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CFG1002 Review (AY21/22 S1)

 Taken in AY21/22 S1 (Mini-Semester A) Deliverables Watch all E-Learning videos and do the quiz Score 60% for your VMock resume Attempt VMock interview. Review E-Learning Videos To be honest, I felt the video quality of teaching was very good. The knowledge is good to know and there is no stress of an exam. They are bite-sized of about 10 mins per week with quizzes in between. Resume As I had a resume from polytechnic, I copied most contents from it. But since I am at it, I also took this opportunity to delete irrelevant information and update it to be current. Using the VMock platform, you can download the recommended NUS resume template. Follow everything nicely and you should be able to get 75% easily in VMock. I tried to perfect some details and I scored well above 90% in the end. Total time spent was about 2 hours but I was a bit nitpicky.  Interview VMock uses their so-called AI technology to analyse your body language, facial expressions and speech. The facial expr...

NUS QET 1 Review (July 2021)

(Taken in  July 2021) Deliverables 600 word argumentative essay 1hr 45 min Format Test is conducted with the  Examplify software and Zoom proctoring Maximum 4500 character hard limit Copy-paste (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) functions disabled No spell-check or grammar check Examplify is full screen so you cannot refer or use any other programs Review For polytechnic students, the Qualifying English Test (QET) is compulsory to take as NUS unfortunately only recognises A Level GP or other international English certifications.  If you have gotten "A" for O Level English, fluency of language should be of no problem to you. However, you are probably rusty as your last essay could be before entering polytechnic.  The CELC website provides a very nice crash course on it ( https://blog.nus.edu.sg/celceresources/ ). Note that while they appear to use a variety of methods to write out the paragraph, it can be generalised to the PEEL method. Importantly, the organisers tend to emphasise the...