ENGLISH FOR ECONOMICS

1st Edition

Wijang Sakitri, S.Pd., M.Pd

Sri Utami, S.S., M.A
Tusyanah, S.Pd, M.Pd

Reading
Writing
Listening
FAKULTAS EKONOMI Speaking
UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG
2014 Practical Exercises
 Contents

Unit 1 READING SRATEGIES 3

Unit 2 GARDENING 7

Unit 3 LET’S SPEAK UP! 12

Unit 4 WRITING 22

Unit 5 COMPANY ORGANIZATION 25

Unit 6 LET’S WRITE 28

Unit 7 LISTENING 34

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 UNIT 1: Reading Strategies

Discuss:

 What do you usually read in English ? Explain how you read them.
 What technique do you use?
 How fast do you read? quickly or slowly?
 What do you usually do while reading?
 Do you understand the text?

There are different styles of reading for different situations. The technique you choose will
depend on the purpose of the reading

1. If you are exploring or reviewing, you might skim a document.

2. If you're looking for particular information, you might scan for a particular word.
3. You may use Extensive reading if you have longer texts for pleasure and global
understanding.
4. You may use Intensive reading if you have shorter texts, extracting specific information,
accurate reading for detail.

What is Scanning?

Scanning refers to reading a text quickly in order to locate specific pieces of information.

When scanning,

1. don't start from the beginning and read to the end . Jump around in the text, trying to find
the information you need
2. can‟t read every word / skip many words
3. look for information as quickly as you can
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You can scan

• A table of contents in a book or magazine

• An index in a textbook
• A timetable
• The ads in a newspaper
• A list of movies in the newspaper
• A telephone book The page of a dictionary
• A passage/text/article to quickly find the information mentioned in the question.

You usually don’t scan

• A mystery story
• A textbook for an important course
• A map for finding your way home
• A question on a test

What is skimming?

Skimming refers to reading a paragraph quickly to get an idea of what it is about, without trying
to understand its details.

This is a technique used to identify the main ideas of a text.

When skimming,

• don‟t read every thing but try to skip the text

• read the first and last sentences of paragraphs
• read the introduction, and the summary
• read a few examples until you understand the concepts they are meant to illustrate.

When skimming a textbook,

• quickly note the title, subheadings, italicized words, boldfaces prints, and illustrations.
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 Extensive reading

 Extensive reading is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes

reading longer texts for pleasure, as well as business books.
 Use extensive reading skills to improve your general knowledge of business procedures.
 Do not worry if you don‟t understand each word.

You usually read extensively :

 The latest marketing strategy book

 A novel you read before going to bed
 Magazine articles that interest you

Intensive reading

 Intensive reading is used on shorter texts in order to extract specific information.

 It includes very close accurate reading for detail.
 Use intensive reading skills to grasp the details of a specific situation.
 In this case, it is important that you understand each word, number or fact.

You usually read intensively

 A bookkeeping report
 An insurance claim
 A contract
 A textbook for an important course

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Exercises

How would you read the following items?

1. The „What‟s On‟ section of the local paper

2. A novel
3. Travel guide
4. Diary
5. Itinerary
6. Journal
7. Essays
8. Courses schedule at school
9. Magazines
10. Short stories
11. Comic book
12. Signpost
13. Advertisement Billboard
14. Yellow Pages
15. Table of Contents
16. Leaflet

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 Unit 2. Gardening

A. Reading 1

The White House Garden

During World War II, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt led

the war effort on the home front by establishing a victory garden
at the White House. Nearly six decades later, another vegetable
garden has sprouted on White House grounds to promote Lady
Michelle Obama‟s cause of reducing childhood obesity by
encouraging youngsters to eat a healthy diet loaded with fresh Celebrate the bumper harvest in the White
House
fruits and vegetables.
Fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in
Washington, which has had its own garden since 2001, have
helped Mrs. Obama dig and tend the garden and harvest
the produce. The students also work with chefs in the White
House kitchen to prepare and cook what they‟ve grown. Some
food from the garden finds its way into formal White House First Lady Michelle Obama, White House
Horticulturist Dale Haney, and the kids from
dinners and the Obama‟s family meals; the rest is donated to Washington’s Bancroft Elementary School to
a local kitchen that serves the homeless. break ground for a White House garden

The garden features 55 varieties of vegetables, some from seeds handed down from the
nation‟s third president, Thomas Jefferson. All are grown organically, fertilized with White House
compost. Beneficial insects, such as ladybugs and mantises, help control pests.

Mrs. Obama, who notes that the project was inspired in part by her desire to improve her own
children‟s diet, says, “The Garden is an important introduction to what I hope will be a new way that
our country thinks about food.”

Note: for more information about the reading, you can consult the website:
www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-Story-of-the-White-House-Garden

Discussion
1. Please discuss the main idea of each paragraph in the above reading text!
2. What did Michelle Obama do to reduce childhood obesity?
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3. From whom did Mrs. Obama get help?
4. What are the produce used for?
5. What insects are able to control pests? Give your own examples if available

Please write TRUE or FALSE

1. A victory garden was established by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the last six decades during
the World War II. ( )
2. Michelle Obama encourages young people to eat healthy food; fresh fruits and vegatables. ( )
3. Michelle Obama tends the farming by herself. ( )
4. The produce is served only for meals of the White House family. ( )
5. Organic fertilizers are used to grow all varieties of plants. ( )

C.3 Please list the words on the text based on its function

NO NOUN VERB AADJECTIVE ADVERB

1 war Led Healthy Organically

C.4 Please choose at least ten words that you like most from the text and make sentences.

Example:

1. Healthy: The kids are healthy enough.

2. Organically: The food is grown organically.

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Homework: Please think any hobby you like most. List some words or terms (at least 10) which are
related with the hobby you have. Then, please make sentences with your words. It would be great if you
could provide the pictures as the illustrations.

Example: My hobby is fishing. So, there are words related to fishing:

1. Fisherman : I belong to a group namely Fisherman Club in my city.

2. River
3. Bait
4. Hook, etc

B. Reading 2

Please read the text below about a language school (derived from General Training Model
for IELTS, Barron’s)

New World Language Center

As a student at the New World Language Center, you are entitled to use the school‟s facilities and
participate in extracurricular activities.

Building Guide

All classrooms are located in the first and second floors of the building. The language lab is located in
room 243 on the second floor and is open from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and 9 to 12 on Saturday.
Use of language lab is included in your class tuition. Students enrolled in classes are also entitled to free
use of the school‟s multilingual DVD collection. This is located in room 245 right next to the language
lab. You may borrow DVDs to take home for a week at a time.

The International Cafe is located on the third floor, room 306, next to the counselor‟s office. The hours
are Monday-Friday from 11 to 8, and Saturdays from 10 to 2. There is no fee counseling services. If you
need help choosing the classes, please drop by the office to make an appointment. The school bookstore is
located on the first floor, next to main entrance. All required text for our classes are available there. You
can also buy New World Language Center T-Shirts, shopping bags, and classroom supplies.

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Activities

The school organizes weekly trips to museums, embassies, film festivals, and other locations of cultural
interest. You can sign up for these trips in the counselor‟s office. There is a nominal fee for trip
participation. The monthly International Banquet is open to all students. You can buy tickets from your
teacher or in the counselor‟s office.

1. Discussion

On which floor of the school building can you do each of the following activities. Complete the
chart below. Write a floor number for each answer in boxes.

Floor Activity

1. Example: second Use the language lab

2. Borrow a DVD

3. Have a snack

4. Buy a shirt

5. Sign up for a trip

6. Which day is the language lab closed?

a. Monday
b. Saturday
c. Sunday

7. Which of the following is free for students?

a. School T-Shirts
b. Trips
c. Advice from counselors

8. What happens once a month?

a. There are new classes

b. There is a special dinner
c. There is a film festival
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C. Reading 3

Read the following advertisements and answer the questions.

A. Sunny 1, central location,

washer/dryer in building, Storage
space, parking included in rent.
One year lease required. Call 837-
9986 before 6 P.M.
B. Cozy one bedroom with available in
elevator building. Near City Park.
Amenities include exercise room,
pool, and party room. Other
apartments also available. One-and
two- year leases. Call 592-8261
C. Small one-bedroom, reasonable
rent, near shopping, bus routes,
university. References required. No
pets. Call Mr. Watkins 876-9852
D. Don’t miss this unique opportunity.
Large two-bedroom plus study,
which could be third bedroom.
Quiet neighborhood. Walk to
elementary and high school, park,
shops. Small pets allowed.
E. Furnished flats, convenient to
central business district. Studios,
one-, and two- bedrooms.
Weekly and monthly rentals
available. Call our office 376-
09239-5 M-F.

Write the letters of the appropiate advertisements in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. You may
use any letter more than once.

Which apartment is appropiate for a person who

1. owns a car?
2. is a university student?
3. has children?
4. likes to swim?
5. usually uses public transportation?
6. wants to rent for two months only?
7. often entertains large groups of people?

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 UNIT 3 LET’S SPEAK UP!

Target 1----Describing yourself

There are three ways you can talk about yourself- factual, physical, and emotional. The examples
are:

Factual : My name is Aya Gonzalez. My first name is spelled A-Y-A and my last name ends “Z” not “S”.
I am from Colombia.

Physical : I am almost 160 cm tall. My hair color is brown, the same color as my eyes.

Emotional/personal traits: I am a serious student, but I like to laugh, too. I spend a lot of time studying,
but in the evenings I like to unwind after studying hard, and on weekends, I like to go out with my
friends.

Useful words

Physical Emotional/ Personal traits

First name Tall Serious

Last name Feet/meters Picky

Surname Inches/centimeters Cheerful

Ends with Curly Nervous

Begins with Straight Calm

Brown/blue/green/red Excited

Worried

Confident

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 Personal Information Form

Factual
First Name __________________________________
Middle Name ________________________________
Last Name ___________________________________
Age ________________________________________ Photo
Nationality __________________________________
Native Language ______________________________
Occupation ___________________________________

Physical
Height ___________________________________
Weight __________________________________
Eye Color ________________________________
Hair Color (Check one):
- Long, short, medium length
- Straight, curly, wavy

Other characteristics (glasses? Beard? Moles?) _____________________

Emotional: (Circle all that apply)

Optimistic, pessimistic, easygoing, serious, fun, loving, studious, nervous, calm, shy,
confident, outgoing, friendly, hardworking, talkative, quiet, cheerful

Useful Words:

PERSONAL TRAITS

Aggressive bad tempered cheerful careful careless decisive

Lively diplomatic double-faced energetic emotional fussy

Generous loyal helpful impatient kind neat obedient

Rebellious warm selfish/egoistic sloppy slow stingy

Stupid understanding unfriendly stubborn

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 A thick moustache Sideburns

CHEEKS Freckles Birthmark

NOSE
Chubby A mole A ponytail
Flat/pug
SHOULDERS Dimpled
Sharp/pointed/turned- HEIGHT Near-sighted far-sighted
up COMPLEXION Broad Freckled
Short
Small Dark narrow
Tall FIGURE
Tiny Fair
Of average/medium Small
Big Black AGE height
Tiny
stubby Red Old
Big
Oriental Young
Stocky
Pale Middle-aged
Muscular
Ruddy Elderly
Small
LOOKS
smooth A teenager
Tiny
Beautiful
In one’s
Slim
twenties Pretty
HAIR FACE Slender Sweet

Wavy Round Plump Charming

Long EARS Oval Fat Tempting

Short Big Baby faced Well built Sexy

Small Angular Attractive

Curly
Ugly
Shoulder-length Oblong
EYES
Cute
Black
Small Cool
Blonde/blond
Big Good looking
Grey
Crossed-eyed Handsome
Straight
Slanted Gorgeous
permed
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Practice 2. Write three sentences about yourself. Use the examples as models. Then
without looking at the form or sentences, describe your self out loud. This is your time
to practice.

Factual

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________

Physical

1. ___________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________

Emotional/personal traits

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________

Target 2----- Describing Your Home or Hometown

You can talk about your home or your neighborhood. You can talk about either one, or you
can talk more personally. Try to have a lot of specific details prepared.

Home: General Description

We live in a flat in the old section of the city. It was once a large home that was converted to several
flats. Now, five families live in this home. We have two bedrooms: one for me and one for my
parents. There is a large living room and a kitchen with a small balcony overlooking the street. The
streets are very narrow, and there are no trees.

Neighborhood: General Description

I was born in Beijing. Even though it is a very large city and the capital, we live in a part that is like a
small village. We know everyone here. On the corner of my street, there is a small grocery store.
Acrros from that, there is a dry cleaner. Next to the dry cleaner is a big clothing store. On the corner
opposite the grocery store, there is a bus stop so we can easily go anywhere in the city.
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Home: Personal Description

My home is a small house in a new development. It was built by my father. The house has three
bedrooms: a large one for my parents and two smaller bedrooms for my brother and me. In my
bedroom, I have a bed, a desk, and a chair. I also have a lot of books in bookshelves along two walls. I
have a window in my room that looks out over our garden. It‟s a small garden, but we can grow all
our own vegetables.

Neighborhood: Personal Description

My father and my mother live in my hometown, Burdur. In fact, my entire family- aunts, uncles,
grandparents, everyone- lives in Burdur. We‟ve lived there for over six generation. We know
everyone in the area so when we sit outside, it is like being in our living room with our very large
family. We live across the street from a park. My family spends a lot of time sitting in this park
talking to neighbors and relatives.

Useful Words

Type Relation Descripton

Balcony Across from Large/small

One-bedroom along Spacious

Kitchen Behind Airy

Section/area Beside Narrow

Grocery store Corner Old/new

Park End Lots

Post office Facing A lot of

Department store In back/front/middle of Big

Taxi stand/rank Left-hand/right-hand side

Clothing store Near

Dry cleaner Next to , overlook

Exercise

Complete these forms about home and neighborhood. This will help you organize your
personal information.
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 Home Information Form Neighborhood Information Form

Size Name

Age Style of houses

Number of bedrooms Shops/businesses

Other rooms Schools

Garden/yard Religious buildings

Special features Other buildings

My Bedrooms: Transportation

Size

Furniture Parks/gardens

Colors Special characteristics

Art

Other

Write four sentences about your home. Use the above as models. Then, without looking
at the form or sentences, describe your home and hometown out loud.

Home: General Description

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________

Neighborhood: General Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________
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 3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Home: Specific Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Neighborhood: Specific Description

1. ___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

Target 3--------- Describing your occupation or school

You may discuss how you spend your day in work or study. You can prepare specific
details about your work and study.

Occupation

I‟m an engineer. I‟ve booked for the same compay for three years. My specific job is working with
the senior engineer and helping her prepare presentations for contractors and their clients. I‟d like to
get an advanced degree. That‟s why I‟m applying to study at an engineering school in Australia.

School

I‟m a third-year student at National University. I‟m studying psychology. I‟m in class most of the day,
and when I‟m not in class I have to spend a lot of time working on my assignments. My goal is to

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become a research psychologist, so I‟ll have to get a doctorate degree. I have a lot of years of studying
a head of time.

Useful Words

Boss Duties Qualified

Co-workers Assignment Goal

Clients Position Advanced degree

Classmates Schedule Master‟s degree

Instructors Salary Doctorate degree

Complete this form about your occupation or studies. This will help you organize your
personal information.

Job Information Form Education Information Form

Company Name __________________ Name of college/university ____________

Job Title ________________
Length of time at this job _____________
Duties _____________________
Training required for this job ___________
Things I like about this job ______________
Things I don’t like about this job _________
Future career goals __________________
Major/subject ______________________
Classes I am taking now ______________
Hours per week in class _____________
Years to complete degree/certificate ________
Educational goals ____________________
Future career goals

Make four sentences about your occupation or studies. Use the above as models. Then,
without looking at the form or sentences, describe your job or school out loud.

My occupation/study: ______________________

1. _________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________

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Target 4: Describing Your Hobbies or General Interests

Hobby (Example 1)

I enjoy bird watching. I often go to a park near my house in the early morning to watch the birds. I
also belong to a bird watching club. Several times a year we take trips to other places. We try to find
birds that we‟ve never seen before. You don‟t need much equipment for bird watching, just a pair of
binoculars and a pair of strong legs for walking. I enjoy this hobby because I like to be outside, and
I‟m fascinated by the natural world.

Hobby (Example 2)

I like to play the guitar. I took lessons when I was child. Some friends and I had a rock band once, a
long time ago. We played at parties. Now I mostly play on my own at home, and sometimes I get
together with friends to play. I‟m thinking about taking lessons again. I‟d like to learn how to play
jazz guitar. I have a large collection of jazz CDs.

Useful Words

Interested in Club Equipment

Enjoy Get together Collect/collection

Join Learn how Passion

Belong to Lessons Fascinate/fascinated by

Complete this form about your hobby or general interest. This will help you organize
your personal information.

Hobby/Free-Time Activity Information Form

Hobby/Activity #1 _____________________________
How often do you do this hobby or activity? _____________________
Do you do it on your own or with other people? ________________________
Do you belong to a club related to this hobby/activity? ___________________
How did you learn how to do this hobby/activity? _______________________
Do you need special equipment for it? __________________________________
What do you like most about it? _______________________________________

Hobby/Activity #2 ___________________________________
How often do you do this hobby or activity? ______________________________
Do you do it alone or with other people? _________________________________
Do you belong to a club related to this hobby/activity? ______________________
How did you learn how to do this hobby/activity? __________________________ 20
Do you need special equipment for it? ___________________________________
What do you like most about it? _________________________________________
Write four sentences about how you spend your free time. Use the above models. Then
without looking at the form or sentences, describe your hobbies and general interests
out loud.

Hobby/Activity # 1 __________________________________________

1. ___________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________

Hobby/Activity #2 _____________________________________________

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________

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 UNIT 4 WRITING

FINDING THE ERRORS

Punctuation
Below are notes on common punctuation:
 Full stop or period (.)
 Question mark (?)
 Comma (,)
 Exclamation mark (!)
 Brackets ( )
 Colon (:)
 Dash ( -)

Spelling: act of writing or saying the letters of a word in their proper order; way in which a word is
spelled

Articles
Articles consists of a, an and the. The article the is called the definite article. The article a and an are
called indefinite articles.

Tense
Tense is derived from the Latin word for time. It shows the relationship between the time of the action
and the time of the speaking or writing of the sentence.

Please read the text and try to find the errors (10). They can be punctuation, spelling, articles
and tenses.

Text 1

My House

I live in a small house. It have five rooms: there are two bedrooms, a leaving room, a bathroom, and a
kitchen. Indeed it is a small house; but I like living in here for wasting my spare time.

When the door open, I can see the living room. It is so small with only three chair and a table, nothing
else. I prefer reading a novel in this room.

My bedroom is in the left side of the living room. In this room, there is a night table next to the bed, a
TV, a radio, and a computer. When being bored of reading, I usually plays online games, chatt with
my friends via Facebook and so on. Next to my bedroom is my mother's. I do not know what is insede
because I never come in to see it. In the right side of the living room, there is the keetchen. In the
kitchen, I have everything I need when I get hunger. It is very pleasure when my mother cooks, the smell fills
my whole house. I know it is a very small house; but it is the best place I have ever seen.

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Text 2

My Family

My family has four members: those are I, my sister, and parents of course.

My mother is 47 years old. His name's Anisa. She's thin-faced and she's got long, blond hair and
beautiful green eye. She is still slim because she always try to stay in shape. She is very good-looking,
always well-dress and elegant.

My father, Lukman, was 5 years older than my mother. He is 52. In spite of his age, he's still black-
haired, with several grey hairs. He has braight blue eyes. He is quite tall, but a bit shorter than me.
He's very hard-working. Besides that he is working in a travel company. He can even make a dinner
when my mother is outside. His cooking and his meals are always very tasty as well as my mothers'.

Finally, my sister Nadina. She is 22. She is also red-haired and green-eyed. She has long wavy hair
and freckles. She is definitely shorter than me. She is rather introverted. But she is very sensible,
smart and co-operative. Right now she is studying English and also know Arabic and Mandarin. I
want to be so smart as she is.

They all, except me, speaks Sundanese very well, because we were living in Bandung for 5 years. My
sister have been going to primary school there. Unfortunately I was only 3 when we were leaving to
Jakarta, so I can't speak Sundanese. Now we are happily living in Jakarta.

MY SPHYNX CAT

My Sphynx cat is the only pet I has. He has a little hair but is not totally hairless as he have a
peach fuzz over much of his body. His coat is ofen a warm chamois. My Sphynx has a
normal cat proportion.

I am like his tail although my mom say that it is like a rat tails. I loved his usual color
varieties including, tortoiseshell, chocolate, black, blue, lilac, chocolate etc. He is really
amazing cat. Believe it or not, he is very intelligent cat. He can respond my voice commands.

He is really funny as well as my friends get a joke. I love him so much as I loves my mother.

http://www.englishindo.com/2012/03/simple-descriptive-text-examples.html

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 The Advantage and Disadvantage of Nuclear Power

is generated by using Uranium which is a metal mined in variyes part of the world. The first large
scale of nuclear power station is opened at Calder Hall in Cumbria, England in 1956. Some military
ships and submarines has nuclear plant for powering the engine. Nuclear power produce around 11%
of the world‟s energy. It causes no pollution as we what get when burning fossil fuels. The advantages
of nuclear plant are as follow:

 It costs about the same coal, so it is not expensive to make

 It does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the greenhouse
effect
 A small amount of it cans produce a huge amount of energy
 produces small amount of waste
 Material process
 It is reliable. On the other hand, nuclear power is very dangers. It must be sealed up and
buried for many years to allow the radioactivity to extinct.
 Although it is reliable, a lot of money has to be spent on safety becose if it does not, a serious
nuclear accident can happen.

People are increasingly concerned about this matter. In the 1990s, nuclear power is the fastest
growing source of power in many parts of the wold.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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 UNIT 5 COMPANY ORGANIZATION

A. Try to draw a chart based on the presentation below

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. At this point, I’d like to say a few words about the
organizational of “Benefit and Profit” Ltd. On the transparency, you will see that Mr. Lucky Luck,
Mr. Smiley Rich, and Mrs. Nancy Money are sitting on the Board of Directors

The board is headed by Mr. Lucky Luck. He is the chief executive of Benefit and
Profit Ltd and he has overall control of the whole company. Mrs. Nancy Money who
graduated from Finance Faculty of Harvard University is the chief accountant of the
company. She deals with finances and investment of the organization.

In 2005, the Board elected Mr. Happy as the managing director of Benefit and Profit
Ltd. He is responsible for running the company and is involved with the total managing
of the company from the factory floor up to the board room.

Now, Mr. Happy is assisted by four executive managers.

First, Mr. Caring, he is the personnel manager and is responsible for recruitment,
personnel, training, management development, staff conditions, health and safety, first
aid nurse, and is also responsible for general maintenance and security. He does have a
lot of jobs to handle.

Second, Mrs. Cash, she is the finance manager who takes care of the corporate finance
and accounting as well as credit control, purchase and sales. She does internal audit and
handles the welfare of the employees, you know, wages, salaries, pension and insurance.

Next, we have Sales Department which is led by Mrs. Friendly. Mrs. Friendly is in
charge of handling incoming orders from home and abroad. She will organize all areas of
selling in the company, manage linking with representatives and agents, do market
research, advertising, and promoting products. Ms Friendly is assisted by the warehouse
department who is responsible for stock control and export department which takes care of
shipping, transportation, and document handling.

Last but not least is Mr. Planning. Mr. Planning has a solid team of designers, engineers, quality
controller and factory maintenance officers. He is responsible for all the production process.

That‟s about the people in the company. Now the company itself was set up in 2004 and for the last
two years, many reliable esteem companies around the world have proposed to be our agent or sales
representatives of our products in their areas. We have carefully selected the companies who want to
be our agent. These agents of ours must have their own office, paper ones. They also must have a
showroom and a group of technician. So far we have 17 representatives in all, 4 Offices in Asia
countries, 8 in some cities in USA, and the rest in European countries. Detail info on our offices and
representatives can be read from the information sheet you have.

Well that‟s a brief overview about our company. Are there any questions?

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B. Study the following chart

1. HIERARCHY

 The company is headed by the Managing Director

 The Personnel Manager reports progress to the Managing Director

 The Finance Manager is under the Managing Director

 The Sales manager is accountable to the Managing Director

Sales Team Sales Manager Sales Assistance

 The Sales Manager is supported by a sales team

 The Sales Manager is assisted by a sales assistant

2. Responsibilities or Function

 The Managing Director is responsible for running the company

 The Finance Manager takes care of corporate finance

 The Sales Manager in charge of handling the incoming orders

3. Title

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 Chairman (President)

 Board of Directors/board (senior executives/group of directors)

 Managing Director/MD (chief executive/senior vice president)

 Finance manager/director (Vice President – Finance)

 Sales manager (Sales director)

C. Based on the organization chart below, write at least five sentences based on
every chart.

“IF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN

IT ONLY MEANS YOU ARE ABOVE THEM”

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 UNIT 6 LET’S WRITE!!

 Descriptive Paragraph

Read the following text!

Tukul Arwana
His real name is Tukul Riyanto. He has a famous name called Tukul Arwana. He was born in
Semarang, October 16, 1963. Tukul has become a famous comedian in Indonesia since he joined
Srimulat a few years ago around 90s. Now, people know him as a ridiculous presenter “Bukan Empat
Mata” at Trans 7. Tukul is a unique person. He introduces himself as “Wong Ndeso Rejeki Kuto” (a
villager but has a good luck as a towns man). Tukul has a funny face with a little mustache. It seems
like a catfish. His thick lips are his trade mark. They make him well-known and entertaining.

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Description

Social Function

To describe a particular person, place or thing

Generic Structure

Identification : identifies phenomenon to be described

Description : describes parts, qualities, characteristics

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Read the following text and study its generic structure !

Paris

Identification

Paris is the capital city of France.

Description

It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded
cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit
up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light.

Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular

place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the
symbol of Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums,
draws many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is
another favourite place to visit.

Read the text and analyze its structure!

Bandengan Beach

Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is the famous beach in jepara. The place is very beautiful
and romantic. people around Jepara, Kudus, Demak knows this place.

This place is located 7 kilometers north of Jepara city center. The way to get there is very easy. Just
follow the traffic sign and you will find it. From the town square, follow the road to Bangsri then turn
left when reached kuwasen village. You can take public transportation or by your own vehicle.

The white sandy beach which has pure water is good for swimming. The beach is save enough for
swimming because the beach is shallow and the wave is not so big. This place is more beautiful at
dusk. We can see the beautiful sunset with our family or friends.

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In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural beach breezy wind. It also
has large pandan tree field. It is suitable for youngster activities such as camping.

If we want to sail, we can rent the traditional boat owned by local people. We can make voyage
around the beach or we can go to pulau panjang (panjang island). Some time we can find banana boat
and jet ski for rent.

In this place we can find many traditional footstalls. We can order traditional foods sold by the trader
such as roasted fish, crab, boiled shell. Pindang srani is one of the delicious food enjoyed by the
visitors.

Come to the bandengan beach and you will find a paradise on the tips of Muria peninsula.
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EXERCISE 1

Describe one of the following pictures and write the paragraphs with your teacher!

EXERCISE 2

Write descriptive paragraphs about a well known person or place that you know

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  ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

Social Function

To persuade the reader or listener that something is the case

Generic (Schematic) Structure

1. Thesis position: introduces topic and indicates writer position

2. Preview : outlines the main arguments to be presented

Arguments :

 Point: restates main argument outlined in Preview

 Elaboration: develops and supports each Point/argument
3. Reiteration : restates writer’s position

Example

Thesis: Position

In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state governments
and local governments. All of these levels of government are necessary. This is so for a
number of reasons

Argument 1

Point

First, the federal government is necessary for the big things

Elaboration

They keep the economy in order and look after things like defences

Argument 2
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Point

Similarly, the state governments look after the middle sized things

Elaboration

For example they look after law and order, preventing things like vandalism in schools

Argument 3

Point

Finally, local governments look after the small things

Elaboration

They look after things like collecting rubbish otherwise everyone would have diseases

Reiteration

Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of govenment are necessary

EXERCISE 1

Try to analyze the generic structure of the following text!

SHOULD CHILDREN WEAR HATS AT SCHOOL?

I believe that you should always wear a hat at school when you are playing outside , to keep from
getting sunburn .

Firstly, if you don't wear a hat, you will get sunburn and a sunburn is painful.

Secondly, sunburn could lead to skin cancer. Sunburn can lead to health problems later in life. Many
older people suffer from skin cancer which can kill them.

In my opinion all school students should wear hats.

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EXERCISE 2

Watch the video and write paragraphs about the following topic together in the class!

Industries should use machine instead of human

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answers!

EXERCISE 3

Watch the video!

Do you agree that smoking should be banned?

Write your answer and reasons in paragraphs.

“STOP WISHING START DOING”

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 UNIT 7 LISTENING

BRAINSTORMING:

 CHILDREN

What do you think about these pictures

Fill in the blank spaces based on the video !

"Heal The World"

There's A Place In
Your 1. ...... Then It 10. .............That Always
And I Know That It Is Love Love's Enough For
And This Place Could Us Growing
Be Much So Make A Better World
Brighter Than 2. ....... Make A Better World
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need Reff
To Cry And The 11. ....... We Were
In This Place You'll Feel Conceived In
There's No Hurt Or 3. ......... Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And the 12. ........ We
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 Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
There Are Ways Then Why Do We Keep
To Get There Strangling Life
If You Care 4........... Wound This 13. ..........
For The Living Crucify Its Soul
Make A Little Space Though It's Plain To See
Make A 5. ..............Place This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow
Reff

Heal The World We Could 14. ............. So High

Make It A Better Place Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race I 15. .......... You Are All
There Are People Dying My Brothers
Create A World With
If You Care Enough
For The Living No Fear
Make A Better Place 16........... We'll Cry
For You And For Me Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
If You Want To Know 6. ...... Into Plowshares
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie We Could Really Get There
Love Is 7. ............... If You Cared Enough
It Only Cares For For The Living
Joyful Giving Make A Little Space
If We 8. ........ To Make A Better Place
We Shall See
In This Bless Reff
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop 9 ....... And You And For Me (10 X)
Start Living
Heal the world we live in, save it for our children
(4X)

What do you think about the song !

 NUMBER

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Numbers occur in many different situations such as times, dates, currencies and stock markets.
You will hear ten numbers in ten short conversations. Write these numbers down as you hear
them.

You will hear ten dates in these conversations. Write these dates down as you hear them

You will hear ten amounts in ten short conversations. Write the amounts down as you hear them

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