Thursday, February 28, 2013

Announcement (Listening Task)

Listen to the announcement below and choose the correct answer!





1.    The school cancelled all the sport activities because …
        A. the sport hall would be used for the celebration of the school anniversary.
        B. all students had to attend the bazaar and buy everything sold in the event.
        C. there is an attractive music show performed by all students of the school.
        D. nobody was interested in playing volley ball in the sport hall that day.

2.     When was SMP Bunga Bangsa built?
        A. twenty years                                                   C.14 January 1989
        B.14 January 2009                                               D. 20 years

3.     How long will the celebration be held?
        A. Eight hours                                                      C. Four hours
        B. Ten hours                                                        D. Three hours

4.     The word “celebrate” means…..
        A. congratulate                                                    C. commemorate
        B. collect                                                             D. announce

5.     What is the function of the text?
        A. To retell                                                      C. To entertain
        B. To Inform                                                   D. To describe


Note :
1. The sound is downloadable, so you can download it and share to your friends.
2. Rewrite or retype or just copy-paste the question above, and submit it to me in the next meeting.
3. Dont forget to write/type your name

Friday, January 18, 2013

How to Ask for and Give Opinion

Here you will hear a short talk about how to use expression of asking for and giving opinion. Please listen carefully!


(Please click here to download the audio)

Let's check this out to make you more understand about how to ask for and give opinion.

The materials above are intended to recall your memory about our last meeting. In order to make you understand more about the material, please do the exercises below!

Exercise 1

Listen to the dialog below and answer the questions!

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Answer the following questions based on the dialogue you hear!
1.      What are they talking about? 
2.      Can you find any expressions of asking opinion? What are they? 
3.      Can you find any expressions of giving opinion? What are they? 
4.      What is Tita's opinion? 
5.      What is Anna’s opinion?
Click here to download the worksheet!


Exercise 2
Listen to the dialogue below and fill in the blanks!
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Ros      : Hey Mala! Do you know the hot news in our school?
Mala     : Yes, I know. About the minimum score, isn’t it?
Ros      : Yes, exactly.  1)                                                      ?
Mala     : 2)                it is so high. 3)                      is bad idea.
             4)                                        it Rose?
Rose    : 5)                , precisely with the 80 score, we can go into the University easily with PMDK program.
Mala    : Yes, I know it but we have to study harder to reach that score.
Ros     : 6)                                        we can do it even though it’s so hard.
Mala    : Ok. Amin.
Click here to download the worksheet!

Note :
1. Write the answers of exercises in Microsoft Word
2. Send it to angga.rosma@yahoo.com as attachment
3. Send your answer before February 1st, 2013


References 
Sudarwati, Th. M dan Grace, Eudia. (2007). Look Ahead 2. Jakarta: Erlangga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6-QySXGNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3swUroPoU