English is FUN & EASY

ENGLISH IS EASY &ENGLISH IS EASY &
FUN…..FUN…..
5/20/2012 norhainimatlajisAuthorisedIC

THE SNAIL
STORY….

SubhanAllah!
One look and
we all know it
sure will not be
easy for the
little snail to
cross ….
Do you think
this LITTLE
snail will make
it across…???
1

2 3
4 5

Well…it sure did
because…. once
it decided, it did
not pause or
doubt mid-way.

Ask yourself…..Can't I do what the snail did?
Decide on what you want to do,
and then stick to that decision.
No matter how scary….no matter how difficult…
no matter how much you felt like backing
out..You should… YOU MUST stay firm and
finish what you set out to do!

…because nothing is impossible to
achieve
WHERE THERE IS A WILL ,
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY.

"Winners don't do different
things. They just do things
differently"
-SHIV KHERA
Jessica Cox
proves....
Nothing is
impossible to a
willing heart.

IF JESSICA COX CAN……
SURELY YOU CAN!!!!

YOU CAN OVERCOME ALL YOUR
CONSTRAINTS
AND BE SUCCESSFUL…..
DO NOT LET YOUR DOUBTS
HOLD YOU BACK…!!!

“Our doubts are traitors and
make us lose the good we oft
might win by fearing to
attempt.”
- William Shakespeare

YOU CAN
If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you do not.
If you would like to win, but you think
you can`t,
It is almost a hint you will not!
If you think you`ll lose, you have lost,
For out in the world you find
Success begins with the will,
It is all in the state of mind.
If you think you`re outclassed, you are,
You`ve got to think high to rise
You`ve got to think of yourself before
You can ever win the prize
For many a race is lost
Before ever a step is run;
And many a coward fails,
Before his work has even begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you`ll fall behind,
Think that you can and you will,
It is all in the state of mind!
Life`s battles do not always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can!
Walter D. Wintle

BUT…..
first you MUST DECIDE
what it is you want to
achieve
Your target..? Your aim..?
Your goal…?

So….
Set your destination….
your target…your goal…
your aim.…

Success in your exam…???
HOW…??? Define success….
Set your aim…target…your goal….
Make them measureable…
AND ACHIEVEABLE………….!!!!
How many As do you want…?
In what subjects….?
Decide… then plan your work…
And work your plan!!

DO YOU WANT TO EXCEL IN
YOUR ENGLISH
EXAMINATION…???
DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE
AT LEAST A BAND 4 IF NOT
5…OR EVEN A BAND 6 FOR
YOUR MUET…?

SPEAK ENGLISH
EFFORTLESSLY…..
WITHOUT HAVING TO
THINK HARD ABOUT
CHOICES OF
VOCABULARY
AND TENSES

SOME TIPS
TO HELP YOU

TIP NO. 1
STOP STUDYING
ENGLISH WORDS!!

RESEARCH
PROVES THAT
LEARNING WITH PHRASES IS
UP TO 4Xs FASTER THAN
STUDYING INDIVIDUAL
WORDS

ALWAYS
STUDY AND REVIEW
PHRASES
NOT
INDIVIDUAL WORDS

COLLECT PHRASES
REMEMBER PHRASES
REVIEW PHRASES

TIP NO. 2
LEARN WITH YOUR EARS,
NOT YOUR EYES…..

SPEND 80%
OF YOUR STUDY TIME
( i.e. ENGLISH STUDY)
ON LISTENING
AND 20% ON READING

LISTEN TO
UNDERSTANDABLE
ENGLISH EVERYDAY

YOU NEED ABOUT
1 – 3 HOURS OF LISTENING
EVERYDAY!

…LISTEN EVERYDAY
AND YOU WILL GAIN
FLUENCY!!

….BUT WHAT IS
FLUENCY??

...AND A MORE
IMPORTANT QUESTION
IS HOW DO WE GAIN
FLUENCY??
Can watching television
help you to gain fluency??

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
…
YOU MUST HAVE A LOT
OF UNDERSTANDABLE
AND
REPETITIVE LISTENING

DO YOU GET ENOUGH
LISTENING INPUT….???
…..if you don’t
you need to create your own

HOW…?!!

YOU CAN
JAZZ CHANT,
RECITE POETRY,
RECITE OR SING
RHYMES AND
SONGS

POETRY….JAZZ CHANTS,
POEMS,LIMERICKS AND
RHYMES AND SONGS...
ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL, FUN
MATERIALS THAT CAN BE
EASILY MEMORISED

ALWAYS MAKE AN EFFORT
TO LOOK FOR BEAUTIFUL
MATERIALS YOU CAN EASILY
MEMORISE
AND READ ALOUD
OR SING ALOUD
TO YOURSELF…
GIVE YOURSELF THE NEEDED
AURAL (LISTENING) INPUT

…..AND TRAIN YOUR TONGUE TO JUMP
AND GLIDE FROM ONE ENGLISH
SOUND TO THE NEXT….
EFFICIENTLY
QUICKLY
ACCURATELY
Familiarising yourself with English
pronunciation… English Stress,
Rhythm and Intonation

…WHILE INDIRECTLY…AND
EFFORTLESSLY TRAINING
TO MEMORISE...
1 ENGLISH VOCABULARY
2 ENGLISH GRAMMAR
3 ENGLISH STRUCTURES

SOME MATERIALS TO
SHARE….
• JAZZ CHANTS
• LIMERICKS
• POEMS
• RHYMES
• SONGS

JAZZ CHANTS

THESE ARE MY BLUE JEANS….
That is my shirt.
This red shirt? No, that brown shirt.
Those are my shoes.
These brown shoes? No, those black
shoes.
This is my jacket.
That green jacket? No, this blue jacket.
That is my t-shirt.
This white t-shirt? No, that red t-shirt.
These are my jeans.
Those black jeans? No, these blue jeans.
Those are my shorts.
These green shorts? No, those white
shorts.

I HAVE A HEADACHE
Head, head, I have a headache.
I have a headache,
And my eyes hurt!
Stomach, stomach, I have a stomach
ache.
I have a stomachache,
And I have the flu!
Ear, ear, I have an earache.
I have an earache,
And I have a fever!
Tooth, tooth, I have a toothache.
I have a toothache,
And a sore throat!
Back, back, I have a backache.
I have a backache,
And my knee hurts!
I have a headache, I have an
earache,
A toothache, a backache,
And a sore throat.
My eyes hurt, my knee hurts, I
have a stomach ache.
I have a fever,
And I have the flu!
Oh, dear. Next, please!

ADD SOME SALT AND
PEPPER….
Wash, wash, wash the lettuce
Slice, slice, slice the cheese
Put some butter on the bread
Can I have my sandwich, please…?
Fry, fry, fry the tomatoes
put them on a pizza base
Add some cheese and bake it slowly
Mmm.. Can I have a taste…?

LATE AGAIN….
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready to go?
– Not quite, not quite.
– Just a minute, don't
rush me!
Hurry up, hurry up!
Hurry up, hurry up!
– I'll be ready in a
minute,
– in a minute, in a
minute.
– I can't find my keys!
– I can't find my keys!
Come on, let's go!
Come on, let's go!
I can't find my socks!
I can't find my socks!
Come on, let's go!
Let's go, let's go!
I can't find my shoes!
I can't find my shoes!
Come on, let's go!
Let's go, let's go!
Your keys are in your hand,
Your socks are in your shoes,
Your shoes are on the floor..
Let's go, let's go!

THE GOSSIP….
Did you hear the gossip?
Did you hear the news?
No.. I didn’t
What is the story?
Tell me all the news.
Well…Mr. Smith retired
last month.
Mr. Smith retired?
And Mrs. Jones moved
last week.
Mrs. Jones moved?
Mr. Green got married in
June.
Mr. Green got
married..?
And a week ago Dick
Harper died.
Dick Harper died..??
I think that is it…
I would better go ..
I have a lot to do..
Well…thanks a lot…
It was really good to
talk to you..

My Day…..
Here is my day. This is what I
do.
I get up at seven o’clock.
Seven o’clock? Seven
o’clock.
I take a shower at seven
thirty.
Seven thirty? Seven thirty.
I have breakfast at seven
forty-five.
Seven forty-five? Seven
forty-five.
I go to school at eight
fifteen.
Eight fifteen? Eight fifteen.
I start classes at nine
o’clock.
Nine o’clock? Nine o’clock.
I have lunch at one o’clock.
One o’clock? One o’clock.
I go home at five fifteen.
Five fifteen? Five fifteen.
I have dinner at seven thirty.
Seven thirty? Seven thirty.
I go to bed at ten forty-five.
Ten forty-five? Ten forty-five.
And then I start all over again

LOVE SONG
Does she love him?
Yes, she does.
Is she happy?
Yes, she is.
Does he know it?
Yes, he does, yes, he knows it.
Will she hug him?
Yes, she will.
Will she kiss him?
Yes, she will.
Will she leave him?
Yes, she will, if she has to.
Does he love her?
Yes, he does.
Is he happy?
Yes, he is.
Does he know it?
Yes, he does, yes, he knows it.
Will he hug her?
Yes, he will.
Will he kiss her?
Yes, he will.
Will he leave her?
Yes, he will, if he has to.
Are they happy?
Yes, they are.
Are they lucky?
Yes, they are.
Do they know it?
Yes, they do, yes they know it.
Will he find somebody new?
Will she find somebody too?
Yes, they will.
Yes, they will, if they have to.

LIMERICKS

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'

There was a Young Lady whose chin,
Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had it made sharp,
And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.

There was a young lady
from Niger,
Who smiled as she rode
on a tiger.
After the ride
She was inside,
And the smile
on the face of the tiger.
There once was a lady
named Lynn
Who was so
uncommonly thin,
that when she essayed
to drink lemonade,
she slipped through
the straw and fell in!

POEMS/POETRY

You are old, Father William
by Lewis Carroll
"You are old, father William,"
the young man said,
"And your hair has become very
white;
And yet you incessantly stand on
your head
Do you think, at your age, it is
right?
"In my youth," father William
replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the
brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure
I have none,
Why, I do it again and again."
"You are old," said the youth,
"as I mentioned before,
And you have grown most
uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-
somersault in at the door
Pray what is the reason for
that?"
"In my youth," said the sage,
as he shook his grey locks,
"I kept all my limbs very
supple
By the use of this ointment
one shilling a box
Allow me to sell you a
couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "and
your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with
the bones and the beak
Pray, how did you manage to do
it?"
"In my youth," said his father,
"I took to the law,
And argued each case with my
wife;
And the muscular strength, which
it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life."
"You are old," said the youth,
"one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as
ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the
end of your nose
What made you so awfully
clever?"
"I have answered three
questions, and that is enough,"
Said his father. "Don't give
yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day
to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you down
stairs.

I saw you toss the kites up high
And blow the birds about the sky
And all around I heard you pass
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass
O wind, a-blowing all day long
O wind that sings so loud a song
I saw the different things you did
But always you yourself you hid
I felt you push, I heard you call
I could not see yourself at all
WIND ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

WIND ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
O you that are strong and cold
O blower are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree?
Or just a stronger child than me?

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws and a silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.
SILVER ~ Walter de la
Mare

IF I COULD CATCH A RAINBOW
I WOULD DO IT JUST FOR YOU
AND SHARE WITH YOU ITS BEAUTY
ON THE DAYS YOU ARE FEELING BLUE
IF I COULD BUILD A MOUNTAIN
YOU COULD CALL YOUR VERY OWN
A PLACE TO FIND SERENITY
A PLACE TO BE ALONE
IF I COULD TAKE YOUR TROUBLES
I WOULD TOSS THEM INTO THE SEA
BUT ALL THESE THINGS I AM FINDING
ARE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
I CANNOT BUILD A MOUNTAIN
OR CATCH A RA INBOW FAIR
BUT LET ME BE
WHAT I KNOW I WILL BE BEST
LET ME BE
A FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS THERE.

My mother sure is a smart
lady
she always catches me
doing things she forbids
I didn't think she'd see me
stealing a cookie
but like all the other
times, she did!
I know I shouldn't disobey mother
like I do
Gee whiz! Sometimes a boy has to
be a boy
Today she told me to quit
pestering my sister
and to give her back her favorite
toy.
When mother tells dad things I did
he smiles
I think maybe he remembers he
was a boy too
it would be bad on me if he didn't
understand
but I've decided to cut down on
bad things I do.
Because I love my mother and
sister a lot
I will turn over a new leaf and
start being good
because I know they love me like I
do them
stopping mischief, I can and know
I should.
And I Will
Ralph L. Clark © 2006
AND I WILL…

Songof thePalanquinBearers
Lightly, O lightlywebearheralong,
Shesways likeaflowerinthewindof oursong;
Sheskims likeabirdonthefoamof astream.
Shefloats likealaughfromthelips of adream.
Gaily, Ogaily, weglideandwesing,
Webearheralonglikeapearlonastring.
Softly, Osoftly, webearheralong,
Shehangs likeastarinthedewof oursong.
Shesprings likeabeamonthebrowof thetide,
Shefalls likeatearfromtheeyeof abride.
Lightly, O lightly, weglideandwesing,
Webearheralonglikeapearlonastring.

I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and
dough?
Others may stumble, but not you
On hiccough, thorough, slough,
and through?
Well done! And now you wish,
perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds
like bird,
And dead: it's said like bed, not
bead–
For goodness' sake, don't call it
deed!
Watch out for meat and great and
threat,
(They rhyme with suite and straight
and debt.)
A moth is not a moth in mother
Nor both in bother, broth in
brother,
And here is not a match for there,
And dear and fear for bear and
pear,
And then there's dose and rose and
lose–
Just look them up--and goose and
choose,
And cork and work and card and
ward,
And font and front and word and
sword,
And do and go, and thwart and
cart–
Come, come I've hardly made a
start!
A dreadful language? Why man
alive!
HINTS ON PRONUNCIATION FOR
FOREIGNERS

SONGS

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There is a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
-JudyGarland5/20/2012 norhainimatlajisAuthorisedIC

QUE SERA SERA
Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be, The
future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera, What will be, will be…
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty/handsome, will I be
rich
Here is what she said to me….
When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies
ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after
day
Here is what my sweetheart said.
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what
will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be
rich
I tell them tenderly.

YOU CAN ALSO TURN
POEMS INTO SONGS….

SIMPLY TO GIVE YOURSELF
THE NEEDED AURAL
(LISTENING) INPUT

…while preparing you
and equipping you
to face your
ENGLISH
EXAMINATION!

HOW DO YOU
PREPARE….??
HOW HAVE YOU
PREPARED…???
AND…
HOW DID YOU PREPARE
FOR YOUR ENGLISH
EXAMINATIONS IN THE
PAST…???

PREPARING FOR ENGLISH
EXAMINATIONS IS EASY
AND SIMPLE….AND CAN
ALSO BE FULL OF FUN….

SIMPLY LOOK FOR BEAUTIFUL
MATERIALS YOU CAN EASILY
MEMORISE
AND READ ALOUD
OR SING ALOUD
TO YOURSELF…

A BAND 5 OR EVEN A BAND 6
IN MUET…??
IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE…
FOR IT IS STILL
NOT TOO LATE TO PREPARE
YOURSELF !!

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