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UWI1A2-English for Global Career Readiness

Interesting Facts about Me

Retno Hendryan,, Ph.D

Department of Learning Services, Curriculum Development, and

Student Internship
Telkom University
 Course Learning Outcomes - CLO 2

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

CLO 01 CLO 02 CLO 03 CLO 04

use simple sentences in use simple and compound use complex sentences use simple, compound, and
complex sentences in present
present tense to present sentences in present to in present tense to describe tense to describe (1) the work
some interes.ng facts participate in short conversations your dream job with sufficient culture in their home country;
about themselves in the about themselves, especially details regarding the name of a (2) the work culture in their
dream country; (3) similariBes
form of a monolog with about their experience of being position as well as the task and and differences of two
“intermediate mid” fluency freshmen with “intermediate responsibilities pertaining to countries; and (4) your dream
job abroad with the fluency
level mid” fluency level the position with “intermediate level of intermediate-high.
mid” fluency level
 Focus of Lesson 1 3

In this lesson, you will learn:

Present Tense Adjectives to describe personal traits Describing One’s Characteris7cs

Describing your personal Adjectives to describe Interesting facts about me
characteristics using simple personal traits, and
sentences in present tense.
 ADJECTIVE TO DESCRIBE PERSONAL TRAITS 4

ABILITY BEHAVIOUR MATURITY PERSONALITY ATTITUDE

outstanding helpful confident well developed positive

excellent considerate mature all-round enthusiastic
very good well-behaved sensible is interested in eager
good responsible self-motivated everything motivated
talkative Extroverted keen
upbeat
able thoughtless selfish one-sided unmotivated
average inconsiderate Lazy uneven passive
inconsistent disruptive childish lacks curiosity shy
poor naughty immature is dependent on uninterested
weak problematic lacks confidence others
introverted
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ABILITY: OUTSTANDING vs AVERAGE

1. Dini has an outstanding mathematic

skills. She is always the top scorer in
her Math class.
2. My sewing skill is average. I can only
do basic stiches such as running
stich, stem stich, back stich, and
French knot.

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Pronunciation

outstanding excellent Very good

out·stand·ing ex·cel·lent \ ˈver-ē ,ˈve-rē ˈgu̇ d \

\ au̇ t-ˈstan-diŋ\ \ ˈek-s(ə-)lənt\

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Pronunciation

average inconsistent weak

av·er·age in·con·sis·tent \ ˈwēk \
\ ˈa-v(ə-)rij\ \ ˌin-kən-ˈsi-stənt

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BEHAVIOR: CONSIDERATE vs THOUGHTLESS

1. Tina is the most considerate person

I know. She never misses sending
me a New Year postcard.
2. She is by nature a thoughKul and
serious student. She has never been
thoughtless at all.

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Pronuncia*on

considerate behaved responsible

con·sid·er·ate be·have d re·spon·si·ble

\kən-ˈsi-d(ə-)rət\ \ bi-ˈhāv d \ \ ri-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl

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thoughtless disruptive problematic

thought·less dis·rup·tive prob·lem·at·ic
\ ˈthȯt-ləs \ \ dis-ˈrəp-tiv \ \ ˌprä-blə-ˈma-tik \

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MATURITY: SELF-MOTIVATED vs LAZY

1. I am a very self-moNvated person. I

always have a passion for my work.

2. I am too lazy to be lazy.

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motivated mature confident

mo·ti·vat·ed ma·ture con·fi·dent

\ ˈmō-tə-ˌvā-təd \ \ mə-ˈchu̇ r, , -ˈchər \ ˈkän-fə-dənt ,
also -ˈtu̇ r , -ˈtyu̇ r \ -ˌdent \

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selfish lazy childish

self·ish la·zy child·ish

\ ˈsel-fish \ \ ˈlā-zē \ \ ˈchī(-ə)l-dish \

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PERSONALITY: INTROVERTED vs EXTROVERTED

1. Rudy is very introverted. He enjoys

spending time alone.
2. Lily is extroverted. She is always the
life and soul of the party.

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Pronunciation

extraverted developed All round

ex·tro·vert·ed de·vel·oped \ ˌȯl-ˈrau̇ nd \

\ˈek-strə-ˌvər-təd\ \ di-ˈve-ləpt , dē- \

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Pronunciation

dependent uneven introverted

de·pen·dent un·even in·tro·vert·ed

\ di-ˈpen-dənt \ \ ˌən-ˈē-vən \ \ ˈin-trə-ˌvər-təd \

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ATTITUDE: ENTHUSIASTIC vs UNINTERESTED

1. Susi’s enthusiastic presentation

shows her mastery of the subject
and of the skills necessary to
execute her projects.
2. In opposite, Rini looks uninterested
with the stand-up comedy on stage.

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Pronuncia*on

enthusias<c upbeat eager

en·thu·si·as·tic up·beat ea·ger

\ in-ˌthü-zē-ˈa-stik \ \ ˈəp-ˌbēt \ \ ˈē-gər \

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Pronunciation

uninterested passive shy

un·in·ter·est·ed pas·sive \ ˈshī \
\ ˌən-ˈin-t(ə-)rə-stəd \ ˈpa-siv \

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