TESL

The TESL Programme was established way back in 1988. The idea of the program was mooted by Malaysia's former Education Minister Datuk Anwar Ibrahim. It was originally set up as a twinning program betwenn KPP/UiTM and a unirversity in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The first batch of students were 300 students selected and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Some of the students were Dr. Faizah Majid,Dr. Leele Susana, and Dr. Mawarni Mohamed, including Adibah Noor, the singer. The second batch was made up of 200 students and one of the students is our very own Dr. Shireena Basree (2nd Batch). Puan Adzura and Pn Zarina were from the 5th batch, Pn Roslinda Wab was from the 6th batch, Mr. Mahadi was from the 8th batch, and Miss Norhashima Shukor was a student of the 11th batch. Pn Fatin Aliana, Pn Melissa Malik, and Pn Wan Nurul Elia are from later cohorts. Ana Rafali was from a much later batch but not too long ago. Among the lecturers who began their career at this program and who are still serving the program are Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Ashaari (the 1st Coordinator), AP Dr. Izaham Shah Ismail, Dr. Lim Wai Fun, Pn. Nor'aini Hassan, Pn. Norsiah Sirun, Dr. Siti Salina, Cik Asmahan, and Dr. Zainab Noor. They have served the program for more than 27 years.

Nevertheless, the twinning arrangement with an American university never materialized. Instead the programme's new partner was Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysian. The arrangement was the first two years of the matriculation program was conducted by PPP/ITM at the Shah Alam campus.

In 1997, the TESL program was absorbed into the newly established Faculty of Education. The first dean of the Faculty was Prof. Dr. Hazadiah Dahan.

The Pre-TESL programme was offered in UiTM Alor Gajah Malacca and UiTM Kuantan Pahang and of course in UiTM Section 17 Shah Alam. Now the programme is known by the name ASASI TESL.
 * __Pre-TESL Programme__**

__**The Building in which we Learn in-our Faculty**__ The faculty of education is situated in the building that was once a school. Noticed the similar design, one may feel that the faculty is really gearing it's students to be ready to enter school. From school to University (in a school building) then back to school.

In general TESL students have always been percieved as crazy or hysterical. Most security officers see TESL students as troublemakers and will take any opportunity to prosecute them for not wearing their ID. As one officer mentioned "If the faculty ever burnt down, you can bet it was done in English". eii jahatnye!
 * __Pak Guard's perspective on TESL students__**

We also have Mak Guard here, the Mak Guard is more agressive than Pak Guard. Sometimes, they tend to pick on students because they need to show their authority. As experienced by one of my friend Azam (not his real name), he got a few records, especially with Mak Guard. His cases involved i.d and also slippers. I think he is traumatised by it. Don't worry Azam (not his real name), you won't be here next semester, you will be free from the Guards' powers.
 * __Another perspective__**

I hate bloody pak guard and mak guard!! they are so arrogant as in they are making rm 5000 per month! in fact, I can even pay them their actual salary..


 * ouucchh!!* what happen to you?????

Pak&Mak guards are so cool...N.O.T! ~ updated: someone introduces me to Mak Som

they are soo "kerek"... hahahaaha.

**PEOPLE.. They are just doing their work. If by any chance an outsider impersonates as a student comes into the campus and starts doing harm, physically or on materials or spreading ideologies, whom would be turn to if not to them? I am proud to say that I befriended many of them, who do really take care of our safety and security. Everytime I enter the gate, I am sure that I would be greeted by their smiles. It is us who are actually "kerek" and all.**

Note: All pak guards and mak guards are required to give atleast 20 tickets in order for them to be "upgraded" from wearing a lightblue uniform to a darker blue uniform (alah baju gelap sikit je pown!). Prolly to them it made them looks more uber cool~ lol.

__Ways that our students always use in order to protect themselves from getting a ticket__ owh yeah?they are so irritating to u?then most of us always practise these steps when we want to prevent ourselves from being caught red-handed by them for some kesalahan rupa diri pelajar.Do you guys familiar with this actions: 1) try to act cool when you are passing them..try wo walk with confident and stern look even you are wearing something which is not that low to cover your buttom especially to female students. <---(the kamikaze one) 2)the mistake that most female students did until they got a ticket from those pak guard and mak guard when they dared to wear something which is not according to the sahsiah rupa diri but then showed their anxious face in front of the guards. Example trying to cover your buttom using bagpack or big bag. of course it is obvious that you look totally freak and it surplus the possiblity to get speacial attention from them.. 2)try to walk with a group of friends with the hope that your friends will be covering you up..

i agree..i do it all the time and it works every single time..hehe..

__Another option to escape the ticket...__ You can always try to run as if you're are late for class or something. I'm sure the guards won't bother to chase you. Or put on your MP3 player as you pretend to not hear them. Just don't let them catch up to you!!

__One that always works (almost...)__ Pretend that you are talking to someone on your mobile phone when walking pass the guard post. Most of the time, the guards won't even try to catch you doing something wrong because we all know that IT IS RUDE (kinda...) TO INTERRUPT PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING ON THE PHONE. I have attempted this a number of times and it worked surprisingly well~. haha... P.S. Hope that no pak guard or mak guard reads this or i'll get caught for wearing slippers. heheh...owh! Walk with a limp when wearing slippers,that sort of works to...I know it's bad to act handicapped but when your are late for a test or quiz and have no time socks and shoes, you can do this. It gives an impression to the guards that you're wearing slippers because your legs were injured. End result? No ticket! hehe...*peace2*.
 * Guys, i tried it. it really works!!! suggests u do the same!!! its about time...

__I have another option!!__

Once (wait twice actually), I forgot to wear my i.d. I was so nervous but thankfully the traffic in and out of the faculty was kind of heavy at that specific moments. What I did was I waited for the right moment for any car (or UiTM bus) to pass by and I ran inside, pretended that I was so scared for my life and did not want to be run down by the vehicles. It worked...seriously!! It is better (or more convincing) if you can scream for your life while you do this. I did that..and I walked away without any ticket. hahaha. The most that the guards would do is laugh at you. But that's good, they wouldn't notice the 'crime' you are making. hehehe. Good luck!!!

elleh..pak guard nak kutuk2 student konon...so unprofessional..maybe they should be made compulsory to come for our professional development seminar!

__Make yourself clear__ i have experience it many times and what i did was i ask them "ape salah saya", and they will have doubt about giving you a ticket. make sure you know you are not doing anything wrong because they just assume that we have something to hide. i ambarrassed them once by wearing my matrix card with another card that look similar with our uitm card and they thought i was cheathing and one of the guard shouts at me and grab my matrix card (the guard is a MALE) from my body (sexual harrasment !!!) then i used a bit stern voice and protect my right and he didnt even apologize, after a few weeks i never see him there because everytime i pass over the guard post i will look at him in disguise manner...

__I did it my way__ especially for girls la kan. u can try n ngorat the pak guards because normally they won't stop u even when u r not wearing ur matric card! it works! until i met this new pak guard who seems very keen with his duty. damn i hate him. maybe he likes guys.. that's why..(anonymous like 100x)

re:__I did it my way__ really?! wow, maybe now it's my time to 'ngorat' the pak guard! hehehe....

OMG>>>> selamat merdedak hari raya

__On the sometimes good attitude of the pak/mak guards__

Despite the tantrums and fit that we, especially myself, throw on the blue kind, you'll be surprised at how humble and good-hearted they are during that 'blue moon' of such occasion. There were two events that changed my perspective towards them (only at-the-moment, mind you) during my occupation in the faculty. Both of them involve missing items. The first one was when I carelessly left my mp3 in the old library. The next day, I went to the guard's office in block T to lodge a report and crossing my fingers for good things to come. Despite it never materialized, it was suffice for me to say that they 'stopped' looking at me as another possible offender and started treating me like their clients. It was a nice experience.

The next incident happened to befall me within the same pretext (mind you, I am Ratu Hilang Barang here, hihi). Once I AGAIN carelessly slipped my purse and my handphone around the TESL Square. I went panicking since it would be my third time losing the IC and I wouldn't enjoy burning MYR300 to replace the card. So I went again to the guard's post and, surprisingly, the same 'kak guard perasan cantik' that would otherwise 'harrass' me on regular basis stopped adopting the patronizing attitude and started acting matronizingly (gitu). Perhaps I scared the shoot out of my pants, or perhaps that she was intimidated by my beauty (ROFL), she treated me nicely for the first time. So my advice it, start losing items more frequently. Or, start faking the expression. It'll work, that I can say ;p

nota tambahan: Kak Guard perasan cantik tu...mmg cantik kan kan kan?

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but pakguards now da tukar org so they are better now... as a statue

getting away with murder from the pak guards is WAYY TO EASYY..

step 1: ALWAYS greet them when u pass by. a simple "Tuan!" to them shud suffice. overtime, they will get your respect step 2: break a rule step 3: get caught step 4: drama-lah sikit! step 5: they will buy your drama step 6: walk in with pride

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