APPRECIATION

Alhamdulillah, thanks to the Merciful that we have complete our English

Language Proficiency task. Thousands thanks to Madam Norliza Binti Darus as our

English Language Proficiency lecturer, for giving our fellow friends and us guides to

complete this task.

At the time to complete this task, we have to find reference sourse form the

internet and materials at college’s library such as book and magazine. We have got

some input that useful as my general knowledge and also as preparation to sit for the

end semester examination.

We hope that our assignment go positive feedback form the examiner,

Insyaallah. We hope that we can do other assignment better in future. Finally, it is

particular pleasure that we express my gratitude, once again, to all the people who have

help us with the preparation of this assignment.

 A. KNOWLEGDE ACQUISITION

What is the role of teacher?

Schools are one of the first places where kid’s behavior and future educational
success is shape. Teachers are carriers of either positive or negative behavior toward
students. The reason why the first years of school are so critical is because kids learn
the base of their educational life. I believe that teachers must love their career in order
for them to pass enthusiasm, to assists, and to provide a warm environment to the
students. In my opinion teachers are the second mothers for the students because
students spend a lot of time with their teachers. At the same time, I believe a real
teacher becomes through many years of training and experiences in the field.

A teacher carries a big responsibility in her classroom. One reason is that all
students depend on her/him. Everything the teacher says will have an impact on the
students. If the teacher feels joy of feels anger, it will be spread among children
because the attitudes of the teacher gets contagious. Teachers are responsible for the
social behavior in the classroom. If something goes wrong the only responsible is the
teacher even if it was not their foul. The teacher must create a warm and protective
environment but at the same time professional. If students feel secure in the classroom
the result will be shown in the academic progress. Teaches have the responsibility to
know his/her students in the classroom. Each day, the teachers show one of their
attitudes that the students are unaware. Also, the students do the same in order for the
teacher to get to know them, too. This is a good exercise to do because it benefits the
whole class to break the ice.

As a conclusion, teacher should also have fun with the students. Kids learn faster
when they feel attracted to an exciting lesson. A teacher should also be someone who
guides student rather than someone who is a totalitarian in the classroom. The teacher
needs to show respect toward the students so the students also respect the teacher.
NOUNS

A noun represents a name of anything. It represents a name of a person, an

animal, a bird, a thing, a place, etc. A noun also represents a quality, or a state or an
action, which is observable to the human eye, which can be heard, smelt, tasted or
visualized.
For example: student, Nazar Farez, girl, fish, house, camera, Melaka, kindness, bicycle,
Lintang Pekaka, happy, Naza Ronda, beauty, etc.

A Proper Noun is a name that belongs to a special or a unique thing. It always

begins with a capital letter. The Proper Noun pertains to a particular person, place,
festival, religion, month, nationality or thing.
For example, ‘boy’ is a Common Noun. It is given to all boys. But ‘Aziz’ is a name that
does not belong to all boys. It is the name of one boy. Therefore, Aziz is a Proper Noun.
In the same way, ‘Kuala Lumpur’ is the name of only one city, not all cities. So, Kuala
Lumpur is a Proper Noun. Other examples of Proper Nouns are Yelena, Ministry of
Higher Education, Proton Savvy, Friday, Citi Bank, April, The Zouk, etc.

Countable Nouns

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For
example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here
are some more countable nouns:

 dog, cat, animal, man, person

 bottle, box, litre
 coin, note, dollar
 cup, plate, fork
 table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

 My dog is playing.
 My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

  A dog is an animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

 I want an orange. (not I want orange.)

 Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

 I like oranges.
 Bottles can break.

We can use some and any with countable nouns:

 I've got some dollars.

 Have you got any pens?

We can use a few and many with countable nouns:

 I've got a few dollars.

 I haven't got many pens.

Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate
elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count
"bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more
uncountable nouns:

 music, art, love, happiness

 advice, information, news
 furniture, luggage
 rice, sugar, butter, water
 electricity, gas, power
 money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

 This news is very important.

 Your luggage looks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say
"an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:

 a piece of news
 a bottle of water
 a grain of rice

We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

 I've got some money.

 Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

 I've got a little money.

 I haven't got much rice.

Proper Nouns

Proper nouns, capitalized in writing, are the names of specific places, persons, or event.
It is not difficult to discover that the distinction between common and proper nouns has
grammatical consequence. For example:

Common nouns Proper noun

man, boy John
woman, girl Mary
country, town England , Malaysia
shop, restaurant Mc Donalds, KFC
book, film Harry Potter, Titanic
company Honda , LG

 This is Mary's car.

 Where is Ram's telephone?
 Who took Anthony's pen?
 I like Tara's hair.
ADJECTIVE
An adjective is often defined as a word which describes or gives more

information about a noun or pronoun. Adjectives describe nouns in terms of such

qualities as size, color, number, and kind. An adjective commonly stands before the

noun or pronoun it qualifies, but it may also occur as a complement to a verb of being.

Example of adjective:

 Our child is sleepy.

 The dog was hungry.

 The night is dark.

 That man was poor.

 The bird is black.

Possessive Adjectives

A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their") is similar or
identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a
noun or a noun phrase, as in the following sentences:

 I can't complete my assignment because I don't have the textbook.

 What is your phone number.
 The bakery sold his favourite type of bread.
 After many years, she returned to her homeland.
 We have lost our way in this wood.

Demonstrative Adjectives

It is mean points out or shows the person or things. The demonstrative adjectives
"this," "these," "that," "those," and "what" are identical to the demonstrative pronouns.
  When the librarian tripped over that cord, she dropped a pile of books.
 This apartment needs to be fumigated.
 Even though my friend preferred those plates, I bought these.
 These are my book, not yours.
 Those are cats, not dogs.

Interrogative Adjectives

An interrogative adjective ("which" or "what") is like an interrogative pronoun, except

that it modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own. The example are
shown below.

 Which plants should be watered twice a week?

 What book are you reading?
 Whose book is that?
 What did you tell him?
 Which pen is her?
VERBS

The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb
asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or
states of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a
sentence.

Types of verb

Verb can be classified on two different categories. The first category is that verb

can be divided according to the job they do in a sentence this is also called as

syntactically division of verbs and under this category the types include finite verbs,

non-finite verbs and helping verbs or auxiliary verbs. The second category is that verb

can be divided according to the basis of how they are formed. This is also termed as

morphological division of verbs and this includes regular verbs, irregular verbs,

compound verbs and phrasal verbs.

Syntactical division of verbs:

 Finite verbs:

Finite verbs are those which change according to the words like you, we, she, he and
they. Finite means limited the power of the above-mentioned words is limited they are
called finite verbs. Finite verbs can be classified further into linking, transitive and
intransitive verbs.

Example: The truck demolished the restaurant.

The leaves were yellow and sickly.

The documents had compromised him.

They will have gone.

Did they celebrate?

  Non-finite verbs:

Non-finite verbs are verbs which do not change. Not even a single word in a sentence
can create a change on these verbs. It just names the action expressed by the verb.

Example: We like to play.

She wanted to sing.

He tried to steal.

They wished to stay.

 Auxiliary verb or helping verb:

An auxiliary verb is also termed as helping verb and it stands before the main verb and

change the speaker’s perspective towards the action or the tense of action. The

presence of auxiliary verb in a sentence can change the way in which the sentence is

negated and in the way in which a question is formed in a sentence. Auxiliary verb can

be further classified into primary and modal auxiliaries.

Examples: He has been playing football.

The house will be built.

He will not play football.

He does not play football.

ADVERBS

An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. An adverb "qualifies" or "modifies"
a verb (The man ran quickly). But adverbs can also modify adjectives (Tara is really
beautiful), or even other adverbs (It works very well).

Many different kinds of word are called adverbs. We can usually recognise an adverb by
its:

1. Function (Job)
2. Form
3. Position

1. Function

The principal job of an adverb is to modify (give more information about) verbs,
adjectives and other adverbs. In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the
word that it modifies is in italics.

 Modify a verb:
- John speaks loudly. (How does John speak?)
- Mary lives locally. (Where does Mary live?)
- She never smokes. (When does she smoke?)

 Modify an adjective:
- He is really handsome.

 Modify another adverb:

- She drives incredibly slowly.

But adverbs have other functions, too. They can:

 Modify a whole sentence:

- Obviously, I can't know everything.

 Modify a prepositional phrase:

- It's immediately inside the door.

2. Form

Many adverbs end in -ly. We form such adverbs by adding -ly to the adjective. Here are
some examples:

 quickly, softly, strongly, honestly, interestingly

But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. "Friendly", for example, is an adjective.
Some adverbs have no particular form, for example:

 well, fast, very, never, always, often, still

3. Position

Adverbs have three main positions in the sentence:

 Front (before the subject):

- Now we will study adverbs.

 Middle (between the subject and the main verb):

- We often study adverbs.

 End (after the verb or object):

- We study adverbs carefully.
B. MASTERY OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

TOPIC-TECHNOLOGY

TEXT 1 (WHAT’S NEXT IN SOCIAL NETWORKING?

Social networking is a term that’s been bandied around for a while now. What
began as a way to connect with long-last classmates, friends and relatives has
exploded into a bona fine social revolution in the internet era, lending a brand new
dimension to what we understand by the term “addiction”.

Before you dismiss social networking as yet another fad that might soon be going
the way of shoulder pads, mini discs and WAP, we thought it might be good idea to
check in with Frank Meehan, CEO of INQ Mobile. The company is leading the way in
taking social networking off our computer screens and straight onto our mobile phones.

Meehan believes there’s no question Facebook will be around for a long time.
“Facebook is getting stronger by the day,” he says. “In the last ten years, the trend has
been text-messaging. But PCs and mobile phones are set to merge, and instant
messaging, e-mail and mobile will be core to the experience.”

Taking social networking into the next phase in INQ Mobile’s latest product, the
INQ Mobile’s Mini 3G. Dubbed the “Facebook Phone” because of its unique one-click
access feature to the site and the other social networking phenomenon, Twitter, the INQ
Mini 3G is one hyper-connected mini social mobile even the modern-day Batman would
want a piece of.

So get used to it – it seems that frequent status updates, pokes and friend
requests are here to stay, and in ever smaller, ever more convenient formats by the
day.

If it were up to Meehan, that, for now, would be your mobile phone.

TEXT 2: IPHONE TAKES ON CHINA

Apple has just launched the iPhone in China. But hoe successful will the
smartphone be in the volatile mainland mobile market? Breaking into this market-which
People’s Daily Online has reported now spans more than 700 million users-would be a
huge success story for Apple.

However, the staggering price of the iPhone (about $1025 for the high-end model
without a contract) is a barrier for those 700 million. At that price point, the farmer,
labourers and miners of rural China won’t be able be able to afford it. Among the new
wealthy in China, there is a definite craving for status symbols of all varieties, and the
iPhone probably will sell well among the flash-car and designer-studded crowd. But
what about the middle-class professionals? They’re essential to Apple’s success, but
will they take a bite of the fruit?

They will need to justify the cost of the iPhone, and in the notorious culture of
imitation and piracy, there are other options. Dozens od iPhone clones and outright
knockoffs are readily available in China, most shoddily-made devices only vaguely
resembling the Apple smartphone and lacking most its features, although some offer
functionality (e.g. FM radios and dual SIM card sockets) even the iPhone lacks.
Knockoff can be found for well under %100 in most city street market. There are also
plenty of authentic iPhone sold on the grey market, unlocked and hacked for ease of
use.

Untimately, the success of the iPhone in China rests on the allure, packaging and
marketing of the Apple brand and sleek Product design. This approach has been
successful in glossy, ad-saturated markets such as the US, Europe and Japan. But will
it succeed in China?
TEXT 3: THE E-BOOK DEBATE

Electronic reading devices seem all set to hit the mainstream this year. Amazon’s
Kindle (the only major e-reader that’s almost globally usable) has dominated the US
market since 2007, but Barnes & Noble introduced competition last November with
Nook, which sold out during its lunch. Sony has had its own line of Readers since 2006
(which, like Nook, is currently only readily available in North America), while other
companies such as BenQ are following hot on their heels with models for Asia and other
markets. But are e-books right for you?

Pros: Does the thought of having a walking library sound appealing to you? E-
books can hold hundreds of titles, so you can carry every major work of reference, a
complete collection of classics you’ve always been meaning to read, and the entire
current bestsellers list-all in one small device. Instead of a backbreaking knapsack.

It’s easy to become spoiled by the convenience of browsing and down-loading

books instantly, via a connected PC or the e-book itself, some of which come equipped
with built-in wireless connectivity.

Cons: Even some technophiles admit to missing the pleasure of curling up with a
nice hefty book, feeling the grain of the paper while turning each page, and breathing in
the rich smell of a well-loved tome.

You also lose the cover, which can be works of art in themselves. As e-books
gain popularity, the quality of cover art will decline, much like how digital media and
MP3s killed the part of album covers.

Pro/con: Some people love the idea of a cozy room of bookshelves crammed to
the ceiling with books, but tiny urban apartments mean that many simply don’t have the
room spare.

When it comes to determining if e-books are for you, among other factors such
as cost, what you really need to consider is whether the content within the book is more
important to you than owning-and enjoying-the physical aspect of real books.
PARAPHRASING THE TEXTS

Nowadays, technology is apart of human life. We all needs technology in variety

of it functions. Internet is one of the most highly users in every part of the world. By
using internet, people communicate to each other trough many of social networking
such as facebook. Social networking is a term that’s been bandied around now.

Now we can just log to the internet by using smartphone. Computers and mobile
phones are set to merge, and instant messaging, e-mail and mobile will be core to the
experience for example iPhone. However, the staggering price of the iPhone is a
barrier for the majority of those 700 million. Many people wants to be in the era of the
technology will choose clones of iPhone which made by China and the knockoffs can be
found for well under $100 in most city street market.

Furthermore, by using these technology also we can carry every major work of
reference in just one piece of affordable digital book. We can have the convenience of
browsing and downloading books instantly with our fingertips.
REFLECTION

When Madam Norliza Binti Darus has been given this task, we started to search any
resources to complete this assignment. In the beginning, this assignment is challenging but the
lecturerand friends help us to overcome these problems. We has been face off with a lot of
challenges and problem especially to get the information but all of our friends help me to
complete this assignment. We work hard to find the references and collect the information about
the task given to complete this assignment. Then, we discuss with our classmates and the other
friends to find the correct information that can be used in this assignment.Madam Norliza Binti
Darus helps us a lot during finishing this assignment. She quide us to write a better essay and
make a nice presntation about our assignments.

These assignments also awaken us that are in our life that are a lot of challenges and
problems that we must face off. We realize that we need to sacrifice to done any work. This
assignment also teach us that the important the team work. Without friends, we found that to
finish this assignment is too difficult in a short period of the time given. We’re work together to
finish this assignment. Our friends have me a lot during finishing this assignment. They help us
to check the drafts and give us some suggestions about the sentences.

In my opinion, the task that has been given by our lecturers can help us during exam
and improved our knowledge about English language. This is because we also need read a lot
of articles to find the informations. At the end of this assignment, I found that I’ve been gain a lot
of knowledge about the writing essay and it also gains my knowledge about the effects of
cigarette smoke.

In the end, we also found out that making a mind map for the graphic organisers is the
best way to manage ideas and gives me more understanding about the information given. By
making a mind map, we can do the summary neatly without much hassle. It is more difficult to
look out for main ideas in the article without proper ways of organising it. Mind map of course is
the best method, and it is suitable way for organising information.Thanks to all people that
directly or indirectly in helping me to complete my assignment.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book

Abdul Halim Ibrahim,mariam Mohamed nor. (2006).Grammar for ESL Teachers.Tanjong

Malim:Penerbitan Profesional Baharu

Towards English Language (Grammar). India : Multi Vision Publication

Internet

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar

www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/verbs.html

www.eprints.usm.my/9991/1/e-Prints_-_Grammar_-_Parts_of_Speech.pdf
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