SESI BERSEMUKA PERTAMA
18 Disember 2010
SEMESTER KEDUA 2010/2011
PROGRAM BACELOR PJJ UPM

Contact information : Department of English Language
Faculty of Modern Languages and
Communication
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Office
Telephone No
E-mail
Homepage
: Room A155, 1st Floor of FBMK
Building (Block A)
: 03-89468717
: nyuklan@fbmk.upm.edu.my
: http://www.fbmk.upm.edu.my/~nyuklan

Contact information : Department of English Language
Faculty of Modern Languages and
Communication
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Office
Telephone No
E-mail
: Bilik Seri Buana, 2 nd Floor
Bangunan Sanggar Bahasa
FBMK
: 012 2522602
: sangeetha@fbmk.upm.edu.my

• Prerequisite
• Learning objectives
• Course Synopsis
• Course Content
• Course Organisation
• Course Assessment

• Those without MUET:
Must have a Pass in BBI 2409 English for
Academic Purposes
• Those with MUET :
Must have a Band 3 or Band 4*
*
B.A.BI, B.TESL

By the end of the course, students are able to:
1.
demonstrate the ability to speak with appropriate pronunciation, stress and intonation (P4)
2.
relate interactive skills and language use in formal and informal situations for effective communication (A4, LL)
3.
organise and deliver oral presentations with appropriate content and structure (C5)
4. use non-verbal strategies in oral interactions (CS)

This course involves the learning of correct pronunciation, appropriate stress and intonation, speaking skills, and strategies in a variety of formal and informal situations, and making oral presentations for academic and professional purposes.
It also provides interactive activities which include using grammar in communicative context, informal conversation practice, interview simulations, and outlining and delivering oral presentations.

Mid-Semester Exam : 30%
Assignment 1 : 15%
Assignment 2
Final Examination :
: 25%
30%
____
100%
Note: Details available on PPL website

PORTFOLIO (15%)
Assignment 1 is Individual work which involves reading internet resources and doing grammar/language exercises
Your answers/reflections are to be written in the Portfolio.
Work to be hand-written.
Refer to STUDENTS’ GUIDELINES in the portfolio for details of selected articles and further instructions.
Note: The PORTFOLIO can be downloaded from the PPL website in the Tugasan Section. *

_______________________________________
STUDENTS’ GUIDE
WEEK ACTIVITY x Log on to: http://www.hansenslt.com./articles.html
http:// www.sideroad.com
/Business_Networking to find information on starting, maintaining and ending a conversation.
Complete Activity Log x/9

Date:
1 Log on to http://www.hansenslt.com./articles.html
Read the four articles listed in Pronunciation and Speech Training. What have you learnt from these articles?
( Write your response/answer here)
2 Read articles on this website http:// www.sideroad.com
/Business_Networking to find information on starting, maintaining and ending a conversation. What interesting points have you learnt from these articles?
( Write your response/answer here )

20 FEBRUARY 2011

Oral Presentation (25%)
Task 1
Prepare a set of questionnaire and carry out a survey on 20 respondents.
Task 2
Make an oral presentation based on the findings of your survey with the aid of
Power Point slides.
Task 3
Construct questions for an interview and carry out an interview to collect information on your survey topic .
Note: For more details, refer to Tugasan 1 And Tugasan 2 which are available on the PPL website.

The questionnaire for Assignment 2 is designed to give you practice in constructing questions. It may be a good idea to refer to Unit 5 in your module and refer to articles on the internet on how to construct a questionnaire.
Use questions rather than statements in your questionnaire.

An example of a question used in a questionnaire
__________________________________
1 How much time do you spend watching television daily?
___ less than 1 hour
___ 1- 2 hours
___ more than 2 hours
( Remember to provide options for your respondents )

Example:
Please circle on the scale to indicate your response by using the scale below.
1 Strongly disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Agree
5 Strongly agree a The activities in BBI 2420 are interesting.
b The activities in BBI 2420 help me in my speaking skills.
c The materials in the BBI 2420 module are easy to understand.

• present non-original work ( survey done by someone else)
• use ready-made slides prepared for some other purposes
• do the presentation while sitting down
• present without an audience

For the interview, try using more open-ended rather than closed questions which require only a YES/NO answer.
Example:
1.
Do you watch television?
2.
What type of programmes do you usually watch?
3.
Which is your favourite channel?
4.
Why do you like this channel?

What do you submit for
Assignment 2?
1. CD
(i) video recording of your group oral presentation in avi or wmv format.
(ii) video clips of your interviews in avi or wmv format. Label each file with members’ names
(iii) Power Point slides
O n the CD, write clearly members’ name and contact numbers . Use a hard casing for your CD.
2. 10 hard copies of answered questionnaires
Use the standard PPL cover page for assignments.

16 MARCH 2011

Please submit all assignments to Pusat
Pendidikan Luar.
 Do not send directly to the lecturer.
 Keep a record of your submission.
 Use the standard cover page for Tugasan which can be downloaded from the PPL website.

When submitting Assignment 2, please write the contact number of group members on the CD.

What is the MID-SEMESTER
EXAM paper like?
NOTE: Please refer to the sample on the PPL website
SECTION A (30 min)
Listen and respond ( Refer to sample in website ).
SECTION B (1 hr 15 min)
Subjective – pronunciation, question forms, appropriate language expressions, grammar, etc
NOTE: A sample is available on the PPL website.

What should you expect in the
Final Examination (30%)
 90-minute exam
 40 - 50 multiple-choice questions related to pronunciation, conversation, discussion and presentation skills
 language for oral interactions, grammar articles listed in the Portfolio Activity

• Module
• Internet
• CD-ROM Dictionary
• Audio/Video CDs
• Television
• Karaoke