PUBLIC NOTICE

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION AND THE

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE GENERIC STRUCTURE AND
LANGUAGE FEATURE OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPES AND CREATE A SIMPLE
PUBLIC NOTICE
 THE DEFINTION OF PUBLIC NOTICE

A notice is a formal means of communication.

The purpose of a notice is to announce or
display information to a specific group of people
 SOCIAL FUNCTION OF PUBLIC NOTICE
Social Function of Public Notice Text A notice is a formal means of
communication. The purpose of a notice is to announce or display information
to a specific group of people. In social communication, there are many
functions or purposes of Notice text, they are used:

• To give an instruction / to instruct people to….

• To give information / to inform people to….
• To give direction
• To ask people to….
• To advice/to suggest / to recommend people to….
• To remind people to….
• To warn / to give
THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC NOTICE

Generic Structure of Public Notice As stated by

Nurdiono (2016), there are three parts of generic
structure of public notice: attention gather,
information, and closure

1. Attention gather (optional)

2. Information
3. Closure (optional)
 LANGUAGE FEATURE OF PUBLIC NOTICE
1. Using Imperative mood (imperative sentence),
Example: Close the door, Anita.
2. Using Declarative reference
Example:

3. Spoken/written language features

 KINDS OF NOTICE AND THEIR EXAMPLES
Below is the description of kinds of notice and the examples.
1. Command
Example: Throw the rubbish in the rubbish bin!
2. Caution
3. Information
4. Prohibition
5. Warning
CREATE A SIMPLE PUBLIC NOTICE