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CEL1231 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 1 SEM 1, 2022/2023


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Dalila Nazahah Mohmad Fuzi
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The course focuses on basic English skills (grammar, reading and writing) which enable students to extend their knowledge they have gained in the previous courses.

Here is the class outline:

1. ICE BREAKING SESSION

Let's break that ice!

My Intro Video

2. COURSE INFO

In the Course Information, all topics for our lessons are listed for your reference. These are the content for this course.

COURSE INFO

3. WRITING

CLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) For CEL1231/EIS1231, We will be learning in depth all about paragraph writing; the step-by-step, all the way to the strategies to write paragraphs efficiently and effectively. Some of the topics covered are: 1.3 Writing 1.3.1 Introduction to Paragraph Writing 2.3 Writing 2.3.1 Developing paragraphs through topic sentences and supporting details 2.3.2 Writing concluding sentence 2.3.3 Usage of transition signals 2.3.4 Usage of simple and compound sentences 3.3 Writing 3.3.1 Understanding descriptive paragraph: Purpose and Aim 3.3.2 How to describe people 3.3.3 How to describe places 4.3 Writing: Descriptive paragraph 4.3.1 How to describe objects 4.3.2 How to describe events 5.3 Writing: Descriptive paragraph 5.3.1 Collect materials 5.3.2 Brainstorming 5.3.3 Selecting and organising point 5.3.4 Find common adjective related to the topic 5.3.5 Preparing the outline 6.3 Writing 6.3.1 Narrative paragraph 6.3.2 Collect materials 6.3.3 Brainstorming 6.3.4 Selecting and organising point 6.3.5 Preparing the outline .3 Writing : Narrative 7.3.1 Writing a topic sentence 7.3.2 Writing supporting details and concluding sentence 7.3.3 Revising and editing the paragraph

PART 1 : INTRODUCTION TO DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
CLASS RECORDING 1
CLASS RECORDING 2
PART 2 : WHAT IS TOPIC SENTENCE IN OUTLINE WRITING?
CLASS RECORDING PART 1
CLASS RECORDING PART 2
PART 2.1 : GOOD TOPIC SENTENCES
EXERCISE ON TOPIC SENTENCE
PART 3 : WHAT IS SUPPORTING DETAIL AND CONCLUDING SENTENCE IN OUTLINE WRITING
CLASS RECORDING 1
CLASS RECORDING 2
PART 4: HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH
CLASS RECORDING 1
CLASS RECORDING 2
PART 4.1 EXERCISE ON MINOR SUPPORTING DETAILS
PART 4.2 EXAMPLE OF FULL PARAGRAPH WRITING
useful notes
My Favourite Movie/TV Show Ever
QUIZ 1 - 15/8/2022

4. GRAMMAR

CLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) For CEL1231/EIS1231, we will be looking at some parts of the English grammar. We will go back to the basics to correct and revisit your current knowledge about some parts of the English grammar. These are the topics: 1.1 Grammar 1.1.1 Articles 1.1.2 Nouns 1.1.3 Pronouns 2.1 Grammar 2.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Singular, Plural & Mass Nouns 3.1 Grammar 3.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Countable and Uncountable Nouns 4.1 Grammar 4.1.1 Subject Verb Agreement: Quantifiers & There is..There are.. 5.1 Grammar 5.1.1. Adjectives 5.1.2.Adverbs Unit 6 6.1 Grammar 6.1.1.Prepositions Unit 7 7.1 Grammar 7.1.1.Conjunctions 7.1.2.Interjections

1. PART OF SPEECH
NOUN, ARTICLE, PRONOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
CONJUNCTION
PREPOSITION
2. SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
CLASS RECORDING 1
ANSWER FOR SVA EXERCISE 1
ANSWER FOR SVA EXERCISE 2
3. SAMPLE OF QUIZ 2
1ST SAMPLE OF QUIZ 2
2ND SAMPLE OF QUIZ 2
3RD SAMPLE OF QUIZ 2
useful notes
You Will Only Get Better If You Do Exercise!
Articles; they're so confusing aren't they?
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Adjectives are going to get you far...
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Yes, they are confusing, that's why we need to keep on practicing.
Drop your screenshots from the exercise
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE

5. READING AND VOCABULARY

CLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) For CEL1231/EIS1231, we will be learning some basic reading skills and of course, practice makes improvement! We want to make our students become comfortable with reading in English, so here are the topics for reading: 1.2 Reading 1.2.1 Using an English dictionary 1.2.2 Pronunciation and Phonetic symbols 2.2 Reading 2.2.1 Definition, synonym and antonym 2.2.2 Words that can be noun and verb 2.2.3 Compound nouns 2.2.4 Formal and Informal Vocabularies 3.1 Reading 3.1.1 Contextual meaning 3.1.2 Reference words 4.2 Reading 4.2.1 Read for main ideas 4.2.2 Read for details 5.2 Reading 5.2.1 Skimming and Scanning 6.2 Reading 6.2.2 Identify topic sentence and supporting details in text 6.2.3 Understanding WH questions 7.2 Reading 7.2.1 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary: Identifying meaning of words from context

1. CONTEXTUAL CLUES
NOTES
EXERCISE
2. UNDERSTANDING PASSAGE

6. SPEAKING

CLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) The aim for CEL1231/EIS1231 in speaking skills is that we want our students to become braver and comfortable in expressing their thoughts in English. So here are some topics to get you started: 1.5 Speaking : Language function 2.5 Speaking 2.5.1 Tips for delivering an individual presentation 3.4 Speaking 3.4.1 Tips for delivering group presentation 5.4 Speaking 5.4.1 Descriptive topic 6.4 Speaking 6.4.1 Demonstrative topic

1. ATTENTION GETTER
2. GUIDELINES ON VIDEO PRESENTATION
3. RUBRICS FOR VIDEO PRESENTATION
CLASS RECORDING 1
CLASS RECORDING 2
An awesome example on how to make a 'How to' presentation
This is a good example of how to record a presentation standing up. Look at her body language and ho

7. LISTENING

CLO 1 : Describe the ideas or data obtained through reading texts at pre-intermediate level.(C2) CLO 2 : Implement correct usage of grammatical structures and verb forms in sentence constructions at pre-intermediate level (C3) CLO 3 : Use ideas and data obtained through listening in oral delivery method at pre-intermediate level (C3, A3, P4) It is actually not easy to train yourself to listen and process information in English since it is not our mother tongue. So, the aim of CEL1231/EIS1231 is to get our students to become comfortable and to learn some listening in English skills so that students will be able to process information effectively. So, here are the toppics for listening: 1.4 Listening 1.4.1 Listening Skill: Listening for Main Ideas 2.4 Listening 2.4.1. Listening Skill: Listening for Specific Information

1. STEPS ON HOW LISTENING TEST IS CONDUCTED

8. SAMPLE OF QUIZZES AND TESTS

In this folder are samples of quizzes and tests for CEL1231/EIS1231.

ANSWER KEY FOR SAMPLE FINAL EXAM
CLASS RECORDING PART 1
CLASS RECORDING PART 2
QUIZ 1 SAMPLE
QUIZ 2 SAMPLE
QUIZ 3 SAMPLE
LISTENING TEST SAMPLE
COMMON TEST SAMPLE

9. CLASS RECORDINGS FOR SEMESTER 1, 2022/2023

Dear students, here is the compilation for our class recordings. Please watch them if you would like to revisit our previous lessons.

Class Recordings
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