Formal and Informal

Announcement
Objectives
Responding to meaning of formal
and informal transactional (to get
things done) conversation and
interpersonal (socializing)
conversation fluently and
accurately; by using variety of
simple oral text in various daily life
contexts and involving expressions
of accepting invitations, offers, and
calls.

Lesson
Have you ever joined school events or
competitions? If so, where did you get the
information about the events or
competition? It is usually from an
announcement, isnt it?

You can find an announcement on the board

magazine or in the OSIS room. The
announcement tells you information about
what is happening or what will happen. It can
also inform about on-going or upcoming events.
Announcements at school can also be about class
assignments, test scores, or extracurricular
activities.

You can find an announcement on the board

magazine or in the OSIS room. The
announcement tells you information about
what is happening or what will happen. It can
also inform about on-going or upcoming events.
Announcements at school can also be about class
assignments, test scores, or extracurricular
activities.
Outside the school, you can find
announcements from a lot of sources, such as
magazine, newspaper, or internet, especially
social
media.
Here
are
samples
of
announcement.

This announcement is about school music

festival. From the announcement, we know
that the event will be held on February
21st, 2015, 3 p.m. at the school hall. If you
want more information, you can contact OSIS
secretariat office. This announcement uses
casual style because it is simple and it is used
between students.

This announcement informs about the

cancellation of an event. This announcement is
more formal. We can see for the language used in
the announcement. For serious matters, we better
use formal announcement. We also have to
consider who the announcement is for. Young
people might be more interested in casual style
announcement, older people might prefer formal
announcement.

When you see announcements about some events, such as

music or movie shows, you sometimes want to ask
someone to come to the events. You may also experience
someone asking you to come to some events or join
competitions and you want to. In this lesson you are going
to learn about how to accept invitations or offers.

Do you understand?
Before you learn the phrases, please read the following
conversations.
Conversation 1
Vita: Do you know that there will be School Music
Festival?
Zaskia: Yes. I have read the announcement.
Vita: Shall we come together? I know you want it too.
Zaskia: All right! Lets go!
Conversation 2
Mr. Henry: I learn from an announcement that the
Education Fair is cancelled.
Ardi : Yes, Sir. I think we should change the plan.
Mr. Henry: Would you like to visit a museum instead?
Ardi : What a delightful idea. I will tell the other students.

The above conversations show how to accept an invitation or offer.

There are other phrases you can use in accepting invitations or
offers.
Formal situation (to older or respected people)
Thats very kind of you.
What a delightful idea.
With the greatest pleasure.
Certainly. Thank you.
Sure. Thank you very much.
Informal Situation (between friends or people close to you)
I would/will .
Sure. Why not?
Id love to.
OK (if you say so)
All right (then)
Yes, please.
That sounds great/ like a good idea.
That would be (lovely/fun/awesome/.)

Keypoints
If you cannot accept the invitation or offers you can state
your reasons.
Id love to, but . (give your reason here)
I wish I could, but . (give your reason here)
I am afraid I cant because . (give your reason here)