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HANDOUT

ENGLISH FOR

ECONOMICS STUDENTS

FAKULTAS EKONOMI UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG

2012

Wijang Sakitri, S.Pd., M.Pd

Sri Utami, S.S., M.A

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Discuss:

What do you usually read in English ? Explain how you read them.

What technique do you use?

How fast do you read? quickly or slowly?

What do you usually do while reading?

Do you understand the text?

There are different styles of reading for different situations. The technique you choose will

depend on the purpose of the reading

1. If you are exploring or reviewing, you might skim a document.

2. If you're looking for particular information, you might scan for a particular word.

3. You may use Extensive reading if you have longer texts for pleasure and global

understanding.

4. You may use Intensive reading if you have shorter texts, extracting specific information,

accurate reading for detail.

What is Scanning?

Scanning refers to reading a text quickly in order to locate specific pieces of information.

When scanning,

1. don't start from the beginning and read to the end . Jump around in the text, trying to find

the information you need

2. can’t read every word / skip many words

3. look for information as quickly as you can

UNIT 1: Reading Strategies

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What is skimming?

You can scan

• A table of contents in a book or magazine

• An index in a textbook

• A timetable

• The ads in a newspaper

• A list of movies in the newspaper

• A telephone book The page of a dictionary

• A passage/text/article to quickly find the information mentioned in the question.

You usually don’t scan

• A mystery story

• A textbook for an important course

• A map for finding your way home

• A question on a test

Skimming refers to reading a paragraph quickly to get an idea of what it is about, without trying

to understand its details.

This is a technique used to identify the main ideas of a text.

When skimming,

• don’t read every thing but try to skip the text

• read the first and last sentences of paragraphs

• read the introduction, and the summary

• read a few examples until you understand the concepts they are meant to illustrate.

When skimming a textbook,

• quickly note the title, subheadings, italicized words, boldfaces prints, and illustrations.

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Extensive reading

Extensive reading is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes

reading longer texts for pleasure, as well as business books.

Use extensive reading skills to improve your general knowledge of business procedures.

Do not worry if you don’t understand each word.

You usually read extensively :

The latest marketing strategy book

A novel you read before going to bed

Magazine articles that interest you

Intensive reading

Intensive reading is used on shorter texts in order to extract specific information.

It includes very close accurate reading for detail.

Use intensive reading skills to grasp the details of a specific situation.

In this case, it is important that you understand each word, number or fact.

You usually read intensively

A bookkeeping report

An insurance claim

A contract

A textbook for an important course

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Exercises

How would you read the following items?

1. The ‘What’s On’ section of the local paper

2. A novel

3. Travel guide 4. Diary

5. Itinerary

6. Journal 7. Essays

8. Courses schedule at school

9. Magazines 10. Short stories

11. Comic book

12. Signpost

13. Advertisement Billboard 14. Yellow Pages 15. Table of Contents 16. Leaflet

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A. Reading 1

The White House Garden

During World War II, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt led

the war effort on the home front by establishing a victory garden

at the White House. Nearly six decades later, another vegetable

garden has sprouted on White House grounds to promote Lady

Michelle Obama’s cause of reducing childhood obesity by

encouraging youngsters to eat a healthy diet loaded with fresh

fruits and vegetables.

Fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in

Washington, which has had its own garden since 2001, have

helped Mrs. Obama dig and tend the garden and harvest

the produce. The students also work with chefs in the White

House kitchen to prepare and cook what they’ve grown. Some

food from the garden finds its way into formal White House

dinners and the Obama’s family meals; the rest is donated to

a local kitchen that serves the homeless.

The garden features 55 varieties of vegetables, some from seeds handed down from the

nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson. All are grown organically, fertilized with White House

compost. Beneficial insects, such as ladybugs and mantises, help control pests.

Mrs. Obama, who notes that the project was inspired in part by her desire to improve her own

children’s diet, says, “The Garden is an important introduction to what I hope will be a new way that

our country thinks about food.”

Note: for for information about the reading, you can consult the website:

www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-Story-of-the-White-House-Garden

Discussion

1. Please discuss the main idea of each paragraph in the above reading text!

2. What did Michelle Obama do to reduce childhood obesity?

Unit 2. Gardening

Celebrate the bumper harvest in the White

House

First Lady Michelle Obama, White House

Horticulturist Dale Haney, and the kids from

Washington’s Bancroft Elementary School to

break ground for a White House garden

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3. From whom did Mrs. Obama get help?

4. What are the produce used for?

5. What insects are able to control pests? Give your own examples if available

Please write TRUE or FALSE

1. A victory garden was established by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the last six decades during

the World War II. ( )

2. Michelle Obama encourages young people to eat healthy food; fresh fruits and vegatables. ( )

3. Michelle Obama tends the farming by herself. ( )

4. The produce is served only for meals of the White House family. ( )

5. Organic fertilizers are used to grow all varieties of plants. ( )

C.3 Please list the words on the text based on its function

NO NOUN VERB AADJECTIVE ADVERB

1 war Led Healthy Organically

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3

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C.4 Please choose at least ten words that you like most from the text and make sentences.

Example:

1. Healthy: The kids are healthy enough.

2. Organically: The food is grown organically.

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Homework: Please think any hobby you like most. List some words or terms (at least 10) which are

related with the hobby you have. Then, please make sentences with your words. It would be great if you

could provide the pictures as the illustrations.

Example: My hobby is fishing. So, there are words related to fishing:

1. Fisherman : I belong to a group namely Fisherman Club in my city. 2. River

3. Bait

4. Hook, etc

B. Reading 2

Please read the text below about a language school (derived from General Training Model

for IELTS, Barron’s)

New World Language Center

As a student at the New World Language Center, you are entitled to use the school’s facilities and

participate in extracurricular activities.

Building Guide

All classrooms are located in the first and second floors of the building. The language lab is located in

room 243 on the second floor and is open from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and 9 to 12 on Saturday.

Use of language lab is included in your class tuition. Students enrolled in classes are also entitled to free

use of the school’s multilingual DVD collection. This is located in room 245 right next to the language

lab. You may borrow DVDs to take home for a week at a time.

The International Cafe is located on the third floor, room 306, next to the counselor’s office. The hours

are Monday-Friday from 11 to 8, and Saturdays from 10 to 2. There is no fee counseling services. If you

need help choosing the classes, please drop by the office to make an appointment. The school bookstore is

located on the first floor, next to main entrance. All required text for our classes are available there. You

can also buy New World Language Center T-Shirts, shopping bags, and classroom supplies.

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Activities

The school organizes weekly trips to museums, embassies, film festivals, and other locations of cultural

interest. You can sign up for these trips in the counselor’s office. There is a nominal fee for trip

participation. The monthly International Banquet is open to all students. You can buy tickets from your

teacher or in the counselor’s office.

1. Discussion

On which floor of the school building can you do each of the following activities. Complete the

chart below. Write a floor number for each answer in boxes.

Floor Activity

1. Example: second Use the language lab

2. Borrow a DVD

3. Have a snack

4. Buy a shirt

5. Sign up for a trip

6. Which day is the language lab closed?

a. Monday

b. Saturday c. Sunday

7. Which of the following is free for students?

a. School T-Shirts

b. Trips

c. Advice from counselors

8. What happens once a month?

a. There are new classes

b. There is a special dinner c. There is a film festival

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C. Reading 3

Read the following advertisements and answer the questions.

Write the letters of the appropiate advertisements in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. You may

use any letter more than once.

Which apartment is appropiate for a person who

1. owns a car?

2. is a university student?

3. has children?

4. likes to swim?

5. usually uses public transportation?

6. wants to rent for two months only?

7. often entertains large groups of people?

A. Sunny 1, central location,

washer/dryer in building, Storage

space, parking included in rent.

One year lease required. Call 837-

9986 before 6 P.M.

B. Cozy one bedroom with available in

elevator building. Near City Park.

Amenities include exercise room,

pool, and party room. Other

apartments also available. One-and

two- year leases. Call 592-8261

C. Small one-bedroom, reasonable

rent, near shopping, bus routes,

university. References required. No

pets. Call Mr. Watkins 876-9852

D. Don’t miss this unique opportunity.

Large two-bedroom plus study,

which could be third bedroom.

Quiet neighborhood. Walk to

elementary and high school, park,

shops. Small pets allowed.

E. Furnished flats, convenient to

central business district. Studios,

one-, and two- bedrooms.

Weekly and monthly rentals

available. Call our office 376-

09239-5 M-F.

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Target 1----Describing yourself

There are three ways you can talk about yourself- factual, physical, and emotional. The examples

are:

Factual : My name is Aya Gonzalez. My first name is spelled A-Y-A and my last name ends “Z” not “S”.

I am from Colombia.

Physical : I am almost 160 cm tall. My hair color is brown, the same color as my eyes.

Emotional/personal traits: I am a serious student, but I like to laugh, too. I spend a lot of time studying,

but in the evenings I like to unwind after studying hard, and on weekends, I like to go out with my

friends.

Useful words

Physical Emotional/ Personal traits

First name Tall Serious

Last name Feet/meters Picky

Surname Inches/centimeters Cheerful

Ends with Curly Nervous

Begins with Straight Calm

Brown/blue/green/red Excited

Worried

Confident

UNIT 3 LET’S SPEAK UP!

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Personal Information Form

Factual

First Name __________________________________

Middle Name ________________________________

Last Name ___________________________________ Age ________________________________________

Nationality __________________________________

Native Language ______________________________ Occupation ___________________________________

Physical

Height ___________________________________

Weight __________________________________

Eye Color ________________________________

Hair Color (Check one):

- Long, short, medium length

- Straight, curly, wavy

Other characteristics (glasses? Beard? Moles?) _____________________

Emotional: (Circle all that apply)

Optimistic, pessimistic, easygoing, serious, fun, loving, studious, nervous, calm, shy,

confident, outgoing, friendly, hardworking, talkative, quiet, cheerful

PERSONAL TRAITS

Aggressive bad tempered cheerful careful careless decisive

Lively diplomatic double-faced energetic emotional fussy

Generous loyal helpful impatient kind neat obedient

Rebellious warm selfish/egoistic sloppy slow stingy

Stupid understanding unfriendly stubborn

Useful Words:

Photo

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COMPLEXION

Dark

Fair

Black

Red

Oriental

Pale

Ruddy

smooth

AGE

Old

Young

Middle-aged

Elderly

A teenager

In one’s

twenties

HEIGHT

Short

Tall

Of average/medium

height

FIGURE

Small

Tiny

Big

Stocky

Muscular

Small

Tiny

Slim

Slender

Plump

Fat

Well built

HAIR

Wavy

Long

Short

Curly

Shoulder-length

Black

Blonde/blond

Grey

Straight

permed

LOOKS

Beautiful

Pretty

Sweet

Charming

Tempting

Sexy

Attractive

Ugly

Cute

Cool

Good looking

Handsome

Gorgeous

FACE

Round

Oval

Baby faced

Angular

Oblong EYES

Small

Big

Crossed-eyed

Slanted

EARS

Big

Small

NOSE

Flat/pug

Sharp/pointed/turned-

up

Small

Tiny

Big

stubby

SHOULDERS

Broad

narrow

CHEEKS

Chubby

Dimpled

Freckled

A thick moustache Sideburns

Freckles Birthmark

A mole A ponytail

Near-sighted far-sighted

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Practice 2. Write three sentences about yourself. Use the examples as models. Then

without looking at the form or sentences, describe your self out loud. This is your time

to practice.

Factual

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

Physical

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

Emotional/personal traits

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

Target 2----- Describing Your Home or Hometown

You can talk about your home or your neighborhood. You can talk about either one, or you

can talk more personally. Try to have a lot of specific details prepared.

Home: General Description

We live in a flat in the old section of the city. It was once a large home that was converted to several

flats. Now, five families live in this home. We have two bedrooms: one for me and one for my

parents. There is a large living room and a kitchen with a small balcony overlooking the street. The

streets are very narrow, and there are no trees.

Neighborhood: General Description

I was born in Beijing. Even though it is a very large city and the capital, we live in a part that is like a

small village. We know everyone here. On the corner of my street, there is a small grocery store.

Acrros from that, there is a dry cleaner. Next to the dry cleaner is a big clothing store. On the corner

opposite the grocery store, there is a bus stop so we can easily go anywhere in the city.

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Home: Personal Description

My home is a small house in a new development. It was built by my father. The house has three

bedrooms: a large one for my parents and two smaller bedrooms for my brother and me. In my

bedroom, I have a bed, a desk, and a chair. I also have a lot of books in bookshelves along two walls. I

have a window in my room that looks out over our garden. It’s a small garden, but we can grow all

our own vegetables.

Neighborhood: Personal Description

My father and my mother live in my hometown, Burdur. In fact, my entire family- aunts, uncles,

grandparents, everyone- lives in Burdur. We’ve lived there for over six generation. We know

everyone in the area so when we sit outside, it is like being in our living room with our very large

family. We live across the street from a park. My family spends a lot of time sitting in this park

talking to neighbors and relatives.

Useful Words

Type Relation Descripton

Balcony Across from Large/small

One-bedroom along Spacious

Kitchen Behind Airy

Section/area Beside Narrow

Grocery store Corner Old/new

Park End Lots

Post office Facing A lot of

Department store In back/front/middle of Big

Taxi stand/rank Left-hand/right-hand side

Clothing store Near

Dry cleaner Next to , overlook

Exercise

Complete these forms about home and neighborhood. This will help you organize your

personal information.

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Home Information Form Neighborhood Information Form

Size Name

Age Style of houses

Number of bedrooms Shops/businesses

Other rooms Schools

Garden/yard Religious buildings

Special features Other buildings

My Bedrooms:

Size

Transportation

Furniture Parks/gardens

Colors Special characteristics

Art

Other

Write four sentences about your home. Use the above as models. Then, without looking

at the form or sentences, describe your home and hometown out loud.

Home: General Description

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________

Neighborhood: General Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

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3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Home: Specific Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Neighborhood: Specific Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Target 3--------- Describing your occupation or school

You may discuss how you spend your day in work or study. You can prepare specific

details about your work and study.

Occupation

I’m an engineer. I’ve booked for the same compay for three years. My specific job is working with

the senior engineer and helping her prepare presentations for contractors and their clients. I’d like to

get an advanced degree. That’s why I’m applying to study at an engineering school in Australia.

School

I’m a third-year student at National University. I’m studying psychology. I’m in class most of the day,

and when I’m not in class I have to spend a lot of time working on my assignments. My goal is to

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become a research psychologist, so I’ll have to get a doctorate degree. I have a lot of years of studying

a head of time.

Useful Words

Boss Duties Qualified

Co-workers Assignment Goal

Clients Position Advanced degree

Classmates Schedule Master’s degree

Instructors Salary Doctorate degree

Complete this form about your occupation or studies. This will help you organize your

personal information.

Make four sentences about your occupation or studies. Use the above as models. Then,

without looking at the form or sentences, describe your job or school out loud.

My occupation/study: ______________________

1. _________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________

Job Information Form

Company Name __________________ Job Title ________________ Length of time at this job _____________ Duties _____________________ Training required for this job ___________ Things I like about this job ______________ Things I don’t like about this job _________ Future career goals __________________

Education Information Form

Name of college/university ____________ Major/subject ______________________ Classes I am taking now ______________ Hours per week in class _____________ Years to complete degree/certificate ________ Educational goals ____________________ Future career goals

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Target 4: Describing Your Hobbies or General Interests

Hobby (Example 1)

I enjoy bird watching. I often go to a park near my house in the early morning to watch the birds. I

also belong to a bird watching club. Several times a year we take trips to other places. We try to find

birds that we’ve never seen before. You don’t need much equipment for bird watching, just a pair of

binoculars and a pair of strong legs for walking. I enjoy this hobby because I like to be outside, and

I’m fascinated by the natural world.

Hobby (Example 2)

I like to play the guitar. I took lessons when I was child. Some friends and I had a rock band once, a

long time ago. We played at parties. Now I mostly play on my own at home, and sometimes I get

together with friends to play. I’m thinking about taking lessons again. I’d like to learn how to play

jazz guitar. I have a large collection of jazz CDs.

Useful Words

Interested in Club Equipment

Enjoy Get together Collect/collection

Join Learn how Passion

Belong to Lessons Fascinate/fascinated by

Complete this form about your hobby or general interest. This will help you organize

your personal information.

Hobby/Free-Time Activity Information Form

Hobby/Activity #1 _____________________________ How often do you do this hobby or activity? _____________________ Do you do it on your own or with other people? ________________________ Do you belong to a club related to this hobby/activity? ___________________ How did you learn how to do this hobby/activity? _______________________ Do you need special equipment for it? __________________________________ What do you like most about it? _______________________________________ Hobby/Activity #2 ___________________________________ How often do you do this hobby or activity? ______________________________ Do you do it alone or with other people? _________________________________ Do you belong to a club related to this hobby/activity? ______________________ How did you learn how to do this hobby/activity? __________________________ Do you need special equipment for it? ___________________________________ What do you like most about it? _________________________________________

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Write four sentences about how you spend your free time. Use the above models. Then

without looking at the form or sentences, describe your hobbies and general interests

out loud.

Hobby/Activity # 1 __________________________________________

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Hobby/Activity #2 _____________________________________________

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

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FINDING THE ERRORS

Punctuation

Below are notes on common punctuation:

Full stop or period (.)

Question mark (?)

Comma (,)

Exclamation mark (!)

Brackets ( )

Colon (:)

Dash ( -)

Spelling: act of writing or saying the letters of a word in their proper order; way in which a word is

spelled

Articles

Articles consists of a, an and the. The article the is called the definite article. The article a and an are

called indefinite articles.

Tense

Tense is derived from the Latin word for time. It shows the relationship between the time of the action

and the time of the speaking or writing of the sentence.

Please read the text and try to find the errors (10). They can be punctuation, spelling, articles

and tenses.

Text 1

My House

I live in a small house. It have five rooms: there are two bedrooms, a leaving room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Indeed it is a small house; but I like living in here for wasting my spare time.

When the door open, I can see the living room. It is so small with only three chair and a table, nothing else. I prefer reading a novel in this room.

My bedroom is in the left side of the living room. In this room, there is a night table next to the bed, a

TV, a radio, and a computer. When being bored of reading, I usually plays online games, chatt with my friends via Facebook and so on. Next to my bedroom is my mother's. I do not know what is insede

because I never come in to see it. In the right side of the living room, there is the keetchen. In the kitchen, I have everything I need when I get hunger. It is very pleasure when my mother cooks, the smell fills

my whole house. I know it is a very small house; but it is the best place I have ever seen.

UNIT 4 WRITING

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Text 2

My Family

My family has four members: those are I, my sister, and parents of course.

My mother is 47 years old. His name's Anisa. She's thin-faced and she's got long, blond hair and beautiful green eye. She is still slim because she always try to stay in shape. She is very good-looking,

always well-dress and elegant.

My father, Lukman, was 5 years older than my mother. He is 52. In spite of his age, he's still black-

haired, with several grey hairs. He has braight blue eyes. He is quite tall, but a bit shorter than me.

He's very hard-working. Besides that he is working in a travel company. He can even make a dinner when my mother is outside. His cooking and his meals are always very tasty as well as my mothers'.

Finally, my sister Nadina. She is 22. She is also red-haired and green-eyed. She has long wavy hair and freckles. She is definitely shorter than me. She is rather introverted. But she is very sensible,

smart and co-operative. Right now she is studying English and also know Arabic and Mandarin. I

want to be so smart as she is.

They all, except me, speaks Sundanese very well, because we were living in Bandung for 5 years. My

sister have been going to primary school there. Unfortunately I was only 3 when we were leaving to Jakarta, so I can't speak Sundanese. Now we are happily living in Jakarta.

MY SPHYNX CAT

My Sphynx cat is the only pet I has. He has a little hair but is not totally hairless as he have a

peach fuzz over much of his body. His coat is ofen a warm chamois. My Sphynx has a

normal cat proportion.

I am like his tail although my mom say that it is like a rat tails. I loved his usual color

varieties including, tortoiseshell, chocolate, black, blue, lilac, chocolate etc. He is really

amazing cat. Believe it or not, he is very intelligent cat. He can respond my voice commands.

He is really funny as well as my friends get a joke. I love him so much as I loves my mother.

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The Advantage and Disadvantage of Nuclear Power

is generated by using Uranium which is a metal mined in variyes part of the world. The first large scale of nuclear power station is opened at Calder Hall in Cumbria, England in 1956. Some military

ships and submarines has nuclear plant for powering the engine. Nuclear power produce around 11%

of the world’s energy. It causes no pollution as we what get when burning fossil fuels. The advantages

of nuclear plant are as follow:

It costs about the same coal, so it is not expensive to make

It does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the greenhouse

effect

A small amount of it cans produce a huge amount of energy

produces small amount of waste

Material process

It is reliable. On the other hand, nuclear power is very dangers. It must be sealed up and

buried for many years to allow the radioactivity to extinct.

Although it is reliable, a lot of money has to be spent on safety becose if it does not, a serious

nuclear accident can happen.

People are increasingly concerned about this matter. In the 1990s, nuclear power is the fastest

growing source of power in many parts of the wold.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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A. Try to draw a chart based on the presentation below

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. At this point, I’d like to say a few words about the organizational of “Benefit and Profit” Ltd. On the transparency, you will see that Mr. Lucky Luck,

Mr. Smiley Rich, and Mrs. Nancy Money are sitting on the Board of Directors

The board is headed by Mr. Lucky Luck. He is the chief executive of Benefit and

Profit Ltd and he has overall control of the whole company. Mrs. Nancy Money who

graduated from Finance Faculty of Harvard University is the chief accountant of the

company. She deals with finances and investment of the organization.

In 2005, the Board elected Mr. Happy as the managing director of Benefit and Profit

Ltd. He is responsible for running the company and is involved with the total managing

of the company from the factory floor up to the board room.

Now, Mr. Happy is assisted by four executive managers.

First, Mr. Caring, he is the personnel manager and is responsible for recruitment,

personnel, training, management development, staff conditions, health and safety, first

aid nurse, and is also responsible for general maintenance and security. He does have a

lot of jobs to handle.

Second, Mrs. Cash, she is the finance manager who takes care of the corporate finance

and accounting as well as credit control, purchase and sales. She does internal audit and

handles the welfare of the employees, you know, wages, salaries, pension and insurance.

Next, we have Sales Department which is led by Mrs. Friendly. Mrs. Friendly is in

charge of handling incoming orders from home and abroad. She will organize all areas of

selling in the company, manage linking with representatives and agents, do market

research, advertising, and promoting products. Ms Friendly is assisted by the warehouse

department who is responsible for stock control and export department which takes care of shipping, transportation, and document handling.

Last but not least is Mr. Planning. Mr. Planning has a solid team of designers, engineers, quality

controller and factory maintenance officers. He is responsible for all the production process.

That’s about the people in the company. Now the company itself was set up in 2004 and for the last

two years, many reliable esteem companies around the world have proposed to be our agent or sales

representatives of our products in their areas. We have carefully selected the companies who want to be our agent. These agents of ours must have their own office, paper ones. They also must have a

showroom and a group of technician. So far we have 17 representatives in all, 4 Offices in Asia

countries, 8 in some cities in USA, and the rest in European countries. Detail info on our offices and representatives can be read from the information sheet you have.

Well that’s a brief overview about our company. Are there any questions?

UNIT 5 COMPANY ORGANIZATION

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B. Study the following chart

1. HIERARCHY

The company is headed by the Managing Director

The Personnel Manager reports progress to the Managing Director

The Finance Manager is under the Managing Director

The Sales manager is accountable to the Managing Director

The Sales Manager is supported by a sales team

The Sales Manager is assisted by a sales assistant

2. Responsibilities or Function

The Managing Director is responsible for running the company

The Finance Manager takes care of corporate finance

The Sales Manager in charge of handling the incoming orders

3. Title

Sales Team Sales Manager Sales Assistance

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Chairman (President)

Board of Directors/board (senior executives/group of directors)

Managing Director/MD (chief executive/senior vice president)

Finance manager/director (Vice President – Finance)

Sales manager (Sales director)

C. Based on the organization chart below, write at least five sentences based on

every chart.

“IF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN

IT ONLY MEANS YOU ARE ABOVE THEM”

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Descriptive Paragraph

Read the following text!

Tukul Arwana

His real name is Tukul Riyanto. He has a famous name called Tukul Arwana. He was born in

Semarang, October 16, 1963. Tukul has become a famous comedian in Indonesia since he joined

Srimulat a few years ago around 90s. Now, people know him as a ridiculous presenter “Bukan Empat

Mata” at Trans 7. Tukul is a unique person. He introduces himself as “Wong Ndeso Rejeki Kuto” (a

villager but has a good luck as a towns man). Tukul has a funny face with a little mustache. It seems

like a catfish. His thick lips are his trade mark. They make him well-known and entertaining.

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Description

Social Function

To describe a particular person, place or thing

Generic Structure

Identification : identifies phenomenon to be described

Description : describes parts, qualities, characteristics

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Read the following text and study its generic structure !

Paris

Identification

Paris is the capital city of France.

Description

It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit

up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light.

Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the

symbol of Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums,

draws many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is another favourite place to visit.

Read the text and analyze its structure!

Bandengan Beach

Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is the famous beach in

jepara. The place is very beautiful and romantic. people around

Jepara, Kudus, Demak knows this place. This place is located 7 kilometers north of Jepara city center. The

way to get there is very easy. Just follow the traffic sign and you

will find it. From the town square, follow the road to Bangsri then turn left when reached kuwasen village. You can take public transportation or by your own vehicle.

The white sandy beach which has pure water is good for swimming. The beach is save enough for swimming because the beach is shallow and the wave is not so big. This place is more beautiful at

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dusk. We can see the beautiful sunset with our family or friends.

In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural beach breezy wind. It also

has large pandan tree field. It is suitable for youngster activities such as camping.

If we want to sail, we can rent the traditional boat owned by local people. We can make voyage around the beach or we can go to pulau panjang (panjang island). Some time we can find banana boat

and jet ski for rent.

In this place we can find many traditional footstalls. We can order traditional foods sold by the trader

such as roasted fish, crab, boiled shell. Pindang srani is one of the delicious food enjoyed by the visitors.

Come to the bandengan beach and you will find a paradise on the tips of Muria peninsula.

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EXERCISE 1

Describe one of the following pictures and write the paragraphs with your teacher!

EXERCISE 2

Write descriptive paragraphs about a well known person or place that you know

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ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

Social Function

To persuade the reader or listener that something is the case

Generic (Schematic) Structure

1. Thesis position: introduces topic and indicates writer position

2. Preview : outlines the main arguments to be presented

Arguments :

Point: restates main argument outlined in Preview

Elaboration: develops and supports each Point/argument

3. Reiteration : restates writer’s position

Example

Thesis: Position

In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state governments

and local governments. All of these levels of government are necessary. This is so for a

number of reasons

Argument 1

Point

First, the federal government is necessary for the big things

Elaboration

They keep the economy in order and look after things like defences

Argument 2

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Point

Similarly, the state governments look after the middle sized things

Elaboration

For example they look after law and order, preventing things like vandalism in schools

Argument 3

Point

Finally, local governments look after the small things

Elaboration

They look after things like collecting rubbish otherwise everyone would have diseases

Reiteration

Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of govenment are necessary

EXERCISE 1

Try to analyze the generic structure of the following text!

SHOULD CHILDREN WEAR HATS AT SCHOOL?

I believe that you should always wear a hat at school when you are playing outside , to keep from

getting sunburn .

Firstly, if you don't wear a hat, you will get sunburn and a sunburn is painful.

Secondly, sunburn could lead to skin cancer. Sunburn can lead to health problems later in life. Many

older people suffer from skin cancer which can kill them.

In my opinion all school students should wear hats.

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EXERCISE 2

Watch the video and write paragraphs about the following topic together in the class!

Industries should use machine instead of human for the

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answers!

EXERCISE 3

Watch the video!

Do you agree that smoking should be banned?

Write your answer and reasons in paragraphs.

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BRAINSTORMING:

CHILDREN

What do you think about these pictures

Fill in the blank spaces based on the video !

"Heal The World"

There's A Place In

Your 1. ......

And I Know That It Is Love

And This Place Could

Be Much

Brighter Than 2. .......

And If You Really Try

You'll Find There's No Need

To Cry

In This Place You'll Feel

There's No Hurt Or 3. .........

Then It 10. .............That Always

Love's Enough For

Us Growing

So Make A Better World

Make A Better World

Reff

And The 11. ....... We Were

Conceived In

Will Reveal A Joyful Face

And the 12. ........ We

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There Are Ways

To Get There

If You Care 4...........

For The Living

Make A Little Space

Make A 5. ..............Place

Reff

Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me

If You Want To Know 6. ......

There's A Love That

Cannot Lie

Love Is 7. ...............

It Only Cares For

Joyful Giving

If We 8. ........

We Shall See

In This Bless

We Cannot Feel

Fear Or Dread

We Stop 9 ....... And

Start Living

Once Believed In

Will Shine Again In Grace

Then Why Do We Keep

Strangling Life

Wound This 13. ..........

Crucify Its Soul

Though It's Plain To See

This World Is Heavenly

Be God's Glow

We Could 14. ............. So High

Let Our Spirits Never Die

In My Heart

I 15. .......... You Are All

My Brothers

Create A World With

No Fear

16........... We'll Cry

Happy Tears

See The Nations Turn

Their Swords

Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There

If You Cared Enough

For The Living

Make A Little Space

To Make A Better Place

Reff

You And For Me (10 X)

Heal the world we live in, save it for our children

(4X)

What do you think about the song !

NUMBER

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Numbers occur in many different situations such as times, dates, currencies and stock markets.

You will hear ten numbers in ten short conversations. Write these numbers down as you hear

them.

You will hear ten dates in these conversations. Write these dates down as you hear them

You will hear ten amounts in ten short conversations. Write the amounts down as you hear them

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