writing

Writing from Hilmaaudina

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Reading from Hilmaaudina

greating inroducing parting

Examples in conversation:

Dialogue 1

Ranti meets her teacher, Mr Bakri at the post office.
Ranti : Good afternoon, Sir.
Mr Bakri : Good afternoon. You are ....
Ranti : Ranti, Sir. My name is Ranti. How are you?
Mr Bakri : I am fine, thank you. And how about you?
Ranti : I am fine, too.
Mr Bakri : Well, Ranti. I have to go now. Pleased to meet you.
Ranti : Pleased to meet you, too, Sir.

Dialogue 2

Dewi : Hello, I’m Dewi. What’s your name?
Dani : Hello, Dewi. I’m Dani Perdana. Please call me Dani.
Dewi : Where do you live, Dani?
Dani : I live at Jl. Achmad Yani 27.
Dewi : Oh, do you?
Dani : Yes, I do.
Dewi : So, we are neighbours.
Dani : Are we?
Dewi : Yeah. I live at 8.

Dialogue 3

Cipto waiting for Andi and Yani, his new colleague at the airport.
Andi : Excuse me. Are you Henri?
Cipto : Yes. I'm Cipto Susanto.
Andi : How do you do, Cipto? I'm Andi from University of Jakarta.
Cipto : How do you do, Cipto. Nice to see you.
Andi : Nice to meet you, too. Did you have a good journey?
Cipto : Yes. It was fine, thanks.
Andi : Let me help you to bring your suitcase.
Cipto : That's very kind of you.
Andi : Not at all. Let me introduce you to my friend Yani this is Cipto. Cipto this is Yani.

Yani : Hello, Cipto. Nice to meet you.
Cipto : Pleased to meet you, too. How's the trip?
Yani : Well, It's nice and exciting.
Cipto : Great, then. You must be tired. I'll take you to the Hotel first.
Andi : OK. Thanks, Cipto.

Student make the dialog of Greating,introducing,parting like Examples and show their performance in front of class with pair.

descriptive text for listening

task 1 :   Fill in the blank this text below ! :
                                 

The African Elephant         

The African Elephant is ..... (described,describe) as the Loxodonta africana of Africa. They ..... (are,were) very large, grey, four-legged herbivorous mammals. They ..... (has,have) almost hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, prehensile trunk. Its upper incisors form long curved tusks of ivory. African elephants have large fan-shaped ears and two “fingers” at the tip of its trunk, compared to only one in the Asian species. Furthermore, the Indian Elephant ..... (was,is) described as Elephas maximus of south-central Asia. The ears of Indian elephants are significantly smaller than African elephants.       

Elephants are herbivores and eat all types of vegetation such as grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark. The facts ..... (tell,telling) that despite the size of ears the elephant’s hearing is poor, because elephants ears are ...... (use,used)to aid ventilation. One of the softest parts of their body ...... (was,is) at the back of the ears, which is ...... (called,call) the knuckle. In a zoo, elephant trainers, called Mahouts, use their feet to steer or give commands to the animal via the knuckle at the back of the ears.       

Some other facts about the elephants are : The elephant  ...... (is,has) the largest of all land mammals; Life Span - elephants can live for up to 70 years; Elephants normally walk about 4 mph; Elephants are able to swim for long distances; Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating; They consume as much as 495 pounds of food per day; They live in tight social units led by an older matriarch; Males leave the herd between the ages of 12 and 15; Their tusks ...... (were,are) of ivory and are actually enormously enlarged incisors; The elephant's eyes are small and its eyesight is poor, They have the largest brains in the animal kingdom. 

Greeting, Introducing, and Parting

Greeting, Introducing, and Parting Greeting is very important to open a conversation. Using Greeting, people can get the attention from the other people that can be continued to be a nice conversation. Bellow are some examples of Greeting:

GREATING RESPONSE
A : Good morning
B : Good morning

A : Good Afternoon
B : Good Afternoon

A : Good evening
B : Good evening

A : How are you?
B : Fine, thanks

A : How do you do?
B : How do you do?

A : How are you doing?
B : I’m great.

A : Hello.
B : Hello.

A : Hi
B : Hi

INTRODUCING YOURSELF & INTRODUCING SOMEONE
Let me introduce myself…
I’d like to introduce you to…
I’m …
Hi, this is …
Hi, I’m …
I’d like you to meet …
My name is …
Ok, here is … E
xcuse me, my name is …
Hello, I’m …

PARTINGS RESPONE
A : Goodbye
B : Goodbye
A : Goodnight
B : Goodnight
A : Bye
B : Bye
A : See you
B : See you

letter writing

Differences layout between British and American English It is just as easy to write a well organised letter as a badly organised one, because the layout of a modern business letter in English is very simple. Your address is at the top (in the middle or on the right). The rest of the letter can be in "block" format, with each line starting on the left. There should also be plenty of white space. There are some minor differences in layout between British and American English and according to personal style. Here, however, are the key elements of a letter, in their usual order:

1. Your address, telephone, fax, email Put your address, telephone, fax and/or email at the top in the centre or on the right. Do *not* put your personal name here, even if it is a personal letter. (Of course, if you are using company paper, the company name will probably be here.) 
2. Date Be careful when writing the date. All-number dates are written differently in British English (31/12/00) and American English (12/31/00). This can lead to confusion. It may be better to write the date in full (31 December 2000 or December 31st, 2000). This can also look less "official" and therefore more polite.
3. Destination name and address This is the name of the person to whom you are writing, his/her job title, the company name and address. This should be the same as on the envelope.
4. References These are codes that you or your correspondent may use to define a letter or subject. You write your correspondent's reference in the form: 'Your ref: 01234'. If you wish to include your own reference, you write: 'My ref: 56789' or 'Our ref: 56789'.
5. Salutation (Dear...) A letter in English almost always begins with 'Dear...', even if you do not know the person. There are several possibilities: Dear Mr Smith Dear Mrs Smith Dear Miss Smith Dear Ms Smith Dear Sir Dear Madam Dear Sirs Gentlemen.
6. Subject The subject of your letter. This is useful but not obligatory.
7. Body The letter itself, in well-structured paragraphs.
8. Ending (Yours...) Yours sincerely Yours faithfully Yours truly.
9. Your signature Sign in black or blue ink, preferably with a fountain pen.
10. Your name Your first name and surname, for example: Mary Bond James Smith.
11. (Your title) If you are using company headed paper, write your Job Title here. If you are writing a personal letter, write nothing here.
12. Enclosures Indicate that one or more documents are enclosed by writing 'Enc: 2' (for two documents, for example). Here is a very simple letter as an example : Lunar Rock Productions Ltd 7 Moonlight Boulevard, Dover, 2030 NSW, Australia tel: +61 2 337 476 fax: +61 2 337 477 7 April 2000 Mr James Bound Sales Director Universal Aspects Ltd 769 Oxford Street LONDON WC1 007 UK Your ref: 16538 Our ref: SR/tgh/7 Dear Mr Bound PLANNED VISIT TO LONDON Thank you for your letter dated 3 April 2000. We intend to stay in London for five days and I should be grateful if you could make the necessary arrangements as previously discussed. I am enclosing a copy of our intended programme. I very much look forward to meeting you. Yours sincerely Susan Rogers Susan Rogers Art Director Lunar Rock Productions Ltd Enc: 1

Reading (narrative text)

Narrative Text, adalah teks yang isinya merupakan cerita atau kisah tentang sesuatu. Contoh narrative text: cerita rakyat (folktale), cerita binatang (fable), Legenda (legend), cerita pendek (short story), dan sejenisnya. Di dalamnya terdapat konflik/puncak masalah yang diikuti dengan penyelesaian. Fungsi utama teks ini adalah untuk berkisah atau menghibur pembaca. Ciri-ciri narrative text: 

1. Generic Structure: Orientation: berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
2. Complication: Berisi puncak konflik/masalah dalam cerita. Sebuah cerita boleh memiliki complication lebih dari satu.
3. Resolution: Pemecahan masalah. Bisa berakhir dengan kegembiraan (happy ending) bisa pula berakhir dengan kesedihan (sad ending).

Catatan: Terkadang juga susunannya (generic structure): Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Untuk “Evaluation” dan “Reorientation”merupakan optional; bisa ada bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya cerita atau konflik. Sedangkan Reorientation berisi penyimpulan isi akhir cerita.