Acad. Com. 1 - Set 3 - Citation Outline Practice

Good day everyone,

Just a reminder that you need to submit the citation outline practice based on what I described in class by 10th October in class or via e-mail.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Workplace Com. 1 Sets 2 & 28 - New Learning Contract on SPIN

Good day everyone,

I'm sorry to inform you that the course co-coordinator had posted new separate learning contracts for both Job Application and Case Study. The ones posted on SPIN should be used instead of the one posted on this blog.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1 Set 3 - Proposed Project Topic

Good day everyone,

Just want to remind you to e-mail me your proposed topic for the project essay.

E-mail me: 1) Your topic
2)All the names and matrix numbers of your group members

Send an e-mail to my official e-mail by 5th October before 3 p.m.

Make sure only one representative from your group sends the e-mail to me as I don't want to receive redundant e-mails.

Please ignore what I said earlier in class and follow this ruling.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Workplace Com. 1 Sets 2 & 28 - Proposed Case Study Topic

Good day everyone,

Just a reminder that you need to tell me the proposed product or service that you would like to improve on for your case study.

E-mail me : 1) The specific existing name of the product or service in the market
2) All the names and matrix numbers of your group members

Send the e-mail to my official e-mail address by 5th October before 3 p.m.

Make sure only one representative from your group sends the e-mail to me as I don't want to receive redundant e-mails.

P.S. Set 2 and 28, please ignore what I said earlier and follow this ruling.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 & Workplace Com. 1 - All Sets - Lab/Field Work/Etc (Causing you to miss class)

Good day everyone,

If you have labs / field work / etc which will cause you to miss class for any day of our class for any week, please provide me with the schedule and/or letter from your respective lecturer for the said event(s) that has caused you to miss class.

The same applies for when you are sick (provide MC) and have personal problem(s) (death of family member,an emergency,etc) by providing relevant document(s) to support your claim.

I need a copy of the schedule, letter or relevant document(s) to verify that you were absent for valid reasons and not being absent on purpose (playing hooky).

Those found absent more than 3 times consecutively without valid reasons and supporting documents will receive a warning letter regarding your attendance which is sent to your respective faculty from Week 4 onwards.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1 - Sets 3 & 37 - Reasons to develop reading skills - Sample Final Exam Papers with Answer Key

Good day everyone,


This is the reason why you need to focus on developing your reading skills particularly in understanding text.

Take a look at the two sample final exam papers and try to do it on your own.

The papers should be completed within 2 hours each.

Do this when you have free time. Time yourself in order to test your reading and understanding skills.

Don't cheat yourself by looking at the answers before doing the tests!

Final Exam 1 - The Need For Sleep
Final Exam 1 - Answer Key

Final Exam 2 - How To Eat Smarter
Final Exam 2 - Answer Key

I'll provide more samples of the final exam later on during the semester.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1 - Set 3 - LC Interruption - Class is on this Wednesday 28th September

Good day everyone,

This is just a reminder that class will still be conducted this Wednesday, 28th September at its usual location despite it being in an LC week.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Workplace Com. 1 - Sets 2 & 28 - What to bring Week 3

Good day everyone,

Please bring both parts (Part I) and (Part II) of the Interpersonal Communication handouts to class along with the Learning Contract - Student's Copy and Lecturer's Sample to class for Week 3 (26th-30th September).

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1 - Sample of Project Paper Outline and First Draft - Sets 3 & 37

Good day everyone,
Below is a sample of the project paper outline and first draft:

Project Paper Outline

View it!

- It consists of the cover page, an outline for the first item (Japanese Culture) followed by the second item (Chinese Culture).

Project Paper First Draft

View it!

- It is based on the outline above and written in essay form and has a works cited page.


You'll need to follow how the outline and first draft of the essay is written closely.

Use the samples as a guide when writing your outline and first draft of the essay.

The topic used in the sample provided cannot be used as your project paper topic.


Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 - Samples of Project Paper - Sets 3 & 37

Good day everyone,

Below are samples of the project paper (final draft of the essay) and my comments on it:

Sample 1

- Overall a balanced paper in terms of format, content and citation. Content could be improved.

Sample 2

- Content and citation are good. Format needs to be improved in terms of paragraphing and the inclusion of a cover page.

Sample 3

- Content is good. Missing page numbers and works cited page. Paragraphing could be improved.

My recommendation is to follow Sample 1 when writing your project paper later on.

The topics presented in the sample papers here cannot be used for your project paper topic.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 Set 37 - 6th October

Information Sharing

Each person searches for 2 different articles of 800 (min) - 2000 (max) words in length from 2 different sources:
Books,
Journals (academic),
Magazines,
Websites (blogs, general websites),
Newspapers,
Theses.

How to know if an article is usable or not:

1. Title.
2. Author's Name.
3. Date of publication (Make sure that it is recent <10 years).
4. Source: Journal, Book, Magazine, Newspaper, Thesis, Blog/Websites.
5. Author's biodata (google the name).
6. Page number.

What to bring on this day:
1. Learning Contract - Student's copy.
2. The two articles which the topic title was given by me according to your group. Bring the hard-copy of the articles to class.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1 - Division of groups for Information Sharing - Set 37 - 29th September (Date Given)

Good day everyone,

Below is the division of groups and the topic that you need to search for information on:

Group 1: (Throw-away/Throwaway) Society
Muhammad Izzamani
Lee Pei Jia
Che Ku Bazilah
Farah Nasuha
Xin Kai
Nurul Nadia
Muhammad Farhan
Che Muhammad Azwan

Group 2: Beauty Pageants
Nurul Idayu
Nor Adila
Choon Tang
Mohamad Faez
Jim Feng
Siti Khadijah
Nurul Aidah
Nuramirah

Group 3: Lottery
Li Wen
Fatin Syahira
Nur Nadhirah
Wan Nur Nadhirah
Nurul Nadiah
Muhamad Azrin
Janet
Rekha

Group 4: Professional athletes
Wai Yen
Nurul A'in
Muhammad Salman
Sagshafraa
Mohd Al-Hafiz
Nur Hidayah
Yen Yik

Each person in your group must search for 2 articles from 2 different sources. Make sure that each person in the group has different articles for the 2 articles.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 - Textbook Answers (Updated Weekly)

Good day everyone,

Week 2 Answers

Page 4 - 6 __________ Page 10

Week 3 Answers

Page 7__________ Page 8 - 9 __________ Page 12 - 14 (part I)

Page 12 - 14 (part II) __________ Page 15

Week 4 Answers

Page 20-22 (part I)__________Page 20-22 (part II)

Page 28-30 (part I)__________Page 28-30 (part II)

Page 31

Week 5 Answers

Page 32-33__________Page 34

Page 36-38 (part I)__________Page 36-38 (part II)

Week 6 Answers

Page 40-41__________Page 56

My Timetable for Sem 1 2011/2012

Good day everyone,

This is useful for you to refer to to see where I'm at during the semester.

Below is my timetable for this semester:

Day/ Time	10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.	12.00 – 2.00 p.m.	2.00 – 4.00 p.m.	4.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Mon	(Work Upkeep)	Workplace 1 Set 2	Acad. Com. 1 Set 3	Workplace 1 Set 28
Tue	Consultation Hours	Consultation Hours (up till 1 p.m.) Bangi Campus	Consultation Hours (From 2.30 till 4.30 p.m.)	Research / Writing
Wed	(Work Upkeep)	Workplace 1 Set 2	Acad. Com. 1 Set 3	Workplace 1 Set 28
Thu	(Work Upkeep)	Off to KL Campus	Acad. Com. 1 Set 37	Acad. Com 1 Set 37
Fri	(Work Upkeep) Consultation Hours Online KL Campus	Lunch time/Prayers	Research / Writing Consultation Hours (From 2.30 till 4.30 p.m.) Online KL Campus	Research / Writing

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 - Division of groups for Information Sharing - Set 3

Good day everyone,

Below is the division of groups and the topic that you need to search for information on:

Group 1: Climate Change
Nik Maslina
Farhan
Nurshazlina
Nur Hafizah
Noraisyah

Group 2: Teen pregnancy
Khairunnissa'
Mohamad Hafezuddin
Nur Atiqah Mohd Saari
Nabilah
Abdul Hadi

Group 3: Single-sex school
Nor Ikrimah
Hasparina
Najlaa
Mohd Zuhairi
Fatimah

Group 4: Video games
Maimun
Nina
Ahlam
Muhamad Azan
Noorazlin

Group 5: Curfew
Noorhasniyah
Siti Norain
Wan Nur Nadiyatul
Ahmad Amir
Nur Atiqah Abdul Majid
Cheong Jie Ning

Group 6: Cell phones
Wan Hannah Hanim
Nurulhannan
Noor Atiqah Rozemi
Chan Shit Leng
Zainudin
Siti Nabihah


Each person in your group must search for 2 articles from 2 different sources. Make sure that each person in the group has different articles for the 2 articles.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Acad. Com. 1 Set 3 - 28th September

Information Sharing

Each person searches for 2 different articles of 800 (min) - 2000 (max) words in length from 2 different sources:
Books,
Journals (academic),
Magazines,
Websites (blogs, general websites),
Newspapers,
Theses.

How to know if an article is usable or not:

1. Title.
2. Author's Name.
3. Date of publication (Make sure that it is recent <10 years).
4. Source: Journal, Book, Magazine, Newspaper, Thesis, Blog/Websites.
5. Author's biodata (google the name).
6. Page number.

What to bring on this day:
1. Learning Contract - Student's copy.
2. The two articles which the topic title was given by me according to your group. Bring the hard-copy of the articles to class.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Acad. Com. 1Sets 3 & 37

Good day everyone,

You will need the following book:

Philpot, S. and Curnick, L. 2007. Academic Skills: Reading, Writing and Study Skills, Level 3. Oxford: OUP.

How to obtain the book (Choose only ONE of the following):
i) Get the book from your senior OR
ii) Borrow the book from your senior OR
iii) Xerox required pages from a person who has the book OR
iv) Borrow the book from the library OR
v) Buy the book from PPU (RM35)

For Academic Communication 1, sets 3 & 37, you need to take a look at the following reading schedule and do the reading exercises on your own:

Weekly Reading Comprehension Question Schedule.

I will post answers to the reading questions every Friday of that particular week.

If you have queries regarding the questions posed in the textbook, don't hesitate to ask me.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Problems contacting me from 17th to 20th September

Good day everyone,

I have accidentally left my usual phone at UKM and for the time being I can only be reached through e-mail through my official e-mail address.

If you had tried to contact me earlier and I have given you no response, I apologize and now you know the reason why.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Free software that you might like on your computer

Good day everyone,

Below is a list of free software that you can download for your computer. It might come in handy later on for general purposes:

1. Adobe Acrobat Reader

- Allows you to view .pdf files which are abundant on this blog.

2. Digsby

- Multi-Instant Messaging Client which allows you to connect to most popular instant messaging services all through this software without having to install multiple messaging clients.

3. Youtube Downloader

- Download your favorite YouTube clips for later viewing or repeated replays on your computer.

4. GOM player + K-Lite Mega Pack Codecs

- GOM player allows you to play almost any video format by searching for codecs for files that it can't play. K-Lite Mega Pack Codecs helps most media players already installed on your computer to play known video formats.

Enjoy!

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Materials to bring on Wednesday 21st September (Workplace Communication 1) - Sets 2 & 28

Good day everyone,

As we're not going to see each other on this Monday (19th September), please download all the materials in the Workplace Communication 1 section and briefly go through it. It is recommended that you print it out and not just save it in your PC.

Bring the following to class on Wednesday, 21st September:

Interpersonal Communication - Part I

Learning Contract - Student's Copy

Learning Contract - Lecturer's Sample

P.S. for set 28, please ignore what I said earlier to bring to class.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Class Postponement Announcement

Good day everyone,

I would like to inform you that I will not be able to make it to class for classes on Monday(19th September) and Tuesday (20th September) as I'm attending:

Conference Name:

International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICELT): TEACHING ENGLISH AS A PERFORMING ART? Venue: Lumut, Perak, Malaysia. Duration: 3 days - 18th till 20th September. A replacement class or extended class hours will be announced later to make up for the deficiency in lessons due to class cancellation on said dates. Regards, Mr. Khairul.

Drop Requirements, Class Set Changing and Dropping Etiquette

Good day everyone,

Students in the first semester CANNOT be registered or take WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION 1. If you happen to be registered in any sets for the subject, DROP the subject immediately. You can take the subject in the 2nd and 3rd year of your study.

Students from the Faculty of Education majoring in Sports, Special Education and TESL CANNOT be registered or take ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION 1. The faculty does not require you to take the course because of your major.

If you need to change to another set from the one registered (in my set/from my set) in WEEK 3 onwards, please inform me as I need to update the attendance list with the course co-coordinator.

Don't simply drop/change without telling me as it might result in a warning letter being sent to your faculty and you being barred from taking the final exam regardless of your status of being in a different set.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul

Schedule clashes and inability to register in any of the sets I'm teaching

Good day everyone,

If you're unable to register in any of the sets that I'm teaching, please try until the end of week 2 which is a Sunday. Do the registrations ONLY ONLINE. Manual registration with me will only be approved by me ONLY from WEEK 3 ONWARDS.

If there are sufficient people (15-30) who also face the same problem you and 'your group' face and another set needs to be opened to solve the problem, please meet the course co-ordinator at PPU to address the issue. This SHOULD ONLY be your LAST RESORT from WEEK 3 ONWARDS and is subject to the COURSE CO-OORDINATOR'S APPROVAL and HE or SHE has the right to NOT OPEN additional sets.

Regards,

Mr. Khairul.

Class Rules

1. Put your phones in silent mode during class hours.

- No one wants to hear your ringtone aloud in class and it disrupts the class.

2. It is your responsibility to check this blog often for class announcements, materials and other important information regarding the class.

- You will be notified through other means of communication only if something unexpectedly occurs.

3. Respect your classmates and your instructor.

- You wouldn't like it if someone interrupted your presentation constantly or is disturbing you while you're trying to learn.

4. If you miss class 3 times in a row (same or different weeks consecutively) without any valid reason and supporting documents, a warning letter will be issued to your respective faculty.

- You can't simply not come to class unless it is part of the learning contract self-study hours. I may use some of the self-study hours to see you regarding the class.

5. You are only allowed to be 15 minutes late to class if you're commuting from one distant location to another or have a valid reason for doing so.

- You wouldn't want to wait constantly for people, so why do the same to the instructor and your classmates?

Lecturer Contact Information

Mr. Khairul Hisyam Baharuddin

Office:

i)Room 24, Ground Floor (lowest floor), Block 1, Kris Mas College

ii) Mailbox - Center for General Studies (PPU - Pusat Pengajian Umum)

E-mail:

i) Official e-mail -

ii) Instant messaging -


Telephone Numbers:

i)Office -

ii)Cell -

Consultation Day & Hours:

Day -Friday

Hours:
- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (My Room in Kris Mas College/Other locations)
- 2.30 - 4.30 p.m (My Room in Kris Mas College/Other locations)
- 9.00 - 11.00 p.m (Online - through this blog's chat interface or instant messaging)

Phoning and Text-ing Etiquette (Applies Monday-Sunday)

Calls are accepted during office hours (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
Personal Space (6.01 - 8.59 p.m.) - Only call and/or SMS if you have serious problems.
ONLY SMS from 9 - 11 p.m.
11.01 p.m. - 8.59 a.m is when NO Calls and SMS-es will be entertained.
Calls will also not be entertained during SMS only hours.

Requiremenst for setting-up a meeting

Please tell me in advance if you want to see me face-to-face on Friday. Advance notice is 2 days before meeting with me.

Location of my mailbox / Locating my mailbox at PPU

 Step 1: Locate these chairs and the notice board at PPU.









Step 2: You'll find this door located near the above chairs. Go through this door.









 
Step 3: You'll notice a white shelf on your right. This is the shelf where mailboxes are for PPU.

Step 4: Identify my mailbox from the many mailboxes there. Put your assignments/letters/notices/etc into the mailbox through the hole.

Step 5: Repeat the process each time you need to submit stuff to me.


Step 6: Go to your next class or destination.

Workplace Communication 1 (ZZZE3012)

Course Synopsis

The course is designed for students who have completed Academic Communication 1. The course equips students with both oral and written communication skills to enable them to function at the workplace. It adopts a learner-centered approach and is interactive in nature. The course enables the students to perform at job interviews,develop interpersonal skills and carry out group meetings.
 

Pre-requisites (if applicable):

Pass ZZZE1012 ( Academic Communication 1 - MUET 3 dan 4 ) dan ZZZE1002 ( Foundation English – MUET 1 dan 2)

Important Course Materials:

Course Booklet - Semester I 2011/2012

Assessment Scale - Semester I 2011/2012

Course Materials - Semester I 2011/2012 - (Interpersonal Communication)

Part I ______ Part II

Course Materials - Semester I 2011/2012 - (Job Interview)


Part I ______ Part II_____Job Search

Course Materials - Semester I 2011/2012 - (Case Study)

Case Study__________Case Study Suggested Links

Learning Contract - Student's Copy

Learning Contract - Lecturer's Sample

Academic Communication 1 (ZZZE1012)

Course Synopsis

The course is designed for students who have passed MUET with either Band 3 or 4 as well as students who have completed the ZZZE1002 Foundation English course. It equips students with the language skills necessary to function effectively in academic settings. The course adopts a student-centered approach.

Important Course Materials:

Brief Course Outline for Semester I 2011/2012
Course Outline for Semester I 2011/2012

Sample of Learning Contract

Learning Contract - Student's Copy

Learning Contract - Lecturer's Sample

Discussion Skills for Tutorials and Seminars

Useful information on citing sources: Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting