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LK 1: Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri – Modul 6
Judul Modul ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC
CONTEXT
Judul Kegiatan Belajar (KB) 1. Analytical Exposition Texts
2. Hortatory Exposition Texts
3. Explanation Texts
4. Discussion Texts
Learning Activity 2
Hortatory Exposition Text
1. Definition
Hortatory Exposition Text:
2. Generic Structure
a. Thesis: Statement or announcement of concerned issue.
b. Arguments: Reasons for concern that will lead to
recommendation.
c. Recommendation: Statement of what should or should not
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happen or be done based on the given arguments.
3. Social Function
Hortatory Exposition: To persuade the audience that something
should or should not be the case or be done.
4. Language Features
a. Grammar
- Simple present tense
- Passive sentence
- Modals and adverb
- Subject pronoun
- Temporal and causal connective
- Evaluative language
b. Vocabulary
c. Common Expressions
Learning Activity 3
Explanation Text
1. Definition
Explanation Text: Explanation is a text which tells processes
relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural
phenomena. Explanation text is to say 'why'
and 'how' of the forming of the phenomena. It is often found in
science,
geography and history text books.
2. Generic Structure
a. General statement: stating the phenomenon issues which are
to be explained.
b. Sequenced explanation: stating a series of steps which explain
thephenomena.
c. Concluding statement.
3. Social Function
4. Language Features
a. Grammar
- Passive voice pattern
- Simple present tense
- Technical term
- Show cause and effect word
- Abstract noun
- Action Verb
- Noun phrase
b. Vocabulary
c. Common Expression
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Learning Activity 4
Discussion Text
1. Definition
Discussion Text: text which presents a problematic discourse.
This problem is discussed from different points of view. It
presents pro and contra opinion on certain issue.
2. Generic structure
a. General statement: to introduce the audience to the topic of
discussion – it can include a question and the view of the
author can be expressed here (called the discussion‘s thesis)
b. A series of paragraph that have points for and against the
topic – the text may have paragraphs on the for side followed
by paragraphs on the against side, and within the paragraphs
there should be evidence to support the point of view.
c. Concluding paragraph that sums up the discussion and gives
the opinion of the author of the text.
3. Social Function
Discussion Text: A Discussion Text is intended by the
writer/speaker to present (at least) two points of view about issue
or problem; to present arguments from differing points of view
about issue or problem.
4. Language Features
a. Grammar
- Simple present tense
- Medium to high degrees of modality
- Quoted and reported speech argument
- Passive voice
- Clauses complex combination
- Beginning and complex sentences