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English For The Muslims

Kita berbahasa Inggeris untuk berkomunikasi. Ini tidak bermakna kita jauhkan adab Islam dalam pertuturan ... For us Muslims, English is just a communicating tool ...

Maka elok sangat kita jadikan ayat-ayat berikut sebagai rutin harian anak dan murid ...

  1:: Memberi salam: Assalamu'alaikum ... (bila ... bertemu ... berpisah ... masuk rumah ... keluar rumah ... menjawab panggilan telefon ... dsbnya).
     ... menjawabnya ... Wa'alaikumsalam ...

  2:: Bertanya khabar: How are you? ... How are you Mak/Mama/Ummi/Ibu/Abah/Ayah/Baba/Wan/Tok? ... How are you Teacher/Ustaz/Ustazah? ... How are you Tina/Amir/Khadijah/Kak Dayah? ...dsbnya.

  3:: Menjawabnya:

        ... Fine (... bagi yang baru nak mula berbahasa Inggeris ... jangan susahkan lidahnya ... :)

        ... Fine, thank you (... belajar berterima kasih kerana sudi bertanya khabar saya ...)

        ... I'm fine, thank you (... tambah struktur ayat untuk meningkatkan fasihnya ...)

        ... AlhamduLILLAH, I'm fine, thank you.
            (... the Muslim way of conveying syukur ... atas segala  nikmat sihat dan rahmatNYA ...)

  4:: Meminta sesuatu: Water please ... Rice please ... Pencil please ... Paper Please ...Pass it on please ... dsbnya .......... please.

  5:: Menghargai (Appreciating): Thank you ... Thank you Mak/Abah/Abang/Kak Dayah/Teacher ...
        ... Menjawabnya ... You're welcome ... Most welcome...

  6:: Meminta bantuan, laluan, perhatian: Excuse me Teacher ...


  7:: Mohon maaf: Sorry ... (apabila tersilap ... meminta ulang ucapan/pertuturan yang tidak jelas, elakkan sangat-sangat perkataan 'ah? dalam kes tak dengar atau kurang jelas ini ... dsbnya)


SUMMARY

7 beautiful phrases in daily communication ...

1. Assalamua'alaikum

2. How are you?

3. AlhamduLillah

4. Please

5. Thank you

6. Excuse me

7. Sorry


Nota:

1. Kami dapati lebih mudah pelajar dan guru baru menyebut ....Please... di hujung ayat. Contoh: Apabila meminta sesuatu ketika sedang makan bersama ... seperti... Plate please ... Rice Please ... Pass it on Please ...

2. Ayat-ayat adab ini insyaALLAH akan menjadi rutin anak-anak jika digunakan sebagai adab harian, walau dalam bahasa apa pun mereka berbicara.

3. Terjemahkan ayat-ayat adab tersebut ke bahasa yang sesuai untuk anak-anak dan pelajar Muslim dari pelbagai bahasa.

4. Teruskan menambah ayat-ayat adab dalam pertuturan harian kita, anak-anak dan pelajar.

Tell me ...

Dua perkataan yang sangat mudah disebut untuk melonggarkan lidah yang kelu (... to untie the tongue).

                      Tell me ...

Contoh: Sambil menunjukkan objek ...

                     Tell me ... what's this? (or Tell me ... what is this?)

                     Tell me ... its colour ...

                     Tell me ... its shape ...

                     Tell me ... its size ...

                     Tell me ... its taste ...

                     Tell me ...

Atau dengan cara membanding ...

                     Tell me ... big or small ...

                     Tell me ... long or short ...

                     Tell me ... hot or cold ...

                     Tell me ...

Apabila mula fasih, beri kesempatan kepada anak untuk bercerita lebih lanjut tentang objek tersebut ...

                     Tell me ... more about it ...


Nota:

1. Objek hanya sebagai alat untuk mengenal konsep ... warna, bentuk, saiz, konsep nombor, dsbnya. Gunakan apa saja objek yang terdapat di persekitaran anak. Makanan dan bukan makanan, boleh belaka. Yang penting objek tersebut menarik minat anak.

2. Tanda ... ini untuk "pause". Perlahankan pertuturan, untuk memberi ruang berfikir sambil bertutur.

3. Pengalaman di Tadika dengan guru-guru lepasan SPM yang pada mulanya tidak yakin untuk mengajar dalam bahasa Inggeris menunjukan, rangka soalan menggunakan frasa "Tell me ..." ini sangat berkesan untuk meningkatkan keyakinan dan kemahiran bertutur dalam jangkamasa yang sangat singkat.

4. Buat carta dan tampalkan di dinding untuk memudahkan pembelajaran dan pengajaran.

MY ABC & AIR LEMBU

Mengajar Bahasa Inggeris kepada kanak-kanak dari pelbagai bahasa memang menghasilkan banyak pengalaman luar jangkaan. Nampak gayanya, kami belajar lebih banyak dari mereka ... dan ini menghasilkan banyak penambahbaikan dalam pendekatan yang kami bawa. Berikut ialah pengalaman sebenar kami dengan seorang kanak-kanak perempuan Melayu ...

What Else? I Can Do It! ...

My ABC is a book. It shows pictures along with simple sentences on how to make a bowl of mixed iced drink. A very popular drink in Malaysia. In Bahasa Malaysia Air Batu Campur (ABC). Literal translation: Air Batu (ice) Campur (mixed). It is one of six books in a series entitled ... I CAN DO IT! for Early English.

I (Misna, Dr Arif was watching) was showing a 5 year old - this book, page by page, while asking her questions in both Bahasa Malaysia and English.

Writer:  What's this (Ini apa?) ... I asked, showing her the ABC picture.
Girl: ABC ... Air Batu Campur ... she answered confidently.
Writer: Pandai! (Very Good!). Tengok kita boleh buat ABC (See ... we can make ABC).
Writer: We need many things. What's this (Ini apa?). Showing her picture of a bowl.
Girl: Mangkuk!
Writer: Yes, very good. Mangkuk ... Bowl. Turning the page ... What's this? I continued.
 Girl: Air!
 Writer: Yes. Air ... Water. Pandai ... Very good! (I praised enthusiastically). What else? ... What's this? Ini apa? (I turned the page)
Girl: Sirap! ... (I could see that she was pleased with her ability to answer)
Writer: Very good ... Syrup. (Sounds almost the same in both the languages). Now ... What's this? ( I plodded on)

Girl: Ummm ...AIR LEMBU! (she blurted)

Writer: (Now ... Friends and families who had been watching had already burst out ...Praised be to ALLAH SWT ... I kept my straightmost face and said. ) ... VERY, VERY GOOD! Air Lembu (literally: cow's water). Betul ... air dari lembu. Kita panggil SUSU .. MILK. (Right ... water from the cow. We call it SUSU ... MILK ...) I explained gently.

...Now ...with this answer ...from a 5 year old ... How could we say that we know many things!

I CAN DO IT!

WELCOME and THANK YOU for visiting :-)

I CAN DO IT! is a series of six (6) books for younger children (3-7 years), published by one of Malaysia's leading publishers, al-Ameen. The series provides early reading opportunity for younger children. Each book contains clear and attractive pictures of real life processes familiar to children's world. Consequently, the processes can be turned into practical exercises to make learning more fun and meaningful. Set price RM29.90. Please contact http://http://www.ameeneducare.com.my/.

The I CAN DO IT! series contains the following titles:
1. MY ABC (ABC for Air Batu Campur!)
2. MY APPLE
3. MY BUN
4. MY CAKE
5. MY DRINK
6. MY EGG

Each  book contains a simple process or project that parents and teachers can do with the children.Our main aim is to start them talking! What else if not about their favourite food. For example, MY ABC is about how to make the well-loved Malaysian drink, Air Batu Campur. Use each book for its process, language and cognitive development.

This series complements our earlier series MY FUN PAGES (Books 1-11) published by Utusan Publications & Distributors. Check this series out in Googlebooks. 

We will describe in more details, the concepts and approach in the development of the books in subsequent postings.

Thank you ...

Dr Arif  & Hajjah Misna