Pronounciation

Note how the following words are not pronounced exactly as they are spell:

1. courage : ker-raje (wrong)
                    ker-rij (right)

2. village : vil-aje (wrong)
                  vil-ij (right)

3. informative : in-for-may-tiv (wrong)
                          in-form-er-tiv (right)

4. debut : de-but (wrong)
                day-boo (right)

5. hereditary : hare-e-de-ter-e (wrong)
                              he-red-it-re (right)

Summary (PMR)

HOW TO WRITE A GOOD SUMMARY (PMR)

You will be asked to write a summary of not more than 60 words in Section B of the PMR English Language Paper 2

� Read the text carefully to identify important facts.

� Underline the important facts ,leave out details like example or lengthy descriptions.

� Write out your summary using your own words as far as possible but using the same tense as in the passage.

� You must use /begin your summary with the 10 words given.

� Use connectors or whatever suitable words to link the fact.

� Write your summary in not more than 60 words and in one paragraph.

� Count the actual number of words. Name of people and places are considered as one word.

Examples: Kota Kinabalu, Tun Mahathir Mohamad

� Don't forget to write the number of words in brackets as the end of your summary.

Perfect Phrases for Classroom Motivation

Here are some phrases that may help motivate students either directly or indirectly:

• Can I see you for a minute after class?
• Can you come here and show me your work?
• Can you partner up with (classmate's name)?
• Can you practice with him/her?
• Do you mind writing it down?
• How did you do that?
• How do you do it?
• I am going to call you next.
• I am impressed with this.
• I could see the hard work and effort you were putting in.
• I know you will do it.
• I really liked it.
• I want to thank you.
• Let's condense the information.
• Let's look up this word.
• Let's take a break.
• Tell me what you understand.
• Thank you for being on time.
• This assignment isn't that long.
• This should be easy for you to complete.
• Well, they told me you could do it.
• Would you mind showing (classmate's name) how you did that?
• You said you couldn't do it, and you did!