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Final Assignment M1
Instructions:
1. Analyze parts of the learning activities throughout Module 1.
2. Provide comments on each of the activities including its strength and weaknesses.
3. Share your opinion about the contribution of this particular module to improve your
professional competencies.
4. Write your work in the space available here.

ANSWER:

1. Analyze parts of the learning activities throughout Module 1

Learning Activity 1
The three personal letters show some differences, yet they also share some similarities in
terms of social function, text structure, and lexicon-grammatical feature.
In terms of social function, they are generally written to help people in building and
maintaining personal relationship. But more than that, each sender has his/her own purposes.
The first letter specifically sent to reconnect, ask and share news to an old friend who lives
away. The second is sent to make a new friendship relation and the third is to respond the
previous letter sent to her.
In terms of structure, each of them has greeting, body of the letter, and closing. It is just
different in some detail part of each structure.
In terms of lexico-grammatical feature, all of them use simple present to tell personal news,
past tenses to share past experiences. But they are different in some features. The first letter
has the date written on top, using casual greeting ‘Dear Fatima’ and ‘Love’ in the closing part
showing close relation. The second and the third letter has no date and the greeting is casual
but not as intimate as the first letter.

Learning Activity 2
Both printed and spoken announcements have the same general purpose, it is to share
information publicly about what has happened or will happen. The structure is not quite
different, with the heading at the beginning and followed by some details of the information.
The spoken announcement begins with greeting before coming to the point of announcement
while the printed forms usually have title on top of the announcement. Besides, in spoken
announcement, the introduction of the announcer is usually done at the beginning of the
announcement while the printed form is usually at the end of the announcement. Spoken
announcements also requires the speaker to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation
to make the information clear while the printed one is focusing on the punctuation marks and
other requirements of a good writing.
 Learning Activity 3
An analytical expository text should be well-planned and well-structured to be a good one. It
is structured respectively from thesis to introduce the case and writer’s position, Arguments to
support his position, and reiteration to strengthen the thesis. Through a good analytical
exposition, the writers are able to persuade the reader that the case he is talking about is
important by stating strong arguments to support his position. Arguments are well supported
with clear explanations and evidences.

Learning Activity 4
Hortatory exposition text, which aims to persuade the readers about what they should do and
should not be done, consists of thesis as the introduction of the idea/phenomenon that will be
discussed. Then followed by an argument which contains the opinions to make the idea
proposed by the writer trusted. And the last is recommendation which states the writer’s
suggestion to do or not doing something regarding things have been discussed.

2. Provide comments on each of the activities including its strength and weaknesses.

PERSONAL ANNOUNCEME ANALYTICAL HARTATORY

LETTER NT EXPOSITION EXPOSITION
STRENGTH - Give the - It is a kind of - Explain the - Explain the
information to functional text that listeners or readers listeners or readers
public give the that something that something
- Contain information to should or should should or should
personal public not happen or be not happen or be
information or - Based on certain done. done.
are a written function - There are several - There are several
conversation - Can be written arguments and one arguments and
- Still an anywhere whether conclusion/reiterati recommendation
important mode printed, electronic on - The writer can
of or through internet - The writer can convey his
communication media convey his arguments to the
arguments to the reader with strong
reader with strong evidence
evidence

WEAKNESSE No No conclusion/
S recommendation of reiteration of the
the writer writer
In conveying his In conveying his
argumentation, the argumentation, the
writer should have writer should have
strong evidence to strong evidence to
strengthen his strengthen his
opinion opinion
3. Share your opinion about the contribution of this particular module to improve your
professional competencies.
The particular module provides a lot of teaching and knowledge especially in understanding
the types of text, structure, lexico-gramatical in a text.
Of course it was very useful for me as a teacher who taught English as a foreign language.
Where the material is the basic material in understanding English which very complex.
Especially, in the 21th century where a teacher is not only required to master the material
taught but also to master technology as a supporter of effective learning.
Then, the particular module will be very useful for my students in terms of how to train their
understanding of the function of the text and how to write good and correct texts based on the
correct rules.