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Real problems of young Malaysians studying English - Case study 02

From Fokus SPM magazine, 'Living English with Teech Airil', July 2007
Time Out: “Excuse me Teech, can you please answer our questions?”

Hi there everyone! I think the title above is self explanatory, right? This month we shall take another time out so that I can share with you some of the questions that readers of this column have posed to me. Personally, I feel that the questions they asked would be beneficial for all of us.

Well enough said, but before we go on with the questions and answers – please feel free to contact me through www.teechconsult.com, and also to find out more about how to become a Good English Language Learner. Or, you can always use the internet to learn more about how you can train yourself to become a GELL!

Question 1 from Farah in JB

“My English teacher said that grammar is the most important thing in English. So, she gives us grammar exercises everyday! This is so boring. Do you think that she is right? My friends and I really hate English because of her.”

Real problems of young Malaysians studying English - Case study 01

From Fokus SPM magazine, 'Living English with Teech Airil', September 2007
Time Out: “Hello there Teech, can we ask you something please?”

Untuk majalah Fokus bulan ini, kita berhenti sebentar membincangkan proses menjadi Good English Language Learner (GELL). Saya ingin berkongsi dengan anda beberapa emel yang saya terima dari pembaca setia Fokus, bertanyakan tentang Bahasa Inggeris dan aspek penguasaannya. Dilema, konflik dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh mereka, mungkin juga masalah yang sedang atau akan anda hadapi…

“Teech, I have no friends to speak in English. I don’t disturb them but then they will say that I am pretending to be good or clever and sometimes I even hear my friends labelling me as arrogant if I speak in English. If this is my reality, how am I going to improve my English? Continue to speak ‘alone’ in English or what?” – from Nadya

Dilema Nadya bukan pertama kali kita dengar malah ia sesuatu yang sering berlaku di sekolah, mungkin juga di sekolah anda! Aneh bukan? Teman-teman anda yang sepatutnya berkerja keras untuk menguasai Bahasa Inggeris hanya kuat berdengki dan cepat pula mengutuk – Perangai yang amat buruk dan bodoh pada hemat saya!