Making

Higher
Education
Open to All

WRITING ABOUT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Tutorial Sesi ke-2

Writing II | BING4105 | 3 SKS

Istyasmi Suminar, S.Pd., M.A.

Penelaah:
Enggar Mulyajati, S.Pd., M.Hum.
WRITING ABOUT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

What is it When did it

about? happen?

Why do you
Where did it
want to tell
occur?
the story?

How did you

Who were
experience
you with?
that?
 WRITING ABOUT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Decide the topic and brainstorm if the topic is not chosen for you (answer the 5W1H questions)

Structure your writing; arrange it into a narrative (introduction, the story, and closing)

Use vivid details so the readers could imagine it. Make the words lively and descriptive.

Add cohesive devices/transitions to support the flow of your writing.

Include a dialogue if possible.

Reread the story. Highlight anything that might not be necessary to the story and consider
deleting any unnecessary information.

Proofread your writing. Is there any grammar/spelling/punctuation mistakes?

 PRESENT PERFECT VS. SIMPLE PAST

The Simple Past The Present Perfect

To express completed past To talk about past actions but

actions and often includes a are not yet complete or
time reference. actions from the recent past
when no time reference is
Signal word for the simple made.
past tense: … ago, in (year),
last (time), the other day,
yesterday

I have been to the cinema only three or four times in my life. The last
time I went to the cinema was in 2015. I watched the movie “The
Revenant”. I have not been to the cinema again since then. Last
week, my friend called and asked me if I wanted to go to the cinema
with her, and I said yes. Now I am in the cinema and I have just found
my seat.
 ABILITY & PERMISSION

Can / To talk about skill and general Can,

Can’t abilities Could, May To ask for permission
• He can’t play guitar very well. • Can I ask a question, please?
• I can see you. • Could we go home now?
• Help! I can't breathe • May I go to the lavatory?

Could / Can, May

Couldn’t To talk about the past To give permission
• I couldn't see you. • You can borrow my pencil if you like.
• I could pick you up. • You may go home now.
 REFERENSI

Budiman, R. (2015). Materi Pokok Writing 2; 1–9/BING3304/3 SKS. Tangerang Selatan: Universitas
Terbuka.

English Language Centre @ University of Victoria. Modals of Ability: Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might.
Retrieved from https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability on 31
August 2022.

PapersOwl. (May 08, 2022). How To Write a Narrative Essay: General Guidelines. Retrieved from
https://papersowl.com/blog/how-to-write-narrative-essay on 31 August 2022.

The Britannica Dictionary. (n.d.). Present Perfect and Simple Past Verb Tenses. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/Present-Perfect-and-Simple-Past-Verb-Tenses on 31
August 2022.