LANGUAGE EVALUATION @ ULU PANDAN TMC

LANGUAGE EVALUATION @ ULU PANDAN TMC on 6 OCTOBER 2009

Word of the day:

delirious (adjective): extremely excited and happy

She was delirious with joy when the compere announced that she was the winner.

deliriously (adverb): The crowds cheered deliriously when the home team scored a goal.

delirium (noun): Not able to think or speak in a rational way because of illness or fever.

I thought I was suffering from delirium.

BRICKBATS

VOCABULARY:

INCORRECT USAGE                                CORRECTION

1. Ms club president                                     Madam President

2. maximum number of oxygen                      maximum amount of oxygen

3. all of us are guilty with..                             all of us are guilty of

4. she did well by bringing up a visual aid       she did well by displaying a visual aid

5. She would have improved better if..           she would have improved if …

6. What she could have do…                        what she could have done

7. Use the six steps to do a better project      use the six steps to present a better project

8. Which I will come and address later          which I will address later in my speech

9. What is the main message you want          What is the main message you want to share with the audience?
    to say?
10. It is very inspiration.                                It is very inspirational.

11. Persistency                                             persistence (noun) or persistently (adverb)

SENTENCE STRUCTURE:

1. May be young, may be matured or any group of age..

Correction: may be young, may be old or any age…

2. It feels a sense of achievement.

Correction: I felt a sense of achievement.

3. … which I am completing in next year June.

Correction: …which I am completing in June next year.

4. I’m still in a shocked state.

Correction: I’m still in a state of shock.

BOUQUETS

ALLITERATION:

 born and bred in Singapore

 efforts and expertise

 busy as a bee

POWER OF THREE:

 I was shocked, embarrassed and angry.

 Military training, thinking, tactics

 upkeep, upgrade, update

 physical, mental and social well-being

RHYME:

 gabra like zebra

 survive but to thrive

PARALLEL STRUCTURE:

 What you want to do when you want to do it.

ACRONYM:

 Use of acronym ARMY for evaluation points:

 ARMY: ACES, REASONS, MY OPINIONS, YARDSTICK

I had failed to give credit to Seh Leng for the use of power of three in her Table Topic speech. She mentioned that there are three family members born in the years of the CHINESE zodiac sign of the TIGER. She ascribed each of them with a characteristic: Her grandmother is domineering, her father is chauvinistic and her brother is assertive, “a tiger in the making”. An excellent use of the power of three!