Senin, 06 Juli 2009

gratitude

gratitude merupakan ungkapan yang lazim diutarakan untuk menyatakan rasa terima kasih. Berikut ini cara-cara menyampaikan gratitude beserta cara meresponnya.

EXPRESSING and RESPONDING to Gratitude

EXpresSing
#Thanks
#Thank you very much
#i am grateful (to...)
#I want to thank...
#i want to express my gratitude to...
#I keep forgetting to thank you for...


ReSpOnDinG
#YOu are welcome
#don't mention it
#Not to all
#It was nothing at all
#No problem
#glad to be of help
#i am glad i could help/do it/be of help
#(it was) my pleasure
#Any time

Kamis, 18 Juni 2009

making written announcements



Announcements is something said, written or printed to make known what has happened or (more often) what will happen.
In writing an announcements, keep the following points :
the title/type of event, date/time, place and who to contact.

EXAMPLE of ANNOUNCEMENTS :

Making appointments



Making appointments dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti membuat janji, bias dengan teman, kerabat atau rekan kerja. Example for appointments :
• I have an appointment with…
• Can I fix another appointment?
• Where shall we meet?
• Can you wait me in the school side?

Example of making appointments :
Teti : Hello, can I speak to Fito?
Fito : Yeah, it's me, who is speaking?
Teti : I'm Teti, sorry to bother you.
Fito : Never mind, what's up?
Teti : Well, would you like to accompany me to gary's house this afternoon?
Fito : Yeah, I can.
Teti : Ok. I will pick up you at 5 p.m
Fito : Ok. I wait you.

how to gain people attention orally

How to gain people attention bias berarti bagaimana mencari perhatian orang-orang secara langsung.
• Hei waitress!
• Come here!
• Listen to me…
• Attention please!
• Keep silent, please! I want to say something…
Example :
Dono : Listen to me, I will tell you my experience on my holiday. I went Paris, you know!
Gary : did you? It sounds interesting.

HOW TO INVITE PEOPLE ORALLY



Invitation dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti undangan atau ajakan untuk mengundang seseorang, contoh :
• would you come to…
• I hope you come to my party
• Do you come to…?
• I invite you….
• Please come inside
Contoh dari Invitation :
Rina : hi, today I will celebrate my birthday party. Do you come to?
Titin : I’d love to 

Giving instruction



1. We use verbs as commanding word in the form of infinitive without to
• Stand up!
• Wash your hand!
• Clean the room!
• Move the chair!
• Sweep the floor!
• Do your homework! etc.

2. We use be + adjective, or noun or adverb
• Be careful!
• Be my lover!
• Be the best!
• Be on time!
• Be patient! etc.

3. We use the word don’t + verb infinitive without to
• Don’t climb!
• Don’t be a fool!
• Don’t do it!
• Don’t say anything!
• Don’t move!
• Don’t stay here!

4. We use word please at the beginning or at the end of an instructions to make it sounds more polite, for example :
• Sit down, please!
• Please, be the best!
• Love me, please!
• Keep silent, please!
• Close the door, please!

Selasa, 16 Juni 2009

Recount text

Recount text



The story of at the beach is called Recount Text. It tells the reader a past event and usually use past tense. It usually focuses on a persons past experience, so it usually uses the word I or We. A recount text has three elements : Orientation or setting, Events, and Re-Orientation or concluding statement of the story. The Orientation tells the reader who was involved in the story, what happened, where the story took a place and when it happened. The Events tell the sequence of events . These are describe in order. The Re-Orientation summarises the event.

Narrative Text




Narrative Text.
someone tells a narrative text in order to entertain ,stimulate emotion or to teach. A narrative text has three elements or parts : The orientation, complications or problems and resolution.

The orientation it tells about the story's setting, the time when the story happens and the main characters of the story.
Complication it includes situations, activities or events that lead to the climax or complications.

Resolution, the complication or problem is solved here. It shows the end of the story, usually a happy ending. A narrative text is told in the past tense.

simple past tense


Tense ini biasa digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang terjadi pada masa lampau. Sama seperti tenses yang lain, simple past tense juga menggunakan 2 pola yaitu, verbal dan nominal.

Pola Verbal
(+) Subject (I,You,We,They,He,She,It) + Verb2 (irregular or regular) + Object.
(-) Subject + did not + Verb1 + Object.
(?) Did + Subject + Verb1 + Object ?

Pola Nominal : (+) S + To Be (was/were) + Object (Adjective/Adverb/Noun)
(-) S + To Be + Not + Object
(?) S + To Be + Not + Object ?

NOTES…
• I, She, He, It menggunakan was sedangkan were digunakan untuk You, We, They.
• Keterangan waktu (time signal) yang biasa digunakan adalah ; Yesterday, this morning, just now , a few minutes ago etc.

simple present tense



Tense ini digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan atau kegiatan yang dilakukan secara berulang-ulang, misalnya perbuatan itu dilakukan setiap hari,minggu,bulan atau setiap tahun.

dalam simple present tense,terdapat 2 pola yang digunakan yaitu pola kalimat verbal,kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja
DAN...kalimat nominal,kalimat yang tidak memakai kata kerja.

Pola Verbal
(+) : Subject (I,You,We,They,He,She,It) + Verb1 + Object
(-) Subject + do/does + not + Verb1+ Object
(?)Do/does + Subject + Verb1 + Object ?

Pola Nominal
(+) Subject + To be (is,am,are) + Object (Adverb,Adjective or Noun)
(-) Subject + To Be + Not + Object
(?) To Be + Subject + Object ?
NOTES…
# Pada kalimat positif (+), Verb1 ditambah s/es untuk subjek bentuk ketiga tunggal (hes,she,it, Mr. Megan, Miss Dina etc).
#Pada kalimat negatif (-) dan dalam kalimat Tanya (?), does digunakan untuk subjek bentuk ketiga tunggal dan do untuk subjek selain ketiga tunggal.
#Keterangan waktu (time signal) yang biasa digunakan seperti ; everyday,everymonth,always,usually,sometimes,often dan generally.
Example :
Pola Verbal : (+) I eat rice everyday.
(-) I don’t eat rice everyday.
(?) Do I eat rice everyday?

Pola Nominal : (+) He is a doctor.
(-) He is not a doctor.
(?) Is he a doctor?

Expressing sympathy



expressing sympathy,yang dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti "menyatakan simpati",digunakan untuk menyatakan perasaan iba dan turut prihatin tasa hal buruk yang menimpa seseorang.

EXPRESSING SYMPATHY
*I'm (so/very) sorry.
*poor you are.
*I'm (so) sorry to hear that/to know that.

That's awful/ a shame/ a pity/ a terrible/ too bad/ dreadful.

What a shame/ pity.

How terrible/ awful/ dreadful.

Example :
Ivan : i've lost my bike :(
Rei : I am sorry to hear that. How did it happen?
Ivan : I parked it inside my house last night.

expressing happiness


expressing happines, digunakan untuk mengungkapkan ekspresi rasa senang. expressing happines dibagi dalam 2 bentuk, formal dan informal.

FORMAL
"oh,i'm so happy!"
"It's an outstanding adventure!"
"It's an interesting experience!"
"It's a sensational trip!"

INFORMAL
*great
*terrific!
*fantastic
*cool
*yeah

greetings

Greetings

greetings, dalam bahasa indonesia berarti tegur sapa. digunakan untuk menyapa seseorang pada waktu bertemu (meeting)

GREETING RESPONSE
#hi #Hi
#Hello #Hello
#How are you? #Fine,thank you
#how do you do? #how do you do
#Nice to meet you #nice to meet you, too
#good morning #good morning
(diucapkan pada pukul 00.00-11.00)
#good day #good day
(diucapkan pada pukul 12.00-14.00)
#good afternoon #good afternoon
(diucapkan pada pukul 13.00-18.00)
#good evening #good evening
(diucapkan pukul 18.00-24.00)
# good night #good night
(diucapkan pada waktu berpisah
di malam hari)