LK : Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri

Nama : Wa Ode Dinda Ayu Putriana Utami

NIM : 219025495041
Prodi : Pendidikan Profesi Guru dalam Jabatan Tahun 2021 (Bahasa Inggris)

Judul Modul Modul 3: English for Social Communication

Judul Kegiatan 1. Exploring Descriptive Text 1 (Person & Animal)
Belajar (KB) 2. Exploring Descriptive Text 2 (Things & Places)
3. Exploring Report Text 1 (Classifying Report &
Compositional Report)
4. Exploring Report Text 2 (Comparative Report &
Historical Report)
No Butir Refleksi Respon/Jawaban
1 Daftar peta 1. Learning Activity 1: Exploring Descriptive Text 1
konsep (istilah (Person & Animal)
dan definisi) di
modul ini a. Definition of Descriptive Text

 Descriptive text is a text that explains about

what a person or an animal, is like. It is about
sensory experience, how something looks,
sounds, shapes.

 Mostly it is about visual experience, but

description also deals with other kinds of
perception.

 It can be said that the descriptive text is a

meaningful text that describes particular
person or animals. It reveals the experience
related to the sense, such as appearance,
shape, sound, taste is. In particular, it is a text
which says what a person or an animal is.

 Its purpose is to give a visual picture of person,

or animal being described, such as My favourite
teacher; Cockatoo (a specific bird) by explaining
the characteristics, appearance, physical
features, or anything relate to what the
writer describes.

b. Social Function of Descriptive Text

 To give information about a particular entity

by describing its features, history, and special
characteristics.

 To give information about things by describing

physical attributes, behaviors, uses, etc.

c. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

The generic structure of this text consists of:

 Identification or general statements.

It introduces or identifies specific object (a person
and animal).

 Descriptions.
The parts of a text describe the object
characteristics, appeareances, personality,
habits or qualities.
 Generic Structure Function
Identifies phenomenon
Identification to be described

Describes or explains
Description personality, qualities, or
characteristics

d. Language Features of Descriptive Text

 Focus on specific participants as the main

character.

 Use present tense as dominant tenses.

 Use linking verbs or relational process frequently

(is, are, has, have, belongs to) in order to classify
and describe appearance or qualities and parts
or functions of phenomena.

 Use action verbs or material process and

behavioural process in giving additional
description regarding action and behaviour done
by the participants in text.

 Use mental verb or mental process when

describing feelings.

 Use nominal group frequently to describe.

 Use adjective and adverbs to add information to

nouns and add information to verbs to provide
more detailed description about the topic.
 Use adverbial phrases to add more information
about manner, place, or time and sometimes
realized inembedded clause which functions as
circumstances.

2. Learning Activity 2: Exploring Descriptive Text 2

(Things & Places)

a. Definition of Descriptive Text

 It can be said that any descriptive text is a

meaningful text that describes and reveals
particular thing or place.

 The purpose of the text to give a visual picture

of a thing, such as my favourite books that
 Generic Structure Function
Identifies phenomenon
Identification to be described

Describes parts, qualities,

Description or characteristics

describe specific books, or a picture of a tourism

place, such as Komodo National Park by
explaining its features, forms, types, location, or
anything related to what the writer describes.

 The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that

is to describe, represent or reveal an object,
either abstract or concrete.

b. Social Function of Descriptive Text

 To give information about a particular entity

by describing its features, history, and special
characteristics.

 To give information about things by describing

physical attributes, behaviors, uses, etc.

c. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text

 A descriptive text is made up of identification or

general statement and description element.

 Identification introduces and identifies specific

objects (a person, thing, place, animal, or event)
intended to be described.

 Description describes the intended objects

using descriptive details or information about
the objects’ characteristics, appearances,
personality, habits, or qualities.

d. Language Features of Descriptive Text

 Specific participant.

It has a certain object, is not common and

unique (only one).
 For example: Bandengan beach, my house,
Borobudur temple.

 The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify

the noun.

For example: a beautiful beach, the famous

place in jepara, etc.

 The use of simple present tense.

The sentence pattern used is simple present

because it tells the fact of the object described.

 Action verb.

Verbs that show an activity (i.e, run, sleep,

walk, cut etc….

 Using passive voice.

 Using noun phrase.

 Using technical terms.

 Using general and abstract noun.

 Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.

3. Learning Activity 3: Exploring Report Text 1

(Classifying Report & Compositional Report)

a. Definition of Report Text

 Report text is a text which presents information

about something, as it is. It is as a result of
systematic observation and analyses.

 Report texts that we are going to learn in

Learning Activity (LA) 3 deal with classifying
report and compositional report.

 The texts are concerned with general categories

of things rather than events and happenings
and with informing about technical and
scientific topics.
  The purpose of the text is to organise and
describe a field or topic into a class and
subclass hierarchy.

 Moreover, it can be used to organise and

describe a field or topic according to its part (a
part or whole part).

b. Social Function of Report Text

Genre Social Function

To organise and describe a
Classifying report field or topic into a class
and subclass hierarchy
To organise and describe a
field or topic according to
Compositional its part (a part or whole
report part)

c. Generic Structure of Report Text

 Opening general statement/general

classification.

Locating what is being talked about in the

universe of things. It often takes the form of a
classification or definition (e.g. Bikes are a
popular form of transport).

Sometimes the opening statement may also

indicate a particular aspect of the topic that is
being treated (e.g. There are many different
types of bike in Australia).

 Description/facts about various aspects of

the subject.

These facts will be grouped into topic areas,

each marked by a topic sentence to indicate
the particular aspect of the subject being dealt
with.

Each aspect might be elaborated by referring to

distinctive characteristics of the subject (color,
shape, habits, behavior, etc.), or by giving
examples, or by comparing, constrasting and
classifying, or by describing components and
their function
 d. Characteristics of Report Text

 It usually use scientific language.

 Generalized participants are initially

represented in simple noun groups.

 In general, there are picture or statistical data.

e. Language Features of Report Text

 Using general nouns.

 Using timeless present tense.
 Using relating Verb.
 Using action Verb

4. Learning Activity 4: Exploring Report Text 2

(Comparative Report & Historical Report)

a. Definition of Report Text

 The report texts that we are going to learn in

Learning Activity (LA) 4 deal with comparative
report and historical report.

 The texts are concerned with general categories

of things rather than events and happenings
and with informing about technical and
scientific topics.

 The purpose of the text is to organise and

describe a field or topic into a class and
subclass hierarchy. Moreover, it can be used to
organise and describe a field or topic according
to its part (a part or whole part).

b. Social Function of Report Text

Genre Social Function

To identify the similarities
Comparative and differences between two
report or more classes or things.
To give information about
the way things were in
Historical report relation to a particular
historical period or site.
 c. Generic Structure of Report Text

On the basis of content, Comparative reports are

typically structured as follows:

 General Statement:
It introduces entities to be compared.

 Description:
It contains the systematic analysis of
similarities and differences.

On the other hand, Historical reports are typically

structured as follows:

 General Statement:
It Identifies historical period or site.

And it defines and locates in time and place.

 Description:
 Features or characteristics
 Activities
 Behaviours
 Artefacts
 Historical significance

d. Language Features of Report Text

 Generalised participants are initially

represented in simple noun groups (E.g: Stars
and Planets in text 1).

 Relating verbs that link an entity with its

attributes.

 Timeless present tense (with the exception of an

historical report).

 Attitudinal vocabulary is unusual as the

emphasis is on facts rather on opinions.

2 Daftar materi 1. Linking verb (Language features of Descriptive text

yang sulit 1).
dipahami di 2. Mental verb (Language features of Descriptive text
modul ini 1).
3. Technical terms (Language features of Descriptive
text 2).
 4. Differentiate between Classifying and Compositional
Report
5. Generic structures of Report text (L.A. 3)
6. Language features of Report text (L.A. 4)
3 Daftar materi 1. To differentiate between descriptive text and
yang sering Information report.
mengalami 2. Types of Verb.
miskonsepsi 3. Language features between Learning Activity 1 and
2.
4. To differentiate between Report Text and Descriptive
Text