b.ingg. Kls 8 Unit 5. What Do You Think

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UNIT 5

What do you think?

In this unit, you will learn how to:

comprehend transactional conversations: e.g. saying agreement and disagreement,

giving advice and recommendation, giving and asking for opinion/information;

produce transactional conversations: e.g. saying agreement and disagreement,

giving advice, and recommendation, giving and asking for opinion/information;


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Section One :

Agreeing and Disagreeing

Presentation

Activity 1

Listen and repeat the dialogues below.

Dialogue 1

Butet : Fishing is a boring activity, Mirza.Mirza : I dont thin! so, Butet. It is boring i" you dont !now the secret.Butet : #hat do you $ean, Mirza%Mirza : &bsolutely, its interesting. 'ust en(oy the cal$ situation and possibly

the scenery.Butet : In that case I thin! you are right, Mirza. But, it ta!es a lot o" our

ti$e, doesnt it%Mirza : I agree with you. But, it also teaches us patience, you !now.Butet : )ow can%Mirza : #hen "ishing, you cannot be in a hurry. It is $ore e*citing when you

catch a "ish.Butet : Is that so% I thin! Ill try your advice, then. +an you reco$$end a

place to "ish, please%Mirza : Many. Fins Fishing ond, "or e*a$ple. Its a nice "ishing pool. -r,

go to u$ber Brantas. /here is a good and cal$ place to "ish in therive. 0ou can also go to endang Biru. 0ou can "ish along its

beauti"ul seashores.Butet : eally% )ow about antai 2gliyep% Is it also good to "ish%Mirza : I dont thin! so. I dont reco$$end it to you. /here are too $any big

waves.Butet : )ow about uta$i Da$% Is it also an interesting "ishing place%Mirza : I thin! so. But, i" you "ish there, dont "orget to wear sportshoes. It

can be slippery along its shores.Butet : I thin! Ill go "ishing in uta$i Da$, then. #ill you co$e along with

$e ne*t unday, Mirza%Mirza : ure. Lets go "ishing together.Butet : 3ood. /han!s Mirza.


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With a partner, now answer the following questions:

1. What are Butet and Mirza talking about?2. Does Mirza like shing?3. In Mirzas opinion, wh! does Butet think that shing is boring?4. What does Mirza think about shing?5. "ow does Butet show an agree#ent with Mirza about shing?6. In Butets opinion, does shing take a short period of ti#e?7. What does Mirza ad$ise Butet when shing?8. Does Butet agree on Mirzas ad$i%e?9. "ow #an! pla%es does Mirza re%o##end Butet to go shing?10. Wh! does Mirza re%o##end these pla%es?

Activity 2

Work in pair& Identif! the e'pressions abo$e that is used to showagree#ent and disagree#ent, gi$ing ad$i%e and re%o##endation and gi$ing

and asking for opinions(infor#ation& )hen write down the e'pressions !ou %anidentif! with !our partner fro# the te't in the table that follows&

)!pes of *'pression *'pressions in the +on$ersation

greeing ---------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Disagreeing ----------------------------------

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.i$ing ad$i%e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.i$ing ---------------------------------- re%o##endation ----------------------------------

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.i$ing opinions( ----------------------------------infor#ation ----------------------------------

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sking for ---------------------------------- opinions( ----------------------------------

infor#ation ----------------------------------

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Activity 3

/he "ollowing are so$e $ore e*a$ples o" e*pressions to show agree$ent, and disagree$ent.

ead the$ aloud and study the e*pressions.

AgreementI agree co$pletely. I couldnt agree $ore.

I thin! so. 0ou are right.

/hats (ust what I a$ thin!ing. 4*actly.

In $y opinion, you are right. ure.

DisagreementWhen disagreeing with so#eone, we %an disagree either dire%tl! orindire%tl!&

Dire%t disagree#ent Indire%t disagree#ent

I# sorr!, but I ha$e to disagree& I# not sure I %an agree&

I %ouldnt agree less&I wonder if there is a#istake&

I %ouldnt disagree #ore& In #! opinion, &&&I refuse to belie$e that /& re !ou absolutel! sure?0o, thats wrong& )hats reall! surprises #e&

I #a! be wrong, but &&&

*ither for# of disagree#ent is a%%eptable, although indire%t disagree#entsounds #ore polite&


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Activity 4

)he following are so#e #ore e'a#ples of e'pressions used in gi$ing ad$i%e

and( or re%o##endation& 1ead the# aloud and stud! the e'pressions&

Giving advice Giving recommendation2ou %an / 2ou %an /

I ad$ise that / I re%o##end that /M! ad$i%e is that / M! re%o##endation is that /

Activity 5

2ou had better /

)he following are o#e #ore e'a#ples of e'pressions to ask for and gi$e opinions(infe'pressions&

Asking for opinions

What do !ou think of / ?What is !our opinion about / ?Do !ou think that /?What do !ou think?What would !ou sa! about /?

Asking for information

3sing 2es40o questions3sing Wh4words like where, when,how

Is it /& ? Where is / ?Does it / ? "ow #u%h is it / ?Is s(he / ? When does it / ?

Does s(he / ? Wh! is it / ?

3se a rising intonation to ask for infor#ation with !es4no questions& 3se a risingintonation to ask for infor#ation with question4 word questions&

Giving opinions

In #! opinion, / & / I think&

In #! hu#ble opinion, / & I suppose /)o sa! frankl!, / & / I suppose&)o be honest, / & I guess / &

I think / & / I guess


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Activity 6

Work in pairs& +o#bine the part of senten%es in Part with those inPart B

Part Part B

I agree %o#pletel! with !ou that bull!ing should be stopped&I think that #ass is not the sa#e as weight &In #! opinion, we need to ha$e enough $ita#ins&

we ha$e to use our #obile phoneswisel!&%o#puters pla! an i#portant role inour

stud!&

I# sure I %annot agree that illegal logging should be tolerated&

I# sorr!, but I ha$e to disagree that s#oking %igarettes has ad$antages&Its wrong to belie$e that pollution is still under %ontrol&

bases and a%ids share the sa#e%he#i%al%hara%teristi%s&!oung people toda! ha$e noattention to

our en$iron#ent&

I ad$ise that /!ou spend !our ti#e and #one!wisel!&

I re%o##end that /all of !ou ha$e a break after longhours of

M! re%o##endation is that / stud!ing&!ou alwa!s ha$e in tou%h with!our

a%ade#i% ad$iser&

What do !ou think of / #! new s%ien%e books?

What is !our opinion about / the appearan%e of our new s%hool?What would !ou sa! about / the %leanliness in our en$iron#ent?

the idea of thinking hard and working

s#art?#aking our en$iron#ent green?

Activity 8

ractice reading with a "riend the "ollowing short dialogues.

Dialogue 1

Diana : Dont you thin! that insects cause $ore proble$s to us%&ndre : 2o. 2ot all insects cause proble$s. Many are use"ul.

Diana : )ow can you say that, &ndre%

&ndre : Bees "or e*a$ple give us honey. e$e$ber Diana%


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Diana : 0ou are right, &ndre.

Dialogue 2

ari : I believe 'a!arta is hotter than ontiana!

Firdaus : 2o, thats surely wrong, ari. ontiana! is closer to the e5uator.ari : 0ou are right, Firdaus. &nd I a$ sure ontiana! is $ore hu$id, too.

Firdaus : I$ sorry, but I have to disagree on your last point.

Dialogue 3

Dadang : +an you reco$$end any interesting places in 2orth .u$atra, please%

6co! : ure. La!e /oba is certainly one good place to visit you should not

$iss.

Dadang : )ow can I get there "ro$ Medan%

6co! : #ell, you can ta!e a bus. Its about 7 hours.Dadang : eally% #hat does it o""er%

6co! : #ell, you can go "ishing, rowing or swi$$ing. Besides, the scenery isso wonder"ul.

Dadang : /han!s "or your advice. Ill thin! it over.


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Practice

Activity 1Work with a partner& 5ill in the blank in ea%h of the following dialogueswith the %orre%t e'pression& fter that, answer the questions&

Dialogue 6

Dana : Mt& 7e#eru is higher than Mt& Merapi I //&& &Budi : I ///, Dana& But, Mt& Merapi is #ore a%ti$e than Mt&7e#eru &Dana : I ///, Budi& Moreo$er, Mt& Merapi looks #ore attra%ti$e tosee&Budi : I dont den! it, Dana& ///// &

0ow, answer the following questions:

1. What are Dana and Budi talking about?2. What is Danas opinion about Mt& Merapi?3. Does Budi ha$e the sa#e opinion as Danas about Mt& Merapi?4. What is Budis opinion about Mt& 7e#eru?5. Does Dana agree with Budi?

Dialogue 8

Mika : I ////&& e'er%ises in Book II are easier than those in Book I&

5redi : I /////&&&& )hats onl! for earlier units9 the later unitsneed #orethinking&

Mika : 0o, ///// Dina& ater units of Book II are also still eas! if!ou

reall! tr!& ;ust tr! it&5redi :


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Situation 1

Dear %lass, I ha$e blown a balloon& Its big and round& If Iput the balloon for so#e ti#e, it will soon be%o#e s#aller&Wh! is it s#aller? Is it be%ause the #outh of the balloon isnot tied up right? I dont think so be%ause its tied up %losel!&

I think the air in the balloon es%apes through rubber walls ofthe balloon&

1) If !ou agree with the speaker, how would !ou

respond? 2our response: ///

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2) 1espond orall! if !ou disagree with the speaker?

2our response: /////////////////

3) .i$e !our personal opinion about the situation&

2our response: /////////////////

4) What infor#ation would !ou e'plain to the

situation? 2our response:

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5) What ad$i%e would !ou gi$e to the speaker?

2our response: /////////////////

Situation 2

M! dear %lass#ates, we %an see ob=e%ts& Do !ou knowwh!? Its be%ause these ob=e%ts produ%e or re>e%t lights intoour e!es& shining ob=e%t presents the %olor of the light thatit sends into our e!es& 7o, the %olor of the light that entersour e!es fro# the sk! in the %lear sk! during the da! is blue&

1) If !ou disagree with the speaker, how would !ou

respond? 2our response:

/////////////////

2) 1espond orall! if !ou agree with the speaker?

2our response: /////////////////

3) .i$e !our personal opinion about the situation&


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2our response: /////////////////


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4) What infor#ation would !ou e'plain to the

situation? 2our response:

/////////////////

5) "ow would !ou ask the speaker about the %olor that %o#es into oure!es fro# the sk! at night ti#e?

2our response: /////////////////

Activity 3

+o#plete the following short dialogues with real and appropriate e'pressionsand then a%t the# out&

2our friend :I think pla!ing hide4and4seek is as interesting as pla!ingdakon&

2ou :I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& e'press an agree#ent@

2our friend : In #! opinion ph!si%s is #ore i#portant than #aths

2ou :I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

?e'press a disagree#ent and gi$ereasons@

2ou : ///////& ask an opinion@

2our friend :Ba#bang Pa#ungkas is the best footballpla!er &

2ou : ////// gi$e an ad$i%e@2our friend : )hats a good idea& I think Ill %onsider it&

2our friend : What is a good re%reational pla%e for %hildren?2ou : 2es, it is ////&&& It //////& gi$e re%o##endationand

infor#ation for !our re%o##endation@

7ituation A: 2our friend needs !our re%o##endation ofan entertaining pla%e&

7ituation : 2our friend needs !our ad$i%e of a goodwa! to stud! *nglish&

7ituation C: 2ou and !our friend are talking about

7ituation 8: 2ou and !our friend are talking about

7ituation 6 : 2ou and !our friend are talking about past


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Production

Activity 1

Work in pairs& Based on ea%h of the situations below, #ake adialogue

1. "ani sa!s that 7%oob! Doo is better than )o# and ;err!& 2oudisagree& .i$e a reason&

2. Ian thinks that people in s#all towns are friendlier than those in big%ities& 2ou #a! agree or disagree& .i$e !our reason&

Activity 2

Work in pairs& Based on the situation below, #ake up a dialogue of!our own&

ni and Bella are %lass#ates& ni is interested in bu!ing a handphone& niwants a brand new one&


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8& Who was not at s%hool? Wh!?

C& What illness did "an suFer fro#?

4. Wh! did !a sa! that "an was lu%k!?5. +ould the! do the test?


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Activity 5

"ow are so#e of the parts of the letter written? +an !ou identif!? "ere is

a si#ple rule of how to write so#e parts&

Part 1ule to Write Wa! to Write

Date Month G Da! 4 2ear Ma! 8Ath, 8HH

7alutation 7alutation #ark Dear

ddressee)itle and 5a#il!0a#e Mr&( Ms& t#adiwir!a

Bod! Purpose(e'planattion Please e'%use / et%

+losing 7alutation #ark 7in%erel! !ours

7ender 7enders full na#e Marantika Wi=a!a

Cultural notes:

In writing the addressees na#e, write the fa#il! na#e, but notthe rst na#e or the #iddle na#e& 7o, if the tea%hers na#e is;ulian 7onia t#adiwir!a, it is nor#all! %onsidered i#polite to writethe title followed with the rst or the #iddle na#e& )herefore, wedo not write Ms& ;ulian or Ms& 7onia& Instead, we write Ms&t#adiwir!a&

Practice

Activity 1

Work in pairs& )he following is parts of a letter that is sent b! a student tothe tea%her& )hese parts are #ade =u#bled& +op! these parts and put the# intheir appropriate pla%e&

I ha$e to %o#e with #! #other to a fa#il!s wedding%ere#on!

Wieke 1u#aropen

;une 6C, 8HH Dear

"opefull! I %an %ath up with the #aterials I will #iss fro# !our%lass

Please a%%ept #! appolog! for not attending !our %lass on=une 6A, 8HH

7in%erel! !ours

)hank !ou

Activity 2

+o#plete the following per#ission letter& 2ou %annot attend %lassesbe%ause !ou ha$e to attend !our sisters wedding&

Ma! 8Ath,8HH

Dear Ms& t#adiwir!a,

Please e'%use #e fro# s%hool !esterda!& I didnt feelquite well and sta!ed in bed all da!& I had a sore throatand a te#perature&

7in%erel! !ours&


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pril&&&&, 8HH&&

Dear &&&&&&&&&,

Please e'%use #e fro# s%hool &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

7in%erel! !ours&

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Production

Activity 1

Write a letter to infor# !our tea%her that !ou %annot =oin his(her %lassbe%ause !ou ha$e to attend !our brothers graduation %ere#on! out of town&

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Homework

1. In pairs #ake dialogues on how to:a. agree and disagreeb. gi$e ad$i%e(re%o##endationc. gi$e and ask for opinionsd. ask and gi$e for infor#ation&

)hen re%ord !our dialogues on a tape& 7ub#it the tape to !our tea%her&

2. Write a per#ission letter to !our brother(sisters *nglish tea%her& Infor#her that he(she is ha$ing a te#perature, %ough and running nose&

Summary

pril&&&&, 8HH&&

Dear &&&&&&&&&,

Please e'%use #e fro# s%hool &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&I &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

7in%erel! !ours&

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&


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In this unit !ou ha$e learned how to use se$eral language fun%tions& )hesein%lude how to agree and disagree, how to gi$e ad$i%e(re%o##endation, how to

gi$e and ask for opinions, how to ask and gi$e for infor#ation, how to writeper#ission notes, and how to write in$itation %ards& )hese are su##arized asshown below&

FUNCT!NS "ANGUAG# F!$%S

TO DISAGREE I$ sorry, but I have to disagree.

I couldnt agree less.

I couldnt disagree $ore.

I re"use to believe that 8

2o, thats wrong.

I$ sure I cannot agree that.

I$ not sure I can agree.

I wonder i" there is a $ista!e.

In $y opinion, 8..TO ADVISE/TO

RECOMMEND0ou can 8

I advise that 8

My advice is that 8

0ou had better 8

0ou can 8

I reco$$end that 8

My reco$$endation is that 8

TO ASK OPINION #hat do you thin! o" 8 %

#hat is your opinion about 8 %Do you thin! that 8%

#hat do you thin!%

#hat would you say about 8%

TO ASK INFORMATION Is it 8. %

Does it 8 %

Is she9he 8 %

Does she9he 8 %

#here is 8 %

)ow $uch is it 8 %

#hen does it 8 %

TO GIVE OPINION In $y opinion, 8 .

In $y hu$ble opinion, 8 .

/o say "ran!ly, 8 ./o be honest, 8 .

I thin! 8 .

8 I thin!.I suppose 8

8 I suppose.

I guess 8 .8 I guess.


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)o write a per#ission letter, !ou need to in%lude the following things in !ourletter: sender, signature, %losing, bod!, salutation, addressee and date& )owrite an in$itation letter(note, #ake sure that !ou in%lude the following pointsin the letter(notes: o%%asion, date, ti#e, pla%e and salutation

Evaluation

)ask 6:1ead the following situation and a%t out a dialogue based on thesituation&

ndin and Baskoro are both students in the sa#e %lass& ndin is sitting inthe %afeteria one da! and sees Baskoro %arr!ing a tra! full of #eals on the

tra!&

Make a dialogue between ndin and Baskoro using the followinginfor#ation& )hen, a%t out the dialogue&

Andin &askoro

1. .reets Baskoro 1. .reets ndin

2. sks Baskoro how the test went!esterda!

2. nswers question asks ndin thesa#e question

3. )ells Baskoro his test s%re, asks howBrina studies

3. Des%ribes his or her stud! %orner

4. sks for #ore details 4. .i$es #ore infor#ation

5. Disagree with Baskoros #ethod,gi$es own #ethod

5. Disagrees with ndins #ethod,asks what is the #ost i#portantthing for stud!ing

6. .i$es opinion 6. *'presses doubt, gi$es own opinion

7. .i$es agree#ent, gi$es pre%losing 7. 1eplies to pre%losing

8. 7a!s good4b!e 8. 7a!s good4b!e

)ask 8:

1ead the weather report that follows %arefull!& )hen %o#plete thetask

)he World Weather 1eport

Mar%h 6Ath)here was hea$! snow and wind! weather in +hi%ago on Monda!, and

there was also hea$! rain on the west %oast of the 3nited 7tate4parti%ularl!

in and around the %it! of 7an 5ran%is%o& )hings were no better on other sideof the world in ustralia G there was e'tre#el! hea$! rain in the state ofJueensland, with KA ## of rain falling in =ust $e da!s& In south4east sia,there was hotter, sunn! weather with the town of


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Pontianak in the west of Lali#antan the hottest pla%e& )he te#peraturewas CH degrees the war#est so far this !ear&

It wasnt good news in *urope howe$er& )here was hea$! snow inthe Balkans, and parts of north4eastern Ital! on Monda! and )uesda!&)hings are getting a little better in the %it! of Irkutsk in eastern 7iberia,howe$er the te#perature went about zero degrees for the rst ti#e sin%e

last 0o$e#ber&


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+o#plete the infor#ation in the table&

o%ations Weather *'tra infor#ation

+hi%ago 7now, wind!

7an 5ransis%o

Jueensland KA ## of rain in $e da!sPontianak

)he Balkans

0orth4east Ital!

Irskutsk

e!lections

1. )his unit gi$es #e put ti%k @:new e'perien%es&

$er! useful learning e'perien%es&$er! little learning

e'perien%es& $er! usefullearning strateg!&$er! little learning strateg!&

2. )he #ost interesting part in this unit is///&&3. )hings that I want to stud! #ore are//////4. )he a%ti$it! that I like best in this unit is &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

)he reason wh! I like it is as follows:--------------------------------------------------------

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Statements ver' (ell (ell little

a. I %an state agree#ent anddisagree#ent&

b. I %an #ake responses toagree#ent and disagree#ent

c. I %an gi$ead$i%e(re%o##endation&

d. I %an #ake responses toad$i%e(re%o##endation

e. I %an ask infor#ation&

f. I %an gi$e an opinion&

g. I %an write a letter of per#ission&

A& 1ead the state#ents& )hen, gi$e ti%k $@ to !es, no, so#e&


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"oca#ulary $ist

#ords arts o" peech Indonesian 45uivalent

allowan%e n 3ang sakufabulous ad= Indah

gorgeous ad= Luar biasa

#ar$elous ad= Indah

per#ission n Izin

s%ener! n e$andangan

s%arf n 7elendang

re%o##endation n e!o$endasi

regret $erb Menyesal

suit n etelan (as


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Juestions1. What is the %hant about?2. What did the writer not get fro# !ou?3. "ow #an! persons are there #entioned?4. What did ee not do to the writer?5. Do !ou think that the writer is angr! with

!ou?

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