MATERI AJAR BERBASIS PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

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NEWS ITEM TEXT

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Putu Nova Dyatmika

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Bahasa Inggris

PENDIDIKAN PROFESI GURU DALAM JABATAN

BIDANG STUDI BAHASA INGGRIS
UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN GANESHA
TAHUN 2021

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 Table Of Content

A.Introduction
1.Short Description…………………………………………………………………. 1
2.Relevance………………………………………………………………………….. 1
3.Learning Guide…………………………………………………………………… 1

B.Main Activities
1.Learning outcomes……………………………………………………………….. 2
2.Learning Material and Learning activities……………………………………... 2
3.Task……………………………………………………………………………….. 4
4.Discussion………………………………………………………………….……… 8

C.Closing
1.Summary………………………………………………………………………….. 8
2.Reflection………………………………………………………………………….. 9
3.Formative test…………………………………………………………………….. 9
4. References…..…………………………………………………………………… 12

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 A. Introduction
1. Short Description
In this chapter 4 module 5 entitle “English for Practical Use, will provide you a
learning material about News Item text. This module will present the materials to
improve your knowledge about News Item text itself, the structure and language
features, and at the end, is how to make a simple and effective News Item text.
This text or News Item text can be taught in classroom as a learning material that can
improve student’s knowledge. By the use of News Item text, students will be able to
identify articles or news that are happening in their daily life.

2. Relevance
Before you move to the content in this learning materials, please answer the
question!
1. Have you ever watched a television about news or read news from magazine or
newspaper?
2. Can you catch the point from the news presented there?
3. Have you ever made news to talk about phenomena around you to someone
else?
If you have no experience how to make news, this learning material can help you to
improve your understanding about News Item text. There also you can learn how to
make a simple and effective News Item text as an interesting material.
Therefore, in basic competency stated the statement why we need to study about News
Item text.
“3.4 Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks news item lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait berita
sederhana dari koran/radio/TV, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya” and “4.4
Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan teks news items lisan dan tulis, dalam bentuk berita sederhana
koran/radio/TV”.

3. Learing Guide
In order to understand this learning material clearly, please follow the
instruction below;
There are three activity that used in this learning material to get your goal in
learning process namely pre-activity, main-activity, and post-activity.
a. In pre-activity, we can ask some question relate to News Item text to gain the
basic knowledge of the student. The basic knowledge in building the concept of
News Item text is very important. Please provide yourself with additional
information from other sources such as, google or encyclopedia.
b. Main Activity. There are lot of activities that you can do in order to check your
understanding about News item text such as;
1. Taking a note.
2. Identifying the structure of the text.
3. Determining the message stated in the text.
4. Finding the factual information from the text.
c. Post activity. Activity such as, questioning, discussion, creating, and presenting
are able to use in order to check the student understanding in News Item text.

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 1. Questioning. This activity will make you to think and respond the
information and ideas relate to the News Item text.
2. Discussion. Here, you can freely express your idea relate to News Item text.
In discussion, we can learn something new in order to get or add more idea
from different opinion the other person presented.
3. Creating. You can make your News Item text. Start with a simple News Item
text. If you already understand, you can move to the hardest one
4. Presenting. In this part, you can present your News Item text.

B. Main Activity
1. Learning outcomes
In this learning material, the following competencies that you will achieved are;
1. Attitude
After learning the materials in this learning activities about News Item text, you
are expected to;
Be able to apply religious value, moral value, ethical values, personal value, and
social value, care and respect for differences and diversity, tolerance, peace,
collaboration, and nationalism.
2. Knowledge
To analyze the social function, structure of the text, lexico-grammatical feature
of News Item text related to the situation.
3. Skill
After learning this learning material, you are expected to be able to;
- Analyze the social function of News Item text related to the situation, target
reader, and the point of importance.
- Analyze the structure of News Item text.
- Analyze the language feature.
- Create News Item text.

2. Learning Material and Learning Activities

a. Definition of News Item Text
News is an information about a recent happening event that reported by newspaper,
website, radio, television and other kinds of media. News belongs to News Item. Now
lets see the following video.

Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auCzJFxQbqI

After you are watching the video, try to discuss the following question;

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 1. What do you see in the video?
2. What was explained in the video?
3. What was happening in the video?
4. Where did it happen?
5. How did it happen?

After the discussion, can you describe what News Item is? If you still difficult to
define the News Item, the following text will give you a clear definition of News Item
text.

Landslide in Bukittinggi
Two people died while four others were wounded in a landslide at a yard behind a
house near Teleng market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on Tuesday.
Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk owner at the market, Bujang,
and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The injured were rushed to the
Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospitals.
Bukittinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was suspected that recent heavy
rainfall had caused the landslide.
Source: thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/10/two-die-bukittinggi-landslide.html

http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2020/08/11-examples-of-news-item-text-
with.html

So, can you define what News Item is? That’s correct, News Item text is a text
which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered as important
or newsworthy. (http://britishcourse.com/news-items-text-definition-generic-structures-
purposes-language-features.php). The above video and text are kinds of News Item text.
News Item consist of two kinds such as spoken and written news

Now try to answer the following question based on the above text.
1. What is being discuss in the text above?
2. What are the differences between the news from the video and the text?
3. What are the similarities between spoken and written news?

b. Generic structure of News Item text

Structure of each text will give you clear understanding to each text. That is the
reason why every text has its own structure. The structure of the text will represent the
information to the reader. After you are reading the above explanation, now you will
learn about the generic structure of News Item text.
News Item text consist of the following structure;
- Main event/ newsworthy event: it recounts the event in a form of summary.
- Elaboration/background event: they elaborate what happened, to whom, in
what circumstance.
- Resource of information: it contains comment by its participant in, witnesses
to and authority expert on the event.
http://britishcourse.com/news-items-text-definition-generic-structures-purposes-
language-features.php

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 c. Social function/Language function of News Item text.
News Item text is kinds of text that used to inform the reader, listener or viewers
about the event in chronological system. The social function of News Item text is to
inform the reader, listener or viewer that the event is newsworthy or important to be
known.

d. Language Features of News Item

- Tense.
Tense used in News Item text is Past Tense in explaining news events. But,
when the event is still happens until now or still in the form of fact, it can
use simple present tense.
- Use action verb. Action verb is a verb that describe what someone does. For
example: go, see, run, etc
- Use saying verb. this kind of verbs are usually used to report what someone
said. For example; he asked me to come or she said that it went over my
house (indirect speech).
- Use passive voice. Passive voice is a subject that does not perform the action
of the verb. for example; the thief was beaten by the policeman.
- The use of adverb.

e. Characteristics of News Item text.

- Title
Most of News Item use recount genre. To know the content of the news, you
need to carefully pay attention to the title of the news. This will show you
the core what will be happened. The title will represent the sequence of the
event. The title may be a sentence or a noun phrase.
- Opening
It contains place, time, purpose or reason, and the main problem.
- Content
The content of news must be facts, including informans opinion based on the
event. There also the use of reported speech to refer the informant’s
statement, opinion, or critics is needed.

3.TASK

Task 1
Read the following text and identify the generic structure and the language features of
the text

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Town Contaminated
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear
catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the
explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread
radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of
the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class
submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those
involved in the cleaned-up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated
material were sworn to secrecy.
A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of
the Soviet Navy

https://englishadmin.com/2015/12/5-contoh-news-item-text-bahasa-inggris.html.

Generic structure
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Elaboration ………………………………………….
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Resource of information ………………………………………….

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Language features Sentence
Past tense 1.
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Action verb 1.
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Saying verb 1.
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Passive voice 1.
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adverb 1.
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Task 2
Watch the video about a news and then answer the question.

Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZiVrTrIwxo

1. What can you see in the video?

2. What is the information you can get from the video?
3. Is there anyone give statement in the video?
4. Do you think that the event is newsworthy? Why/why not?
5. What is the best title for the video?

Please rewatch the video again, then make a written text based on the video!

Title
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Main event:
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Background event:
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Source of information:
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Task 3
To check your understanding about News Item text, use the following procedure to
make a News Item text based on the real situation.

- Make a group of two

- Find any free experience but its newsworthy. You can find it by yourself or from
someone else.
- You can do some interview by asking victims or witnesses or authorities.
- Try to make an interesting headline/ title.
- Make at least three paragraph of News Item text based on the information you get.

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- Report it orally as a news anchor

4. Discussion
After you learn this topic and involved in some learning activities, now please check
your understanding by sharing your knowledge and experience, and improve your
comprehension about News Item text.

C. Closing
1. Summary
In this part you will get the summary about the above learning material in short. Now,
have a look to the video below;

Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaEaJZBHask

As the information from the video, news item text is a text that tells the reader, listener
or viewers about events of the day. The event should be considered newsworthy. Or
important. The social function is to inform the readers, listeners or viewers about recent
important event. The following are the generic structure of News Item text;
- Main event/ newsworthy event: it recounts the event in a form of summary.
- Elaboration/background event: they elaborate what happened, to whom, in
what circumstance.
- Resource of information: it contains comment by its participant in, witnesses
to and authority expert on the event.

And then, the language features of News Item text can be seen below;
- Tense used in News Item text is Past Tense but in some case simple present
tense also used in News Item text.
- Use action verb. Action verb is a verb that describe what someone does. For
example: go, see, run, etc
- Use saying verb. this kind of verbs are usually used to report what someone
said. For example; he asked me to come or she said that it went over my
house (indirect speech).
- Use passive voice. Passive voice is a subject that does not perform the action
of the verb. for example; the thief was beaten by the policeman.
- The use of adverb.

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 2. Reflection
To review your understanding about News Item in this learning material, please answer
the following question
1. What is News Item text?
2. Can you mention the social function of News Item text?
3. Can you mention the structure of News Item Text?
4. What are the language features used in News Item text?
5. How to make a good News Item text?

3.Formative test
Please read the following text and choose the best answer

Text 1
Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its
flights intended for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in
Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on
Wednesday night.
“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34 flights,
now will [be diverted] to Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate
communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar,
Bali, two to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East
Java.
The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers to
YogyakartA.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which slipped on the
runway and overshot a lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123 passengers, none of
whom were harmed.
Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft on Thursday afternoon. (bbn) Taken from :
thejakartapost.com

https://englishadmin.com/2018/11/50-contoh-soal-news-item-text-dan-jawabannya.html

1.What information you can get from the text?

a. Redirect flights of Garusa Indonesia from Jogjakarta to Suarakarta because of
runaway accident.
b. Slipped plane accident in Adisucipto runaway lane.
c. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about overshot
accident.
d. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident.
The delay of Garuda Indonesia after one of its planes overshot at Adisucipto runaway
lane.

2. what you can conclude from the text?

a. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident
b. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia redirected Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta

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permanently
c. Garuda Indonesia supplied bus to support passengers from Surakarta to yogyakarta
d. Garuda Indonesia had been finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported
e. There are a lot of passengers were harmed due to that accident

3.The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because
of ….
a. Maintenance one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
b. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane
c. Many flights in Adisucipto Airport
d. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications
e. The evacuation of Garuda Indonesia’s aircrafts

Text 2
B.J. Habibie Dies at 83; Ushered in Democracy in Indonesia
By Richard C. Paddock

Published Sept. 12, 2019

Updated Sept. 14, 2019

JAKARTA, Indonesia — B. J. Habibie, who as president of Indonesia

ushered in an era of democracy that ended the brutal and corrupt rule of
Suharto, whose 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt
of the 20th century, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Jakarta. He was 83.
His son Thareq Kemal Habibie said the cause was heart failure.
“Please allow me on behalf the Indonesian people, and the government, to
convey our deep sorrow,” Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, said. “We
know Mr. Habibie as a world-class scientist, the father of technology in
Indonesia and the third president of the Republic of Indonesia.”
Mr. Habibie was working for the aerospace manufacturer Messerschmitt-
Bölkow-Blohm in Germany in 1974 when Suharto persuaded him to return to
Indonesia and develop the country’s technology.
He held several posts before Suharto named him to his cabinet as minister of
research and technology in 1978. Twenty years later, he appointed him vice
president and his successor.

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 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/world/asia/bj-habibie-dead.html.
4.BJ. Habibie passed away because of…
a. an accident
b. had serious illness
c. had heart failure
d. he was killed
e. he was injured

5.”……to convey our deep sorrow.” What is the meaning of convey in the sentence?
a. express
b. communication
c. send
d. carry
e. say

6.According to the text, who is the source of information of the event?

a.Soeharto
b.Joko Widodo
c. The scientist
d. Minister
e. Doctor

Text 3

A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time smokers in the country are
junior high school students. It also revealed 89 percent of young female employees
were smokers.
The survey was conducted in five major cities across the country, including
Surakarta in Central Java.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agency’s respiratory illness
division, said that the finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of
Indonesian smokers. "This situation is a cause for concern,” he said. “It appears the
country’s younger generation is uneducated about the health risks of smoking.”
The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective as
the government refuses to sign the international convention on tobacco control. It
said that cigarette producers contributed to a large amount to state revenue and gave
jobs to thousands of workers

https://www.itapuih.com/2017/06/10-contoh-soal-news-item-text-dan-kunci.html

7.What the text is about?

a. The increase of smoker in Indonesia
b. Smoking health risk
c. Large amount of cigarette
d. Young generation smokers
e. The danger of smoking

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8.Why does the growth of Indonesian smoker need to be concern?
a. because the growth decreases the cigarette selling
b. because the growth makes people work at cigarette factory
c. because the growth increases teenage smoker in Indonesia
d. because the growth makes large distribution of cigarette
e. because the young generation is uneducated to the risk of smoking

9.One of the advantages of cigarette industry is…

a. to make people addictive
b. to contribute a little amount to state revenue
c. to rich the seller
d. to give a job to people
e.to give job for certain people

10. According to the text, who is the source of information of the event?
a. a survey
b. the government
c. Surakarta health agency’s
d. anti-tobacco campaign
e. cigarette producers.

Key answer.
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.C
5.A
6.B
7.A
8.E
9.B
10.C

4.References

Utami Widiati, Zuliati Rohman, dan Furaidah (2019) Bahasa Inggris

SMA/MA/SMK/MAK.
https://www.itapuih.com/2017/06/10-contoh-soal-news-item-text-dan-kunci.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/world/asia/bj-habibie-dead.html.
https://englishadmin.com/2018/11/50-contoh-soal-news-item-text-dan-jawabannya.html

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http://britishcourse.com/news-items-text-definition-generic-structures-purposes-
language-features.php
http://britishcourse.com/news-items-text-definition-generic-structures-purposes-
language-features.php
http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2020/08/11-examples-of-news-item-text-
with.html

VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaEaJZBHask
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZiVrTrIwxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auCzJFxQbqI

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