DIREKTORAT JENDERAL GTK

BEKERJASAMA DENGAN DIREKTORAT BELMAWA

announcement
 GARIS BESAR KEGIATAN

Introduction 5’ Connection 10’ Application 85’

Questions and Brainstorming about the
answers about the •Social function
instructional •Generic structure
objectives of the unit •Language features of
announcements
Participants do the following
activities
1.Meaning Making-
2.Constructing announcement
3.Sharing product

Extension 5’
1)Reading more Reflection 15’
examples of Questions and answers about
announcement progress and problems
2)Writing more
announecement
3)Making personal
dictionary
 Introduction
Unit Learning Outcomes
• To read a number of announcements meaningfully.
•To compare the social functions of a number of announcements
regarding the context of situation, the target readers, the points of
interests or importance.
•To compare the structure of each of the announcement, including general
structure, and detail descriptions.
•To compare the lexicogrammatical features of announcements by
determining the choice of words and expressions, the use of direct and
indirect sentences, the tenses, the fonts, the punctuation marks, etc.
•To construct an announcement according to the context of situation,
social function, text structure, and lexico-grammatical features.
 Connection
Ask your partner these questions:
1. What ‘s the purpose of an announcement?
2. Have you ever made one?
3. In a school context are usually announced ?
4. What are announced in the following
announcements?
5. What are the key features in
announcements?
 Key features of announcements
Social Function
•To share planned / arranged activities/agenda
Generic Structure
•Headings/Purposes
•Detail information
Significant Lexicogrammatical Features
•Common expressions in announcements
•Singular and plural nouns with or without articles a, the, this,
those, my, their, etc.
•Pronunciation, Intonation, spellings, and punctuation marks
 Application 1 and 2
Meaning making task
a.Getting to know announcements: reading and
analyzing the social function, the generic structure, and
the language (the lexicogrammatical) features of
announcements.
b.Constructing / writing announcements to address
the social functions, the text structures, and the
lexicogrammatical features
 Application 1
a. Getting to know announcements
Task 1: analysing the social functions, the text
structures, and the lexicogrammatical
features of announcements from 3
different contexts of situation.
Read the four printed announcements and listen
to the spoken announcements that follow
Application 1:
Task 2: Task 2
•Now, compare the SOCIAL FUNCTIONS of the
seven announcements, regarding the contexts, the
target readers, the points of interests or
importance, by answering following questions

1. Where do you think such kinds of

announcements be found?
Who might be interested in reading those texts?
 Application 1
Task 3: Next, analyze the information which
make up the announcement. Analyze the
announcements using entries listed in the table
below
 Application 1: task 3
Text Where to Purposes Target Heading Detail
Number find Readers Information

4
 Application 1
Task 4: Printed announcement format is different
from spoken format, below are the links to the
examples of spoken announcements.
Please bear in mind that this type of format contains
cultural differences.
These examples are only for the purpose of learning.
Now, watch the video below and report the similarities
and differences of the four annpuncements by filling
out the table below.
 Application 1: taks 4
Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Text 4 Text 5

Social
Function
Similarities

Text
Structures

Lexico-
gram matical
Feature

Social
Differences
Function

Text
Structures
 Application 1: taks 5
Task 5:
Now report the similarities and differences of
the four announcements in Task 1 and also
compare them to the spoken announcements in
Task 4
 Application 2:
Constructing / writing announcements

•Create a school announcement about annual

school event.
•Create a spoken announcement for your
school, tape your performance and upload it to
youtube.
 reflection
• Answer the following questions:
1.What have you learned from this session?
2.What are the key features of personal letters?
3.What do you like most about this learning
activitiy?
4.What do you need to improve to better at this
topic?
 Extension (10’)
1. Read more examples of announcements from the
Internet and read them.
2. Sharpen your writing ability by writing school
announcements that your school frequently needs.
3. Write in your personal dictionary new words or
sentence patterns you have found and liked from
this learning activity.