Course Outline for LM9001
Centre for Modern Languages
Course code/title:
Pre-requisite:
LM 9002: Malay Language Level 2
LM9001 or Placement Test
Course Coordinator:
Che Raenahani
1. Course Description
The course presents a post-basic level learning of Malay language through enhanced knowledge of
grammar and expanded vocabulary to enable students to understand and communicate more confidently
in Malay.
2. Learning Objectives
The course, which is a progression from Malay Language Level 1, aims primarily to provide students
with an enhanced knowledge of Malay (spoken and written) at the post-basic level in order to attain a
functional competency in the language for formal and practical communication. This post-basic level
course also seeks to enable students to acquire a better grasp of Malay grammar and widen their
repository of Malay vocabulary.
3. Learning Outcome
Upon completing the course, students should be able to:
 Have an enhanced knowledge of Malay at the post-basic level in terms of grammar and the four skills
of listening, reading, speaking and writing;
 Express ideas verbally;
 Express ideas through written communication
 Understand and respond to questions and ideas accordingly.
4. Course Content
 Expanded list of essential vocabulary;
 Malay grammar comprising use of affixes, sentence construction, parts of speech and numeral
classifiers;
 Synonyms and antonyms
 Reading and comprehension skills
 Communicating and expressing ideas
5. Student Assessment
Students will be assessed based on continual assessment administered throughout the course. The
continual assessment is made up of five components which comprise of grammar, comprehension,
composition, oral and participation.
6. Course Outline:
LESSON
TOPIC
1.
1. Introduction to LM9002
2. Self-Introduction
3. Revision on common
words and phrases.
CONTENT
1. Overview of LM9002 course content and
expectation.
2. Self-Introduction.
3. Revision on the following:
a. Greetings and phrases during interactions.
b. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers.
c. Basic words and phrases.
1. Introducing others
2. Saying farewell & well-wishes
3. Common vocabulary for describing people
2.
Theme: Greetings
1. Introducing others
2. Farewell & well-wishes
3. Describing people
3.
Theme: Friendship
1. Sentence Structure:
simple and compound
sentences.
2. Conjunctions
3. Friendship.
1. Constructing simple and compound
sentences.
2. Common conjunctions
3. Common vocabulary on friendship.
4.
Theme: Housing Estate
1. Sentence Structure
2. Prepositions
3. Housing Estate
Theme: Aspiration
1. Prefix and suffix.
2. Aspirations.
3. Aspiration.
1. Constructing active and passive sentences.
2. Common Prepositions.
3. Common vocabulary on housing estate.
Theme: Occupation
1. Asking & Function
words
2. Adverbs
3. Occupation
4. Assessment I
1. Recall and reinforce asking words and
function words of time, intention and
common locations.
2. Adverbs
3. Common vocabulary on occupation
4. Assessment: Quiz
5.
6.
1. Prefix ‘ter-‘ and ‘se-‘.
2. Suffix ‘-kan’ and ‘-an’.
3. Common vocabulary on aspirations.
RECESS WEEK
7.
8.
9.
Theme: Health
1. Keeping fit
2. Parts of Body
3. Comprehension
Theme: Sports
1. Sports Activities
2. Common Ailments
3. Shapes
4. Assessment II
1. Common vocabulary on healthy lifestyle.
2. Parts of Body.
3. Comprehension skills.
Theme: Culture
1. Cultural practices
1. Understanding Malay culture.
2. Numeral classifiers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Common vocabulary on sports.
Common Ailments.
Basic shapes.
Assessment: Reading comprehension and
grammar.
LESSON
TOPIC
2. Numeral classifiers
3. Composition writing
4. Role Play activity
CONTENT
3. Composition practice.
4. Role Play activity.
10.
Theme: Feelings
1. Feelings
2. Services
3. Role Play activity
1. Expressing feelings.
2. Expressing satisfaction & dissatisfaction of
services.
3. Role Play activity on services.
11.
Theme: Vacation
1. Vacation
2. Currencies
3. Assessment III:
1. Common words on vacation
2. Common currencies
3. Assessment: Composition, grammar &
listening comprehension.
12.
Oral Assessment
1. Assessment IV
1. Oral Assessment: Reading
2. Oral Assessment: Presentation
Course book
1. Students’ work book
References
1. Liaw Yock Fang,1993. Speak Standard Malay: A beginners’ guide. Singapore: Times Editions Pte.
Ltd.
2. Liaw Yock Fang, 2005. Malay for Daily Use. Kuala Lumpur: Marshall Cavendish (M ) Sdn. Bhd.
3. Zahara Othman and Sutanto Atmosumarto,1995. Colloquial Malay. London: Routledge
Assessment details: (100% CA)
Written: 50%
Listening Comprehension: 15%
Oral: 25%
Participation: 10%
Grammar 30%
Composition10%
Comprehension 10%
LC 15%
Oral 25%
Participation 10%
Course Assessment for LM9002
Name of each
component
Weighta
ge %
Number of
components
5
100%
Component 1
Test 1: Quiz
Component 2
Component 3
Module
LM9002
What is tested and its marks.
Duration
10%
 Vocabulary & grammar
(100 marks)
40min
Test 2: Written 1
20%
 Reading comprehension
(30 marks)
:text (20m) & graphic
stimulus (10m)
 Grammar (70marks)
Affixes (10m), numeral
classifier (10m), cloze
passage (10m), sentence
construction (20m) and
translation (20m)
1hr
Test 3: Written 2
20%
 Composition (40 marks)
 Grammar (60 marks)
Adverbs (10m), function
words (10m), preposition
(10m), conjunction (10m)
and sentence structure
(20).
1hr
15%
 Listening comprehension
(20 marks)
20min
Note: convert marks to 100%
Component 4
Test 4: Oral
25%
Component 5
Participation
10%
 Reading: (40 marks)
pronunciation, clarity,
intonation & fluency
 Role Play (60marks)
vocabulary, grammar,
question & responding,
confidence and creativity.
 Active participation (20m)
 Attendance (20m)
 Completion of tasks (20m)
 Contribution to learning
(20m)
 Positive attitude (20m)
Role Play:
15min
preparation
time.
20 min
presentation
time