Our friends in SMC classes are in different age groups. The youngest were born in 1946 but we had friends born in 1944, 1943. This is where we switched the medium of instruction from Bahasa Melayu to English.
The first few weeks were in total horror. We could not understand our teachers and we were not suppose to utter a word in Malay.
Kena denda!
The prefects (we called pipit) were up and about to "saman"us.
For English - we were made to learn "the 8 parts of speech". Nouns, verbs, pronouns, etc. etc. Finaly we were to write lines after lines. What a waste! but that was how we learned. Mujarab pulak 'tu. Boleh guna sampai kat university.
Than we had - The weather report.
The daily news.
Apa yang seronoknya - its more of the same.
How did we actually pick up the English Language? I think it is through constant repetition. For the first days we couldn't make out what they were trying to teach; but through constant repetition we manage to learn the language.
By the end of the SMC classes we were able to speak fluently in English.
Begitulah keadaannya. Jangan putus harap - ajar dan terus ajar.
The pot of gold is the end of the rainbow.
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