Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Promo tidak berbayar (Hiks) : TESL KPTMKL

Hai awaa, dah dapat result SPM? Ok eh? Agak-agak nk smbung amende lepaih ni? Engineering? Medic? Accounting? If TESL's your choice then you're at the right webpage. 

Oh, and btw, ni dia the common misconceptions about TESL;
1- "Ohh, amik TESL? Nk jadi cikgu la ni?"
2- "TESL? Ishh, senang je wei"
3- "TESL ni kos untuk orang yang betul-betul power English je ni"
4- "Ramai sangat ambik TESL ni, peluang kerja NK JADI CIKGU susah la wei (Course mainstream sangat)"

So ni dia jawapan;
1- Range future prospect untuk tesl ni sensangat lah luas from being a teacher (duhh) to publishing, journalist, public relations, marketing, advertising and bla bla bla (bnyk lagi lahh). 
2- Ni ayat penyata paling offensive you will ever give to a teslian because you didn't really know the real struggle of being a tesl student and guess what? Takde mende yang senang dalam bumi ni kecuali hang ada semangat dngan rajin buat koje. But hey, I'm not saying that tesl is a hard task to do sebab lagi skali, kalau rajin dengan azam menggunung berapi, it'll be easier for you to ace in tesl. 
3- Ya, you will be 'playing' around with English all the time but hey, other than that, you'll be (mostly) exposed to the real way of teaching students English dan korang jgak akan bnyk 'bermain' dengan the study of psychology. Sooooooo, tak semestinya yang betul-betul pawer English je bleh amik tesl. TETAPI : Well of course, you must at least have the English basics before taking this course. 
4- Do I really need to explain this? Again, the future prospects of a teslian ni sangatlah luas, bukan setakat cikgu je hang boleh jadi.


I'll be explaining just the few things about *tesl here since I'm just halfway through the first semester. Heee. 

Sooooooo, here's the list of few things.
1- This is a homegrown program by KPTMKL consisting 6 semesters (3 years) of education.
2- **Credit hours? 93 hours.
3- Entry requirement? Pass the SPM with minimum of 3 credits dalam mana-mana subject and that includes BM & of course, ENGLISH. 
4- What courses will you be taking?
Tapi kannnnnn, that's not the real one since kptm dh tukar sikit. Tapi you'll be seeing this table everywhere from other blog posts and even the official kptm website. Here's the updated punya.

SEM 1
1- Listening and Speaking development 1
2- English Grammar 1
3- Reading and Writing development 1
4- Pengajian Malaysia (History la senang crite)
5- Concepts and Application of Information Technology (IT la senang crite)

SEM 2

1- Listening and Speaking development 2
2- Reading and Writing Development 2
3- English Grammar 2
4- Principles and Practices in Language Teaching
5- Pengajian Islam/Etika dan Moral 
6- Sports Science
7- Beginner French/Bahasa Arab Asas (Optional)

SEM 3
1- Intro to Sociolinguistics 
2- Critical Reading
3- Teaching English Grammar 
4- Introduction to Literature 
5- Human Communication
6- Elementary French/Bahasa Arab Lanjutan

SEM 4
1- The Teaching of Reading and Writing Skills 
2- The Teaching of Listening and Speaking Skills
3- Material Selection and Adaptation 
4- Drama Production
5- Introduction to Sociology 
6- Entrepreneurship 

SEM 5
1- Language Tests in School
2- Curriculum and Instructions
3- Language Programme Planning and Development
4- Psychology in Education
5- Khidmat Masyarakat/Pengurusan Masjid

SEM 6

1- TEACHING PRACTICE! 

So there are just few changes on the courses and one of the reason I heard from the lecturers is that student selalu dah lupa pasal apa yang diorang study time sem1 macam Psychology in Education tu, so diorang pindahkan subjek tu ke sem5 sblom student pegi practicum dekat skolah rendah dalam area KL ni. 


BUT WHY TESL IN KPTMKL THOUGH? 

"Ye la kan? Takde tempat lain ke? Bnyak lagi weh, UiTM? Unisel? MSU?".

First thing's first, aku pun tak tau pasaipa aku decided buat diploma sini but here's the few things yang menarik perhatian aku;
1- KPTM ni IPTS under MARA. Sooooo mana-mana berkelayakan, boleh mintak MARA punya loan. Apa kelebihan pinjaman MARA berbanding pinjaman lain macam PTPTN? GOOGLE GUYS! GOOGLLLLLEEE IT!
2- Mana-mana student yang score CGPA of 3.75 and above akan dapat chance untuk ***fly oversea! Under MARA lagi naaaaa.

So there you go, few things yang aku bleh kongsi pasal tesl. Any questions? Hit me up at ;
Twitter - @MidRezz
Email - alifnik@live.com

*Note that semua penerangan ni untuk DIPLOMA in tesl dkat kptm, as other program macam foundation in tesl dkat UiTM ni sangat berlainan dari segi subjek, sistem dan tempoh masa study.
**Lagi tinggi credit hour, lagi penting subjek tu. Credit hour ni dipakai untuk kira pointer hang. 
***MARA akan kasi satu list of university yang korang sendiri akan pilih untuk pegi, tapi usaha tu kena lebih sikit la, sebab 3.75 of CGPA takkan datang dengan cuma goyangan kaki. Hiks

35 comments:

  1. Nice entry :)
    Mohon ramai lagi pelajar KPTM KL terumatanya TESL ke oversea.
    Belajar pandai2 ye adik2.

    Syafiq - University of South Australia
    Formerly KPTM TESLian

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    1. Ada fb tak??nak tanya mcm mana boleh fly Australia..hehe

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  2. is it too late for me to ask questions now? T_T

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  3. Mcm mana nak mohon belajar ke oversea under mara? Sbb sy pon student tesl kptm

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    1. Baru register for this intake eh? Studying overseas under course ni tahleh terus pegi mcmtu je, like tak boleh apply to study oversea terus. So you have to spent the 3 years of diploma dulu and score cgpa of 3.75 dulu baru layak to apply and go to an interview and few tests dkat mara and only bila dah lepas semua ni, then u finally stand a chance to study overseas :)

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    2. Every semester ke kena 3.75. Wow.

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  4. Klau dh dpt study oversea brp thun ye?

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    1. Hmm bergantung kepada tempatt yang awak dapat

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    2. Ohh. Thankyouu����

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  5. hi..how do you pay for the fees in kptm. do u apply for any loan?

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    1. Late to the party here, sorry! And yes, I applied for mara and another option would be ptptn.

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  6. Hi, i dont know if you'd be able to reply me cus it's 2020 and there is higher chance you're no longer active but what are the odds for graduates to be employed with other than teaching? Will there be companies willing to hire TESL graduates for let say a HR position when there is a HR graduate who studied that sector? I really need to know as I am graduating my Diploma in English soon and im torn in choosing my course for degree. I wanted TESL but my dad is insisting that if i were not chosen to be a teacher, what am i gonna do next? thank you

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    1. Hiii, still active as ever actually. I'll try to answer your questions one by one.

      1. What are the odds for (tesl) graduates to be employed for a job other than teaching?
      - I would say it's pretty high to be honest. It's not just about the willingness of those companies to accept us, but also based on the current trend where most tesl graduates are opting to work outside of the field they graduated from. Could be because of job availability or their own choice, either way, there are so many cases of this.

      2. Will there be companies willing to hire TESL graduates for let say a HR position when there is a HR graduate who studied that sector?
      -Again, yes,there's always a possibility. And that includes my sister who graduated from medical lab degree back then. She's currently working as a HR person for a company in PJ.

      3. If i were not chosen to be a teacher, what am i gonna do next?
      - You can always explore an abundance of other opportunities in speaking/writing kind of careers. From my experience, most of my friends who went out of tesl get themselves into public relations, mass communication, literature and even management course.

      Basically, you can always choose to opt for other course for your degree. Depends on your interest, try to search around the internet for the best degree courses available. However, there might be a couple drawbacks such as no credit exemption, longer time to finish the degree. Hope this helps tho!

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  7. hiii sorry lambat tapi nak tanya after kita habis diploma kita sambung degree and apa peluang pekerjaan untuk lulusan tesl ye?

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  8. Hiii it's okayy, upon completing degree in TESL banyak peluang pekerjaan yang boleh diceburi seperti teaching (sekolah atau lecturing), mass communication (public relations/journalism) dan banyak lagii

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  9. Hye i dont know if you would reply this in 2021 but i have a few questions..

    1)I plan to graduate diploma tesl dkat kptm and nak sambung degree life (also tesl) dkat uni awam. Is it possible?

    2)ada org ckp kalau sambung degree course yg sama di kptm boleh kurang tahun, is it true?

    3)mcm mana dgn loan yg kita buat dgn mara if kita sambung degree dkat uni awam? Lps graduate diploma di kptm terus kena byr loan ke ataupun boleh hold dulu smpai kita habis degree di uni lain and dpt kerja baru bayar loan?

    4)what do you do for living right now since graduated 7 years ago? Did you sambung degree in the same course in kptm or moving on to ipta or etc��

    Thanks!

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    1. 1. Yeap, very possible. Kptm's diploma tesl graduates ramai yang sambung to other ipta.
      2. That's true. If im not mistaken degree tesl dkat kptm only takes 2 tahun setengah if you already took the diploma there.
      3. Kalau sambung degree dkat ipta then you can just tunjuk surat tawaran degree ipta tu dkat mara for penangguhan bayaran loan. (I mean not really 'tunjuk' laa, more like attach sekali dngan surat penangguhan. Nak lagi senang, pegi pejabat mara terus dengan surat tawaran degree ipta tu)
      4. Right now, im finishing my research for degree tesl dkat uitm puncak alam. Maybe continue with masters after this.

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  10. Salam adik. Maaf tumpang tanya for My daughter:). Kalau Tak cukup merit utk apply upu (course asasi tesl uitm of course), boleh ke apply diploma tesl in kptm? N lps dpt diploma kptm, boleh apply utk masuk university awam pula ke?

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  11. Sorry one more question boleh: graduan lulusan tesl under kptm mara ni automatic akan jadi Cikgu under mara ke? Nak tahu kebolehpasaran graduan tesl bcoz anak sgt minat tesl, cuma due some constraints (x cukup merit) kena ada another option...

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    1. Wsalam, selagi bahasa Inggeris spm dapat A, then inshaallah akan diterima untuk program diploma tesl kptm. And haah, after habis diploma kalau nak apply untuk masuk universiti awam pun boleh. Graduan tesl diploma/degree kptm memang mcm lepasan graduan universiti awam juga cik, boleh apply pekerjaan kerajaan dan swasta, takde masalah.

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    2. So maksudnya, after dpt degree from kptm in tesl, boleh apply jadi guru tesl di bawah kementerian pendidikan (kpm) atau hanya boleh apply jd Cikgu di sekolah swasta shj?

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    3. Sorry for the late reply. Lepas graduasi, boleh apply sebagai guru tesl di bawah kpm dan swasta, senang cerita dua2 bolehh

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  12. Tq atas reply. One more thing, anak sis da dpt offer letter kptm for intake Nov, cuma yg risau bila tgk struktur yuran almost 21k for 7 semester. My question is: loan mara ni jenis pinjaman boleh ubah ke? Which means ikut result?

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  13. Adik ni mesti dah mengajar/kerja kt mana2 kan? I mean it's already 2023, mesti dah kerja kt mana2 ke...

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    1. Ouhh, I see. Saya tak boleh confirm sama ada skarang pelajar kuptm boleh mengambil pinjaman mara ataupun tidak. Tapi betul, pinjaman mara ni jenis pinjaman boleh ubah. Tak silap saya kalau pointer 3.5 ke atas boleh dapat pengurangan sebanyak 75% atau 80% macamtu.

      Skarang saya mengajar dekat shah alam cikk. Alhamdulillah tamat degree tahun lepas.

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    2. Tq for responding. May I know Cikgu under kementerian pendidikan juga ke?

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  14. Salam. Saya student Tesl kptmkb. Skrg dh sem 5. Saya nak tanya pendapat. Should I go for degree or terus bekerja dan sambung degree sambil bekerja? Katanya sekarang lepasan degree susah di ambik kerana hal2 tertentu. Jadi saya keliru sama ada saya patut sambung degree terus atau kerja dulu. And kalau sambung degree di uni awam kiranya kena ambik ptptn lh kan? Jadi saya nak mintak pendapat encik samaada saya ptut sambung di uni awam ataupun stay di kptm utk degree. Thankyou.

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    1. Waalaikumussalam. Pada pendapat saya, semuanya bergantung kepada pilihan dan juga kemampuan saudara/saudari sebenarnya. Bagi saya, kedua-dua cara ni viable. Ada my friends yang lepas diploma mereka kerja dulu setahun/2 tahun lepastu baru sambung degree. Ada yang kerja sebagai cikgu sambil buat degree. Saya pulak lepas diploma sambung degree terus. Cuma perlu consider 2 perkara iaitu masa dan kewangan. Kalau boleh hadap 2 perkara ni, bagi saya bekerja sambil buat degree sangat baik sebenarnya.

      Berkenaan "lepasan degree susah di ambil" tu bagi saya, sebenarnya kurang tepat. Setiap tahun lepasan degree pendidikan akan diambil bekerja dalam sektor kerajaan macam baru2 ni, 9500+ telah terpilih. Cuma ya lah, persaingan untuk sektor kerajaan tu memang kuat lah kan.

      Kalau sambung degree di uni awam tu betul, kena ambil ptptn untuk urusan pinjaman pendidikan. Tapi kalau graduate first class, boleh mohon untuk pelepasan bayaran (jadi free la senang cerita). Bagi saya, degree di uni awam atau stay di kptm tu bergantung sepenuhnya kepada pilihan awak asalkan awak cuba untuk dapatkan cgpa yang terbaik supaya senang semasa interview untuk kerajaan/swasta nanti.

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  15. Hi, may I ask you? Bachelor’s Degree in TESL UPTM itself is education course, meaning that graduates who want to pursue their career in teaching profession don’t have to apply for DPLI right?

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    1. Yeapp, that's correct. Education graduates dont have to apply for DPLI anymore to pursue teaching careers.

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  16. hello,hope you still reply to questions hehe,may i know if i take tesl degree on ipts such as kuptm la,will my chance to be a teacher is lower than the ipta degree student cus i heard they prioritizes the student from ipta huhu

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    1. oh and is it actually hard to pursue my degree on ipta but im from ipts,cus i think ipta like uitm will take their diploma students first than students from other institute,if so do you have any tips huhu :(( thank you sir.

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    2. Helloo,

      1. As long as you graduate with an education certificate then you'll have the same chance to be a teacher just like everyone else. I'd say there's no such thing as 'prioritization queue' or anything. Strive for great cgpa, apply for the position, ace the interview, then Inshaallah you'll be in!

      2. Again, nope, uitm doesnt really care if you're an ipts diploma or uitm foundation course graduate. As long as you show them your considerably good cgpa, ace the entrance interview, then you'll be fine. I've graduated from both kuptm and uitm, so that's that :D

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