Skill Module: Speaking

PREP 2020/21
Term II

Instructor: Alia Hanim Zainal Abidin

 Introduction
You’re now in Term II of PREP 2020/21!

In Term I, you were trained to do online

and a lot of independent learning. This is
because it is the future of education, and
you’re actively participating in it!
Do you find online learning
challenging? Why?
“Change is the end result of
all true learning.”

— Leo Buscaglia
 Your instructor
Hello, I’m Alia!

I’m your Speaking instructor for this week.

I’m from Malaysia and I live in the
northern part of the country at the
moment. I enjoy listening to music and
writing in my free time. What about you?
 AIULC’s Term II Plan
WEEK
Reading Study Skills Speaking Writing 2 (A) Writing 1 Listening Writing 2 (B)

Week 1 Emerald Pearl Obsidian Carnelian Garnet Amethyst Sapphire

Week 2 Pearl Obsidian Carnelian Garnet Amethyst Sapphire Emerald

Week 3 Obsidian Carnelian Garnet Amethyst Sapphire Emerald Pearl

Week 4 Garnet Amethyst Sapphire Emerald Pearl Obsidian Carnelian

Week 5 Amethyst Sapphire Emerald Pearl Obsidian Carnelian Garnet

Week 6 Sapphire Emerald Pearl Obsidian Carnelian Garnet Amethyst

Week 7 Carnelian Garnet Amethyst Sapphire Emerald Pearl Obsidian

 Timetable for Speaking Module!
9AM-3PM 4-5PM 5-6PM 6-7PM

MON Module Overview + Lecture (Live Session)

TUE Independent study + Finishing Topics 1, 2, 3 & 4 + Group discussion

WED Tutorial

THU Lecture + Assignment (Live Session)

FRI Tutorial

Please note: Each teacher will have their own specific timetable and ways to conduct lectures and tutorials,
so each week you will experience new things. So enjoy the process and have fun!
 Table of Contents

01 02 03 04 05
Identifying Describing Narrating Comparing Module
Yourself People & Events & Assignment
Things Evaluating
Talking about
yourself and your Talking about Talking about Live group
immediate other people and something that This, or that? discussion
surrounding things has happened
 PROGRESS JOURNAL
In the last two weeks, you have done 10-days journal
writing and were required to keep a compilation of your
writing in a document.
You will be required to do the same this time around.
Instead of a compilation of journal writing, you will keep
a 5-days Progress Journal where you will:

1. Keep screenshots and work record of your Module

Activities
2. Share your thoughts on what you did today
TEACHER’S SAMPLE IN GOOGLE SLIDES OR DOCS
You will submit this document at the end of the module.
 01
Identifying
Yourself
 My Immediate
About Me
Surrounding
How do we introduce ourselves How do we talk about where
to someone we just met? we’re from?
Activity 1 (done in-class) Activity
Activity 2 (done in-class)
Activity 3 How do we answer questions
about our family members?
How do we talk about our Activity
hobbies and interests?
Activity
 Submit this video
via Telegram as w
ell during Tutorial
on Wednesday, 2
4 Feb

How would you talk about yourself

and your immediate surrounding?
Record a video for 2 minutes. Make sure you talk about the things we
covered in the previous activities (and make it interesting!) Upload it and
put a link in your Progress Journal.
 02
Describing
People and
Things
 Watch these! Answer these
share them in
questions and
your Progress
Journal!

1 2
Nate Seltzer Bella
Devyatkina
Who is Nate
Seltzer? Who is Bella
Devyatkina?
What can Nate
do? What can Bella
do?
 How would you describe your favourite
singer/actor/idol/political or business leader (choose
ONE) to someone who does not know anything about
them? Write it in your Progress Journal!

Learn some common and trendy phrases to describe people: HERE, HERE
and HERE!
 03

Narrating
Events
First, do this activity!
A story, or narrative, must have:
01
Beginning
How did Bob’s story
began? Who are the
people involved? Where
did it happen? When?
02 03
Middle End
What was the ending for
What was the main focus
the story? Is it a happy
of Bob’s story? What was
ending?
the event that led to the
climax of the story?
 Think about a life-changing event
that has happened to you.
What was it? What happened? When? Where? Who were the people
involved in this event?

Prepare a graphic organizer which can be used to narrate this event. Share
it in your Progress Journal.
 04
Comparing
&
Evaluating
Everyone has Harry Potter is
I do agree, but
things (or for babies. I
can’t believe
perhaps you
could be a bit
you like it.
people) that Lord of the
more polite in
expressing
Rings is way
they like or better.
your opinion.

dislike.
 Let’s do some activities!

1 2 3 4

Different Agreeing & Challenging Or just,

Opinions? Disagreeing someone’s agree to do
(it’s normal!) idea! something
together
Wow, that was life-changing indeed!
Do you agree with Sam or Gemma (from the last activity we did)? Why, or
why not?

Share your thoughts in your Progress Journal.

 05

Module
Assignment
Live discussion on Friendship Across
Gender
Click the link above for details and instruction.
Don’t miss it!
 Additional activities:
How to use podcasts
effectively for learning
?
Check the next slide!

1 2 3 4
British Council British Council BBC The
Learn English for Learn English English We Podcasts In
Adults for Teens Speak English
(Speaking skill) (Speaking skill)
After you’re done with selected activities in the module, try doing THE
REST of the speaking activities in these links. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them!
 How to use podcasts effectively? Most imp
ortantly,
don’t forg
et to
practice
pronounc
ing
words/ph
rases you
learned fr
om the
Listen as Listen to podcasts!
Read the
white noise understand transcript
Like listening to radio or Pay more attention this Now for in-depth
music on Spotify. time to get the main understanding, read
Sometimes you don’t ideas and keywords. the transcript as you
know what song it is, Write them down on a listen. Underline new
but you keep listening piece of paper or type vocabulary, find their
until you recognize the them in a word definition and answer
sound if it! Language is software/note app. given questions
also like that.

Total number of listening needed: THREE(3)

Thanks!
Do you have any questions?

alia.zainal@lc.aiu.edu.my
Telegram: @alia_hnmz
Instagram: @alia.hnmz

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