Writing III1st Class : Module 1 Descriptive

ParagraphAi Melani, S.Si, M.Sc., P.hD

Universitas Terbuka Korea Selatan

ai2345@yahoo.com

Tutor Introduction

• Ai Melani, S.Si, M.Sc., P.hD (Ai)• Graduated Undergraduate Majoring Physics From University of Indonesia• Graduated Master and Doctor Majoring Nuclear Engineering From KAIST,

Daejeon• Currently researcher at Indonesia Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency and

Korea Nuclear Power Plant in Yeonggwang Korea.• Personal Contact :Skype : aimelaniEmail : ai2345@yahoo.com

Course Introduction• Text book : Writing 3, Rahmat Budiman, Universitas Terbuka 2011 • Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.

• Class 1 : Descriptive Paragraph• Class 2 : Personal Letters• Class 3 : Business Letters• Class 4 : Basic Essays• Class 5 : Narrative 1• Class 6 : Narrative 2 & Comparative• Class 7 : Cause and Effect• Class 8 : Argumentative

• Tutorial method: Online (Ustream) and In class• Grading Components

• Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3• Participation• Final Exam

• Course material can be found at Portal UT Korea

Module 1 Descriptive Paragraph• Focus on learning how to describe people and places by using

your five senses and applying them to writing.• Source for your practice :

http:www.vskol.educ.Goteborg.se/a/englar/write/interdesc/html_adapted

• After learning this unit you are expected to be able to:• Describe people’s character and appearances• Write assumption about people• Describe place

Unit 1 - People’s Characters and Appearances

WRITING : Describing People’s Characters and Appearances

• Describing people is often occurs but no need to write long descriptions

• The informal description is founded in personal letters

• Model for Describing People’s Characters and Appearances: See Page 1.2

GRAMMAR: Rules for the use of present and past tenses

• Simple Present to express repeated or permanent events: past, present, and future. Eg. It rains almost everyday in Bogor.

• Present Progressive to express temporary events just now, or just around now. Eg. It is raining again. to express something that has already arranged to do. Eg. I am leaving tomorrow at 9 by train

• (Simple) Present Perfect to express events repeated up to now. Eg. I have often thought about working abroad to express past events that are still ‘news’. Eg. Do you know that Samantha has got married?

• Present Perfect Progressive to express events repeated or continuing up to now, up to few moments ago. Eg. I have been playing football.

• Simple Past to express events that happened one or more times in the past, no connection with now. Eg. She gave me some money yesterday.

• Past Progressive to express events continuing around a particular time in the past. Eg. Yesterday, when I met Lisa, she was watering her roses.

• (Simple) Past Perfect to express ‘second’, earlier past. Eg. Last night, before I left my house, I had locked the doors.

• Past Perfect Progressive to express events repeated or continuing ‘up to then’. Eg. Marry was very tired because she had been travelling all day.

Refreshment

•Lets do Activity 1, 2 and 3

Unit 2 – Assumption about People

• Ever guessed someone’s personality? Maybe based on his/her appearance and behavior?

• Unit 2 concerns with assuming people’s personality, social background, and taste of certain things.

• Model for Assumption about People:See Page 1.12

WRITING : Writing Assumption about People

GRAMMAR: Question Tags

GRAMMAR: Question Tags

Intonation of question tag

The meaning of a question tag depends on the intonation Our voice goes down you are asking a question;

but you are only inviting the listener to agree with you.

Our voice goes up , so it is a REAL question.

Another Example:

Unit 3 - PlacesWRITING : Describing Place

How to present sharp, focused pictures?

From : Writing Brief Edition by Elizabeth Cowan_adapted

Model for Describing Place:See Page 1.22

GRAMMAR: Passives

Exercise

• Activity 1 page 1.13, do with your friend. Pick no. 1) 3) 5) 7)• Activity 4 page 1.17, from 1) – 10)• Language in use: Analyzing grammatical errors, page 1.25