Materi Bahasa Inggris Kelas XI tentang Personal Letter

Definition, Purpose, Generic Structure, Language Feature Letter (surat) dalam Bahasa Inggris.

A type of letter (or informal composition) that usually concerns personal matters (rather than profesional concerns) and is sent from one individual to another. The main different between personal letter and other letter is the contain of the letter.

Latter is a written message from one person to another, usually put in a envelope and sent by post.

Purpose (Tujuan)

The purpose about the personal letter is to convey personal opinion or interest.

Generic Structure (Struktur)

-Place and Date: It tells about the specific time the letter is written;

- Recipient Address: It contains the complete postal address of the receiver of the message;

- Greeting: An interjaction that is used to open the conversation of the letter;

- Contents : Several paragraphs claborates the aim of the letter;

- Writer’s Hope: It states what the writer wishes for that the receiver of the message would do;

- Closing: A signature from the writer and the proper closing statement.

The personal letter also can be arranged based on the parts below:
1. Place & Date

2. Salutation

3. Introduction

4. Body

5. Conclusion

6. Signing off

7. Signature

Language Feature (Ciri Kebahasaan)

1. Sentence Structure  

    Accuracy of grammar may be more important than an email. Most of the time, complete sentence are expected

2. Style

    Language use may be personal. For example, first and second person pronouns may be frequently used. May not be as      formal as official letter writing.

3. Allowed to use contractions

    Example : he’s, she’s, haven’t, they’re

4. Altough the tone of your letter is informal, please take note

  •Do not use offensive language

  • Use gramatically correct sentences

The example of Personal Letter

Gunungsitoli, 5 November 2019

To my beloved friend, Aurora.

In Paris

          Hello Aurora, How are you today? Hopefully you are fine. It's been a while since you left me here alone, huhuhu so sad. My family and I here are missing you a lot.
          How is Paris? I guess it's very beautiful. Winter is coming soon right? Ah, I really want to know how the winter is. But, most Importantly, please wear warm outfits and don't get sick.
          And how about your college life? Is it run smoothly as you expected. I guess you will be the best in the class because you are the smartest one haha. Oh, By the way I will be starting my study in January. I'm very excited about it, because it is the first college class. I take English Education as my majority.

          Okay, I think that's all for now. I want to hear everything about your new life in Paris. Please don't forget to reply my letter! See you and good luck~

With Love,

Miya

Materi Bahasa Inggris Kelas X tentang Deskriptive Text

Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place or thing. (Teks Deskriptif yaitu teks yang menjelaskan gambaran seseorang atau benda. Tujuannya adalah untuk menggambarkan atau mengungkapkan orang, tempat atau benda tertentu.)

Descriptive text also can be said as a text that explain about how someone or thing looks like, such as shapes, Characters, quantity, etcetera.

1. Descriptive Text has the following organization or other words the generic structure of descriptive      text:

• Identification (Pendahuluan). It is about name, location, and specific information about the place.
• Description (deskripsi) contains about quality and characteristics of the place being described. Description in Indonesia can be said as berisi ciri-ciri khusus yang dimiliki benda, tempat, atau orang yang dideskripsikan.                                                                               2. The language features (ciri-ciri) of a description text are:

      The use of Simple Present Tense

with its formula are:

-       Nominal : Subject (S) + To Be (am, is, are) + Compliment (Noun, adjective and Adverb)

Example: SMA Negeri 1 Ma’u is the best school in Ma’u Sub district.

-       Verbal : Subject (S) + Verb 1 (V1) + Compliment

Example: The students learn English at their home

      The use of opinion and fact adjectives

Examples:

-       The temple is magnificent. (opinion)

-       The temple has a rectangular shape. (fact)

      Focus in one only object

Now, let see the examples of Descriptive Text

The National Monument (or Monument Nasional) is a 132 meters tower in the center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta. It symbolizes the fight for Indonesia’s independence.

The monument consist of a 117,7 m obelisk on a 45 m square platform at a height of 17 m

The towering monument symbolizes the philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Lingga resembles, rice pestle (alu) and Yoni resembles  mortar rice (lesung), two important items in Indonesian agricultural tradition. The construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Soekarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. The monument and museum is opened daily from 08.00 – 15.00 every day throughout the week, except for the last Monday of the month the monument is closed.

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia, located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta.

It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47 m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples. It was built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram Dynasty, or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of the compound began in 1918. The main building was completed in around 1953.

Materi Bahasa Inggris tentang Greeting

Formal Greeting

• Hello! (Halo!)
• Good morning. ( Selamat pagi)
• Good afternoon. ( Selamat siang)
• Good evening. ( Selamat sore)
• Good night. ( Selamat malam)
• Hello, how are you? (Halo apa kabarmu?)
• How are you doing? (Apa kabarmu?)
• How do you do? ( Kalimat sapaan jika kita belum pernah bertemu dengan orang itu sebelumnya)