Cikguain's Blog

I’m back…. =p

cikgu Ain — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:12:41 +0000

Salam and good day. I’m so happy that i’m back. Initially, this blog was created for the sake of the subject, Educational Technology. However, since I’m quite free and it will be such a waste as if i didn’t make full use of it,and therefore, i have decided to update it. In my opinion, i think, there are so many things that can be done throughout this blog… Firstly, of course the updated info about English and grammar learning. Secondly, i will be able to share my thought, feelings and my life with my friends, family and last but not least the readers through a proper channel….. Have fun… =p

Treat yourself to something good

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Treat yourself to something good♥♥

Everbody notices what you failed to do. But nobody appreciates what you succeeded to do. That’s rather frustrating, isn’t it?

Appreciation is always a good motivation. And if nobody else appreciates your efforts, you’ll have to do it yourself. Set a target for the day, the week or the term and do also set a reward for yourself that you can look forward to, e.g.:

If I achieve the target, I will treat myself to …

an adventurous monster killing game on my computer
a visit to the cinema at the weekend
a short trip to Genting
…

If it’s a long-time target, write your reward down on a piece of paper and hang it up in a place where it catches your eye. This sure will be a good motivation.

Go for it!

Don’t overdo it!

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:00:27 +0000

Don’t overdo it!

Studying 15 minutes per day is more effective than studying 2 hours once every week.

For a whole week, try studying 15 minutes each day. Not less. And definitively not more than that (even if you could).

You will see that the following day, studying is much more fun, simply because you didn’t push it to the limit the day before.

Know when to stop before you start.

Motivation is half the Work

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:56:19 +0000

Motivation is half the Work

“Boring!” Well, that’s definitely not the way it works.

Try to find a positive aspect to studying. Why not watch your favourite film in English and write down some useful words or phrases that you want to remember. You could also read the lyrics of Top 10 songs and try to understand what they are about. Or check out celebrity sites and learn more about famous actors, bands and other stars. This sure is good for your vocabulary and on top of that – it’s lots of fun.

Always look on the bright side of life.

Targets

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:53:53 +0000

Targets

Set small, achievable targets, e.g.:

learn 10 new English words or phrases every day, Mondays to Fridays (repeat on Saturdays, relax on Sundays)
unlearn one typical mistake before the next test (see our backlog analysis)
study 15 minutes every day
read the lyrics of an English song every week and try to understand its main content
read and try to understand one short English text every week
study English on ego4u every day ;o)
…

Reaching your target step by step is much better than setting a huge target that you cannot achieve. Easy does it … and keeps your motivation up.

Many a mickle makes a muckle.

Learn English through Movies

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:49:42 +0000

Learn English through Movies

Thanks to DVD, watching films in English has become an easy thing to do.

Choose your favourite film – you’ve watched that film a dozen times and probably know all the dialogues off by heart in your native language. So following the story will be easy for you.

Have paper and pen ready as you may want to jot down useful words or phrases that you wish to learn. English subtitles might be useful for that (although they might differ from what is actually being said).

If you are not used to watching films in English, choose a only few episodes – at the beginning it isn’t easy to concentrate on listening to the foreign language for a long time.

What you see is what you get.

Learn English through Reading

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:46:28 +0000

♥ Learn English through Reading ♥

Read English texts as often as you can.

This could be the news, short stories or novels, texts from your textbook or ego4u. Choose an interesting text that is not too difficult for you (otherwise it wouldn’t be fun).

Don’t look up every word which is new to you – even without a dictionary you will understand a lot. Just concentrate on what you do understand and try to find out the rest by intelligent guessing. That works rather well, especially if you are interested in the topic. If you are a football fanatic for example, you probably won’t have problems understanding an English text about football. On the other hand, someone who is better in English than you but not interested in football will have more problems understanding the same text.

Do also watch the news in your native language and try to find English news to some of the topics. Even if you don’t understand every word in the English text, you will get the message as you already know what the text is about.

Read between the lines.

Study English every Day

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:41:38 +0000

♥ Study English every Day ♥

How many English words can I learn per day?

10 English words or phrases per day aren’t too many, are they? Just give it a try. You will find that you can learn them in next to no time.

So why not take a little time each day (Monday to Friday) to learn 10 new words?

Use the weekend to revise what you have learned during the past week(s). This way you’ll enrich your English vocabulary by 50 new words per week. (That’s 200 new English words after a month!)

Little strokes fell big oaks.

English Gap-Filling Exercises

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:11:53 +0000

♥ English Gap-Filling Exercises ♥

Make your own gap-filling exercises from English texts.

Choose a short, interesting English text that is not too difficult (e.g. lyrics, text from your textbook, news, excerpt from a story/novel). Copy the text and delete some words in the copy, e.g.:

prepositions
adjectives
verbs in a certain tense

Try to fill the gaps correctly and then take the original text to check your answers.

This sure is more fun when doing it with friends. Everyone prepares a short text and gives a copy to the others, who will try to fill the gaps correctly.

To make things a bit easier, you can provide the words in a different order or as a translation.

Practice makes perfect.

What is Verb?

cikgu Ain — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:44:17 +0000

♥ What is Verb?? ♥

♥ A verb is a ‘doing’ or an ‘action’ word ♥

Agree??

Powerpoint on verbs

verb – EXERCISES

verb – answers