Suara Hati Ayahku

Salam.

I have many students who e-mailed me quite frequently. The comment I would like to make here is:

i) when you ask for favour please ask professionally examples:

".. in the finals what will come out Sir? " [ RUDE , it sounds like Pasar English]
".. Sir do you mind if we can know which topics will be examined in Test 2 .. next week? " { GOOD, you show sme degree of manners here }

ii) when you give suggestions , suggest it well examples:

".. just do it Sir? " [ not good ]
".. is it OK if we just fire the blanks SIR in the objective test?" { MUCH BETTER }

Conclusion:

If we can see , the way the students constructed the questions were very much alike to their day to day talking at the mamak stall or shops. It is parallel to the way the chinese talk in their day to day interaction at the market. This should be avoided since they are still studying in the universities. As you can see , they purposely missed some parts of the question construction like "..Do you mind Sir ..? which in English spells it as a form of politeness, humbleness etc etc ..as a student talking to a teacher. To know about this, I would like you to read good English books or at least read the daily STAR and NST Malaysia. These papers can give you some hints how professional people gives their views to the public. If you practice good manners in writing, there will come a time when you can practice this when you begin to mix with big lords and high ranking officers after your varsity days. Good luck since good talking and addressing plus good attire can push you very far in you job advancement!