TSLB1114 (WRITING PORTFOLIO)

TSLB1114 : TASK 3

Writing Portfolio

MEMBERS (TESL 1):

NUR ZAYANI BINTI ZAMRI
NOOR QURRATU'AINI BINTI
MOHD RASHIDI

OUTLINE

TASK 3 (WRITING PORTFOLIO OUTLINES)

Theme:
The strategies our society can implement to recover after the global pandemic.

DRAFT 1
Intro

● The Covid19 outbreak in Malaysia
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemik_COVID-19_di_Malaysia

● How covid affect the society
● Its impact on education and economy

Paragraph 2 - Economy
● Many Malaysians has lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 outbreak
https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2020/12/761054/99696-pekerja-diberhentika
n-akibat-covid-19
● Start their own business due to retrenchment in order to survive
● Online shopper service

DRAFT 2
Paragraph 3 - Education:

● School closures for long periods of time
● Extra classes
● Teachers create Youtube channels
● Parents support their children by having them attend tuition out of school or

teach them at home

Paragraph 4 - Social
● Conduct activities in neighborhoods in order to strengthen everyone’s bond:
● Gotong-royong
(https://1news.my.id/2022/02/04/understanding-and-benefits-of-gotong-royong-which-ha
s-become-an-indonesian-tradition-1news/)
● Have a big meal together
● Have a sports day (prizes)

Under one condition- sop- social distancing as in new norm

DRAFT 3
Paragraph 5 - Support local products by purchasing them:

● Could help increase our people’s income
(https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=493&bul_id=VTN
HRkdiZkFzenBNd1Y1dmg2UUlrZz09&menu_id=amVoWU54UTl0a21NWmdhMjFMMWc
yZz09)

● Increase the country's economy
● Attend campaigns regarding local products
● Ex: “Karnival Jualan” that was held last year on 13 November at Dataran Cenang, Pulau

Langkawi
(https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/11/11/buy-local-products-in-support-of-fell
ow-malaysians)

Closure - Why it is important to recover after the global pandemic:
● So that our country could still thrive and succeed
● To ensure everyone has a better life
● So that other countries would have positive perspectives regarding our country
● To help unite our people

DRAFT 1

● Introduction
As we all know, covid 19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome

coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit Malaysia since 2020. According to the statistical data
released by the Health Ministry of Malaysia, a total of 4256469 covid 19 cases had been
recorded in Malaysia as of April 4, 2022 (Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2022). The first COVID-19
case in Malaysia was confirmed on 25 January 2020 and several local clusters emerged in
March 2020. Because of the the increasing cases of Covid19 in Malaysia starting from Maarch
2020, the government of Malaysia has implemented movement control orders from 18 March
2020 throughout malaysia to curb the spread of covid19. This pandemic has had a negative
economic impact on Malaysia by devaluing the Malaysian currency and has had a huge social
impact on Malaysia society. Malaysia education system was also affected during the execution
of the movement control order (mco) (Wikipedia, 2020). Therefore, various strategies strategy
were being implemented by the government to recover from the global pandemic including the
implementation of movement control order (mco) and providing financial assistance to
malaysians. However, the responsibility lies not only with the government but also the
community have to implement various strategy to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic.

● Body 1
First of all, covid 19 had huge impact on the economic sector. Many Malaysian lost their

source of income after they are fired from their jobs due to Covid 19 outbreak and
implementation of movement control orders (mco). This is because, many employers had to lay
of some of their employees for various reasons. For example, business closures, workforce
downsizing, companies experiencing critical financial difficulties, partial closures, acquisitions
and relocations of companies(Rohaniza, I., & Yusri, M., 2020). Therefore, many Malaysians
have taken the iniitiative to recover after the global pandemic by starting their own business to
cover the cost of living. For instance, they run small-scale online food and clothing businesses.
This is because , online businesses are easier to run and handle because sellers can sell
products anywhere and anytime using electronic devices such as laptop and mobile phones.
There is also group of Malaysians who provides online shopper services. This service has
received encouraging response because customers could buy household items by using the
online shopper service without having to be exposed to the risk of Covid 19 infection when
going out to buy groceries.

DRAFT 2

● Body 2
In addition, the global pandemic also has negative impact on education sector in

Malaysia. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the schools are closed for long periods of time and
students are unable to attend school to undergo face -to -face learning with the teachers. In this
scenario, parents play a key role in ensuring their children are able to undergo an affective
learning process even while studying at home. For instance, parents can enroll their children in
extra classes and tuition to ensure their children do not fall behind in lessons. Online tuition
classes are more flexible than face-to-face classes because students only need an internet
network and electronic gadgets to join tuition classes anywhere and anytime.For example, there
are many online tuition classes provided by non -governmental organizations (NGO) such as Mc
Plus, My Tutor, and IntTuition that guarantee their students excellence. Beside that, students
can also get unlimited learning materials for fre from social media platforms like youtube. This is
because, there are teachers who are starting to create their own youtube channels that provide
learning videos. The videos can be used as an additional learning resources.

● Body 3
Moreover, the pandemic has not only affected Malaysia in terms of economy and

education but also the social relationships between our people. For example, because of the
restrictions, people are not allowed to perform prayrsd at Mosques. This led people to grow
appart from eachother as they could not meet other people and interact them. Although there
had been many technologies that people could use in orer to converse with each other, it is
different from talking face to face. When people talk face to face, they show body language,
which enables a better understanding of how the person that is talking feels by watching how
they react (“What Are the Benefits of Face to Face Communication?”, 2021). With that being
said, activites involving interaction amongst our society should be held. For instance, gotong
royong. A neighbourhood could hold a gotong royong by cleaning the mosque and redecorate it.
After that, they could also organize a meal togethr where each person could bring their own
food from home to share with others. However, everyone should always be cautious by
practicing social distancing as the virus is still spreading. Although these activities may seem
simple, but it is a great way to strengthen their bonds again.

DRAFT 3

● Body 4
Furthermore, according to the Entrepreneurship Development and Cooperation Ministry

(Medac), since the government first implemented movement restrictions in March to halt the
spread of the coronavirus, more than 30,000 firms have closed throughout Malaysia (“30,000
Malaysian businesses have folded up since movement curbs in March”, 2020). In order to help
our country recover after the pandemic, our society should help support local products. This
could help entrepreneurs in our country grow after the pandemic as they may have been in a
slump during that time. When a lot of people support their business, their income could grow
and at the same time it would alos increase our country’s economy. One of the ways that could
be done as a way to help these people is by attending campaigns conducted to promote local
products. For example, “Karnival Jualan” that was held last year on 13 November at Dataran
Cenang, Pulau Langkawi. Some of the homegrown brands were Swag which offers 15 personal
care products, Nuri Enterprises that sells food-based products and Lieza Anggun Enterprise
with their cosmetic-based items (“Buy local products in support of fellow Malaysians”, 2021).
With the support from our own society, it gives them motivation to continue their bussinesses
and help change their lives.

● Closure
In a nutshell, there are many ways our society could carry out in order for us to live like

how we used to. We should not only rely everything on others and even the government
themselves. We should take our own initiatives in order for our country to continue thriving and
succeeding in many aspects especially economy. Not only that, but it if our society manages to
make a change, it could also help ensure that everyone has a better life. Besides, when our
society join hands together by supporting one another and conducting activities that involve
each other in order to recover after the pandemic, other countries would view us positively. On
top of that, it also unites our people and it is extremely important for a society to practice unity
amongst them. Without unity, fights and arguments would occur everywhere and people would
not be able to live in harmony. Mattie Stepanek, who was a well-known poet in America once
said, “unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be
achieved” (McDonald, 2022).

FINAL DRAFT

● Introduction
As we all know, covid 19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome

coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit Malaysia since 2020 . Based on statistical data released by
the Ministry of Health Malaysia, a total of 4,256,469 covid 19 cases have been recorded in
Malaysia as of April 4, 2022 (Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2022). The first COVID-19 case in
Malaysia was confirmed on 25 January 2020 and several local clusters emerged in March 2020.
Following the increasing cases of Covid-19 in Malaysia starting from March 2020, the Malaysian
government has implemented movement control orders (Mco) from 18 March 2020 throughout
Malaysia to curb the spread of Covid-19. This pandemic and the movement control orders (Mco)
that were implemented over a long period of time has negatively affected Malaysia by devaluing
the Malaysia currency and has a huge social impact on Malaysian society. Malaysia's education
system was also affected during the execution of the movement control order (Mco) (Wikipedia,
2020). Therefore, the government has implemented various strategies in order to recover after
the global pandemic like providing financial assistance to Malaysians. However, the
responsibility lies not only with the government but also the society has to implement various
strategies to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic.

● Body 1
First and foremost, Covid-19 has a huge impact on the economic sector in Malaysia.

Many Malaysians have lost their source of income after they lost their jobs due to the Covid 19
outbreak and the implementation of movement control orders (Mco). This is because many
employers had to lay off some of their employees for various reasons. For example, business
closures, workforce downsizing, companies experiencing critical financial difficulties, partial
closures, acquisitions and relocations of companies (Rohaniza, I., & Yusri, M., 2020). Therefore,
many Malaysians have taken the initiative to recover after the global pandemic by starting their
own businesses to accommodate the rising cost of living. For instance, they run small-scale
online food and clothing businesses. This is because online businesses are easier to run
because sellers can sell their products anywhere and anytime using electronic devices such as
laptops and mobile phones. Next, there is also a group of Malaysians who provide online
shopper services. This service has received encouraging response because customers can
purchase household items by using the online shopper service without having to be exposed to
the risk of Covid 19 infection when going out to buy daily necessities.

● Body 2
In addition, the global pandemic also has negative impacts on the education sector in

Malaysia. School closures for long periods of time due to the Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in
students' academic achievement being severely affected because they were unable to attend
school to undergo face -to -face learning with the teachers. In this scenario, parents play a vital
role in ensuring their children are able to undergo an effective learning process even while
studying at home. For instance, parents can enroll their children in extra classes and tuition to
ensure their children do not fall behind in lessons. Online tuition classes are more flexible than
face-to-face classes because students only need an internet network and electronic gadgets to
join tuition classes anywhere and anytime. For example, there are various online tuition classes
provided by non -governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Mc Plus, My Tutor, and IntTuition
that guarantee their students excellence. Beside that, students can also get unlimited learning
materials for free from social media platforms like Youtube. This is because there are teachers
that started creating their own Youtube channels that provide educational videos. These videos
can be used as additional learning resources.

● Body 3
Moreover, the pandemic has not only affected Malaysia in terms of economy and

education but also in terms of the social relationships between our people. For example,
because of the SOP restrictions, people were not allowed to perform prayers at Mosques. This
eventually led people to grow apart from each other as they could not meet one another to
interact. Although many technologies exist that could be used in order to converse, it is different
from talking face to face. When people talk face to face, they show body language, which
enables a better understanding of how the person that is talking feels by watching how they
react (“What Are the Benefits of Face to Face Communication?”, 2021). With that being said,
activities involving interaction among our society should be held. For instance, a gotong-royong.
A neighborhood could hold a gotong-royong by cleaning the mosque. After that, they could also
organize a meal together where each person could bring their own food from home to share
with others. However, everyone should always be cautious by practicing social distancing as the
virus is still spreading. To give an example, everyone should wear masks, prevent touching
other people and should sanitize and wash their hands after cleaning up a certain area.
Although these activities may seem simple, it is a great way to strengthen their bonds again.

● Body 4
Furthermore, according to the Entrepreneurship Development and Cooperation Ministry

(Medac), since the government first implemented movement restrictions in March to halt the
spread of the coronavirus, more than 30,000 firms have closed throughout Malaysia (“30,000
Malaysian businesses have folded up since movement curbs in March'', 2020). In order to help
our country recover after the pandemic, our society should help support local products. This
could help entrepreneurs in our country grow after the pandemic as they may have been in a
slump during that time. When a lot of people support their business, their income could grow
and at the same time it would also increase our country’s economy. One of the ways that could
be done to help these people is by attending campaigns conducted to promote local products.
For example, “Karnival Jualan'', which was held last year on 13 November at Dataran Cenang,
Pulau Langkawi. Some of the homegrown brands were Swag which offered 15 personal care
products, Nuri Enterprises that sold food-based products and Lieza Anggun Enterprise with their
cosmetic-based items (“Buy local products in support of fellow Malaysians”, 2021). With the
support from our own society, it gives them motivation to continue their businesses and could
also help change their lives after the pandemic.

● Conclusion
In a nutshell, there are many ways our society could carry out in order for us to live like

how we used to. We should not only rely everything on others and even the government
themselves. We should take our own initiatives so that our country can continue to thrive and
succeed in many aspects, especially the economy. Not only that, but if our society manages to
make a change, it could also help ensure that everyone lives a better life than during the
pandemic. Besides, when our society joins hands together by supporting one another and
conducting activities to recover after the pandemic, other countries would view us positively
which could improve our country’s image. On top of that, it also unites our people and it is
extremely important for a society to practice unity amongst them. Without unity, fights and
arguments would occur everywhere and people would not be able to live in harmony. Mattie
Stepanek, who was a well-known poet in America once said, “unity is strength, when there is
teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved” (McDonald, 2022).

FINAL ESSAY

Task 3: Writing Portfolio

As we all know, covid 19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit Malaysia since 2020 (Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2022).
Based on statistical data released by the Ministry of Health Malaysia, a total of 4,256,469 covid
19 cases have been recorded in Malaysia as of April 4, 2022. The first COVID-19 case in
Malaysia was confirmed on 25 January 2020 and several local clusters emerged in March
2020. Following the increasing cases of Covid-19 in Malaysia starting from March 2020, the
Malaysian government has implemented movement control orders (Mco) from 18 March 2020
throughout Malaysia to curb the spread of Covid-19. This pandemic and the movement control
orders (Mco) that were implemented over a long period of time have negatively affected
Malaysia by devaluing the Malaysian currency and had a huge social impact on Malaysian
society. Malaysia's education system was also affected during the execution of the movement
control order (Mco) (Wikipedia, 2020). Therefore, the government has implemented various
strategies in order to recover after the global pandemic providing financial assistance to
Malaysians. However, the responsibility lies not only with the government but also the society
has to implement various strategies to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic.

First and foremost, Covid-19 had caused a huge impact on the economic sector in
Malaysia. Many Malaysians lost their source of income after they lost their jobs due to the
Covid-19 outbreak and the implementation of movement control orders (Mco). This is because
many employers had to lay off some of their employees for various reasons. For example,
business closures, workforce downsizing, companies experiencing critical financial difficulties,
partial closures, acquisitions, and relocations of companies (Rohaniza, I., & Yusri, M., 2020).
Therefore, many Malaysians have taken the initiative to recover after the global pandemic by
starting their own businesses to accommodate the rising cost of living. For instance, they run
small-scale online food and clothing businesses. This is because online businesses are easier
to run because sellers can sell their products anywhere and anytime using electronic devices
such as laptops and mobile phones. Next, there is also a group of Malaysians who provide
online shopper services. They would promote their services on various social media platforms
such as Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. This service has received an encouraging
response because customers can purchase household items by using the online shopper
service without having to be exposed to the risk of Covid 19 infection when going out to buy
daily necessities.

In addition, the global pandemic also has negative impacts on the education sector in
Malaysia. School closures for long periods of time due to the Covid-19 outbreak has resulted
in students' academic achievement being severely affected because they were unable to

attend school to undergo face-to-face learning with the teachers. In this scenario, parents play
a vital role in ensuring their children are able to undergo an effective learning process even
while studying at home. For instance, parents can enrol their children in extra classes and
tuition to ensure their children do not fall behind in lessons. Online tuition classes are more
flexible than face-to-face classes because students only need an internet network and
electronic gadgets to join tuition classes anywhere and anytime. To give an example, there
are various online tuition classes provided by non -governmental organizations (NGOs) such
as Mc Plus, My Tutor, and IntTuition that guarantee their student's excellence. Besides that,
students can also get unlimited learning materials for free from social media platforms like
Youtube and Facebook. This is because there are teachers that started creating their own
Youtube channels that provide educational videos. These videos can be used as additional
learning resources.

Moreover, the pandemic has not only affected Malaysia in terms of economy and
education but also in terms of the social relationships between our people. For example,
because of the SOP restrictions, people were not allowed to perform prayers at Mosques. This
eventually led people to grow apart from each other as they could not meet one another to
interact. Although many technologies exist that could be used in order to converse, it is
different from talking face to face. When people talk face to face, they show body language,
which enables a better understanding of how the person that is talking feels by watching how
they react (“What Are the Benefits of Face to Face Communication?”, 2021). With that being
said, activities involving interaction in our society should be held. For instance, a gotong-
royong. A neighbourhood could hold a gotong-royong by cleaning the mosque located near
their housing area. After that, they could also organize a meal together where each person
could bring their own food from home to share with others. However, everyone should always
be cautious by practicing social distancing. They should also wear masks, sanitize and wash
their hands. Although these activities may seem simple, it is a great way to strengthen their
bonds again.

Furthermore, according to the Entrepreneurship Development and Cooperation
Ministry (Medac), since the government first implemented movement restrictions in March to
halt the spread of the coronavirus, more than 30,000 firms have closed throughout Malaysia
(“30,000 Malaysian businesses have folded up since movement curbs in March'', 2020). In
order to help our country recover after the pandemic, our society should help support local
products. This could help entrepreneurs in our country grow after the pandemic as they may
have been in a slump during that time. When a lot of people support their business, their
income could grow and at the same time, it would also increase our country’s economy. One
of the ways that could be done to help these people is by attending campaigns conducted to

promote local products. For example, “Karnival Jualan'', which was held last year on 13
November at Dataran Cenang, Pulau Langkawi. Some of the homegrown brands were Swag
which offered 15 personal care products, Nuri Enterprises which sold food-based products,
and Lieza Anggun Enterprise with their cosmetic-based items (“Buy local products in support
of fellow Malaysians”, 2021). With the support from our own society, gives them motivation to
continue their businesses and could also help change their lives after the pandemic.

In a nutshell, there are many ways our society could carry out in order for us to live like
how we used to. We should not only rely everything on others and even on the government
itself. We should take our own initiatives so that our country can continue to thrive and succeed
in many aspects, especially the economy. Not only that, but if our society manages to make a
change, it could also help ensure that everyone lives a better life than during the pandemic.
Besides, when our society joins hands together by supporting one another and conducting
activities to recover after the pandemic, other countries would view us positively. On top of
that, it also unites our people and it is extremely important for a society to practice unity
amongst them. Without unity, fights and arguments would occur everywhere and people would
not be able to live in harmony. Mattie Stepanek, who was a well-known poet in America once
said, “unity is strength, when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be
achieved” (McDonald, 2022).

(1203 words)

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