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1: Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri

Judul Modul English For Public Information

Judul Kegiatan Belajar (KB) 1. Public Notices
2. Posters and Banners
3. Graphic Organizers
4. Infographics
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1 Garis besar materi yang dipelajari Learning Activity 1
Public Notice
1. Notice : Written statement that use
information, instruction, or even warning to
people.
2. Command: Command sentences are used
when you are telling someone to do
something.
3. Caution: A caution is a formal warning that
is given to a person who has admitted the
offence. It is usually used to remind person
or reader to be more careful.
4. Information: Information means giving
information. Information notice provides or
gives information or material contained in
the notice texts to the readers/people.
5. Prohibition: Prohibition is the action of
prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an
instance there of) to do something.
6. Warning: Warning usually refers to a
message informing of danger. It can be in
both written and spoken form.

Social Function
A notice is a formal means of communication. The
purpose of a notice is to announce or display
information to a specific group of people. In social
communication, there are many functions or
purposes of Notice text, they are used:
1. To give an instruction / to instruct people
to….
2. To give information / to inform people
to….
3. To give direction
4. To ask people to….
5. To advice/to suggest / to recommend
people to….
6. To remind people to….
7. To warn / to give warning
8. To ban / to forbid / to prohibit people to…

Generic Structure
- Attention gather (optional)
Attention gather means using expressions or
phrases that can attract readers’ or people’s
attention such as Notice, Warning, or Caution.
- Information
Information here can be defined as the messages
or information of the text that want to be delivered
to people.
- Closure (Optional)

Characteristic
1. Short text (simple words, phrases, or
clauses)
2. Easy to understand
3. Written in capital font
4. Mostly use images/pictures

Language Features of Public Notice

a. Using Imperative mood (imperative sentence)
The imperative mood is a verb form which
makes a command or a request.
b. Using Declarative reference
c. Spoken / written language features
In writing notice text, we can use spoken or
written language style.

Learning Activity 2
Poster and Banner
1. Poster: a usually large printed sheet that
often contains pictures and is posted in a
public place (as to promote something)
2. Banner: A banner can be a flag or other
piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan
or other message.

Generic Structure of Poster and Banner

a. Poster
- Header area
- Title area
- Author's photo and address
- Main Area
- Footer Area
- Background
- Background
- Fonts

b. Banner
- Logo
- Value Proposition
- Body Copy
 - Image
- CTA (Call to Action)

Social / Language Function of Poster and

Banner
a. Poster
- to alert and engage the viewer
- to challenge and call an audience into
action.
- to promote an event

b. Banner
- At your place of business, to welcome
customers and create that all-important
symmetry.
- In public places that draw regular, steady
crowds, such as stores, shopping malls,
elevators, coffee shops, train stations,
community centers and bus stops. Keep in
mind that you probably will have to seek
permission, or pay a fee, to hang a poster
at these places.
- At trade shows and conventions, where
some large and unconventionally sized
posters could be exactly what you need to
stand out in a crowd.
- At other businesses with whom you have
created strategic alliances. These
businesses may ask you to return the favor
and post some of their marketing pieces.
But if you've created a solid alliance, the
crossover appeal should be evident.
- As perks to vendors and suppliers.
- As customer prizes at the end of a contest
or competition.

Language Features of Poster and Banner

a. Poster
- Short Text Elements
- Phrases and Active Voice
- Serif font for text and san-serif font for
title and Heading (Optional)

b. Banner
- Use simple present tense
- Use simple phrases or statement

Learning Activity 3
Graphic Organizers
 1. Graphic Organizers: Graphic organizers
help teachers show and explain relationships
between content and sub-content and how
they relate to other areas.
2. Descriptive Graphic Organizers: Mapping
generic information, but particularly well for
mapping hierarchical relationship.
3. Sequence Graphic Organizers: Are a type
of graphic organizer that help us to see the
sequantial relationship between events in a
text.
4. Compare and Contrast Graphic
Organizers: Use to analyze similarities and
differences between two things (people,
places, events, idea, etc)
5. Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers: A
type of graphic organizer that describe how
events affect one another in a process.
6. Problem and Solution Graphic
Organizers: A problem-Solution Graphic
Organizers help us to compare different
solutions to a problem.

Generic Structure
1. Titles, headings, and/or labels
2. Specific locations for information
3. Short descriptions (bullets or limited
sentences)

Social/ Language Function

1. Tools for critical and creative thinking
2. Tools for organizing information
3. Tools for understanding information and
relationships
4. Tools for depicting knowledge and
understanding
5. Tools for self-learning

Language Features
1. Complex information is conveyed in a
simple-to-understand manner through a
visual display.
2. Analytical, critical, planning, and creative
thinking skills are concerned.
3. The organizers are made to be easily
edited, revised, and added.
4. Graphic organizers have multiple uses
such as planning, brainstorming, studying,
or summarizing.
 5. Most graphic organizers use short words or
phrases, or drawings, so they can
appropriately be used with all levels of
learners.

Learning Activity 4
Infographics
1. Infographics: An infographic is a collection
of imagery, charts, and minimal text that
gives an easy-to-understand overview of a
topic.
2. Statistical Infographic: A statistical
infographic puts the focus on your data.
3. Informational Infographic: Visual
representation of information that aims to
make the data easily understandable at a first
glance.
4. Timeline Infographic: Timeline infograpic
depicts events or actions in chronological
order. They are often used to demonstrate a
product’s development.
5. Process Infographic: Process infographic is
similar to a how-to infographic. The key
distinction is that a process infographic
depicts decision-making processes.
6. Comparison Infographic: A comparison
infographic examines the similaritis and
differences between two or more products,
locations, events, actions, ideas, or
individuals.
7. Geographic Infographic: Use map chart as
the focus visual. Different types of map chart
work better for different types of data.
Geographical infographics show data trends
based on location
8. Hierarchical Infographic: Organize
information into pre-defined levels. It
canorganize information from greatest to
least.
9. List Infographic: It’s show information by
list. Lists are useful educational tools,
sharing a lot of information in the form pf
text and icons.

Characteristics of Infographics
1) Clear Goals
2) Easy to Digest
3) Compelling Narrative
4) Unique Concept
5) Creative Design
 6) Visual Focus – Not Text

Generic Structure of Infographics

a. Headline/ Title
b. Beginning/ Introduction
c. Middle/ Main Infographic Content
d. End/ Conclusion
e. Sources and Footnotes

Language Features of Infographics

1. Informative
2. Engaging
3. Accessible

2 Daftar materi yang sulit dipahami Learning Activity 1

di modul ini Public Notice
Spoken / written language features

Learning Activity 2
Poster and Banner
Poster and Banner definition

Learning Activity 3
Language features of graphic organizers

Learning Activity 4
Social function of infographics
3 Daftar materi yang sering Learning Activity 1
mengalami miskonsepsi Public Notice
Characteristics – Written in capital font

Learning Activity 2
Public Notice
Spoken / written language features

Learning Activity 3
Definition dan social functio of graphic organizer

Learning Activity 4
Definition and social function of graphic organizer