Tujuan Pembelajaran:
Setelah mempelajari Bab 1, siswa diharapkan mampu:
1. Mengidentifikasi makna, tujuan komunikasi, struktur teks, dan
unsur bahasa yang terdapat dalam teks interaksi transaksional lisan
dan tulis yang terkait dengan jati diri, dan hubungan keluarga sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaan.
2. Meminta dan memberi informasi tentang jati diri dan hubungan
keluarga dengan menggunakan struktur teks yang tepat sesuai
konteks penggunaan.
3. Meminta dan memberi informasi tentang jati diri dan hubungan
keluarga dengan menggunakan unsur bahasa (pronoun, subjective,
objective, possessive) yang tepat sesuai konteks penggunaan .
Match the words with their Indonesian equivalents.
Compare your work with your classmate’s. The first one
has been done for you.
pen pal (noun) kereta komuter
sound (verb) sangat menyukai
run (transitive verb) jauh
(be) into (preposition) nampaknya
attend (school, college) (verb) sahabat pena
distant (adjective) bahasa pertama
commuter train (noun) bersekolah/kuliah
magnificent (adjective) luar biasa
mother tongue (noun) mengelola
half sister/brother (noun) saudara tiri
READING
Hello, Alia! Let me introduce myself. My name is Hannah.
I know your name from my friend, Caroline. She told me that you
sent her an email telling her that you would like to have more pen pals
from the US. I’d really like to be your E-pal. You sound really cool!
I guess I’d better tell you something about myself first. I’m 16
years old and I attend Thomas Edison High School here in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA. I have two brothers and two half sisters and I’m the
middle child. My father died a few years ago so my mother runs the
house and the family business. My father was a barista.
I have lots of hobbies. I like music – mostly classical music and
folk music – but I don’t play an instrument. I like sports, especially
tennis and basketball. At school I’m in the basketball team and I spend
most of my extra-curricular time playing basket ball. I’m into animals
very much. My sister and I have three dogs. They need lots of attention as
you can imagine. My favorite subjects at school are art and geography.
I think I’d like to become a park ranger when I graduate, perhaps work
for the National Parks Service.
I don’t like reading but I love drawing and painting. How about
you? Please drop me a line, Alia! Can’t wait to hear from you!
Hannah
Text 2:
A letter from Saidah
Cheers,
Saidah
Assalamu’alaikum Alia,
It was very interesting to read your letter about yourself and
your hometown. I would really like to be your pen friend.
I’m a sixteen-year-old school student from Johor Bahru in
Malaysia. Actually I attend an Islamic boarding school just outside
the city but my family live in Kuala Lumpur. My eldest sister is
a medical doctor. My younger brother is an elementary school
student.
My favorite subjects are social sciences. I like history very
much; it helps me know more how different countries existed in
the past. At school we are supposed to use English at all times, so
we have become quite fluent although sometimes we slip back into
Malay, which is our mother tongue.
As for hobbies, I’m really into songs and music. My favorite
boy band is One Direction. My favorite Malay singer is, of course,
Siti Nurhaliza. I also like watching movies, especially comedies.
The actor I like best is Tom Cruise.
I’m really into books. I like reading novels and short stories.
I like some writers in English, like JK Rowling, and Indonesian
writers too, like Andrea Hirata and Ahmad Fuadi. My dream, when
I’m older, is to be a writer of science fiction books.
I’d really love to come to Indonesia some day, especially to the
magnificent Raja Ampat in Papua. What about you, do you want to
visit my country?
Wassalam.
Task 3:
Work in pairs. If you have read Text 1, refer to Questions II; if
you have read Text 2, refer to Questions I. Read the questions
for your partner to answer.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS I
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. How does Hannah contact Alia? Is there anybody introducing
Hannah to Alia?
2. Does Hannah want to be Alia’s friend?
3. Where does Hannah study?
4. Tell me about Hannah’s family!
5. What are Hannah’s hobbies?
6. Does she like animals? What animals does she have?
7. What profession would she like to have after graduating from
her school?
8. Have you ever written an email to a penpal? When?
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS II
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Does Saidah want to be Alia’s friend?
2. Where is she from?
3. Where does Saidah study?
4. Tell me about Saidah’s family!
5. What are Saidah’s hobbies?
6. Does she have favorite singers? (If yes, who are they?)
7. Does she like reading books? Which authors does she like?
8. What profession would she like to have later?
9. Is she interested in visiting Indonesia? How does she know
indonesia?
10. Have you ever written a letter to get a pen pal? When?
