Announcement

Definition  : A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen

 

Purpose : To inform people about the  

                event or something happen

Form of Announcement :

1.Letters

2.Pamphlet on the board or wall

3.Broadcasted on TV or Radio

e.g 

1. Attention, Shopper

May we have your attention, please!

We have found a lost boy named jack

We found him in a toys and accessories of our store

And he is looking for his parents. He is about seven years old

He is wearing a red shirt, trousers and red cap

The boy is with us now at the check-out counter at the main exit

Thank you 

2.      Later in the afternoon, all of the students of class X Unggulan 2 have to come to school to decorate the class for a class competition.

Time : 15.30

Place : Class X Unggulan 2

For those, who don’t come, have to pay the fine RP. 50.000,-

Thanks for coming

3.

English Speech Contest

For all students of SMA PLUS PGRI Cibinong , we announce English Speech Contest..

Time : Saturday, 22 March 2012

Place : Hall of SMA PLUS PGRI Cibinong

Each class should register at least one student with one of these following topics :

The Advantage of Learning English

The Difficulties of Learning English

The Effective Ways of Learning English 

 

INVITATION

Definition

The way to invite someone to come/join your program. 

 

Part of Invitation

• •Greeting    
• PurposeInviting 
• Date/Time and place of program 
• Closing (hope) 

Inviting

I 'd like to invite you to…..

How about coming with us?

I’d like you to come to….

Would you like to….?

I want to invite you to….

Please, Come ….

E.g

Hi guys,

Today is my birthday.

So, I’d like to invite you to come to my birthday party. It will be held on:

Date : Sunday, October 12 th, 2010

Time : 8 p.m.

Place : My house

Don’t miss it.

 Bye

ADVERTISEMENT

Definition

Advertisement is a message that tries to sell something or product, for example snack, electronics cosmetics, etc. 

 

Kinds of Advertisement

-Based on purpose ( Commercial and Non-commercial)

-Based on the way showed ( Visual, audio and audio visual) 

 

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Social Function   

To tell important information

-To persuade the reader, listner or viewer to buy a produc.

 

 

Characteristic of Advertisement

• 1.Simple (sederhana) 
• Clear (Jelas)    
• Short (Singkat)   
• Attractive (Menarik) 
• Persuasif (membujuk atau biasanya dimulai dengan kalimat ajakan)    
• Menggunakan slogan   
• Bisa meyakini pembaca untuk membeli barang 

 

 

E.g 

Nasi Goreng Mak Imah

Visit Mak Imah restaurant to get the best fried rice.

The new recipe ever made from the angel

It's tasty; with 50 % discount; You will not hungry for days!!!

Find us on 23 Sriwijaya Street,Cirebon 

 

 

Using the best course method of teaching

With a qualified teacher

You will get the right place to learn English

Be communicative with us

Never think anymore; PRACTICE!!!

100 % money back if you can't speak English

 

Describing Place

Social Function        : To describe a particular place 

 

Generic Structure   : 1. Identification (mention the participant)

                                   2. Description (mention the part, quality and the  

                                      characteristic of subject being described) 

 

Language Features :  - The use of adjective and compound adjectives

                                    -  The use of linking verbs

                                    - The use of degree of comparison 

 

e.g 

 

1. Bali is located between Java and Lombok. It has an area of 5620 square km. The island is dramatically mountainous. Gunung Agung, known as The Mother Mountain, is over 3000 m high. Kuta Beach is the widest beach where you can surf, swim, and watch the sunset. At Sanur Beach you can look at the sunrise. At Tulamben you can dive. Another beach is Lovina Beach, which is located in Buleleng, where you can see dolphins in the morning 

 

2. Monas stands for Monumen Nasional, Located in Central Jakarta, this is the symbol of Jakarta city. Monas is built at an 80-square-meter, on top of it there is a flame with the material of 35 kg of pure gold coats it that makes the flame glistening at day and night.

With the lift inside the tower, visitors can go to the top and enjoy scenery of Jakarta city from a platform at the height 115 m. From the top, they can go down to basement and observe the nation's historical journey. 

 

3. TMII is located in East Jakarta , TMII stands for Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or Beautiful Indonesia. Miniature Parks is a recreational park originally intended to promote all cultural aspects of Indonesia. In TMII visitors can find various pavilions representing all provinces in Indonesia and each pavilion presents traditional house, clothe, dance, food, and craft of the province. So, those who are interested in particular side of a province doesn't have to go far to reach it, just visit TMII. Because of the vast area (250 acres), modes of transports like train, cable car, and tourist bus are provided to facilitate visitors to go around areas inside TMII.

 

DESCRIBING PERSON

Social Function       : To describe a particular person or thing

Generic Structure   : 1. Identification (name, occupation and career)

                                   2. Description ( physical features and the personality )

Language Features : 1. the use of adjective

                                   2. The use of linking verb

                                   3. The use of attributive has and have

Physical Features

Height : Tall, short, and average height

Body   : Slim, fat, thin, fairly heavy ,etc

Hair    : Wavy ,curly, straight, long hair, short hair, bold, etc

Face   : Small eyes, big eyes, thick lips, thin lips, flat   nose, pointed nose etc

Ex       :  1. The model is tall and slim

               2. Dina has curly hair

Personality

Humorous Creative, Diligent, Kind, Patient Friendly, Honest, Responsible, Discipline, Cheerful, Brave, Aggressive, Lazy, Talk-active Emotional, Stingy, Selfish etc 

The Example of Describing People

       My mother is a beautiful person. She has curly hair and brown. Her eyes color are brown and her color skin color light brown, and she has a beautiful smile.
       She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she loves to help people. I love my mom, because she is a good example to me. She always takes care of her family.

       She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like when I am going to sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to go to some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family have a problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all her love.

Passive Voice

Kalimat aktif (active voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya melakukan pekerjaan, sebaliknya, kalimat pasif (passive voice) adalah kalimat dimana subject-nya dikenai pekerjaan oleh object kalimat. Active voice lebih sering digunakan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dibandingkan dengan passive voice. Namun demikian, sering kita temukan passive voice di surat-surat kabar, artikel-artikel di majalah-majalah dan tulisan-tulisan ilmiah. Passive voice digunakan karena object dari active voice merupakan informasi yang lebih penting dibandingkan dengan subject-nya.

1.Objek berubah menjadi Subjek

2. Subjek berubah menjadi objek

3. Lihat tenses untuk menentukan to be

4. Ubah kata kerja menjadi V3

           Rumus passive voice : S + to be + Vlll

           

Present	Active	Passive
Simple Continouse Perfect	S+ V1 + O The teacher calls me S + is/am/are + Ving  The teacher is calling me S + has/have + V3  The teacher has called me	S + is/am/are + V3 I am called by the teacher S + is/am/are + being + V3  I am being called by the teacher S+ has/have + been + V3 I have been called by the teacher

Past	Active	Passive
Simple Continouse Perfect	S+ V2 + O  The teacher called me S + was/were + Ving The teacher was calling me  S + had + V3  The teacher had called me	S + was/were + V3  I was called by the teacher S + was/were + being + V3  I was being called by the teacher S+ had + been + V3 I had been called by the teacher

Future	Active	Passive
Simple Past	S+ will + V1 + O  The teacher will call me S + would + V1 + O The teacher would call me	S + will + be + V3  I will be called by the teacher S + would + be + V3  I would be called by the teacher

Expression believe and Surprise

  

Exp. Believe

   

Asking Believe	Saying Believe
1.      Do you believe it?         2.      Wouldn’t you believe it?              3.      Can you imagine that?         4.      Don’t belive it, do you?         5.      Don’t you think it’s odd that...?         6.      Do you expect me to belive it?	1.      No, I don’t believe it       2.      Are you serious?       3.      Are you joking?       4.      Are you kidding?       5.      You must be joking       6.      Oh no! That’s not true!       7.      You don’t say it       8.      Seeing is believing

     

Exp. Surprise

Asking Surprise	Saying Surprise
1. Are you surprised / amazed? 2. Does that surprise you? 3. Is this surprise/amazing? 4. What is so surprising?	1. That is a surprise! 2. That is amazing! 3. My goodness! 4. You are kidding! 5. Fancy that! 6. Fantastic! 7. Oh my God! 8. Wow... wonderful! 9. Huh? What?

 Example  :     A    : Do you know that Dika has a girlfriend?

B    : Are you kidding? That’s not true

A    : Listen, I got the news from his best friend, Rendi.

B    : Oh my god...  Yesterday, he gave me a bar of chocolate.

A   : It’s doesn’t mean he loves you. Oh,.. came on. He is not only guy in the word. Take it easy.

B    : Yeah... You alright, Besides, I don’t have time to think about love right   now.

A   : You’re right. Let’s go to the class. The bell is ringing.

News Item Text

News Item Text

    

     Social Function     

     To inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. (Untuk menginformasikan pembaca, pendengar atau pemirsa tentang kejadian hari itu yang dianggap layak untuk diberitakan atau penting).

    

     Generic structure             

• Newsworthy events      :Tell the event in summary form.(Kejadian utama yang pantas dijadikan berita).

• Background events       :Elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances.(Penjelasan mengenai latar belakang adanya peristiwa tersebut.orang-orang yang terlibat dalam peristiwa tersebut; tempat peristiwa terjadi; dan lain-lain)

• Sources                        :Comment by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the events.(Sumber berita; komentar para saksi; pendapat para ahli; dan lain-lain.)

     Language features           

• Information about story captured in headline.
• Using action verb.
• Using saying verb.
• Using adverbs : place, time, manner

Alyssa Diva Mustika, a student from Pamekasan Junior High School, East Java, won the gold medal at the International Mathematics Contest held in Romania between March 22 to 29, Antara news agency reported.	NEWSWORTHY
Speaking to journalists, Diva said she was glad that she had been able to win the competition, which she said had been very tight. “Thank God I won. I will study harder,” she said.      Indonesia sent 10 students to the competition in Romania. Diva is not the first Pamekasan student to win an international science competition. Oktavian Latief, a student from Pamekasan Senior High School, won the gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad in 2006. Another student, Shohibul Maromi, won the same award in 2010.	BACKGROUND
“Thanks Diva, for giving a good name to Indonesia and Pamekasan on the international stage,” Pamekasan Regent Kholilurrahman said as quoted by Antara.	SOURCES

Text 1

Landslide in Bukit Tinggi

Two people died while four other were wounded in a landslide at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in bukit tinggi, West Sumatera on Tuesday.------->>>NEWSWORTHY

Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk owner at the market, Bujang, and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospital.---->>> BACKGROUND

Bukit tinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was suspected that recent heavy rainfall had caused the landslide------>>> SOURCES.

Text 2

Mini-tornado, hail strikes South Bandung

       A “mini-tornado” coupled with a hail storm hit some areas in South Bandung on Wednesday afternoon for approximately 30 minutes. ------->>>NEWSWORTHY
      The weather panicked residents as hail stones penetrated corrugated iron rooftops. The wind swirled things around while hail stones made thudding sounds on our roof---->>> BACKGROUND.
      “There was no sign of rain. All of a sudden, we saw dark clouds above followed by strong winds. Afterwards, it rained hard with hail stones,” said a resident.------>>> SOURCES.