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1: Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri (Modul 2: Profesional)

Judul Modul English for Personal Communication

Judul Kegiatan Belajar (KB) 1. Personal Letters
2. Invitations
3. Announcements
4. Advertisements
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1 Daftar peta konsep (istilah Learning Activity 1 : Personal Letters
dan definisi) di modul ini

1. Definition
A personal letter or a friendly letter is a type of letter which concerns personal
matters.
2. Social functions
To give the information by exchanging personal information to the recipient
3. Generic structures :
a. Writer’s address
b. Date of writing
c. Salutation
d. Body
e. Closing greeting
f. Signature
g. Sender’s name
4. The language features
 Focus on exchanging personal current news, feelings, and conditions
 Use of pronouns, simple present tense, and past tense
 Use of date and address
 Informal greetings or salutations
 Use the correct tense and grammar. Also, use the simple tense (present or past
simple tense)
 The language style is very personal (first person and second person mostly
used)
 Contractions may be used.

Learning Activity 2 : Invitations

1. Definition
An invitation letter is a document that presents a formal request for the presence of
an individual, a group of people or an organization at an event.
Invitations are used in formal and informal ways. it can be used in spoken and
written ways.
The expressions are different from each other. when you speak in formal ways you
can use :
“ would you like to come … ?”
“ could you like to come … ?”
2. Social function
To invite someone/ people / a group to come at an event
3. Generic structure :
a. receiver
b. body of the invitation
c. (Subject, Day, date, Time and Place)
d. Sender
4. Kinds of the invitation
birthday party, wedding, meeting

Learning Activity 3 : Announcements

1. Definition
An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which give
information about something that has happened or that will happen.
2. Generic Structure of Announcement
a. Opening (tittle and purpose)
b. Content (day, date,place, time and other terms)
c. Closing (writer/announcer, contact person, website, social media)
3. Social Function
a. To sell something
b. To campaign against/for something
c. To invite people to events
d. To ask people to do thing
e. To publicize a formal personal event
4. Language Features
a. Using Simple Present Tense or Simple Future Tense
b. Using exact noun
5. Kind of announcement
a. Spoken
b. Written

Learning Activity 4 : Advertisements

1. Definition
Advertising (as it is adopted in https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/
advertising) is a means of communication with the users of a product or service.
2. Generic Structure
a. Topic
b. Purpose
c. Name of Product/Service/Even
d. Target Reader/Users
3. Language Features
a. Coinage
b. Comparative and superlative adjectives
c. Compound word
d. Simple sentence
e. Imperative sentence
f. Disjunctive clause
4. The purpose of Advertisement (Advertising)
a. To invite the listener or reader to buy or use the goods or services offered in the
ad.
b. to announce / advertise about a case or a product to the public Communicant
sensitize and provide information about a product (can be goods, services,
ideas, etc.).

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c. Attempting to cause a feeling like yourself communicant on the advertised
product by giving preferences will-preferences will.
d. Comunicate convince the truth of these products so that they try to own or use
the product.From the standpoint of the consumer, consumers become aware of
information about these products, good prices, specifications, functions, etc.
5. Type of Advertisement (Advertising)
a. Print Ads
b. Advertorial
c. Display Ads
d. Electronic Advertising
6. Characteristics of Advertisement (Advertising)
a. Choice of words used to highlight information necessitated
b. Choice of words used indicate the target
c. Interesting choice of words used, precise, logical, and courteous.
d. Choice of words used have a suggestion for the audience.
1. Learning outcomes, especially the attitude section.
2. The difference of two formal invitations
3. Language expressions in formal invitation
4. Language features of tone in formal invitation
1. Personal Letter
menganggap bahwa itu adalah surat pribadi maka seringkali dalam penulisannya tidak
mengindahkan kaidah penulisan dengan baik dan benar, demikian juga dengan
pemilihan katanya seringkali menggunakan kata yang tidak baku.
2. Invitation
Penggunaan bahasa lisan dan tertulis yang berbeda sering kali membuat bingung
3. Announcements
perbedaan bahasa tulis dan bahasa lisan
4. Advertisements
penggunaan kata-kata yang lebih bisa menarik perhatian konsumen sering tidak
sesuai dengan kaidah bahasa yang baik dan benar.