Your friend wants to quit university because her family is facing a financial crisis. Advise her.

TASK A
Candidate A: Work and study part-time
Candidate B: Continue studying full-time and apply for financial help
Candidate C: Postpone for 1 year (gap year)
Candidate D: Continue studying but start an online business

A. WORK PART-TIME WHILE STUDYING

A wonderful morning I bid to the examiners and my fellow friends. It is very sad to hear that my friend wants
to quit university due to a financial crisis. My advice to her is that she should study part time.

First and foremost, by studying part time, she can search for a part time job to earn some money. This is
because during part time studies, she will not have full classes during the day. She may only have classes some nights
or on weekends so she can work part time. For instance, she can work part time in a nearby kiosk, Mc Donald or work
as a waitress or salesgirl in the university area. Hence, she can pay for her tuition fees, accommodation, books and so
on from the money she earned.

Secondly, she can work in a company that gives sponsorship for her studies. In exchange, she will be bonded
to the company for a period of time. Furthermore, she does not have to worry as the company will cover for all her
fees. To illustrate, she will be working with the company in the morning and having classes at night or on weekends
like at Open University which the company may sponsor her.

On top of that, studying part time gives her an advantage to pay for her fees slowly. My reason for this is
because part time studies require a longer duration to finish her studies. Therefore, she will be able to pay her fees
slowly. Moreover, she has a much longer time to save her money.

To sum up, these are some of the reasons why I advise her to work and study part time. To me, it is the best
way to ease the burden of her family. Thank you for listening.

B. CONTINUE STUDYING FULL TIME AND APPLY FOR FINANCIAL HELP

A very good morning to one and all. It worries me a lot when I know that one of my friends wants to quit
university due to her financial problems. In my humble opinion, she should just continue her studies full time but
apply for financial help.

Firstly, she will be able to achieve better results when studying full time. This is because she can concentrate
on her academics. In addition, she needs to work hard to achieve success. As a result, she can work hard to be on the
dean’s list or the top of her class.

My second point is she can apply for scholarships or study loans with flexible repayment with her good
results. The main reason for this is because scholarships and loans can help her to ease the burden of her family. As an
illustration, she has to study hard to achieve good grades or pointers and apply for financial support during the second
semester and if she gets a 4 pointer result the loan can be converted into a scholarship.

Last but not least, she can find a better job with higher salary quicker after graduation rather than studying
part time. My reason for this is because her full time studies has a shorter duration of time to finish. Furthermore, she
can help her family by providing financial support after she has a job. For instance, she will obtain more money with
her qualification rather than just work part time because a degree can get her a higher salary.

In summary, these are the reasons why she should continue her studies full time. In my point of view, these
give greater benefits to her family and herself. Thank you and have a nice day.
C. POSTPONE FOR 1 YEAR (GAP YEAR)

A very lovely morning to the examiners and my fellow candidates. As we all know, my friend and
her family are currently facing a financial crisis. As her friend, I would advise her to postpone her studies for
one year as our government has approved the gap year system now.

First of all, she can find a permanent job instead of working part time if she postpones her studies.
My reason for this is because a permanent job has a better and higher salary than a part time job.
Furthermore, the salary for a permanent job can be raised higher as time goes by. As an illustration, she
could earn approximately RM1200 per month and above by working permanently whereas she would only
earn around RM750 monthly part time.

My second point is she will be able to save a greater amount of money. This is due to she has more
time when she postpones her studies. She can save a certain amount of money a month for a whole year.
Moreover, if it is an office hour job, she can also do online business, baking and selling, catering and many
more at the same time to supplement her income.

Finally, she will be able to help her family with their financial problem. The main reason for this is
because she can focus on earning money instead of worrying about not being able to focus on her studies. In
addition, she does not have to worry about any overdue fees for her to settle as soon as possible.

In a nutshell, postponing her studies for one year is definitely a great idea. It will greatly benefit her
and her family and she can continue studying after the gap year. Thank you.

D. CONTINUE STUDYING BUT START AN ONLINE BUSINESS

A wonderful day I bid you. I feel very disheartened when I found out that my friend wants to quit her
studies because of her family’s financial crisis. After a lenghty deliberation, I think that she should just
continue her studies but at the same time, she should start a business online.

Firstly, she can earn her own money by doing an online business. Social media is one of mediums for
people around us to communicate with each other. Due to the very high number of users, it increases the
probability for every percentage of the buyers. There are a lot of social media sites or apps and pages that we
could start with. For instance, Whatsapp, Wechat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and so on.

Moving on to my next point, doing a business online saves a lot of cost. The main reason for this is
because she does not have to pay rent for a shop to display and sell things. Moreover, she can save her
money by reducing the transportation cost. To illustrate, she will not need to pay for the transportation fees
to her workplace if she works from home.

Lastly, doing an online business is easier for everyone. My reason for this is because nowadays
everyone can access the internet from any location through various gadgets and devices such as computers,
mobile phones, tablets and many more.

In short, these are the benefits of doing business online while studying. She can help both her family
and herself if she works hard for it and manages her time well. Thank you for lending me your ears.
TASK B

Discuss the best advice for her. You may add your own ideas to complete the script to reach 10 mins.

A: A wonderful morning to one and all. The issue we are discussing today is our friend wants to quit
university due to a financial crisis that her family is facing. I would like to invite anyone of you to kickstart
this discussion by giving us your opinion.

C: Allow me to begin. First and foremost, I am very worried about our friend when I received the news that
she wants to quit university. Hence, I decided to give her a piece of advice. In my humble opinion, I believe
that studying full time is a good way for her. This is because she will achieve better results if she focuses
only on her studies. For instance, she can be on the dean’s list when she works hard for it.

B: I see your point because _________________________________________but how about she postpones

her studies for one year. In this way, she will be able to help her family with the financial problem. The
reason is because she can focus on earning money instead of worrying and being unable to focus in class.

A: Excuse me, I beg to differ. I do not quite agree with you because by doing so, she will graduate later than
she is supposed to. I think that it will be better if she studies but start a business online. Does anyone agree
with me?

D: Yes, I do partially agree because ________________________________________________________.

On the contrary, allow me to share my point. I think that she should work and study part time. My reason
for this is because she can work part time while studying to earn some money to pay for her tuition fees,
books, accommodation and so on.

C: I am afraid that I do not see eye to eye with both of you. Those solutions are not the best way to solve her
problems mainly because she might end up repeating her papers and will have other incurred fees. Thus, it
will actually burden her family and herself more.

B: Indeed, I do see your point of view because ________________________________________.

Conversely, I believe that she should just continue her studies full time because she can also apply for a
scholarship or study loan by using her first semester’s result. In order to make it happen, she needs to get a
very good result which I encourage her to just focus on her studies.

D: That is an interesting perspective and I agree with you that she should apply for a scholarship or loan
because ___________________________________________________. However, I think that we should
consider other points. In my perspective, doing an online business is very simple and saves a lot of cost.
She does not have to rent for a shop nor spend a lot on transportation fees. Wouldn’t you agree?

A: I am not sure I understand what you are saying. Can you explain it again, please?

D: What I mean is she can study and do business online at the same time. The main reason for this is
because it is very simple, easy, convenient and fast. Nowadays people can access the internet from
anywhere they are. She would not need to spend money on rental and transportations as orders will be made
online by using computers, mobile phones, tablets and so on.

A: I see. Yes, I think it would be great way too because I concur that in this way she can earn some money
even during her studies.

C: That is a good point, but don’t you think that having a gap year for her is better? I strongly believe that
this is the best way because she can find a permanent job instead of part time. My reason for this is simply
because she will receive a higher salary compared to working part time. Hence, she can save her money
worth a year. So candidates A and D, what do you guys think?

D: Now that you have explained it like that, I also agree that it will be the best way because
___________________________________. In fact, she can ease the burden of her family if she earns a lot.

A: I’m sorry, I do not agree with the two of you because ________________________________________.
As for me, I feel that _____________________________________________________________________
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B: ____________________________________________________________________________________

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D: _________________________________________________________________________________

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B: _________________________________________________________________________________

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B: Since we have still a lot of time, how about we consider why the other points are not suitable?

A: __________________________________________________________________________________

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B: __________________________________________________________________________________

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D: _________________________________________________________________________________

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B: _________________________________________________________________________________

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C: After listening to all the points on the four choices we have, I think that it is time to make a conclusion.
D: Yes, I think so too. Does everyone agree that our friend should ______________________________?
All: Yes, I agree.
B: In short, it is unanimous that we all agree that _____________________________________________
is the best way because firstly, she can __________________________________________________.
Secondly, _______________________ and finally, ________________________________________.
Thank you everyone and have a nice day.