Teacher's Message: Against all odds

Click on the link below and watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPlkOyaqaQ

What have you learnt from this lady named Susan Boyle? You can write a descriptive essay about her or perhaps a reflective essay entitled “Dream”. The following words/expressions might help you in your writing: determined, inspiring, self-confidence, self-belief, be yourself, don’t judge the book by its cover. Good luck!

Teacher's Message: Fun Oral English Test

Who says Oral English Test is a boring and gruelling experience? It encourages creativity and can be fun both to the students and examiner. . . I had a great time watching a variety of shows in Form 5 Bestari: Malaysian Idol, live interview with 2 astronauts on the International Space Station (complete with space suits!), interviews with sportsmen, environmentalists, etc. Well done, guys!

Express Yourself! “English is fun!”

Hello there! I'm here to talk about the English subject which can be boring sometimes to others. Some said English is so-so but I'm here to state that English is neither both of those statements. They said that maybe because they have a hard time getting an A or at least good results in English. I will try my best to help you, my dear friends! Here are some tips and my personal secrets! Be grateful, haha, not really...

'English Is Fun', quite a popular tagline isn't it? Well course it is! Nobody can deny that English is a bit relaxing than other subjects. You only need to master sentence building which is quite easy. You need a [SUBJECT+PREDICATE], as simple as that. But we don't want something to be THAT simple. At least add something to the sentence like adverbs or adjectives, I don't actually know in a proper way. English is easy once you learn that simple technique, it's just like Bahasa Melayu except that it's in another language.

I can positively say that each one of us listens to music especially English. Now, this truly defines English is fun. Listen carefully to the lyrics, you will never regret it. The lyrics of songs have many 'bombastic' words, once in a while you will surely find one. Besides enjoying the music, you can learn English as well but beware as lyrics tend to be broken in sentence structure! That's one of my secrets.

Okay, in writing an essay, just use everything you got but make sure you use simple words and a complete sentence. After a few paragraphs, try inserting one or two bizarre words in between your sentences just to get merit points. Here's my tip, it's a bit risky but if you feel confident, heck just use it. I always read back what I wrote on the paper after finishing a sentence or two or maybe a paragraph. If the sentences sound funny then there must be something wrong with them. This is when it becomes risky; we consume time when we check for spelling mistakes and sentences. Dare or not? It's all up to you!

Have you played any games in any platform? Well, I have a PS2 but it has been a long time since I touched it, it's all dusty and all. I'm busy with my study now, ahhh, memorizing something that we must keep firm in our mind. Anyway, for all gamers, in what language do you play with? No doubt it's English; this makes me what I am today. The wordings in games are often written in a complete sentence. My English has improved, thanks to many kinds of games I played when I was a kid. I don't know if it is too late to start but if you don't have time to play games, at least read magazines or comics in English. Oh, an English drama also helps!

I think that is all for now, I have other business to attend to, homework! Assalamualaikum & have a good day...

Ahmad Zaim

5 Unknown

Express Yourself! "Stress and Studying"

Studying for finals and midterms tends to be automatically linked with stress. In fact, where stress is already built into a situation where you need to call up all the important information that you’ve learned in each of several classes over the course of several months, the last thing students need to do is add to the stress of midterms and finals, right? Well, unfortunately, many students inadvertently do just that. Certain common practices that often make finals even more stressful than they need to be. Do any of these sound familiar?

Pulling “All-Nighters”

Many students especially those who work best with deadlines find themselves staying up all night studying. Going through the next day exhausted, many may wonder if it’s worth it do the benefits of an all-night study session outweigh the sleepiness and fuzzy thinking that generally characterize the next day? Recent research says ‘no.’ A study set to be published in the January issue of Behavioural Sleep Medicine found that students who regularly pulled all-nighters tended to have lower GPAs than those who didn’t. The study also found that most students didn’t stay up all night studying because they had to. They did it because it was ‘kind of fun,’ or a rite of passage. This is good news because it means that most students, armed with the understanding that all-nighters aren’t associated with higher grades, can stop.

This excerpt from About.com's Guide to Stress Management by Elizabeth Scott was sent by:

Aisyah Aqilah
ex-student of SMKKK1
5 Adil, 07

Express Yourself! "Peer Pressure"

PEER PRESSURE

Peer pressure. When you hear it, you might go “oh no, not this topic again.” Well, at least that’s what I thought when I picked this topic out of the bunch. But I’m not talking about the same thing that you might have listened or heard about. So, peer pressure : are you the victim or the culprit~??

Let’s start from the question : what is peer pressure? In the simplest term, it is an influence on a person by other people who are about the same age. Teenagers especially.

If you are used to be bossed around, or are afraid of being alone, not confident of yourself, then, let me tell you this: you got problems. And you have to fix that because this will allow you’ve to be influenced easily. Thus, you are prone to be peer pressured and people will look at you as a toy, the puppet that everyone can play with. You will lose your dignity. Not only that, if you are drown in the darkness of peer pressure , you can lose yourself and you might never be able to get back to the surface ever. You won’t realize such loss but it is the biggest loss you will get. So please take it seriously and take care of your dignity seriously. Think about your family, your mother and father that gave up a lot for you to be a good person, protect your family’s name. If it wasn’t for anyone else, then, do it for yourself.

If you are a leader of a clique, or if your friends follow your orders without any complaint, and especially if you are the person who doesn’t like different people and wants your friends to be like you, then, watch out! Because you might be the one who put peer pressure on people.

Some might know that already. But some just don’t seem to realize that you are messing with someone’s head. You have to realize that it is selfish to force people to be someone they are not. If you can’t accept someone who they really are, then , don’t expect that person to like you either. Would you like it if people want you to be like them? Especially something you are against of ? I don’t think so. However, at the same time you can be yourself without patronizing people. You will find someone who can accept who you really are and you have to accept people for who they really are too. Be cooperative. And don’t be a hypocrite. If you know that no one wants to be friends with you just because you are different, then you don’t need friends. You have to be confident. You have to be proud that you are different. You are original. You are you. And no one can take that away from you. But at the same time, don’t blame people for not accepting you. Unless your differences are inappropriate, maybe it is the way you talk, you might be too sarcastic or heartless. Or maybe you just talk too much. And those are the things that you shouldn’t be proud of. So look into yourself and try to change, for the better only. As a Wiseman said once: do goodness for goodness sake.

You have to know that, if you are weak, and easily influenced, there is not much you can do in your life. You would trust people too easily and people can fool you a lot of time. People won’t have respect for you, people will look down on you. People will even ignore you. Whether or not you are peer pressured, you will feel some sort of emptiness in you because you can’t be who you are and in some cases, suicide is committed. This is dangerous and you should really open your eyes and see, able to differentiate between right and wrong.

You also have to know that, if you are too strong, too demanding, too hardheaded, you can ruin your and someone else’s life. You have to know what you are doing. You have to think about the consequences afterwards. If you know one person’s policy or motto don’t take that away from them, especially if it were the right ones. You have to be considerate and you have to think about others too. You cant just walk in someone life and expose outrageous information to them in order for them to change. That is so rude and selfish. And don’t expect people to be just like you so don’t blame people when they mock you one day. Blame yourself for what you did. That is why you have to think before you act. Don’t look so high on yourself. Don’t be too arrogant just because you might have more advantages than others. You are making a fool of yourself.

What I’m trying to say is, peer pressure, either you are the victim or culprit , it is no good for both sides. So change while you still can.

by:

Sofia Khairuddin

5 Bestari

English Language Resource Centre/Multimedia Room 4

The aim of the English Resource Centre is to provide various types of material for teachers, and as a 40-seats multimedia room, it also provides access to a range of equipment, software and related tools that support the teaching and learning process. The materials and equipment available in the English Resource Centre are:

1. Resource books for teachers


2. Teacher support material (compilations of worksheets, handouts, course materials, etc)


3. Reference and workbooks for students (for bulk loan)


4. English novels


5. Dictionaries


6. CD-ROMs


7. Visualizer


8. LCD projector


9. Speakers


10. CD players


11. Printers

Teaching Staff

English Language Panel members:

1. Maslinda Mohd Noor (Panel Head)
2. Siti Sarah Saidin (Secretary)
3. Azliana Ariffin
4. Chen Yoke Chin
5. Haliza Hasan
6. Marliza Mansor
7. Masniwati Mohd Said
8. Nor Izzati Yaacob
9. Noraini @ Norizan Ab Rahman
10. Norani Nor Ismail
11. Rohana Ishak
12. Rohaya Mahmood
13. Rohaya Zakaria
14. Rozana Hassim
15. Rozita Ab Karim
16. Shaharuni Mat Nawi
17. Siti Marsila Mohd Khairy
18. Siti Mas Ratna Mohd Khairy
19. Wan Rozanna Ismail