ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITAS SURYAKANCANA
2017

Speaking for General Communication

Meeting III

Describing Place
Halimah, S.Pd., M.Pd
Objectives

By the completion of this lesson students are

able to:
- Acknowledge some basic English vocabulary to
talk about hometown.
- Acknowledge some phrases to describe
hometown
- Add more detail
- Recognize the use of since and for
Basic Vocabulary
In a In a small In a big
remote town? city?
village?
Basic Vocabulary
in a small
town. in a big
city.

in a
remote
village.
Add more detail

 What is it called?

 How big is it?

 What is it called?
Pronoun reference

I live in Cianjur. It is a district town.

I live in Cianjur. It is a small town.

I live in a small town. It is called Cianjur.

I live in Cidaun. Which is a tiny village by

the sea.
Adding background and details

 What your hometown

famous for?
 How long have you lived
there?
Adding background and details
Pronoun reference

I live in Cianjur. It is a district town. It is

famous for its landmark, such as Bukit
Padang, Cidaun beach, and Taman
Bunga Nusantara. And it’s also
wellknown for its food. Such as Sate
Maranggi and Bubur Cianjur. I’ve been
living there since I was child. It is pretty
sleepy place to be honest.
What you like about your hometown

 What’s good about your

hometown?
 What do you like most
about the it?
What you like about your hometown

Example:
I love living in Cianjur. It is a quite place and
it’s small enough that you can get to know
your neighbors and have a sense of
community. It is got such the nice people.
Most of people in Cianjur are friendly.
What you like about your hometown

Positive feeling:
 I love living in………
Cianjur • ………….is
Cianjur a great place
 I quite like living in………….
Cianjur to live.
Cianjur • Living in …………
 I really like living in…………. Cianjur suits
 I suppose I don’t mind me.
living in Cianjur
…………
What you don’t like about your hometown

Example:
I love living in Cianjur. It is a great place
live, but …
What you don’t like about your hometown

Adjectives: Phases:
 stressful  water quality can be an issue,
particularly in dry season.
 crowded  living cost really high.
 boring  there’s not much nightlife.
 it feels a bit cut off from the
wider world.
 traffic can be an issue,
 there is not much young
people to do
What you don’t like about your hometown

Example:
I love living in Cianjur. It is a great place
live, but I traffic can be an issue. The traffic
is very crowded especially in a working or
school time. It is usually around six in the
morning and four in the afternoon.
What you don’t like about your hometown

Example:
I live in Cianjur. It is a district town. It is famous
for its landmark, such as Bukit Padang, Cidaun
beach, and Taman Bunga Nusantara. And it’s
also wellknown for its food. Such as Sate
Maranggi and Bubur Cianjur. I’ve been living
there since I was child. It is pretty sleeping place
to be honest.
I love living in Cianjur. It is a great place live, but
I traffic can be an issue. The traffic is very
crowded especially in a working or school time.
It is usually around six in the morning and four
in the afternoon.