Part 1: Getting to Know Announcements
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In this activity, we will learn some announcements which you might be already familiar with. Read the four printed announcements and listen to the spoken announcements that follow.
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Now, you will compare the SOCIAL FUNCTIONS of the seven announcements, regarding the contexts, the target readers, the points of interests or importance, by answering following questions.
2. Who might be interested in reading those texts?
E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | V1 | V2 | V3 | V4 | V5 | |
Social Function | To inform the parents about completing online student returning form | To announce about the course for the postgraduate student and research worker to join that course | To seek people who have the mentioned requirements. | To announce the event about building big idea | To inform audience about checking email and planning of each events | To inform about school event and birthday for the students | To inform about the menu for the lunch, birthday, weather, and the important date (history) to the audience | To inform about the preparation of beginning of the school, for teacher to thank, for student to give an advice. | To inform about lunch menu in cafeteria, Birthday, Weather, The important date (history) |
1. Where | School | Public Place | Public Place | Public Place | School | School | School | School | School |
2. Who | Parents | Academic people | Job seekers | People who want to improve their knowledge | Students | Students | Students, | Teacher, Students | Students |
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Next, you are going to analyze the information which makes up the announcement. Analyze the announcements using entries listed in the table below
Text Number | Where to find | Purposes | Target Readers | Heading | Detail Information |
1 | School | To inform the parents about completing online student returning form | Parents | Complete The Online Returning Student Form | The form will include the student’s information for trips, study and emergency condition |
2 | Public Place, University | To announce about the course for the postgraduate student and research worker to join that course | Academic People | Summer school on remote sensing in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology | - The school is intended for academic people. - The course will be concerned data collection systems, digital methods and processing. |
3 | Public Place | To seek people who have the mentioned requirements. | Job seeker | We’re looking for… | Job Vacancy for Videographer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Creative Interns |
4 | Public Place | To announce the event about building big idea | People who want to improve their knowledge | TEDx NYU 2013 | A seminar held by TEDx |
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Printed announcement format is different from spoken format, below are the links to the examples of spoken announcements. Please bear in mind that this type of format contains cultural differences. These examples are only for the purpose of learning. Now, watch the video below and answer the questions that follow:
Please give evidence from the video to your answer.
Questions 1-5 provide evidence from the video. Please give evidence from the video to your answer.
1. What is the purpose of each announcement?
V1 | To inform some information of vacancies and entertain the audience. |
V2 | To inform some agenda and students’ birthday for the students |
V3 | To announce some school events, Students birthday, historical date and inspirational quote. |
V4 | To welcome students at the first beginning of class and greet the teachers |
V5 | To announce about weather, students birthday, message, historical date and inspirational quotes |
2. What is the essential information is aired?
V1 | Announce some planning for volunteer activity, a fact of Spanish and entertain audience by a funny man smaug. |
V2 | Announce people’ birthday and a show for an exciting demonstration, remind students to bring some dollars for charity and bring students’ task. |
V3 | Announce menu for lunch, the weather: Rainy in the afternoon, the highest temperature 75 degrees and lowest 59 degrees, and historical date |
V4 | School event on Oct 6: |
V5 | Pink out dress to support cancer fighter |
3. What is the opening part of each announcement?
V1 | They greet by doing a pledge of allegiance then audience. |
V2 | They greet audience and tell the date |
V3 | Greeting and welcoming : Good morning and welcome to the Cornwall Morning News |
V4 | Starting the news by announcing lunch menu |
V5 | Greeting students then asking audience attention because they will say some important words |
4. What is the closing part?
V1 | Showing a funny scene. |
V2 | Asking students to stand for a pledge of allegiance |
V3 | Closing by saying: Have a great day |
V4 | Asking students to do a pledge of allegiance. |
V5 | Closing by saying have a great weekend |
5. Do you think this type of announcement could be adapted and adopted for the purpose of your school? Why? And or Why not?
V1 | it is not adaptable and adoptable in my school because the students are from the lower level and also EFL learner. |
V2 | It’s adaptable and adoptable because it can inform important agenda and remind students for their task. |
V3 | It can be adopted and adapted because it can give the chance for the student to improve their English skill and confidence. |
V4 | It’s adaptable and adoptable because the purpose is to give a good start for the school people (teachers/students) |
V5 | It can be adopted because it can train the students English skill and confidence by considering our culture. |
Part 2: Constructing Announcements
Task 5
Complete the following announcement by using the expressions from the box.
D, B, E, A, C, F
Create an announcement
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Assignment M1 LA2
Instructions
Please do the assignment below to rehearse anything you have learnt in this activity and send it to the link provided.
1. Create a school announcement about annual school event.
ANNOUNCEMENT
MEGA CONCERT IS COMING,,,, JOIN US SOON!!!
SHOW YOUR BEST SKILL AND ATTRACTION!!!
BE A WINNING STUDENT!!!
The annual mega concert activities will be held to enliven the End Year Haflah, which will be held on
Day / Date : May 21, 2018
Time : 20.00 - 23.00 WIB
Place :
We open an opportunity to all friends to be able to perform your best attractions based on the extracurricular club of each.
For registration and technical appearance information, please don’t hesitate to contact Nugraha (Class XI) at the OSIS Office after school.
Thanks.
2. Create a spoken announcement for your school, tape your performance and upload it to youtube.
Link video https://youtu.be/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx