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PATHWAY TO ENGLISH

MEDIA MENGAJAR

FOR SMA/MA GRADE X

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Smart Teenagers

in a Smart Community

UNIT 5

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Have you ever read or written reports? Understanding the generic structures and language features of reports can help you in writing a report.

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ICE-BREAKER

An ice-breaker is a game or a joke that makes people who do not know each other feel more relaxed together. It can be played anywhere, without preparation or equipment.

Here are some examples of ice-breakers:

Opening Questions:

  • If I could be an electronic product, what would I be and why?
  • Can you guess the thing that I’m going to tell you?
  • Guess what I am thinking about?

Responding:

  • Is it . . . ?
  • Is it like . . . ?

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  • Can it be . . . ?
  • Is it more . . . Than . . . ?

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Reports

Texts about living and non-living things are referred to as reports. They are written to provide information about something.

Information report texts usually consist of the following parts:

  • General Classification: Introducing the topic of information report.
  • Description of the shape/form: Telling the shape/form.
  • Description of the function: Telling the function.
  • Description of its history: Telling its history.

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Reports

Report texts usually use generic terms or technical language.

  • Generic terms are typical of or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any particular thing. A generic term can be LCD, feeders, rice cookers, torches, ocean liners, etc.

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  • Technical language in the description section of an informative report is the language or terms that relate to the subject, for example pocket seat, steam rack, heating plate, outer plot, etc.