jadual semester aku untuk tahun ketiga.
dan elektif kali ni, aku setiakan diri dengan subjek ACADENG. tahun-tahun sudah, aku masuk kelas ACADENG210 (forms in academic english), ACADENG201 (academic english writing) dan ACADENG200 (academic presentations). this time, it's ACADENG102 (academic english listening and reading). untuk pengetahuan kalian, ACADENG adalah subjek untuk mereka yang menggunakan bahasa inggeris sebagai bahasa kedua. dalam erti kata lain, this subject is not qualified for first language speakers. sebab tu, kelas ni ramai orang asia (jepun, china dan korea), jerman dan melayu (seperti aku). tak akan ada native speakers punya.
mengikut rekod akademik aku, aku dah amek kesemua kelas ACADENG yang menguji keempat-empat kepakaran asas dalam berbahasa - writing, speaking, listening and reading.
kalau rujuk balik jadual aku, kelas ACADENG bermula seawal lapan pagi. hantu betul. tapi takpe. sekurangnya, aku tak perlu hadap kelas ni tiap-tiap hari. cuma dua kali seminggu. tak macam kelas elektif yang lain - jepun dan china. tiap-tiap hari ada kelas dan tutorial. huh, tak sanggup aku. and you know what, this ACADENG doesn't even demand me to buy its book. a course book has been provided, so, in a sense, i've saved some money. what more, the subject is just a stage 1 paper, which theoritically i suppose it can be easily scored. aku teringin sebenarnya nak belajar bahasa lain, macam sepanyol atau jerman. but then, i don't think my literacy skills in other language are capable to pick up the language quickly. i have a so-called principle of my own - if you can't master english language, why bother to learn other language ? because of this mindset, sampai sudah aku cuma ada dua bahasa sahaja - bahasa melayu dan bahasa inggeris. cukup.
bahasa arab ?
nil.
although i learnt it since i was thirteen, i just couldn't get the hang of it. sedih gila.
ok, tipu. tak sedih sangat sebenarnya.
secara jujurnya, kelas ACADENG kali ni sungguh membosankan. jane steiner is the lecturer. if i want to rank all my ACADENG lecturers, john tomlin will be the first one, followed by collin bright. at least, collin didn't solely depend on the book. but jane ? God, she reads words by words from it. and i see that jane is like putting a barrier with us. by comparison, although collin is too old (which that makes her less fun compared to john), she always offered us some helps, in a sense, she kept asking us to write her emails if we had any enquiries. tak kisah lah nak mintak collin tandakan satu perenggan esei atau mana-mana latihan dari buku kerja. she was there all the time. and that made me so much enthusiastic in learning the subject.
but now --
dah la kelas pukul lapan pagi. pastu, kelas dia membosankan. asek baca sebijik-sebijik dari buku. tak ada variasi langsung. tambah pulak budak-budak kelas bukan jenis bising macam wayne. dulu, kelas ACADENG200 (for the speaking skill) bising gila kott. sampai satu tahap, john terpaksa berhentikan kitorang bercakap-cakap dalam kelas. ha, punya lah bising tak bising kitorang ni semua hahahaha
boy, i miss the moment.
ah, susah la macam ni. mana aku nak carik semangat belajar ? i need an antidote to this boring, lame class. kalau gini la rentaknya, theres's a great possibility i won't ace ACADENG102.
dammit.
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