In this lesson you will read a topic of English as a global language, its

roles and functions in our modern life. You will also learn basic grammar
points to understand English texts including parts of speech (Nouns,
Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs), word formation using affixes (-ment,
-ion, -cation, -ity, etc.), noun phrases, sentence components and basic
sentence structure.
 Part 1
Reading Preparation

Task 1
Pre-reading activities
Answer the following questions in brief.
1. How long have you been learning English?

2. Where do you learn it?

3. Why should you learn English?

4. Do you think learning English is important for your life?

5. What is the importance of English to your life?

6. Is English important in education? Why?

Task 2
Vocabulary Preparation
Look at the words in the table. Which words do you know? Put a tick ( ) to the words that you know. Mention the
Indonesian translation for them.

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb

language Accept Powerful globally
Nation Communicate Crucial universally
World Connect Impossible
Field Convey Possible
Business Consider Vast
Medicine Define Diverse
Transport Express Proper
Technology Consider Relevant
Trade Require Various
Marketing Expose unflinching
Diplomacy Bring
Politics Predict
Empire Reveal
Means Speak
Triumph
Role
gel, gelling
Task 3
Read the following reading passage carefully.
The Power of English Language

Without the powerful language, English, connecting nations all over the world
would have been something impossible. Communication is very crucial in any field,
whether it is business, medicine, transport, technology, trade or marketing. English is
the language globally accepted and known by all. The role of English language in
globalizing people all over the world cannot be just expressed in words; the influence
of this commanding language is quite vast and diverse to define. If you consider
business, diplomacy, or politics, there should be proper gelling between nations.
Deep understanding is very much important in any field. Without proper
communication it is not possible in whichever way it may be.
The language you speak does play a big role in conveying and popularizing
your skills and requirements. Around 380 million consider English as the first
language, two-third of them prefer it as the second. In addition, billions are in the
learning process and many are exposed to this unflinching language. Various
predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population will be proficient in English

together. Whether high or low, it is the languag

(The Economist, 2001).

A. Based on the reading passage above, answer the following questions in

brief.
1. What is the title of the passage?

2. Where is it taken from?

3. How many people spoke English in 2001?

4. How many people considered English as their first language?

5. How many people considered it as their second language?

6. In what fields is English used?

7. What function does English play in those fields?

8. What can English do in globalizing people in the world?

9. What will happen in 2050?

B. State whether the statement is true (T) or false (F) based on the reading
passage above.

T / F 1. English is powerful to bring nations all over the world together.

T / F 2. English can make people in the world understand each other.

T / F 3. English is getting stronger every day.

T / F 4. Everybody in the world speaks English.

Part 2
Language Focus

A. Sentence Structure
Sentence structure is related to the components of a sentence:
[ Subject(S) Verb (V) Complement (C) / Object (O) Adverb (A) ]

Example 1:
Without the powerful language, English, / connecting nations all over the world / would
Adverb Subject Verb
Have been / something impossible.
Complement

Example 2:
English / plays /a big role in communicating people.
Subject Verb Object

Note: Objects come after transitive verbs, while complements come after linking verbs
Examples of linking verbs: be (am, is, are, was, were, being, been), become, seem, feel,
look, appear, etc.

Task 4
Find the components (S, V, C, O, A) of the following sentences. Put / to divide
the sentences into their components. Number 1 has been done for you as an
example.
1. Communication / is / very crucial in any field.
S V C
2. It is business, medicine, transport, technology, trade or marketing.

3. English is the language globally accepted and known by all.

4. The role of the English language in globalizing people all over the world cannot
be expressed just in words.

5. The influence of this commanding language is quite vast and diverse to define.

6. If you consider business, diplomacy, or politics, there should be proper gelling

among nations.

7. Deep understanding is very much important in any field.

8. Without proper communication, it is not possible in whichever way it may be.

9. The language you speak does play a big role in conveying and popularizing your

skills and requirements.

10. Around 380 million people consider English as their first language.

11. Two-third of them prefer it as the second language.

12. In addition, billions are in the learning process.

13. Many are exposed to this unflinching language.

14. Various predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population will be

proficient in English.
15. Half the world population will be proficient in English.

16. Hence, it is relevant how powerful the language is to bring the nations together.

17. Whether high or low, it is the language accepted universally.

B. Phrase formation: Noun Phrases

A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun. In a sentence, it can
be the subject, object, complement, or object of a preposition. It has a head word
in the form of Noun and it is modified by other words.
Example:
1. Communication is very crucial in any field.
Any field is a noun phrase. The head word is field. It functions as the object
of preposition in.
2. English is the language globally accepted and known by all.
Look at the underlined noun phrase. What is the head word? (language)
What does it function in the sentence? (complement)
Task 5
Underline the noun phrases in the following sentences. Find the head word.
Mention the functions in the sentences.
1. The role of English language in globalizing people all over the world cannot be
just expressed in words.
Head word:
Function:
2. The influence of this commanding language is quite vast and diverse to define.
Head word:
Function:
3. If you consider business, diplomacy, or politics, there should be proper gelling
between nations.
Head word:
Function:
4. Deep understanding is very much important in any field.
Head word:
Function:
5. Without proper communications it is not possible in whichever way it may be.
Head word:
Function:
6. The language you speak does play a big role in conveying and popularizing your
skills and requirements.
Head word:
Function:
7. Around 380 million people use English as their first language.
Head word:
Function:
8. Two-third of them use it as their second language.
Head word:
Function:
9. In addition, billions of people are in the learning process.
Head word:
Function:
10. Many are exposed to this unflinching language.
Head word:
Function:
11. Various predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population will be
proficient in English language.
Head word:
Function:
12. Half the world population will be proficient in English language.
Head word:
Function:

C. Word formation
Words can be of many kinds. The kinds of words are commonly referred to as
parts of speech. Parts of speech include Noun (kata benda), Verb (kata kerja),
Adjective (kata sifat), and Adverb (kata keterangan).
 The following text contains many nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Read
this as an example.
Students should be able to communicate in English. They should be
communicative. They express their ideas communicatively. Their
communication helps them in the learning process.

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb

students should able communicatively
English be communicative
ideas express
communication helps
learning communicate
process

The word communicate is a verb. This word can be added with suffix -ion to form
the Noun (communication); with -ive to form the Adjective (communicative), and the
Adjective can be added with suffix -ly to form the Adverb (communicatively).

Here are words taken from the reading passage and their derivatives (words formed
by adding suffixes).

Verb as the root word

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

Communicate communication communicative communicatively
connection
Connect connective connectively
connectivity
Express expression expressive expressively
Define definition definitive definitively
considerately
considerate
Consider consideration
considerable
understandable understandably
Understand understanding
understanding understandingly
Require requirement
Prefer preference preferable preferably
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
predictive
Predict prediction predictively
predictable
Expose exposure
Populate population
relation
Relate relevant
relevance

Noun as the root

Noun Adjective Adverb Verb

Power powerful powerfully empower
Globe global globally globalize
Universe universal universally
Nation national nationally nationalize

Adjective as the root

Adjective Adverb Noun

Proficient proficiently proficiency

Task 6
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the provided words to make
the sentences correct.
1. Communication, to communicate
a. Sometimes, it is difficult for parents ______________ with their children.
b. ______________ between nations is very important.

2. requirement, to require, required

a. Did you buy the ______________ text book for that course?
b. Every week my boss ______________ us to hand in a progress report.
c. What are the ______________

3. agreement, to agree, agreeable, agreeably

a. The professors______________ that changes in the transportation system
were necessary.
b. The two nations came to an______________ on trade policy.
c. The sea breeze was ______________ to me so I stayed on the beach.
d. We settled the problem ______________ without an argument.
4. dependence, dependent, to depend, dependent
a. While they are young, children are ______________ on their parents.
b. My wife and children are my ______________
c. The ______________ of the sick man on the medicines was sad to see.
d. He ______________ on his medicine to keep him alive.

5. argument, to argue, argumentative

a. Every time John and I get together, we always ______________ about
something.
b. He would make a good lawyer because of his ______________ nature.
c. We had a rather angry ______________ over the need for population control.

6. rebellion, rebel, to rebel, rebelling

a. A ______________ is one who protests against something that he feels is
not just.
b. He ______________ against certain actions and/or policies of the society.
c. ______________students in the United States are protesting against various
government and university policies.
d. There have been fewer students ______________ on campus recently.

7. government, to govern, governmental

a. Many people object very strongly to obvious ______________ control.
b. The state ______________ announced a new welfare policy in January.
c. The president tried to ______________ wisely and justly during his terms in
office.

8. Character, characterization, to characterize, characteristic, characteristically

a. Crying is ______________ behavior for babies.
b. My favorite______________ in that novel is the description of the old lady.
c. The use of lots of spices ______________ Indian food.
d. ______________ is basically serious.
e. The Japanese have a______________ introspective personality.

9. behavior, to behave
a. ______________ is disgraceful.
 b. He ______________ very badly right now.

10. variety, to vary, various

a. I have visited ______________ countries in Europe.
b. Customs ______________ from country to country.
c. I tried a ______________ of new food in every country I visited.

Part 3
Reading Practice

Task 7
Pre-Reading Activities
Answer the following questions in brief.
Why should college students like you learn English?

How do you use English in your study?

Do you think teachers should master English? Why?

Can you mention other professions that need English much?

How is English used by those professions?

How is English used in higher education?

Task 8
Skimming Practice
Read the reading passage below in Task 8 (Text 2). Then, answer the following
questions in brief.
1. What is the title of the reading passage?
2. Who is the writer of the passage?
3. How many sub-headings are there in the passage?
4. What are they?