Self-access English Language Enrichment Hub (SELEH): The OER Booster

Self-access English Language Enrichment Hub or SELEH, which is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, is an Open Educational Resource (OER) formulated based on RACQAIL attributes where English educators and learners can find accessible and useful links for teaching and learning purposes at their own pace. Many of the listed links come from WeCWI Integrated Solutions' resources, including articles and videos. At the same time, the remaining are other resourceful websites or web pages arranged in different categories for ease of reference. However, some articles (exclusive blog posts) are reserved for WeCWIIS Pro and WeCWIIS Plus members.

A. Discovering SELEH Solutions

There are seven sections with several sub-sections. Each sub-section has several hyperlinks. The underlined fonts in five different colours with four different icons applied in the list are the remarks referring as follows:

Black: All levels

Orange: Pre-diploma

Green: Diploma

Blue: Degree

Purple: Postgraduate

📝: Article

📄: Document

💻: Web

📽️: Video

A. GRAMMAR

a. PARTS OF SPEECH

1.Parts of Speech💻 2.Nouns💻 3.Pronouns💻 4.Verbs💻 [a.Irregular verbs💻 b.Subject-verb agreement💻 c.Tenses💻 (i.Simple present💻 ii.Present continuous💻 iii.Present perfect💻 iv.Present perfect continuous💻 v.Simple past💻 vi.Past continuous💻 vii.Past perfect💻 viii.Past perfect continuous💻 ix.Simple future💻 x.Future continuous💻 xi.Future perfect💻 xii.Future perfect continuous💻) 5.Adjectives💻 6.Adverbs💻(Qualifiers💻) 7.Prepositions💻 8.Conjunctions💻 9.Determiners💻 (Articles💻) 10.Interjections💻

b. SENTENCES

1.Structures💻 2.Types💻

c. MISTAKES

1.Common mistakes📝

B. LISTENING

a. STRATEGIES

1.Oral information💻 2.Key transitions💻 3.Relationships💻 4.Keywords💻 5.Stress and intonation💻 6.Purpose💻 7.Important information💻 8.Instructions💻 9.Propositions💻 10.Summary of gist💻 11.Prediction of meaning💻 (a.Schemata💻 b.Contextual clues💻 c.Communicative purpose💻 d.Aural discourse💻) 12.Logical inferences💻

b. ASSESSMENTS

1.Self-assessed📝 2.CBLT📝 3.LIRA📝 4.Online Listening Assessment💻

C. SPEAKING

a. TIPS

1.Practise speaking English📽️

b. STRATEGIES

1.Social interactions💻 (a.WH questions💻 b.Introduction of a topic💻 c.Transitional markers💻 d.Opinions💻e.Closing strategies💻) 2.Language forms💻 (a.Ideas in discussions💻 b.Discussions💻) 3.Negotiation strategies💻

c. ASSESSMENTS

1.Role play📝 2.Oral commentary📝 (Student's sample📽️) 3.Informative speech [a.Topic selection📝 b.Introduction📝 (Pre-recorded📽️ vs live📽️ presentations) c.Body and conclusion📝 (Pre-recorded📽️ vs live📽️ presentations) d.Samples (i.Depression📽️ ii.Violent video games📽️)] 4.Pitch (a.Topic selection📝 b.Successful pitch📝) 5.Persuasive speech (a.Topic selection📝 b.Monroe's Motivated Sequence📝 c.Student's sample📽️) 6.Panel forum (Students' sample📽️) 7.Group discussion [a.Speaking conventions & best practices📝 b.Students’ group discussion (Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams📽️) c.Samples (i.Obesity📽️ ii.Income for a vacation📽️ iii.Online business📽️ iv.Gift for a trip abroad📽️ v.Having pets📽️ vi.Social media📽️ vii.Internet addiction📽️ viii.Cheating in tests/assignments📽️ ix.Individual’s personality📽️ x.University’s dress code📽️) 8.E-poster presentation [E-poster creation using free template📽️ (Students' sample📽️)]

D. READING

a. TIPS

1.Reading to remember📽️

b. TYPES

1.Academic reading📝 2.Extensive reading (ER)💻 (Tips💻)

c. STRATEGIES

1.Skimming💻 2.Scanning💻 3.Dictionary💻 4.Contextual clues💻 5.Structure of a passage💻 (a.Topic sentence💻 b.Main ideas & supporting details💻 c.Relationships within a paragraph💻 d.Relationships between paragraphs💻 e.Mechanics in reading texts💻 (i.Referents💻 ii.Transitional linkers💻 iii.Cohesive devices💻) 6.Vocabulary [a.University Word List (UWL)💻 b.Word list💻 c.Vocabulary levels💻 d.Vocabulary levels test💻] 7.Interpret texts to paraphrase💻 8.Interpret texts to summarise💻 9.Order/transfer information💻

d. ASSESSMENTS

1.Personal reading logs📝 2.Analysing an argumentative article📝

E. WRITING

a. TIPS

1.Impactful comment📽️

b. STRATEGIES

1.Academic Writing Tips📝 2.Paraphrasing📝 3.Summarising📝 4.Branstorming💻 5.Composing [a.Expository essay📝 b.Opinion essay💻 c.Essay samples (i.WritingBros💻 ii.Blablawriting💻 iii.New York Essays💻)] 5.Editing (a.Self-editing and proofreading📝 b.Editing service📝) 6.Technical Expressions (Academic phrase bank💻)

c. ASSESSMENTS

1.Analysis (a.Evaluative commentary📝 b.Articles selection📽️ c.Outline📽️) 2.Annotation (a.Annotated bibliography📝 b.Techniques📽️) 3.Term Paper (coming soon) 4.Written Report (a.Research proposal📝 b.Research report📝)

F. DOING RESEARCH

a. SEARCHING

1.Searches (a.Google Scholar💻 b.Microsoft Academic💻 c.ERIC💻 d.ResearchGate💻 e.CORE💻 f.Semantic School💻 g.RefSeek💻 h.BASE💻 i.Science.gov💻 j.PDF Drive💻 k.Malaysian Theses Online💻)

2.Libraries (a.WorldCat💻 b.SpringerLink💻 c.Bioline International💻 d.RePEc💻)

b. DEFINING

1.Longman💻 2.Oxford💻 3.Merriam-Webster's💻

c. REFERENCING

1.APA💻 (i.7th edition (1)💻 ii.7th edition (2)💻 ii.6th vs. 7th edition💻) b.IEEE (2018)📄

d. ASSESSING

1.MUET💻 2.IELTS💻

e. ASSISTING

1.Citing (a.Citefast💻) 2.Paraphrasing (a.QuillBot💻 b.Paraphraser💻 c.Wordtune💻) 3.Generating ideas (Speedwrite💻) 3.Checking grammar (a.Ginger💻 b.WhiteSmoke💻) 4.Checking readability (Hemingway Editor💻) 4.Gamifying [Wordwall💻 (Random Wheels 1 & 2)]

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