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2xxFrSYUpfkzenT2PBuZsP4f4g_l7UnSDWuBHH8CUaqcJsVe0QN4mr1hUJJSnRHwxUMUnnDOEZQUo0TRL-8Nt4fHbiH33W8eSodnlptc0lf3m5z3fiDheLrj2a_hXhSFEoMis8lrINDmW0eNZrypZ08GncKsY0g-AL4UqIlWN1XGOQrUpTVD5VM7Z-bs/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2xxFrSYUpfkzenT2PBuZsP4f4g_l7UnSDWuBHH8CUaqcJsVe0QN4mr1hUJJSnRHwxUMUnnDOEZQUo0TRL-8Nt4fHbiH33W8eSodnlptc0lf3m5z3fiDheLrj2a_hXhSFEoMis8lrINDmW0eNZrypZ08GncKsY0g-AL4UqIlWN1XGOQrUpTVD5VM7Z-bs/w281-h400/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-46.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhzySuIVoUOUQeneQRJ8CgxYPyo3Jv4isfYZtZorzUPZjCm3tW4t2JkSQjIMWZIfXdf96aQQZEZHcnXSPTDcViJ5PbWFaRIKhfB5Mk58Myq8RiSmmCMj_Vwm693_A9Cy9M4mXXH0bgP33kQCg8K1Sz8ySIvUTWqTtwxZNl3D6Ldrte7O2U6oHzhNLPlY6/s1280/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhzySuIVoUOUQeneQRJ8CgxYPyo3Jv4isfYZtZorzUPZjCm3tW4t2JkSQjIMWZIfXdf96aQQZEZHcnXSPTDcViJ5PbWFaRIKhfB5Mk58Myq8RiSmmCMj_Vwm693_A9Cy9M4mXXH0bgP33kQCg8K1Sz8ySIvUTWqTtwxZNl3D6Ldrte7O2U6oHzhNLPlY6/w284-h400/photo_2023-07-13_14-05-50.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p>Right, so these are all the last minute tips for MUET Writing 800/4. Remember not to worry about wordcount and that good essays are usually 500 words or more that have pristine grammar, demonstrates fluency and a flair for the language and shows critical thinking skills. </p><p>In my personal estimation, be joyous if you attain B4 or B4.5 as that is above average, be glad if you got B3 or B3.5, be very resilient if you got B2.5 and below and challenge yourself to retake MUET. B5 and B5+ is Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez standard, so if you hit native speaker ability, you should be uber proud of yourself! </p><p>Love these tips? Drop a comment below! Good luck to my students and all taking the exam this 15th July 2023. May the force, and Queendrey, be with you! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-18754623262188423892023-04-13T07:42:00.001-07:002023-04-13T07:42:09.326-07:00Suggested answers for MUET Reading Session 1 2023<p>Bah.. here are my answers, NOT the official ones. I have many grouses about the spelling errors esp COMA vs COMMA and the other two.. plus the poor choices of texts and contents including too many love stories/unbelievable babyhood recount/old English aka ol Mr Dickie and his morally questionable storyline/financial times level article... ah well.. who am I but a lowly English teacher to know better, right. </p><p>MUET Reading 800/4 Session 1 2023</p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (It’s new to me!)</p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (difficult – hard)</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (still completing my degree)</p><p>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (My sister… we write about fashion together)</p><p>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (made several very important medical breakthroughs)</p><p>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (he got it, he just couldn’t hold it and it fell)</p><p>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (she allowed him to play with the milk before cleaning)</p><p>8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (the correct way to hold a bottle after trying again outside)</p><p>9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (normal as it presents opportunities for learning)</p><p>10.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (months of long planning had finally paid off)</p><p>11.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (a blog – website)</p><p>12.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (farewell – sad) </p><p>13.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (so many more stories to tell)</p><p>14.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (goodbye – farewell)</p><p>15.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (was introduced during colonial edu system but can be made contemporary)</p><p>16.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (will host the Shakespeare Refreshed Festival next Saturday)</p><p>17.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (most paragraphs touch on the experiences of students)</p><p>18.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (improve speaking, records herself n listens to memorise her part)</p><p>19.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (A = X because it doesn’t focus only on movies, n students don’t just memorise lines)</p><p>20.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (Changed – localise, Article 1 ; adapt to local theatrical traditions; Article 2: local settings)</p><p>21.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C – I could not remember how many times I had to tell myself not to react. (Keyword is the anaphoric reference to ‘dad’s actions’)</p><p>22.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>G – The accident was fatal. (Keyword is the cataphoric reference to ‘But’ meaning his mom died BUT he survived even though he was in a COMA, not COMMA!)</p><p>23.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F – The one who never showed anything but hate towards me. (Keyword is the anaphoric reference to ‘my father’ who is the ‘one’)</p><p>24.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B – He did not return my good deed at first; instead he went ahead to annoy me. (Keywords are the anaphoric reference to ‘kind gestures’ – synonymous of ‘good deed’)</p><p>25.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>E. He got so careful not to hurt, and maybe he had STARTED to love me. (Keywords are ‘I never gave him a chance’)</p><p>26.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A – I felt like an angel, but still, I could not trust anyone because I was having a new opinion about the people whom I met. (Keywords are the anaphoric reference to source of happiness so she felt like an angel)</p><p>27.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (strolling – roam about)</p><p>28.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (having lost her way – Para 2: begged to be directed; Para 3: she had lost her road)</p><p>29.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (request – appeal)</p><p>30.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A (his expression - stole a curios look at my face, as if to make quite sure I was not deceiving her)</p><p>31.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>D (master’s characteristics – a very kind person)</p><p>32.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (careful responses – she said no more about her home)</p><p>33.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (know more abt the girl – deprive him of the opportunity to gratify his curiosity)</p><p>34.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>D (hesitant: shy away from buying property – the opposite is given: needs steady economic growth)</p><p>35.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (slightly more unsold homes in 2019)</p><p>36.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (their ability to build more saleable units in the future) </p><p>37.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>D (related to budget)</p><p>38.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>B (effects for the overhang but this sounds too obvious) (TRICKY.. could be any of the 4, all seem to be causing the effects to be muted/diminished)</p><p>39.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>C (differ from the preference)</p><p>40.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>D (prefer second hand homes – subsale properties 59%) </p><div><br /></div><div>Q26 and Q38 are pending. You can decide for yourselves. As per usual, you may argue in the comment but pls do so with civility. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy checking! </div>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-34427600114082561892023-01-31T18:01:00.005-08:002023-01-31T18:01:41.714-08:007 Versions of 1 Essay Topic for CEFR MUET Writing<p>So I gave my students a statement and they work on 7 different versions of it using the formats that I introduced in the previous post. </p><p><i><b>Group 1: Intro, Agree 1, Agree 2, Agree 3, Conclusion</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 2: Intro, Disagree 1, Disagree 2, Disagree 3, Conclusion</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 3: I, A1, A2, D1, C</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 4: I, D1, D2, A1, C</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 5: I, A1, A2, D1, D2, C</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 6: I, D1, D2, A1, A2, C</b></i></p><p><i><b>Group 7: I, A1vs D1, A2 vs D2, A3 vs D3</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats to all my students for finishing this tiresome task! </p><p>So here are their combined efforts: </p><p><br /></p><p>Group 1: (Fully Agree) </p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success </b></p><p> James and Ryan were classmates in Lower 6 Economy. James was the top student in his class because he always keeps himself self-motivated and diligent in his studies. Meanwhile, Ryan was the worst student in his class because he always procrastinated due to his lack of motivation in studies. In my estimation, I utterly concur that young adults lack of motivation to achieve their success because success comes from hard work. There are many facets to this issue whereby young adults lack motivation to achieve success due to their lack of motivation in time management, goal management and they may face a less supportive background.</p><p> First and foremost, bad time management is the main cause why young adults lack motivation to achieve success. This is because when young adults have an excellent time management, their daily life will be more organised and productive. Take for instance, most young adults have poor time management due to their bad sleep schedule, they wake up late and spend most of their leisure time on their gadgets like smartphones and laptops rather than going to the library and studying for their final exam. Hence, it is without a doubt that young adults lack motivation to achieve success because of their poor time management. A wise man once said time is gold.</p><p> Another point to ponder is goal management is also one of the reasons young adults lack motivation to achieve success. One of my seniors, Ashrizal is not a genius but he has great goal management. He studies three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening. He pushes himself to be more disciplined and consistent to achieve his goal to be the top student. As a result, he got four flat in his STPM result. Thus, young adults need a good goal management to achieve success because success does not come to you. You go to it.</p><p> Another point to ponder is young adults who face a less supportive background are most likely to lack motivation to achieve success. Therefore, it is crystal clear that parents are their support system because parents are the ones who are close to them since they were born. To illustrate, Jessi's parents support her dream to become a singer in South Korea. Following that, she does not feel controlled by her parents, and she can maintain her self-motivation. Conversely, her friend Tiffany was controlled by her parents to become a doctor even though she does not have any passion for the medical field. Hence, it is without a doubt that young adults lack motivation to achieve success because of their less supportive family members. Kobe Bryant once said " My parents are my backbone. Still are. They are the only group that will support you if you score 0 or you score 40." </p><p> All in all, these are the reasons why I totally concur on this particular statement. It is because most young adults nowadays are prone to having bad time management, goals management and less supportive background. Personally speaking, I still truly believe that young adults lack motivation to achieve their success. Perhaps the government such as the Ministry of Youth should implement a strategic campaign to overcome this issue by carrying out campaign like " Success for the Youths" and increasing the awareness through various community programmes.</p><p><i>Written by Alvionnie, Shelly, Bernadeth, Arrisya and Ashrizal, SMK Majakir F6 2022/23</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Group 2: (Fully Disagree)</p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> Are you struggling to find motivation as a young adult? You are not alone. But what causes this lack of drive and ambition in a demographic known for their boundless energy and potential? Personally speaking, I utterly disagree that young adults lack motivation to achieve success because there are other factors that take precedence over this issue. In terms of lacking motivation being the main cause of not achieving success, there are many issues that disprove this statement because being successful has more to do with a lack of talent, opportunity, and financial stability. In this essay, we will explore these factors and examine the ways of which motivation is not the main key in achieving success.</p><p> First and foremost, it is not motivation but lack of talent as one of the factors why young adults hardly achieve success. This is because talent is the ability that we are born with, which leads to a satisfactory performance both in learning and in the execution of skills. Take for instance, if Amir wants to be a singer but he has no talent in singing then he will not be motivated to pursue his dream. Thus, no matter how much they put an effort in order to achieve success, the lack of talent will not motivate them to try it.</p><p> Moving on to the next point, lack of opportunity will cause the track to success to become hard to achieve. This is because opportunity can help young adults to have a medium for them to acquire success. When someone does not have the opportunity to become successful, they will feel anxious and unmotivated. This will cause them to give up easily on their dream. As an exemplification, Rajah was a 4 flat student. If he could not get the opportunity to get a scholarship to go to a university, then his hard work will go to waste. Therefore, lack of opportunity will not motivate them to achieve their dream.</p><p> A final point to ponder is most young adults are not financially stable. When we have enough money, it may help us to achieve success by paying for study fees, especially for young adults who want to continue their studies. Due to unstable financial status, many of them cannot afford to pursue their dreams which caused them to be unmotivated. For instance, someone who wants to start a business but has no modal will be scared of having debts and end up losing all motivation. All in all, being financially unstable will cause young adults to lack motivation to achieve success.</p><p> To recap, young adults are unable to obtain success due to the absence of talent and opportunity, as well as running a little low on funds. From my personal standpoint, I strongly oppose that young adults lack motivation to achieve success as there are other more pertinent factors to consider. The community as well as any relevant parties should break the stigma that motivation is the only road to success because most young adults might believe so.</p><p><i>Written by Aisyah, Anniz, Hasemyliana, Sheikh and Recarlson, SMK Majakir, F6 2022/23</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Group 3: (Partially Agree)</p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> In terms of achieving success, it is utterly. true that motivation is the key. If you look around us, we can see that most influential and successful people have their own aspirations and motivation. For instance, Bill Gates' passion for learning as well as his desire to better the world have motivated him to achieve such massive Success. Lack of motivation causes so many disputes for young adults to achieve their own dreams. Regarding the statement, I am Somewhat on the fence that not achieving success for young adults is only due to lack of motivation. Therefore, in this essay, besides discussing lack of motivation from different aspects such as time management and goal management, I am also of the opinion that lack of opportunity play a lead role in young adults difficulty to achieve success.</p><p> First and foremost, I strongly believe that the main reason young adults find it hard to achieve success is because they lack motivation in aspect of time management. This is because some young adults do not have a flexible schedule, which causes them to waste their time by playing video games or scrolling on social media platforms such as TikTok over the night. At the same time, young adults are not focusing on their life goals or even their future. Thus, it is without a doubt that lack of motivation in terms of time management is the leading cause of the young adults hardly achieve success.</p><p> Another point to ponder is that young adult nowadays lack of motivation in terms of zero effort in goal management. It is assumed that someone who have dreams, hopes and goals will be more easy to grasp success in their lives rather than a person who lives with zero goals. However, a person that only procrastinating and has no efforts in managing and achieving their goals is not the same case. In achieving our goals, doing it step by step and focusing one goal after another are more efficient. For example, Lily always dreamt to continue her study at Oxford University but could not afford it. In this case, Lily collected enough money from her multiple part time jobs and now she is living her best life studying at Oxford. From this situation, it is obvious that lily was determined to achieve her dream and figured out how to achieve it by saving her earnings from her part time jobs. This also shows that setting a clear and organize will boost someone motivation to be successful. Therefore, it is crystal clear that unsuccess lives in young adults is also cause by no motivation in terms of no goal management.</p><p> The statement should be opposed because lack of opportunity also one of the factors on achieving success other than lack of motivation. Some young adults have their own motivation but lack of opportunity in achieving success. To illustrate this, some people are lacking on funds causes them to stop chasing their dreams. For example, Ali is an ambitious but because of his family lack of financial security, he have to stop pursuing his studies. Thus, it is without a doubt that lack of opportunity also one of the factors on achieving success.</p><p> In a nutshell, success is not impossible when you have the right drive such as motivation. Young adults nowadays need to conquer their lack of motivation in order for them to fulfill their aims. Regardless, we need to acknowledge that motivation is not the only factor that will lead to success. Success is a spectrum that depends on many factors such as opportunity and financial security. Exiguity of these elements will bring the same effect to unfavourable result. Therefore, it is unfair of us to judge young adults in terms of their journey in achieving their ambitions . All we can do is to pursue them to the right path. To be precise, we should help them grow more out of their comfort zone to amplify their efforts to achieve triumph regardless of the risks. Teach them to take chances and risks. After all, he who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Success and motivation are likely to yin and yang, lack of one will create unbalance.</p><p><i>Written by Norain, Hasrayuni, Adam Aideel, Khairul and Alya, SMK Majakir F6 2022/23</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Group 4: (Partially Agree) </p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> What is the main cause young adults who lack motivation in order to achieve success? Would the lack of a talent be the main cause? Or is it because lack of opportunities that are beyond our control? These are some of the questions that pop to mind when we focus on the topic of young adults may not achieve their success in life just because of motivation as its main cause. As far as I'm somewhat oppose that lack of motivation is the main cause young adults are unable to achieve a successful life because if there is a will, there is a way. In terms of lack of motivation being the main cause of this particular topic, there are many others issues that disprove this statement because success has more to do with lack of hereditary talent, and also the sufficient amount of opportunity in their lives rather than the condition of just being less motivated.</p><p> At the forefront of this issue, the crucial problem of youth lack motivation is not the main cause but lack of talent. We often view motivation is not the extrinsic things that people want. However, talent is important because it is the foundation of all success. Talent is defined as a natural aptitude or ability to do something well. It is something that we are born with or develop through practice and experience. Without talent, we would not be able to achieve our goals or reach our potentials. Additionally, talent is what allows us to do something better than others. It is the key to unlock our full potentials and greatness. As an exemplification, if one wants to become a lecturer, than it is without a doubt that they need to have certain qualifications, such as being brave enough to convey their speeches in public. Therefore, it is crystal clear that lack of talent is one of the main reasons contributing to this issue.</p><p> On top of that, young adults are unable to achieve success because of a lack of opportunities. This is because opportunity can provide you with a path to success in your life. It is pointless if you have the motivation but not the opportunity. Many people, particularly recently graduated high school students, want to continue their education, and some have received numerous offers to do so, but they are unable to do so. To illustrate, my senior had to drop out of school because he had to take care of his ill mother. He had academic potential, but he did not have the opportunity to further his education. Thus, there is no doubt that today's young adults do not lack motivation to succeed, but rather opportunities.</p><p> Conversely, if we take a look at another dimension of this issue, we cannot deny that lack of motivation in a less supportive background from parents can also make a young adult's future darker. Support from parents is crucial because it can increase their children's commitment, which results in increased motivation. If their bloodlines do not support them, the probability for them to stay in their comfort zones and continue procrastinating as part of their daily routines is quite high. Additionally, this can also contribute to mental health problems. For instance, depression, ADHD, and the lack of support from relatives in an American supermodel like Cara Delevigne make her less motivated to walk the runway again. Thus, we somehow can agree that lack of motivation in a less supportive background from relatives might be one of the main reasons why young adults these days are less motivated to achieve their goals and success in their lives.</p><p> Taking everything into consideration, it is crystal clear that lack of motivation is not the only culprit that acts as a boulder that blocks people's success because not having a hereditary talent and having fewer opportunities are probably the main causes of the rising number of young adults with less motivation these days. From where I stand, I am still convinced that motivation alone does not guarantee people's success, especially in this 4th Industrial Revolution. Perhaps the Ministry of Human Resources (HR) can work in tandem and create a framework with the Ministry of Youth to prevent the increase of procrastinated adults in the future. As a clever man once said, "genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."</p><p><i>Written by Robbie, Zetty, Wana, Azza and Azka, F6 SMK Majakir, 2022/23</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Group 5: (Partially Agree) </p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> <span> </span>A pair of identical twins were raised under different conditions. Aqif stayed with his parents in the city, living a luxury life, mostly staying indoors, and literally having the money to continue his studies. Conversely, that makes him lack motivation to be successful in his life. Meanwhile, his twin, Aizat, lived in a village with grandparents living in an active life but almost suffering from the poverty. However that will never the reason for him to stop chasing success in life. From my personal standpoint, I partially agree that young adults lack motivation is one of the main causes to achieve success but I do concede that there may be other contributory factors that are just as important. To really analyse this issue, we should take a closer look at all the factors why young adults nowadays lack motivation to achieve success.</p><p> First and foremost, young adult lack motivation in a less supportive environment to achieve success in life. It is because most families nowadays are suffering from poverty, which causes them to not be able to pay attention to their children and motivate them. They had to use most of their time to work in order to cover their family's finances. On the other hand, there are families who can afford everything, but the parents are too busy with their work, which causes their children to have no support in life to succeed. To illustrate this issue, most youths today are less motivated to get excellent results in the end-of-year exams due to a lack at parental encouragement. Thus, it is without a doubt that parents- support plays an important role in motivating their children to achieve successi n life as opposed to motivation from just the young adults themselves.</p><p> On top of that, young adults also lack motivation because lack of good time management. Around their age, they love to have fun, party, games and so on. Because of that, their study time may not balanced with their leisure time . To achieve success, we must organise our schedule wisely because time is gold. Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow. To illustrate, 82% of people do not have a dedicated time management system. 33% of people use a to do list to manage their time and tasks. Time management is life management. That is why time management is important to achieve success because good time management affects the effectiveness of motivation.</p><p> On the other hand, sometime some youths might not achieve success, not because they lack motivation, but because of lack of talent. They have their goals. They are good at time management. But there's are lack of talent. Talent in how to tackle the question. Talent in how to get an extra mark. Talent is important too. That is why practice makes perfect. We cannot just say that motivation is the only important point to achieve success . For instance, Ed Sheeran is famous singer around the world. Ed Sheeran is someone who was born with an average singing talent, but he is a hardworking person who wants to improve his singing talent. On the other hand, Ariana Grande who is also famous singer, but she was born with natural singing talent. Thus, it is without a doubt that talent is indeed important for someone to achieve success but despite the lack of talent, one can also succeed by being hardworking.</p><p> A final point to ponder, sometimes to achieve success it is not because of lack motivation but lack of resources of money or network. In the 21st century, the cost of living is very high for some families. Imagine that one family haves 5 children and the father's salary is only enough for bills and food. Additionally school fees are quiet expensive, so money is also important in education . Besides that, there are some places that do not have good network. The young adults need to have good internet connectivity in order to do some research on the internet or find study materials . To exemplify, Kg Kaiduan, Kg Kapimpinan and Kg Bolotikon that do not have digital network coverage and support. There are only a few mobile telco lines and internet connectivity in these villages is weak. It is a difficult life for the villagers, as well as their children who could not study online . Personally speaking, I truly believe that lack of resources is definitely one of the biggest obstacles for them to achieve success in life. It is easy for people to lose motivation due to lack of finances.</p><p><span> </span>All in all , there are many reasons why I partially agree with this statement. I do believe that most youth nowadays lack motivation to achieve success in life. However, I still stand by my own point that young adults need to sacrifice a lot of things in order to continue their studies and be successful. Nevertheless, as far as I am concerned, I utterly agree that the Ministry of Education should take serious action in this case to think of a lot of effective ways to make young adults stay motivated to achieve success and reduce the percentage of unemployed people in our country.</p><p><i>Written by Aizat, A</i>qif, <i>Aisyah Sofea and Balqis, SMK Majakir F6, 2022/23</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Group 6: (Partially Agree) </p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> Have you ever wanted if motivation is the main element to achieve success? What if there are additional element that assist in achieving success? As far as lam concerned, I somewhat oppose that young adults lack of motivation to achieve success because there are numerous things that can aid young adults in succeeding nowadays. To really analyse this issue, this following essay will discuss both sides of the coin pertaining the factors that aid young adults to achieve success. </p><p> First and foremost, motivation is not the main factor to achieve success but it is due to the lack of talent. This means that, not everyone is born naturally talented. Talent is something that cannot be made up instead it exists naturally in ourselves. To illustrate, Dato Lee Chong Wei is successful in his career because he has talent in playing badminton. Thus, it is without a doubt that the lack of talent affects a young adults motivation in achieving success.</p><p> Moving on to the next point, other than motivation, the lack of opportunities is also considered as a factor to achieve success. This is due to the fact that opportunities do not just stand right in front of us. Some people have to go the extra mile just to get opportunities to succeed in life. Nevertheless, luck is the residue of design, if you are lucky enough, endless opportunities may appear right in front of you. For instance, Kylie Jenner is not considered as a successful person however she was born into a wealthy and successful family which gives her a leg up in life. Therefore, it is crystal clear that the lack of opportunities affects a young adults' motivation in being successful</p><p> On the other hand, an interesting point to ponder is a less supportive environment affects young adult’s success. Nowadays, there are families that suffer from poverty and not able to make ends meet. This affect an individual’s motivation to achieve success. They will bear in mind that they are not financially stable to achieve success. To illustrate, a senior from my school is not able to continue his study due to his family suffering from poverty. Thus, it is without a doubt that lack of supportive background affects young adult’s motivation to become successful . </p><p> Besides that, it is undeniably true that young adults lack of motivation in terms of management affects their process in being successful. This is due to the fact that time management is the key to achieve success. Nowadays, most individuals have poor time management and they are unable to keep track of time. Even if you are full of motivation, achieving success can be a bit challenging. However, with excellent time management, attaining success can be as easy as pie. Take this as an example, Elon Musk shared that he breaks down his daily schedules into 5 slots in order to complete his tasks without being distracted. With that being said, good time management is actually an important motivating factor for a young adult to attain success.</p><p> In a nutshell, motivation alone is unable to guarantee an individual's success due to the existence of other factors such as the lack of talent and the lack of opportunities. Even so, motivation, in terms of time management and a less supportive background will affect a young adults' level of motivation in achieving success. Therefore, I still stand firm on my point of view that motivation is not the main factor in order to achieve success. Nevertheless, the government as of the Ministry of Youth should implement more effective motivational campaigns or programs in order to increase the motivation in young adults so that they are able to stay motivated and achieve big things in life.</p><p><i>Written by Gemma, Harith, Nazliatul and Adam Hayqal, SMK Majakir F6 2022/23</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Group 7: (Partially Agree) </p><p><b>Young Adults Lack Motivation To Achieve Success</b></p><p> Is lack of motivation really the main cause of young adults to achieve success? More importantly, can motivation alone make young to achieve success? These are some of the questions that pop to mind when we focus on the topic of young adults lack motivation to achieve success. From my personal standpoint, I partially agree that lack of motivation is the main cause to achieve success but I concede that there may be other contributing factors that are just as important. To really analyse this issue, we should take a closer look at all the pro and cons of this matter, namely motivation alone cannot lead the young adults to achieve success except in certain circumstances.</p><p> First and foremost, young adults lack motivation in time management to achieve success. Managing time well help young adults to balance between being productive and spending their leisure time. If they fail to put in the effort to manage time well, they may fall prey to social media or gaming addiction which may result in their inability to perform to show their full potential in many aspects of life like school, college and university. However, in my humble opinion, I think it is not because the lack of motivation in time management but lack of talent. To illustrate, no matter how hard you study you still cannot be as smart as Mark Zuckerberg as he was born genius. Hence, the statement that young adults lack of motivation in time management is not the only factor that prevent them to achieve success.</p><p> Moving on the next point, young adults lack of motivation in goal management to achieve success. Setting goals helps trigger new behaviours, helps guide you focus and helps to sustain that momentum in life. Thus, lack of motivation in goal management leads young adults to have low probability to achieve success. Conversely, from my perspective, I truly think that it is not lack of motivation in goal management but lack of opportunity. For instance, a potential young adults cannot win in swimming competition due to lack of facilities and equipment for his proper training because he cannot develop his talent to the fullest. Consequently, the statement that young adults lack of motivation in goal management is not the only factor that prevent them to achieve success.</p><p> Last but not least, young adults lack of motivation in a less supportive background. Family support is the most important aspect in young adults success due to family is the first place where they learn and provide economic and emotional support. With a supportive family, young adults are motivated to improve themselves to be a better person to achieve success. In spite of that, according to my way of thinking, i definitely think that it is not only lack of supportive family but also lack of resources. As an illustration, a young adults experience a defiency in terms of money to purchase data package to do their assignment for their performance in academic in order to achieve success. Subsequently, the statement that young adults lack of motivation in a less supportive background is not the only factor that prevent them to achieve success.</p><p> To recapitulate, lack of motivation in terms of time management, goal management, background management it is not the only factor why young adults these day lack of motivation to achieve success but there is another factor other than stated for instance lack of opportunity, lack of talent and lack of resources also another facet why a lot of young adults lack of motivation to achieve success. personally speaking, i still truly believe that young adults lack of motivation to achieve success. Nevertheless, the government as of the ministry of health should implement more effective motivational campaigns or programs in order to increase the motivation in young adults so that they are able to stay motivated and achieve big things in life.</p><p><i>Written by Maisarah, Athira, Ivy and Shahrul, SMK Majakir F6 2022/23</i></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-73389748987392193012023-01-24T16:29:00.003-08:002023-01-24T16:29:30.438-08:00CEFR MUET Writing T1 and T2 Samples<p>So with the new CEFR format, teachers and students will find it beneficial to see what I consider to be B4 and B5 samples. </p><p><br /></p><p>For Task 1 (email or letter), the key is to respond to EVERY SENTENCE. It is a fallacy to just depend on greetings, 4 notes and a closing. My strongest advixe is to teach your students to respond to every sentence as word count is not important anymore. Better to cover all bases rather thab leave out some crucial info. The difference between B4 and B5, in my humble opinion, is the quality of grammar and vocabulary where B5 will have high accuracy, fluency and uses precise vocab, idiomatic expressions and even proverbs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway.. here are B4 and B5/5+ samples. The high band sample email is from my online tutee, based one 2022 Session 2 Writing Paper. </p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3971222c-7fff-12d3-b1b7-e0d9bf7c8140" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Band 4 Sample]</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3971222c-7fff-12d3-b1b7-e0d9bf7c8140" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3971222c-7fff-12d3-b1b7-e0d9bf7c8140" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3971222c-7fff-12d3-b1b7-e0d9bf7c8140" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Band 5/5+ Sample by my online tutee]</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3971222c-7fff-12d3-b1b7-e0d9bf7c8140" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From: Lydia <lydia@cmail.com></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Subject: Setting Up An Online Business Is A Good Idea</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi Linda</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am glad to hear from you. Yes, I am doing fine and am as fit as a fiddle again although I have just recovered from a rather mild bout of Covid-19.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Undeniably, I am indeed crestfallen having to lose out on this golden opportunity to participate in the online business talk. I agree and concur with the statement that online business is more popular than the traditional way of doing business as it is so convenient. It certainly is the new trend and we certainly have to jump on the bandwagon to cater to more customers. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am glad that you have the intention of setting up your online business after finishing your studies. I am of the opinion that you can sell your press-on nails online as I learned that you joined a series of press-on nail workshops during the last school holiday. Apart from that, you can try to sell baked goods given that you have just received a brand-new oven on your birthday. I am convinced that your products will sell like hotcakes online!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About joining you in setting up an online business, I am very sorry that I cannot commit as after finishing my studies, I plan to immediately backpack around Malaysia to gain priceless experience. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buzz me again soon. Bye!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lydia</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Task 2: Academic Essay</p><p>How do we get students to score in Task 2? Well, again, in my humble opinion, the easiest way is to write an argumentative essay. That is why in my Pelangi MuetMyWay book I sidestep discursive essays because even in an argumentative style essay, you can take a partially agree stance and explore it in a discursive way. The most important part of the essay is the introduction. A good intro must have </p><p>1. Hook (2-5 sentences using the various styles I focus on in my book: Facts/Stats, Narrative, Questions, Examples, Contrast, Imagination.. or use Proverbs/Quotes)</p><p>2. Stand (Agree/Disagree/Partially Agree)</p><p>3. Thesis statement (Agree/Disagree: Must list at least 2 very good points or safer to list 3, Partially: List the pros vs cons or just make a general statement that you will be looking into both sides of the coin)</p><p>There are many ways to expand an essay well as I explain exhaustively in my Pelangi MuetMyWay book. Here is a summary. </p><p>A) Intro, Agree1, Agree2, Agree3, Conclusion </p><p>B) Intro, Disagree1, Disagree2, Disagree3, conclusion</p><p>C) Intro, A1, A2, Disagree, Conclusion</p><p>D) Intro D1, D2, Agree, Conclusion</p><p>E) Intro, A1, A2, D1, D2, Conclusion</p><p>F) Intro, A1, D1, A2, D2, Conclusion</p><p>G) Intro, A1vsD1, A2vsD2, A3vsD3, Conclusion</p><p>For each body paragraph, there must be </p><p>1. Cohesive Device + Topic Sentence (First and foremost, the main reason is ..)</p><p>2. Reasons/Elaboration (This means that.. Moreover..</p><p>3. Concrete Examples (To illustrate, mention exact people/places/things/concepts to make the examples more concrete and easily imaginable.) </p><p>4. Mini conclusion (Thus/Hence.. tie up the topic sentence with the essay title keywords)</p><p>For a brilliant conclusion, tie up the 3 points with the topic again and end with a big bang of either 2 recommendations or 1 proverb/quote. Please refer to Pelangi MuetMyWay book for in depth discussion on this. I even have a substitution table for recommendations. </p><p>So what are my top tips? Your grammar accuracy and fluency shown thru your choice of vocab (more low frequency words used correctly) must be on point. Go and memorise beautiful phrases to replace expired phrases like 'I think' and 'For example'. I hv a whole section in my Pelangi MuetMyWay on Grammar and Wow Factor vocab. </p><p>Additionally, focus on the keywords in the question. Keep using the keywords to tie in the 3 points you have to either prove or disprove the statement. Use the keywords and their synonyms (Young people - youths/teens/young adultd/younger generation/students/pupils, Gen X/Z etc) If you just give definitions or explain factors without linking to the keywords in the topic, up will be considered off tangent and will have a hard time getting even Band 3. Conversely, I strongly advise you to NOT BE A SMART ALEC and use too much critical thinking in discussing your OBSCURE points as it is MUCH SAFER to stick to very OBVIOUS, MAINSTREAM IDEAS so that you cannot be considered out of topic. This last piece of advice is crucial. Also.. if you run out of time, stop at 2 points and immediately write the conclusion as 4 paragraph essays that with well explore ideas are accepted based on the 250 wordcount a d time constraint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Okie, happy teaching. If you need personal tutoring as a student or teacher, write to me. muetmyway@gmail.com. I also run live/online seminars/workshops for schools and institutions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[Band 4 Sample]</p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>[Band 5/5+ Sample by my online tutee]</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being enthusiastic towards our culture is often regarded as a top priority in Malaysia. Our government’s decision in making history a “must-pass” subject in SPM is a testimony to the belief that being insensitive towards our own culture can obliterate our own identity. Be that as it may, such a decision seems to have failed in producing Malaysians who show strong affection for the culture we have been practicing over the years. With regard to this narrative, I totally agree with the statement that the lack of appreciation for our culture has caused Malaysians to lose their true identity because most Malaysians no longer listen to traditional songs, find traditional clothing unattractive and many may not appreciate the celebration of traditional rituals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First and foremost, Malaysians seem to evince little respect for traditional songs. This is evident with the decreasing number of traditional song listeners as most traditional songs are often associated with slow tempos, archaic melodies and boring lyrics. All these elements are out of step with the kinds of songs enjoyed by Malaysians today because modern songs are more energetic and natural. For instance, Chinese folk rhyme no longer appeals to most listeners as opposed to Korean pop songs that illustrate the hardships gone through by the current generation. The lyrics of the songs often portray outdated information such as the misperception surrounding riding pillion in our society, which used to be a romantic thing to do for couples in the past, but is no longer relevant in an era where cars are everywhere. Today, it is quite embarrassing if you do not own a car and everyone will look down on you, including girls. Eventually, traditional songs will disappear into the annals of time if Malaysians refuse to accord them with the recognition they deserve. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, most Malaysians choose not to dress in traditional attire out in public places. The demand for traditional clothes has been shrinking over the years. Many Malaysians will choose western clothing in preference to traditional attire because they can get the best bang for the buck for the former. For instance, men and women are in favour of casual attire such as T-shirts and pants on the grounds that these clothes are not bound by the kind of occasions they take part in. On the other hand, traditional clothes are only suitable for formal occasions and they cannot wear them arbitrarily as such behaviour may draw flak from their respective community. As the prices of traditional clothes are beyond reach for most buyers, most Malaysians choose to turn away from them. As a result, traditional clothes are losing their allure and it is just a matter of time before they are eventually extirpated from our lives.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thirdly, Malaysians no longer show strong affection for traditional rituals. Many Malaysians are slowly picking up a behaviour where most traditional rituals are the products of superstitious individuals who only had a passing knowledge of the world they were living in. For instance, On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the Chinese will set off fireworks at 12.00 midnight to usher in the New Year. Unfortunately, this tradition is slowly disappearing today because, to most people, it is no longer a big deal. Most of them will go to bed prior to that, rather than staying up late at night to witness fireworks booming over their city at 12.00 midnight. One thing is for sure, many grand traditional rituals have been scaled down to modest affairs and the problem will probably deteriorate if we fail to galvanise Malaysians to make a real change to the way they treat traditional rituals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To conclude, the lackadaisical attitude among Malaysians towards traditional songs, clothing and rituals shows that we are no longer in awe of our own culture. The lack of appreciation for culture can obliterate our identity as Malaysians. It is crucial to acknowledge to ourselves that the diverse culture is often dubbed a major attraction in our country and we are at a disadvantage if we choose to give up on something which we have already had. </span></p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-28858853028149741482023-01-13T20:43:00.002-08:002023-01-13T20:43:13.870-08:00OFFICIAL MPM READING & LISTENING PAPER ANSWERS FOR 2021 X 3 SESSIONS<p>Hi all. Today, I would like to help everyone navigate the MPM portal. I'm just a regular teacher so it is always good to get materials from resources that are 100% trusted. However, most teachers may never have known these publications exist so here is how to access them. First, go to the MPM website and click on 'SUMBER' and 'MUAT TURUN', it will take you to 'LAPORAN TAHUNAN' and click on '2021' and finally there will be a '800 MUET' file for you to download. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nLtZJgoc7vscLhAMM9P_QaLZYHGujqbZpL3okssdpnJy0zP1fq70s3bFeHf1GiMMin5Cvdwr8KsJQ2XqOKNjllU7srpePRVHYAFU__vMDljdJJiYU0wep4HqvYUCrBcsr0pffmMIWJE97sU5M4BXVqhFBTGFEmmr7BueSKab42R0pFj80Vj5tUffyg/s1280/photo_2023-01-14_12-26-42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nLtZJgoc7vscLhAMM9P_QaLZYHGujqbZpL3okssdpnJy0zP1fq70s3bFeHf1GiMMin5Cvdwr8KsJQ2XqOKNjllU7srpePRVHYAFU__vMDljdJJiYU0wep4HqvYUCrBcsr0pffmMIWJE97sU5M4BXVqhFBTGFEmmr7BueSKab42R0pFj80Vj5tUffyg/w400-h225/photo_2023-01-14_12-26-42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSIeg13Qhr4rUTTNhWyhRkPmd-OXhX1Q4uS1Xz1Q7fOdNxh-aW-KdN6AAOhdv-k7Xa7K0KI0v5wQQGH8ohl5Ixhkd--gvKNLAwuC06dwMsSwzrxEAM7aPRJXFycaO3tuSP7kEjGg7tQRyn3nKy3GXIMnfeEdkdbWfaquuyNwuMdjL47YFMefezkz0lg/s1280/photo_2023-01-14_12-29-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSIeg13Qhr4rUTTNhWyhRkPmd-OXhX1Q4uS1Xz1Q7fOdNxh-aW-KdN6AAOhdv-k7Xa7K0KI0v5wQQGH8ohl5Ixhkd--gvKNLAwuC06dwMsSwzrxEAM7aPRJXFycaO3tuSP7kEjGg7tQRyn3nKy3GXIMnfeEdkdbWfaquuyNwuMdjL47YFMefezkz0lg/w400-h225/photo_2023-01-14_12-29-40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZxtY-XujUxpXneDwmParO_QuUB4B8MkpvAqcx-foz7-e2tO6_LKSAdLO7Rao034r4tgI_brmjCKvhk77mf0TAD3blTauIZxHVvlQvxyEAk2O3K7BwVRtzVQaG2iRlPFBBrmwyG6-U35ZErXHIzEjJCWh0HVNeHlHH34JHo5Olfuqvu2K5n-LjDqhkw/s1280/photo_2023-01-14_12-29-47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZxtY-XujUxpXneDwmParO_QuUB4B8MkpvAqcx-foz7-e2tO6_LKSAdLO7Rao034r4tgI_brmjCKvhk77mf0TAD3blTauIZxHVvlQvxyEAk2O3K7BwVRtzVQaG2iRlPFBBrmwyG6-U35ZErXHIzEjJCWh0HVNeHlHH34JHo5Olfuqvu2K5n-LjDqhkw/w400-h225/photo_2023-01-14_12-29-47.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have screenshot and saved some of the pages from this report. In the future, you can go and search for the actual answers yourselves. However, they only publish usually up to a whole year after the first 3 sessions are completed so in the mean time, you will just have to argue the suggested answers out with me on my blog. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioKeZpI6hw1NOrXxKTNgQYaROPVOwWXr-woWObliYtV_Jqv4XRveCzsnLmhhSzqbskWp2hgNxTaPS4snbaQ4mhsNtUPhhuQ_jEAwKzGEj-1bUmmi0k4eF79aj7-XUVj3rJixy8SMQztN843GdDkGdtuAq3LcbLmdDpDVucEK5y6I6DoA5H7pBsmDynQ/s1280/photo_2023-01-14_12-24-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioKeZpI6hw1NOrXxKTNgQYaROPVOwWXr-woWObliYtV_Jqv4XRveCzsnLmhhSzqbskWp2hgNxTaPS4snbaQ4mhsNtUPhhuQ_jEAwKzGEj-1bUmmi0k4eF79aj7-XUVj3rJixy8SMQztN843GdDkGdtuAq3LcbLmdDpDVucEK5y6I6DoA5H7pBsmDynQ/s320/photo_2023-01-14_12-24-33.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hope so. You can email me if you wish muetmyway@gmail.com for personal consultation. :) </div><br /><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-28550162926075724282023-01-13T20:18:00.002-08:002023-01-13T20:18:34.832-08:00MUET Private Online Tutorial with me<p>Happy new year 2023! Still January, so it's not too late. :) </p><p>Anyway, 2022 Session 3 MUET results were out last Thurs and the number of people contacting me is shocking. For a Cambridge (CEFR) aligned internationally recognised examination, it baffles how the results are as they have turned out to be. Most of the candidates are upset that the disparity between the 3 papers and their Writing results is huge. I won't go into specifics but suffice to say that if such a disparity is consistently occurring, then there can only be two conclusions. 1. Instrument validity or 2. Assessment validity. Either or are questionable. </p><p>To those who want to get private sessions with me, I have decided to make myself available. Email me at muetmyway@gmail.com and I will tell you the program. It will involve 1 hr zoom/GM with me and then the number of written sets going back and forth between us will depend on how motivated you are. I only want to help serious students, priority to those re-sitting MUET. It would be nice to follow your progress and see the Wr paper marks improve tremendously with my help. </p><p>I will also open private coaching sessions for MUET teachers. Also same concept. Private Zoom/GM for 1 hr then you will need to write essays/mark your students' essays and compare with mine. </p><p>Ok... Also celebrating 8 million plus hits on my blog. Wow. 2009 to 2023.. it only took me 14 years. haha</p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-68357592833273899512022-07-24T21:10:00.005-07:002022-07-24T21:20:13.674-07:00Hello New MUET Batch of 2022/23 Students<p> Hi to both teachers and students of MUET.. </p><p>As a new academic year dawns, we try to brush ourselves up and figure out what we should be doing whether it is to be a better teacher or a student. </p><p>Here's a things-to-do list. </p><p>A) Students: </p><p>1. Buy my MUETMYWAY Textbook published by Pelangi. </p><p>2. Complete the grammar module in the first chapter of the book. The first part analyses your grammar competency and fossilised errors. Then it allows you to fix your errors step by step. The last section lets you see how the formulas are used in actual writing and how to edit by yourselves. I guarantee you that this is the most important skill that will push you up a band or two. It is what differentiates a band 3 from bands 4 & 5. The new book will have sentence writing skills section.. I put so much effort into this because writing good grammatically good sentences brings home the message accurately and succinctly. </p><p>3. Next, use various highlighters and highlight all the phrases in the vocab section that you have never heard of before, and will consciously use in the near future for all 4 skills. To build your vocab, you need to have more low frequency words .. this means word level, then phrases level, sentence and paragraph level.. add proverbs and sayings.. and tune up your critical thinking. The new book will have additional vocab including current issues and main concepts that F6 students need to master in order to write or speak with flair. You need to cross reference with the dictionary or Google or Wikipedia.. for example, if you don't know what is euthanasia... or if you cannot give a single reason why prostitution should be legalised, then you definitely have a lot of surfing and reading up to do. Remember, the more you read, the more you internalise good quality vocab. The revised textbook (2022 version) will also have a list of most commonly mispronounced words. Use google to click on the audio icon to hear the correct pronunciation. Do you know the real pronunciation for 'tuition'? I bet you will get it 99.9% wrong. </p><p>4. Go through all the notes in the 4 chapters on Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. I have put my heart and soul into all the notes especially on the speaking and writing chapters where students can learn how to construct a great academic essay.. Learn about hooks, stands, thesis statements, topic sentences, concluding sentences and the 3Rs in conclusions: Recap, Reiterate, Recommend. </p><p>5. Try out the Model test twice. The first time do it exam style. Time yourself for your speaking responses, 2 mins for the individual speech. Cross check your points with the suggested answers. Try out the group discussion with some friends, if they don't mind helping. Use the QR codes to download the listening tracks and answer within the timeframe given. Time yourself too for the Reading and Writing sections. Check answers. Then after a month, do the same test all over again and see if you have higher marks. Logically it should be higher, of course! </p><p>6. You can then try out the Model Test Book I published, also with Pelangi. Same style.. 1st time exam style, 2nd try with reference to dictionaries, Google n etc. Actually there are two books, 1st set published in 2020/21 and new out is out 2022.. in total you have 8 model tests to drill yourselves with. </p><p>7. You can then send me sample essays for me to mark or sample videos of individual presentations that you self-recorded. I charge RM10 per essay/video.. email to muetmyway@gmail.com. You can BOOST me AFTER I send you my feedback. :) </p><p>B) Teachers</p><p>1. Follow steps 1-7 from the point of view of a teacher. I have expressed step by step everything that needs to be covered in the textbook.. Fix their grammar first, then fix their vocab, move on to fix each of the 4 skills then drill with model tests. You may email me your queries on how to be a better teacher. And you may look for the MUET Teachers Telegram group but you will need to show the admins your timetable to prove you really are a MUET teacher. Once in the group you will have access to lively discussions and the official MUET Repository. Here you will find past exam papers, more worksheets, important documents like official MPM MUET downloadable materials, suggested Schemes of Work.. etc. This is the best MUET support group in Malaysia. </p><p>2. Read up on the last chapter of the MUETMYWAY textbook. I wrote a whole chapter outlining teaching skills and ideas... all the techniques are beneficial to both new and seasoned teachers. Seasoned teachers may not be receptive to my 'spin' on teaching MUET as it involves a lot of Project Based Learning and hands-on experiential learning.. bottom up is better than top down approach. Again, if you have questions, and need teaching guidance, feel free to email me at muetmyway@gmail.com and we can also chat on Whatsapp. </p><p><br /></p><p>I never meant to fall into the business of selling books. The opportunities presented itself. Maybe this is the best way that God has planned for me to share my knowledge and help my brethren. Together we are brothers and sisters in the pursuit of knowledge and life long learning. Huiyoooo! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjk8jhVUVmrIYSQVkBJXBvK-SRgHCk_ZofIbLiIR6P-8HOV2UCBEV4yOqWVJ6NuI3tniCZgnssN6Fn8GUKyGZkaS-CLuZe4UIIvPlppPXQ4UJuSpsaR7tAplHh-mV7uKKzGz_cJK_-mpGqUn5DAoycH2xpCMfvsjSLXcPJJPgpgqreY4ry8iCfxVrgQ/s1080/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-28%20at%2012.07.38%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjk8jhVUVmrIYSQVkBJXBvK-SRgHCk_ZofIbLiIR6P-8HOV2UCBEV4yOqWVJ6NuI3tniCZgnssN6Fn8GUKyGZkaS-CLuZe4UIIvPlppPXQ4UJuSpsaR7tAplHh-mV7uKKzGz_cJK_-mpGqUn5DAoycH2xpCMfvsjSLXcPJJPgpgqreY4ry8iCfxVrgQ/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-28%20at%2012.07.38%20PM.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Here are my 2022 editions: 4 new model tests in collaboration with another wonderful writer, Jai Shree. And the MUETMYWAY textbook sports a new cover and about 20% new edits. It also has a link for digital materials. To purchase books, visit your nearest bookstore or contact the Pelangi agent in your neighbourhood ya. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsdg09739GhonnbiIiECX3QyhvbKCwRAXzbO4R1LW4Uj5ZfXe6bumyeN4QuE4FECtkJPq3K6ljEmf_L9NihMkMKq2HGXHhZVoRjJJxnxYrkYC9UPaaCBH4HmexGLQg3G9Dr1rPpJlaLoa1eOkgf-fDkcZff5jRkeZj3MDQU7QZyyqja52yK6fCdXzbQ/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-23%20at%205.22.55%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsdg09739GhonnbiIiECX3QyhvbKCwRAXzbO4R1LW4Uj5ZfXe6bumyeN4QuE4FECtkJPq3K6ljEmf_L9NihMkMKq2HGXHhZVoRjJJxnxYrkYC9UPaaCBH4HmexGLQg3G9Dr1rPpJlaLoa1eOkgf-fDkcZff5jRkeZj3MDQU7QZyyqja52yK6fCdXzbQ/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-23%20at%205.22.55%20PM.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ezeBXXtk9WB-3WI0Gmm0PYepUgblcfcKIKFXHEdoRfVUuEIpw8z-Bowod5eTzLegv8YqOJEx-1jftj-bXelD-aDzJMB_vWZNVszRClfgD67ibEjT2SyBYYmiGxbWwLZsWgO1flVr4-sagWNXARiElrqPm-j66PCCI-iy7M-Sw_4_Mdabr0BSfOxWBw/s764/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-23%20at%201.55.25%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="764" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ezeBXXtk9WB-3WI0Gmm0PYepUgblcfcKIKFXHEdoRfVUuEIpw8z-Bowod5eTzLegv8YqOJEx-1jftj-bXelD-aDzJMB_vWZNVszRClfgD67ibEjT2SyBYYmiGxbWwLZsWgO1flVr4-sagWNXARiElrqPm-j66PCCI-iy7M-Sw_4_Mdabr0BSfOxWBw/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-06-23%20at%201.55.25%20PM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjgSGueDk-LV9qXvsgzRmqzX1-oqd2PQGBs3tD9qD3QhRcHGk1ZgS-p-pHZ_TZae77VU4xeWr18uigMC_vXZb6Qbqb3MnLOqOcWpxmmKZZAz0PceAJBRIiMcSFZ1gLtZhT0Vgz7_X9EFYoH1IVZi6CaF41tAfyBpfVHlJmVQwL47ntCPelwI1iu0lrg/s1000/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-07-25%20at%2012.07.04%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjgSGueDk-LV9qXvsgzRmqzX1-oqd2PQGBs3tD9qD3QhRcHGk1ZgS-p-pHZ_TZae77VU4xeWr18uigMC_vXZb6Qbqb3MnLOqOcWpxmmKZZAz0PceAJBRIiMcSFZ1gLtZhT0Vgz7_X9EFYoH1IVZi6CaF41tAfyBpfVHlJmVQwL47ntCPelwI1iu0lrg/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202022-07-25%20at%2012.07.04%20PM.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Here is my son... Lanner@Tanjiro helping me to promote my books. hahaha. <div><br /></div><div>Bah.. email me and I will try to find time to help you... whether you are a student or a teacher, we are in the same boat. Gambateh! </div>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-51705950484540193442022-07-15T19:59:00.002-07:002022-07-15T19:59:27.938-07:00Suggested Answers MUET Session 2, 2022<p>Bah.. I'm sure you're dying to know. Without further ado, here are my answers. Feel free to discuss politely in the comments. Rude ones will be deleted. You may debate til the cows come home but I will stick to these answers. </p><p>MUET S2 2022</p><p>1. A</p><p>2. C</p><p>3. B</p><p>4. A</p><p>5. A</p><p>6. A</p><p>7. C</p><p>8. C</p><p>9. C</p><p>10. A</p><p>11. B</p><p>12. A</p><p>13. B</p><p>14. B</p><p>15. B</p><p>16. B</p><p>17. B</p><p>18. C</p><p>19. B</p><p>20. B</p><p>21. D</p><p>22. G</p><p>23. C</p><p>24. E</p><p>25. A</p><p>26. B</p><p>27. C</p><p>28. B</p><p>29. A</p><p>30. C</p><p>31. A</p><p>32. D</p><p>33. D</p><p>34. B</p><p>35. A</p><p>36. C</p><p>37. B</p><p>38. D</p><p>39. B</p><p>40. D</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember these are NOT official MPM answers. </p><p>Post in the comments what u got. Here is a prediction of ur band. </p><p>X times 7.5</p><p>For instance,</p><p>if u got 25 over 40, do the math for 25 x 7.5 =</p><p>182.5/300</p><p><br /></p><p>That makes u a Band 3.5 for Reading. Get it? </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvkPmPu_HeWg1hRDuI_TSk-cC2ewdUwTo_6emohbP-f_PsxtSMwLPnsuYrx0t4ZD56itfMCTCq4PWCWIqvtlnA59JvGs2CQhIiyDorUq_kZfNQ6RIcdhbZIu_2gmAMum9z1LRvNPFd-Wyo1C5fQkWIsfp_pOW6wQuFVh7GrcTd6YJBt1LrsHxPocXQg/s3472/20220716_105411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2581" data-original-width="3472" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvkPmPu_HeWg1hRDuI_TSk-cC2ewdUwTo_6emohbP-f_PsxtSMwLPnsuYrx0t4ZD56itfMCTCq4PWCWIqvtlnA59JvGs2CQhIiyDorUq_kZfNQ6RIcdhbZIu_2gmAMum9z1LRvNPFd-Wyo1C5fQkWIsfp_pOW6wQuFVh7GrcTd6YJBt1LrsHxPocXQg/s320/20220716_105411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good luck! </div><br /><p></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-30200919139290911092022-01-27T00:46:00.003-08:002022-01-27T00:46:55.505-08:001st MUET CEFR Batch at SMK Majakir, Papar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIBZ1JZvjdrnBCT22S5npUPPZ4pBoms08xN2mdCN-BWMzBtzxZ_8TthVweOWZrY1sFESvP2M39rYlnoox8aZ_x0azHj_q24QyqMfwsu9i62PAVLiEswebgOZiE4MdBLzDhva_k0KkS9u2lFrBC4MAMsCxaNtLg04T8J8025rNgrQp0WPii8b-sJge2Fg=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1080" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIBZ1JZvjdrnBCT22S5npUPPZ4pBoms08xN2mdCN-BWMzBtzxZ_8TthVweOWZrY1sFESvP2M39rYlnoox8aZ_x0azHj_q24QyqMfwsu9i62PAVLiEswebgOZiE4MdBLzDhva_k0KkS9u2lFrBC4MAMsCxaNtLg04T8J8025rNgrQp0WPii8b-sJge2Fg=w400-h276" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Well, finally the long wait is over. My first batch of Majakirians have jumped all the hoops and made it to the finishing line with big wide smiles. </p><p>I am happy to report that the new CEFR aligned MUET marking seems to be very fair and more accurate then the previous ones, and I do like the fact that there are no more heartbreaking Band 1s and 2s. </p><p>Here's the current benchmark... hopefully, next batch will do better. </p><p>We got </p><p>6 Band 4.5 (6.5%)</p><p>41 Band 4.0 (44%)</p><p>33 Band 3.5 (35.5%)</p><p>12 Band 3.0 (13%)</p><p>1 Band 2.5 (1%)</p><p>If you plot this, the chart is indeed the expected Bell curve. Congrats to all! </p><p>I told the kids, don't worry about the Band 5 & 5+, that's native speaker proficiency... and it also gives room for the juniors to better this 1st try results. I actually have 1 student in the junior group who is definitely B5 material.. hopefully it will materialise as he really is that good! </p><p>Special thanks to colleagues Sunita and Aishah, ex-colleague Fairuz.. and the support of all Pre-U teachers and students at Majakir. We can do it! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway.. hv also been doing a series of talks.. but this one stands out.. my first YOUTUBE LIVE streaming 3hr session. Those of you who would like to listen to my tips and tricks, do watch the session. So thankful to PPD Sipitang for setting up the whole session and doing all the techie stuff. Wishing all students and teachers a fruitful year ahead! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6V7JqJgjVG2uYYhfXeA3h9Y-4QL2FSwS8JFVp9cusAXN1-FhvnibXUABvrKsEQ7wy_5lx9GPiF3DdPW0OIbwdn-gu4mW9Up0S0efDEexWobhzqgYS4-BtaKolEmX3esPjc1F-mBl2ngNaXCJLS-5Km0p5ccM5zi2fJ9mQXO6Xo4m1iiIajYpE_WcZIA=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6V7JqJgjVG2uYYhfXeA3h9Y-4QL2FSwS8JFVp9cusAXN1-FhvnibXUABvrKsEQ7wy_5lx9GPiF3DdPW0OIbwdn-gu4mW9Up0S0efDEexWobhzqgYS4-BtaKolEmX3esPjc1F-mBl2ngNaXCJLS-5Km0p5ccM5zi2fJ9mQXO6Xo4m1iiIajYpE_WcZIA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBdDvoID6OFXu-dRdACzBUZb5-Xo0pJZBdhI8yQD7DJXue-cLUhrTwiwwN1l4U0-_Jb1fP4OIXe9R-mnqViwZFVsBKT8mtkFmYa7byHf9REKC3IMjCu__yyuMz4CC010WRGVZoowGhCfKymKlVsWkmDqwv18_9rUUUb5AD8_3ryfDwDqW6dDKNvyEtYw=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBdDvoID6OFXu-dRdACzBUZb5-Xo0pJZBdhI8yQD7DJXue-cLUhrTwiwwN1l4U0-_Jb1fP4OIXe9R-mnqViwZFVsBKT8mtkFmYa7byHf9REKC3IMjCu__yyuMz4CC010WRGVZoowGhCfKymKlVsWkmDqwv18_9rUUUb5AD8_3ryfDwDqW6dDKNvyEtYw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-62380942432793492702022-01-27T00:20:00.004-08:002022-01-27T00:32:01.555-08:00MUET Reading Session 3 January 2022 Suggested Answers<p>Heyyyyyy.. It's a brand new year... sorry hv been slacking off on the blog for some time now.. but I've been writing new materials to update my two books by Pelangi. We are rushing to change all the 4 sets in the Model Test Book... and I'm revising the materials in the MUET MY WAY textbook. </p><p>Anyway.. below are my answers for the 3rd Session of the MUET Reading paper, 22nd Jan 2022. </p><p>Happy marking! If you want to estimate your band, just use your result x 360 and then divide by 40. You can then check to see what band your reading level is. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXNnBUnXsLQQBy9__YBcxLgu55OHcip0hTJu20uZarEP9A0VlHx4WIOsNZSV0_h-h56lZTfHkBLv0i5LV3kEBpuQmoPn5RkVaVM-rw5z1L55J1MtDG4qNAKzS6_L3WRQxAXHe554u44jHatCR7Ggm-H0RuIi73Bs6ksaBDRZJJtfO5t8ZZi8OCPE9MlA=s906" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="906" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXNnBUnXsLQQBy9__YBcxLgu55OHcip0hTJu20uZarEP9A0VlHx4WIOsNZSV0_h-h56lZTfHkBLv0i5LV3kEBpuQmoPn5RkVaVM-rw5z1L55J1MtDG4qNAKzS6_L3WRQxAXHe554u44jHatCR7Ggm-H0RuIi73Bs6ksaBDRZJJtfO5t8ZZi8OCPE9MlA=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ok .. so here are my suggested answers. <p></p><p>1. A (tricky... why is MPM making kids do math in the first question?)</p><p>2. C</p><p>3. A</p><p>4. B</p><p>5. A</p><p>6. B</p><p>7. A</p><p>8. C</p><p>9. B</p><p>10. C</p><p>11. A</p><p>12. B</p><p>13. A</p><p>14. A</p><p>15. B</p><p>16. A</p><p>17. C</p><p>18. A</p><p>19. B</p><p>20. A</p><p>21. E</p><p>22. B</p><p>23. A</p><p>24. F</p><p>25. G</p><p>26. D (sentence previous listed things, sentence after mentioned seafood, awkward to put C as C is not the final sentence in the paragraph) </p><p>27. B</p><p>28. C</p><p>29. C</p><p>30. D</p><p>31. B</p><p>32. D</p><p>33. B</p><p>34. C</p><p>35. B</p><p>36. B</p><p>37. D</p><p>38. D</p><p>39. D</p><p>40. B</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please leave nice comments, no fighting in the comment boxes. Tq! </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also easily order my books in Shopee... Don't worry... the new versions will be out soon! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4s1pzbiryCOMeHprpBflxceJiBaKIyU0cuaWY1QU7CCg7jngkOKXKYr5bsq3MMetKPMelF-bEKVMMZEJsMNF9n_-Lvq97CunPrIPACO6YrSDf1Kr16K_cyEARsAzJrBaeVpj07MH2JqGZXsDkUHliZ5nWZtJ_Q7WsfPF470bK6yYtJLYF3Qwh_JIHPA=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4s1pzbiryCOMeHprpBflxceJiBaKIyU0cuaWY1QU7CCg7jngkOKXKYr5bsq3MMetKPMelF-bEKVMMZEJsMNF9n_-Lvq97CunPrIPACO6YrSDf1Kr16K_cyEARsAzJrBaeVpj07MH2JqGZXsDkUHliZ5nWZtJ_Q7WsfPF470bK6yYtJLYF3Qwh_JIHPA=w288-h640" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-7273300916082015812021-10-22T20:49:00.002-07:002021-10-22T20:49:26.956-07:00Suggested answers for MUET Reading Paper Oct 2021<p>Hi, I'm back. Below are my suggested answers. Feel free to debate but pls do so calmly and intelligently. I am happy to share but again, I emphasise my disclaimer: I am not attached to MPM, I am just a lowly MUET English teacher. Good luck! </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">MUET Oct 2021 Reading Suggested Answers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">13. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">14. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">15. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">16. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">17. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">18. B (..watching things go into the skip)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">19. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">20. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">21. A <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">22. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23. F<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">24. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">25. E<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">26. G <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">27. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">28. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">29. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">30. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">31. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">32. D <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">33. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">34. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">35. C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">36. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">37. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">38. B<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">39. D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">40. C<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>So what do you think? Can you score 40/40? No worries, que Sera, Sera - whatever will be, will be. </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-32956592304644041532021-08-02T21:04:00.002-07:002021-08-02T21:46:23.437-07:00WEEK 1: Lower 6 SMK Majakir Batch of 2021/22<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRY02LpFFkLg_qI7bgf3Dceyt3vGMa-V-T-zmdiSoXfzXzzC3_euje9P824kTinOkwf56UeqAlhyKJbQDMj21wiWzGNi-Yhgm1mHJTX5pMq7JK4hyFwLjp9tydYzpz89DR39jqIOv1qWI/s1920/image_2021-08-03_11-07-33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRY02LpFFkLg_qI7bgf3Dceyt3vGMa-V-T-zmdiSoXfzXzzC3_euje9P824kTinOkwf56UeqAlhyKJbQDMj21wiWzGNi-Yhgm1mHJTX5pMq7JK4hyFwLjp9tydYzpz89DR39jqIOv1qWI/s320/image_2021-08-03_11-07-33.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Hi everyone.. I'm back with a new batch in tow.. This is the first time we are doing a fully online class, it seems that this is the new normal now as everyone has not achieved herd immunity against Covid 19. Anyway, this time I will be more specific with how I'm handling my classes, so that any newbie MUET teacher can get some ideas on how I teach. I must warn you that I use very unorthodox methods to teach as my objective is to always make English lessons Fun and Inspirational. I feel if you invest your time and love in a kid, only good things will come out of it, so my mission is to reach out to every one of them on a personal basis, by texting them personally with their performance updates in Telegram besides interacting with them in the group chat as well as Google Meet. </div></div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzoW02qfJMGXki7tXrIF3LMbXgMTXjsI5ilvBQJCkrkuQ1Zk6-WjJe6uDvGNXMHq__SIA3k05SwBdGHG551kw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ok, lesson 1 was each student makes a video of themselves as introduction. This kid Hafizi is exceptionally cooler as he made an edited one with pics, music etc. I reloaded him RM5 just to keep his spirits up. The rest sent videos, very unprofessional single shoots, but I don't mind as it is their first experience. I want them to upload 1:50 to 2:00 mins but most of them couldn't reach this length, so I told them I forgive them this time but the videos will be rejected in the future and they will have to redo (evil laugh!). Here were the instructions: </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;">For today, write your name here as attendance and if you understand the task. Record a video of yourself NOT MORE THAN 2MINS AND NOT LESS THAN 1 MIN 50 SECS. Pls include Intro, your biodata, your family, your hopes for F6 and your future before you do a conclusion. Post the video here by midnight tonight. Tmrw we will GM and view the videos. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsZqjHjDBuljzwPTBvacQF52IMD2jNYZM2tcKSfqZ7ZY0pbnY_f8h9sM6U8RIWXMhQ54SdJnMwHJDKSsViikHXLYe6dDXseNaF8nQlVGf5c0NNNE3xB6GW1cZHGoA0ezdNOoRtNulocwf/s1920/image_2021-08-03_10-23-22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsZqjHjDBuljzwPTBvacQF52IMD2jNYZM2tcKSfqZ7ZY0pbnY_f8h9sM6U8RIWXMhQ54SdJnMwHJDKSsViikHXLYe6dDXseNaF8nQlVGf5c0NNNE3xB6GW1cZHGoA0ezdNOoRtNulocwf/s320/image_2021-08-03_10-23-22.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next, lesson 2 was a Google meet, I showed them the videos starting from the last person to send in theirs (as the deadline was midnight, and I wanted them to learn that if they submit their work late, they will be the first to be shown in class - this may encourage them to be less tardy in the future.) While watching, they gave marks - 5 for Language and 5 for Confidence. Just a simple scoring system just to familiarise them with the fact that I am looking at these 2 main things. Not necessary to tell them about communicative ability at this point. We assessed about 10 students' videos and after that I showed them my blog. Their next task is to make their own blogs. Here are my instructions: </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;">Today's task is to research how to make a blog either using blogspot, wix or wordpress, then upload your intro video there and write 200- 300 words about yourself. You can add other pictures/vidos/audio/gifs to make your blog post exciting. Deadline is midnight. Add your name here and your link to your blog once you have finished. Hv fun!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;">Ok.. will update this post tmrw after Lesson 3: </span></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-54144275207928116292021-07-07T08:55:00.002-07:002021-07-07T08:55:52.994-07:00MUET Power Point Video Instructional Video<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kjw5AZ0l0NFw_eXuk_yb6RSzTwZDLlni-ybXuI3HhcHSPGNLjYuOd04PEpj9HuVUvibUQ7T-sKKr0IPGm7OKrGnOgt6uUpiXaImK7f9Gqv-OZInQrxhCBtM21mlBDdVywhakFcuhyphenhyphenXeP/s1920/image_2021-07-07_23-52-43.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Kjw5AZ0l0NFw_eXuk_yb6RSzTwZDLlni-ybXuI3HhcHSPGNLjYuOd04PEpj9HuVUvibUQ7T-sKKr0IPGm7OKrGnOgt6uUpiXaImK7f9Gqv-OZInQrxhCBtM21mlBDdVywhakFcuhyphenhyphenXeP/w432-h243/image_2021-07-07_23-52-43.png" width="432" /></a></div><br /><p>So I made a 15 min screencast-o-matic video on how to make a video using PP! Bah.. to all my students, you now have to watch this and make your own videos. I will give a cash prize for the best submission! </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqchZqXv4sI" target="_blank">Make a Power Point Video!!</a></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqchZqXv4sI</p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-85283984250619038022021-05-04T21:50:00.001-07:002021-05-04T21:50:36.608-07:00MUET CEFR-Aligned Writing Marking<p>Just mark any style you like. It doesn't really matter. What matters is that you teach with all your heart. Peace, no war. </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-57981868443678062362021-04-12T08:53:00.002-07:002021-04-13T22:46:56.967-07:00MUET CEFR-Aligned 1st Reading Paper Suggested Answers<p> *Disclaimer: I am not attached to MPM directly and these are only my suggested answers, open to debate. </p><p>So here are the answers to the first ever MUET CEFR-aligned Reading Paper. </p><p>1. C</p><p>2. A</p><p>3. B</p><p>4. A</p><p>5. C</p><p>6. A</p><p>7. B</p><p>8. A</p><p>9. B</p><p>10. A</p><p>11. B</p><p>12. B</p><p>13. B</p><p>14. A</p><p>15. A</p><p>16. C</p><p>17. B</p><p>18. B</p><p>19. B</p><p>20. C</p><p>21. F</p><p>22. G</p><p>23. C</p><p>24. B</p><p>25. A</p><p>26. E</p><p>27. D </p><p>28. C</p><p>29. A</p><p>30. D</p><p>31. B</p><p>32. B</p><p>33. A</p><p>34. A</p><p>35. C</p><p>36. C</p><p>37. A</p><p>38. D</p><p>39. D</p><p>40. D</p><p><br /></p><p>These answers are recommended but not conclusive. Feel free to have a rational debate over the questions provided that everyone is respectful and civil at all times. Cheers! </p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-28866398766289430322021-04-06T22:46:00.002-07:002021-04-06T22:57:46.465-07:00END OF AN ERA: RIP MUET 2008 - 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The time has come to say goodbye to 12 years of hard work... of slogging and developing colour coded materials and uploading or sharing in seminars and classes.. the icing on the cake is that we finally achieved 3 Band 5 results in one hit! Super proud of our Majakir students and Team MUET: Audrey, Sunita and Fairuz. This was the longest batch due to the 6 month Covid extention, what a crazy 2 years it has been coping with the pandemic, online learning and the characters of each student. Nevertheless, the fruits of our labour are sweet indeed. Special shoutout to all the MUET teachers who have served in Majakir since I arrived in 2008... with a GP of sometimes below 2.0 to 3.1 now... we are definitely in a better place. Kudos to all.. Ding, Idzam, Norita, Zainah, Lailatun.. we really have come a long way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjkTeypaJ8vHaAxqgu_kpNtsw95Lu-TDMft_-ldKR2ztJ_zYFLUtHR6X1e2e6mdWBujceKwm6DEz-SKEe4bZ72rib-3SEb8c1BaTy9tCqopms4VtzqFZiMGynuFBJLT9WaPqan_FWhW4b/s1512/20210407_134131.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1512" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjkTeypaJ8vHaAxqgu_kpNtsw95Lu-TDMft_-ldKR2ztJ_zYFLUtHR6X1e2e6mdWBujceKwm6DEz-SKEe4bZ72rib-3SEb8c1BaTy9tCqopms4VtzqFZiMGynuFBJLT9WaPqan_FWhW4b/w640-h453/20210407_134131.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I'd like to note some amazing facts. My ex student, Joanne Gan scored a perfect 45/45 for her listening paper many years ago. Very proud of her. This year, Floris, also known as <div> CiCi scored 44/45 for speaking. Whoa. Mind-blowing! Anyway, very proud of all my ex- </div><div> monkeys, current baboons and future primates. I only call them this if I really love them. And I really do!</div><div><br /></div><div> Time to gear up for the new format...exam in June/July... not much time left to prep.. </div><div> Gambateh! <p></p><div><br /></div></div>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-50245593960139983902021-03-02T21:26:00.003-08:002021-03-02T21:37:34.083-08:00Collection of new MUET CEFR-Aligned Speaking question sets<p>Hey all.. </p><p>So teachers and students alike are searching high and low for reliable MUET CEFR-aligned speaking question sets that they can practice with. Here is my simplified list so far. </p><p>If you would like to use my guide to assessing speaking in line with the new format, click <a href="http://muetmyway.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-muet-speaking-cer-aligned.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Set 1:</u></b> </p><p><b>Part 1</b> (2 min individual presentations):</p><p><b>Situation: </b>We live a more comfortable life with the invention of new technology. How has our lives improved? </p><p><b>Candidate A: </b>You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>how technology has improved the lives of students. </b></p><p><b>Candidate B:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>how technology has improved the lives of parents. </b></p><p><b>Candidate C:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>how technology has improved the lives of working adults. </b></p><p><b>Candidate D:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>how technology has improved the lives of elderly people. </b></p><p><b>Part 2</b> (8-10 minute group discussion): </p><p><b>Situation:</b> People would find it hard to live without technology in this era. In your group, discuss the benefits of modern technology. </p><p><b>MINDMAP: </b>Centre Circle - What are the benefits of using modern technology?</p><p><b>5 Bubbles:</b> Do housework / Shop online / Communicate easily/ / Move around easily / Do research</p><p>At the end of the discussion, try to <b>decide <u>the main benefit</u> of using modern technology. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Set 2:</u></b> </p><p><b>Part 1</b> (2 min individual presentations):</p><p><b>Situation: </b>We are now experiencing a new normal in facing the Corona virus pandemic. What can you do to keep healthy during this pandemic? </p><p><b>Candidate A: </b>You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>wearing face masks.</b> </p><p><b>Candidate B:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>washing hands properly. </b></p><p><b>Candidate C:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>staying home unless necessary.</b></p><p><b>Candidate D:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>exercising regularly. </b></p><p><b>Part 2</b> (8-10 minute group discussion): </p><p><b>Situation:</b> Covid-19 has caused the world population to change their lifestyles. In your group, discuss how countries can deal with this pandemic. </p><p><b>MINDMAP: </b>Centre Circle - How can countries deal with the Corona virus pandemic?</p><p><b>5 Bubbles:</b> Education / Personal protection equipment / Trained frontliners / Stricter law / International cooperation</p><p>At the end of the discussion, try to <b>decide <u>the best way</u> for countries to deal with this pandemic. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Set 3:</u></b> </p><p><b>Part 1</b> (2 min individual presentations):</p><p><b>Situation: </b>Everyone should make time to exercise daily. What are some benefits of regular exercise? </p><p><b>Candidate A: </b>You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>keeping fit.</b></p><p><b>Candidate B:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>reducing stress. </b></p><p><b>Candidate C:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>making new friends.</b></p><p><b>Candidate D:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>learning self-discipline.</b> <b> </b></p><p><b>Part 2</b> (8-10 minute group discussion): </p><p><b>Situation:</b> There is still a lot to be done to create an community that practices a healthy lifestyle. In your group, discuss how countries promote a physically active society. </p><p><b>MINDMAP: </b>Centre Circle - How can countries promote a physically active society?</p><p><b>5 Bubbles:</b> Education / Community gyms / Youth activity centers / More sporting events / Tax relief for sports equipment</p><p>At the end of the discussion, try to <b>decide <u>the best way</u> to promote a physically active society. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Set 4:</u></b> </p><p><b>Part 1</b> (2 min individual presentations):</p><p><b>Situation: </b>Climate change has taught us that we must look after our planet. What are some of these ways? </p><p><b>Candidate A: </b>You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>reducing the use of plastic products. </b></p><p><b>Candidate B:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>reducing the use of water. </b></p><p><b>Candidate C:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>reducing the use of electricity. </b></p><p><b>Candidate D:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>reducing the use of fuel. </b></p><p><b>Part 2</b> (8-10 minute group discussion): </p><p><b>Situation:</b> There is growing concern about how society is managing waste product to reduce pollution. In your group, discuss how the people can help to manage their own waste effectively. </p><p><b>MINDMAP: </b>Centre Circle - How can the people manage waste effectively? </p><p><b>5 Bubbles:</b> Buy items with less packaging / Reusing packaging / Separating waste according to category / Sending to waste collection centres / Composting </p><p>At the end of the discussion, try to <b>decide <u>the best way</u> for people to manage waste effectively in our country. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Set 5:</u></b> </p><p><b>Part 1</b> (2 min individual presentations):</p><p><b>Situation: </b>Your class would like to celebrate the retirement of your class teacher. What can you do for your teacher? </p><p><b>Candidate A: </b>You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>buying presents.</b></p><p><b>Candidate B:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>making a video. </b></p><p><b>Candidate C:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>making special cards. </b></p><p><b>Candidate D:</b> You have to give a presentation to your class. Talk about <b>throwing a surprise party.</b> <b> </b></p><p><b>Part 2</b> (8-10 minute group discussion): </p><p><b>Situation:</b> Teachers play an important role in educating the young. In your group, discuss how the government can improve the image of the teaching profession. </p><p><b>MINDMAP: </b>Centre Circle - How can the government improve the image of the teaching profession?</p><p><b>5 Bubbles:</b> Provide more professional training / Scholarships for further education / Reward high performing teachers / National teacher icon competition / Increase salary and benefits </p><p>At the end of the discussion, try to <b>decide <u>the best way</u> to improve the image of the teaching profession.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is all for now. I will add to this list as I come up with more interesting question sets. Happy teaching and learning! </p><p>I do this for free, all I ask is that you follow my TikTok @grammarqueendrey and support my newfound ambition to be a TikTokker. hahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahaha </p><p><br /></p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-692281703296601652021-02-28T18:59:00.004-08:002021-02-28T19:14:10.371-08:00New MUET Speaking CER-aligned assessment and teaching tips<p>Hi all. </p><p>So many of you have been asking me how to give marks for speaking. As mentioned a thousand times on this blog, I am not an examiner and as far as I know, the marking criteria are confidential. There are so many people teaching and marking in the dark and today's post will help to shine some light on the matter. Take note that I am playing it by ear and am just giving you a sample of what I use to assess my students, since my guess is as good as anyone else's as there has yet to be any formal training for layman teachers like us. </p><p>I am providing my own version here in the hope that it will help my fellow colleagues, and I do apologise if it may seem too simplistic a way to assess speaking for this new CEFR-aligned syllabus. </p><p>Anyway, remember to use this as a guide only, as it is NOT a true reflection of how the exams syndicate marks this paper. We are ardently waiting to be called for training on this matter as it is highly ludicrous to expect teachers to teach blind and assess even blinder. Yes, yes, harsh words, I do implore your forgiveness but you do see our conundrum, right? </p><p>I have only heard that they have 6 marks for each category and that there are 3 categories for Part 1 (individual speech) and an additional one for Part 2 (group discussion). </p><p>Part 1: </p><p><b>CATEGORY HIGHEST 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 LOWEST</b></p><p>1. <b>Able to understand </b><b>and perform task</b> </p><p>On topic (6) ------------------------ Out of topic (1) </p><p>2. <b>Able to organise ideas well: </b></p><p>Uses linkers fluently (6) --------------- No linkers, lacks fluency (1)</p><p>3. <b>Able to show good </b><b>command of language:</b> </p><p>High grammatical accuracy and good use of low frequency words (6) <span> </span> --------------------------------------------- Low accuracy and poor vocab (1)</p><p>For Part 2 there is an additional category: </p><p>4. <b>Able to contribute well </b><b>to the discussion:</b></p><p>Confident and proactive speaker (6) ---------------- Passive speaker (1) <b> </b></p><p><b></b></p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the highest marks a student can obtain is </p><p>Part 1: 6+6+6 = 18 </p><p>Part 2: 6+6+6+6= 24</p><p>Total: 42/42</p><p><br /></p><p>You will then need to convert it to x/90 which is 25% of the total score of 360. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>As an illustration: </i></p><p><i>Andy's marks ~ </i></p><p><i>Part 1: 3+4+3 = 10</i></p><p><i>Part 2; 3+4+3+4 = 14</i></p><p><i>Total: 24/42</i></p><p><i>Converted to : 24 x 90 / 42 = 51.4/90 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok... whatever assessment criteria that you choose to use at the moment, all you have to do is convert it to x/90. Then you will get the final total after adding with the other 3 papers of x/90 each to get a grand total of x/360. At this point you can determine the band according to the 9 bands previously outlined but I will mention again here. </p><p><b>Basic user: </b>Band 1.0 (1 - 35), Band 2.0 (36 - 81), Band 2.5 (82 - 122)</p><p><b>Independent user:</b> Band 3.0 (123 - 163), Band 3.5 (164 - 210), Band 4.0 (211 - 257), Band 4.5 (258 - 293)</p><p><b>Proficient user:</b> Band 5.0 (294 - 330), Band 5+ (331 - 360)</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay tuned for the next blog post. I will compile a list of possible questions for you to use in your classrooms, and I am preparing sample scripts so your students can memorise and roleplay the simulation as the foundation of preparing them for this exam. Memorising is an old teaching tool, but it still works wonders, just ask China and General Mao. hehe. Have a nice day! </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-36859291061594527042021-02-24T19:11:00.004-08:002021-02-24T19:11:38.375-08:00TikTok Classroom with Grammar Queen Mdm Audrey<p>So yes, I jumped on the TikTok bandwagon and decided to make a series of easy peasy grammar 1 min vids so that teachers will be empowered to teach better and students will learn more efficiently. Feel free to </p><p>a. Follow me on TikTok = <a href="https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSJdmJYPw/">@grammarqueendrey</a></p><p>b. Like and SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and watch the first the <a href="https://youtu.be/4NCKYt5CD-c">First 5 Grammar Rules here.</a></p><p>Stay tuned for more vids coming soon.. I will try to do one every work day and make a mashup after every 5 or 6 episodes. Weeeee! </p><p><br /></p><p>Also available to buy, my grammar book... Fix Your Broken English .. RM30 per copy, RM50 for 2. Special price for students and bulk buy of 10 copies or more. WhatsApp 0168451270</p><p>Here is a pic of me.. just cos I like my outfit today. Hehe. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7Y04SzUzyl3ZDm4hFHk2f6AMAm9FnwE6pkTiK_MY8NR5AecEzLYhj0p-8X5tUrYybePwhu0DKrVyxuBK3IAI9APpRFlhi6d3R3kZ2WQwYgQ0YJjm84Q8EuZ2n34lABb0O2gJctmBJf2/s1280/photo_2021-02-25_11-10-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7Y04SzUzyl3ZDm4hFHk2f6AMAm9FnwE6pkTiK_MY8NR5AecEzLYhj0p-8X5tUrYybePwhu0DKrVyxuBK3IAI9APpRFlhi6d3R3kZ2WQwYgQ0YJjm84Q8EuZ2n34lABb0O2gJctmBJf2/s320/photo_2021-02-25_11-10-28.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The next post is on the new CEFR aligned MUET Speaking paper. Go and check it out. </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-72701884118477018742021-01-27T17:27:00.001-08:002021-01-27T17:27:06.799-08:00Good luck to the last batch of old format MUET EXAM 30TH Jan 2021<p>Bah.. for all my students who have waited 7 months to take this exam which was postponed from end of July to end of Jan 2021, and all the teachers and students all over Malaysia.. this is your last chance to revise. </p><p>You are welcome to all my files (soon to be obsolete!) For the old format. I hv also included MPM's published 2017 MUET Handbook (Did u even know this exists???)</p><p><a href="http://muetmyway.blogspot.com/2020/02/cefr-readiness-free-materials.html?m=1">http://muetmyway.blogspot.com/2020/02/cefr-readiness-free-materials.html?m=1</a> </p><p>(The link is in this blog post)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bah good luck. I can't answer everyone's individual message or email ok. But I do wish you well. </p><p>If you don't get your desired result, don't worry, the new format is 'easier'! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX_8nkWnNg7KMvkaL5fDynEyNcnElERQ45_AwH-H1D6Gck_wF8aTFfGy4d_y1b5I4G1qYZxJBPf1aJutvmWTGdjPNv31msmWZKJ7ueYUuadU1UKgA_a2nSeV0EtfyxMCjWMidLWE7MM43/s2576/20210125_130756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX_8nkWnNg7KMvkaL5fDynEyNcnElERQ45_AwH-H1D6Gck_wF8aTFfGy4d_y1b5I4G1qYZxJBPf1aJutvmWTGdjPNv31msmWZKJ7ueYUuadU1UKgA_a2nSeV0EtfyxMCjWMidLWE7MM43/s320/20210125_130756.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>See my latest batch... They get my brain printed on paper. Hehe. </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-73791923914650330672020-12-10T18:02:00.004-08:002020-12-10T18:02:52.313-08:00MUET and PT3 Books<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgQLAWaKQBGIPprXnEMoQwlNXI5hDFfVxBHY_d55o277WrK1e4DZ6yl3InE5T9dUJ1wV6wxlsMjcx3e4o8_dSXJYA5hyphenhyphen7vGGdaW5uZrQ4lZ9UvJXzV8QKqS6t8RVkJV8FovwUP1LVyfWf/s1440/FB_IMG_1607651471677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgQLAWaKQBGIPprXnEMoQwlNXI5hDFfVxBHY_d55o277WrK1e4DZ6yl3InE5T9dUJ1wV6wxlsMjcx3e4o8_dSXJYA5hyphenhyphen7vGGdaW5uZrQ4lZ9UvJXzV8QKqS6t8RVkJV8FovwUP1LVyfWf/s320/FB_IMG_1607651471677.jpg" /></a></div>Haha.. muka tak cukup tidur. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21ogsWozAFe2u4dPtKVLCUOaEmzRoa_eJKSWK00DrhHI_451bQy4o0uahfch-hvYVeSKkvEO38pyYi2LFyX1DGwlbp0fGBobttqNEv3wNEwrNPQgeLQM1H5pPeYC1V79vZd2UPXS0eD70/s1080/FB_IMG_1607651431443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21ogsWozAFe2u4dPtKVLCUOaEmzRoa_eJKSWK00DrhHI_451bQy4o0uahfch-hvYVeSKkvEO38pyYi2LFyX1DGwlbp0fGBobttqNEv3wNEwrNPQgeLQM1H5pPeYC1V79vZd2UPXS0eD70/s320/FB_IMG_1607651431443.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUCONF11cL3nQ3KFnwUdoKyO9v9X12zwlCkKhpnnuyyErQ12EK1WKVhTlXfVbNSndV409YQFX-bCzceeq-eBx4K5a_rtKeRLXHq5qQEi07Ps-NmiHWcGmvrnasWTfqDaJlatKgX3op8XF/s1440/FB_IMG_1607651436875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUCONF11cL3nQ3KFnwUdoKyO9v9X12zwlCkKhpnnuyyErQ12EK1WKVhTlXfVbNSndV409YQFX-bCzceeq-eBx4K5a_rtKeRLXHq5qQEi07Ps-NmiHWcGmvrnasWTfqDaJlatKgX3op8XF/s320/FB_IMG_1607651436875.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwksZl5rU_WPO8FUj8pnKpoUwJclIkx42GzfUEWOUo8j9uc8iM_3U31ASruX0AAlP5hyhd4ldzhx9J6SXbd02vBqDcKMvWZ-XQhtA_23t3b1h6Pxa6EtR65m_xKow5vETANH8-pFw9L62/s760/FB_IMG_1607651444848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwksZl5rU_WPO8FUj8pnKpoUwJclIkx42GzfUEWOUo8j9uc8iM_3U31ASruX0AAlP5hyhd4ldzhx9J6SXbd02vBqDcKMvWZ-XQhtA_23t3b1h6Pxa6EtR65m_xKow5vETANH8-pFw9L62/s320/FB_IMG_1607651444848.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjni0cVgH_cJRb0UX5hYRHuUIMNps5QaH2LRCIrB07tGKrzgiY7fKHs9Ucyd0GR9iaVSW05GdpAp1pEshQ03fPYhCA1TCgZYftfgxLGW_2fwVGN4p6Je1AGGIkH5FOCVL2MrozR_tau-ur/s1440/FB_IMG_1607651479667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjni0cVgH_cJRb0UX5hYRHuUIMNps5QaH2LRCIrB07tGKrzgiY7fKHs9Ucyd0GR9iaVSW05GdpAp1pEshQ03fPYhCA1TCgZYftfgxLGW_2fwVGN4p6Je1AGGIkH5FOCVL2MrozR_tau-ur/s320/FB_IMG_1607651479667.jpg" /></a></div>I can ABX to you.. :) <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUw2z0wuzgo1WSpM3K9o4ILsrqjFi_R1rv3J0jJwyp1EPN3R-KkW0BRee8h1wD-5hRQiH7b2wU_FZtJafJ_8vwFVLLcn6jgEd1vS7VILUaNeULUHiXNpLaIQvwxhPL93KaBp7zQu7ghhH/s912/FB_IMG_1607651518444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUw2z0wuzgo1WSpM3K9o4ILsrqjFi_R1rv3J0jJwyp1EPN3R-KkW0BRee8h1wD-5hRQiH7b2wU_FZtJafJ_8vwFVLLcn6jgEd1vS7VILUaNeULUHiXNpLaIQvwxhPL93KaBp7zQu7ghhH/s320/FB_IMG_1607651518444.jpg" /></a></div>Conducted 3 Roadshow Workshops for Oxford Fajar last year.. KK, Sandakan and Miri. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W11R1JE9ccAbO53ZaXeHAKfr1l67UL_FXWErIg5Fz4ZWEp8XC5ykUi33JF7WRV7nBNsN6rr_aBiou0GnRhdkaYzm6a3lt2fszsF1NfBA2_U5_EHQitVgiRqbLtf2KLGViCTJ86g91kpn/s912/FB_IMG_1607651538195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W11R1JE9ccAbO53ZaXeHAKfr1l67UL_FXWErIg5Fz4ZWEp8XC5ykUi33JF7WRV7nBNsN6rr_aBiou0GnRhdkaYzm6a3lt2fszsF1NfBA2_U5_EHQitVgiRqbLtf2KLGViCTJ86g91kpn/s320/FB_IMG_1607651538195.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvL6vcCRmwHAlzi_YWLDPXMljLI07-24VQG1dKjstHVQTMKApEahAY7f2ovwEGVtySsg_hc-Ohc5PxDb0wthbFkFfpKkOvLvX5TGNgBRSBPJkTPW6iwUyKoLtuxqz0gHIdQh_qC8t4VBM/s960/FB_IMG_1607651560112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvL6vcCRmwHAlzi_YWLDPXMljLI07-24VQG1dKjstHVQTMKApEahAY7f2ovwEGVtySsg_hc-Ohc5PxDb0wthbFkFfpKkOvLvX5TGNgBRSBPJkTPW6iwUyKoLtuxqz0gHIdQh_qC8t4VBM/s320/FB_IMG_1607651560112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c0FFag7O0ww3djSWJiMoGO3j6iL9wknODdw8IieaC-x5GdCaAGkzLN5nakGfkI6XbtcBGEDYPL045vpS1pE0qy1yR33980VTYnx5q-oN5OW-NG9XQSONqrZcct3wtVs0vkroE5RwJKNV/s960/FB_IMG_1607651565268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2c0FFag7O0ww3djSWJiMoGO3j6iL9wknODdw8IieaC-x5GdCaAGkzLN5nakGfkI6XbtcBGEDYPL045vpS1pE0qy1yR33980VTYnx5q-oN5OW-NG9XQSONqrZcct3wtVs0vkroE5RwJKNV/s320/FB_IMG_1607651565268.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeRFsm_XOBjQDEZG-bK_nWU7ByD80dobeeRc1ahKNbjxKPHZjrDlgfTQS_X2E6xggXGYCLce6dQLoNHsmQCeqx6VaRmtgS56nRXLvFK74so5tPiUzNKArAifXe5oC3stsRy-xK8B4bzjM/s960/FB_IMG_1607651568120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeRFsm_XOBjQDEZG-bK_nWU7ByD80dobeeRc1ahKNbjxKPHZjrDlgfTQS_X2E6xggXGYCLce6dQLoNHsmQCeqx6VaRmtgS56nRXLvFK74so5tPiUzNKArAifXe5oC3stsRy-xK8B4bzjM/s320/FB_IMG_1607651568120.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeCNebqozjMHfbW8WJHJWOIve-VddyRqO-ZNOcYQy7yKxKroAvJfyecsZV5W7uakMuFYZpPS2e37wcXGBKSD5-fb7djVFB53L_Dg81HXY6n_b8REINDwXOOJLAkL5dJKTeE8buPt3Lvd2/s2280/Screenshot_20201202-154248_Shopee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeCNebqozjMHfbW8WJHJWOIve-VddyRqO-ZNOcYQy7yKxKroAvJfyecsZV5W7uakMuFYZpPS2e37wcXGBKSD5-fb7djVFB53L_Dg81HXY6n_b8REINDwXOOJLAkL5dJKTeE8buPt3Lvd2/s320/Screenshot_20201202-154248_Shopee.jpg" /></a></div>17 Vendors in SHOPPEE!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSNGvtzOxgBjz0bZKrhTXR_1vdOckiwI6VMpkQBrsjhiWniNFPMvXfOw56EZnwmVs50rdxSx0pU7qqP1pHIVD3gXEbj7GsPfi5VJH-fVvRyYo4w9odZTubanJWCuIG3CyzIuWApmIxPGg/s2280/Screenshot_20201202-154259_Shopee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSNGvtzOxgBjz0bZKrhTXR_1vdOckiwI6VMpkQBrsjhiWniNFPMvXfOw56EZnwmVs50rdxSx0pU7qqP1pHIVD3gXEbj7GsPfi5VJH-fVvRyYo4w9odZTubanJWCuIG3CyzIuWApmIxPGg/s320/Screenshot_20201202-154259_Shopee.jpg" /></a></div><br />Here are some of my books available in the market.. in fact you can even find my latest CEFR-Aligned MUET Model Tests book on Shoppee.. last I counted, there are 17 vendors selling this book! <p></p><p><br /></p><p>Working on an SPM model test book and a new MUET book for Pelangi too now, so been pretty busy besides online classes for school and exam marking. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sad the Oxford Fajar is not the publishing powerhouse it used to be and that my 2 MUET books seem to be stuck, hopefully they will be published eventually in addition to the revised PT3 English books. </p><p><br /></p><p>TQ to all who have supported me. My self published grammar book is still available. RM30 per copy including postage, RM50 for 2. Pm me your address 0168451270, I will ABX to you. </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-40296473887689078102020-12-10T17:16:00.003-08:002020-12-10T17:27:55.397-08:00I'm an ELT Digital Inspirer? Cool. <p>Honoured to be interviewed. Great job Team Going Digital ELT! </p><p><br /></p><p>The journey has been a long and winding one, but looking back, what didn't kill me really made me stronger. Writing it all down was very cathartic and I'm glad I did this interview. It will serve as a reminder in my twilight years that above all else, one woman did try to make a difference and you never know just whose lives we managed to touch. Keep teaching, keep learning and keep loving your learners. A little love goes a long way. </p><p>Thanks Team GOING DIGITAL ELT, specifically the awesome Cynthia James and great job Mr A³. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbDN30PQ6oP69ssime7K83aVzckCliIAxYoqo0MggmhXxrPaX-jg-9J0bhZsI4_CEf0tidfxQN4GgIb3GAcYU2NYLMDHpnN2seHrFvo1FLNhmc0LmkC2DCg9Bio6dk4lOoWxmn2pIumOy/s2280/Screenshot_20201211-085411_Facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbDN30PQ6oP69ssime7K83aVzckCliIAxYoqo0MggmhXxrPaX-jg-9J0bhZsI4_CEf0tidfxQN4GgIb3GAcYU2NYLMDHpnN2seHrFvo1FLNhmc0LmkC2DCg9Bio6dk4lOoWxmn2pIumOy/s320/Screenshot_20201211-085411_Facebook.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>To read the full interview, click this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.goingdigital-elt.com/blog/gd-elt-inspirer-an-interview-with-audrey-koh">https://www.goingdigital-elt.com/blog/gd-elt-inspirer-an-interview-with-audrey-koh</a> </p>Audrey Kohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295744484875630412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458198658100048021.post-68447726552054159312020-08-17T18:56:00.000-07:002020-08-17T18:56:02.070-07:00Edmodo as a Perfect MUET Learning Platform<p>For my Master's I researched the efficacy of Edmodo as a really wonderful tool for language learning. Helps students to use an FB like platform for academic purposes esp to polish reading skills as well as writing. They then talk about what they have researched online (flipped classroom) and have to listen and ask questions meaningfully with an authentic purpose. Basically, it combines all 4 skills and injects excitement into the lesson as all students are very geared up when it involves digital tech of any kind. </p><p><br /></p><p>I set up a teacher's account and creat a class, then tell them to download the Edmodo app from Playstore n get them to register as a student n sign in with the auto generated Class Code. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first task was for them to introduce themselves. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second task was to upload a website link for a food item from a country of their choice. Make sure they do not choose the same country. I then use the content as an individual 2 min speech followed by a group discussion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Third task was to find a picture n write 50 words on a famous place to visit. They will also do a speaking activity on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Encourage students to read others' posts as it will maximise usage of the researched items and also give ample opportunity for critical thinking and writing+reading skills. All good!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bah.. here r some screenshots. Happy teaching and learning. </p><p><br /></p><p>If u would like to join my Edmodo class for teachers, just WhatsApp me at 0168451270. 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