Minggu, 03 Januari 2010

Happiness Expression

Happiness Expression is an expression that is used to show that someone or people are glad have excited feelings.

Express Happiness :
I'm happy
I'm (very) pleased / (really) delighted
Great !!
Terrific !!
Fantastic !!
Exciting !!
Super !!

Expressing Happiness : Formal
Oh, I'm so happy
I can't say hao pleased I'm
It's a sensational trip
etc.

Gaining Attention

Gaining Attention is an expression or the way to gain attention for someone. I you want to gain attention for someone, you can use :
Attention, please
Excuse me
Look here
Listen to me, please
Waiter ?

Response :
Wow, really ?
I'm listening
Wow that's true / great

Example dialogues :
Ina : Look here ! I see a big oreng utan .
Lisa : Wow, that's true ! It's very big.

Sympathy Expressions

Sympathy Expression is an expression or felling of pity and sorrow when we know and see someone or people are unlucky or have trouble and bad condition.

A. How can we give sympathy expression to someone ?
We express it directly to him/her orally or we can use a letter or card by post also by short message servise (SMS), e-mail, televition, radio and newspaper if he/she who got the trouble is far from us.

B. Several expressions of sympathy :
- I'm sorry to hear that
- Oh, how awful
- Oh, dear
- How pity you are
- Poor you !
- I know your feeling
- you must be very upset !


Giving Instructions

Giving Instruction is an expression that is used in order that other person does what we instruct or request.

The difference between request and instructions

Instructions (also called imperatives)
Instructions require the person receiving them to do something, or to stop doing it. Instructions are directly addressed to the person who has to do thwm. Threfore, instructions are one of the few types of English sentences that do not need a subject. The subject is usually "you" (understood). If there is any doubt who should do the instruction, the "naming" form- the vocative is used.

Requests
Requests are often questions, though indirect requesta may not be. Somentimes an instruction is changed into a request by the addition of "please" or a question tag. To make a request more polite we might use the subjunctive form of the verb. Very often English requests are indirect. Instead of asking someone to do something, the speaker asks if the person is able to do it. Theremore modals of ability ("can", "may",etc) are very often used.

Announcements

Announcement is something saod, written, or printed to meke know that has happened or (more often) what will happen.

In writting an announcement, keep the following pants the title/type of event, date/time, place and contact person

We can fine the announcement an televition, radio, newspaper, wal magazine in school, etc.
Announcement is use simple present tense or simple future tense often enticement.

Recount Text

Recount text is a text is used to retell event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

Structure ::
Orientation (it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text)
Event (a series of event, ordered in a chronological sequence)
Re-Orientation (restates the writers's opinion or comment of writer on the incident)

Language Features ::
Use of simple past tense
Use of temporal conjunctions (ehen, after, before, next, later, then)
Use of personal pronoun (I, we)


Example ::
the legend of karimunjava island

once upon a time in muria mountain, there lived the family of sunan muria. amir hasan or called as sunan nyamplungan is the son of sunan muria.

he was very spoiled by his mother. because of that, he became a naughty boy.

then his father, sunan muria asked him to study in kudus. he studied islamic religion to his uncle, sunan kudus. after some time, he became an obedient young man. sunan muria was very proud of him.

one day, sunan muria asked amir hasan to go to somewhere to spread islamic religion. his father asked him to go to an island that could be seen from muria mountain. it was on the west - north of jepara. this island seemed to be fade (kremun-kremun in javanese). and from that time, people called the island as karimunjava island.
amir hasan followed by his mate went to karimunjava island. they sailed to the island day and night and finally they reached the island. then they did what his father said. amir hasan and his people lived in the island ever after.

Narrative Text

Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or losteners about the story.

Generic Structure ::
Orientation: sets the scene and introduces the participant
Evoluation: a stepping back to evaluate the pligh.
Complication: a crisis arises
Resolution: the crisis is resolved, for better of for worse
Re-Orientation: Optimal

Linguistic Feartures::
1. Use active verbs
2. Use past tense
3. Use conjunction
4. The first person (I or We) or the third person ( He, She, or They)
5. Yse adjective and adverbs

Kind:
Legend : Sangkuriang, Malinkundang, etc
Fable : Maousedeer and Crocodile
Fairytale : Cinderella, Snow White, etc
Science fiction