CHAPTER 4

Which one is your

best getaway
Chapter 4 Mardiansyah

Learning objectives:
After studying Chapter 4, students are expected to be able to:

1. Identify meanings, social functions, text structures, and

linguistic elements in simple descriptive oral and written texts
about tourist attractions and historic buildings according to
their use.

2. Explain the contents of oral and written descriptions of

tourist attractions and historic buildings by paying attention to
the purpose of communication, text structure, and linguistic
elements of descriptive texts according to the context of use.

3. Describe verbally and write down tourist attractions or

historic buildings by paying attention to social functions, text
structures, and linguistic elements of text description
correctly according to the context of use.
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 There are lists of words related to tourist destinations.
01 Let’s play odd man out game. Play this game in groups
of four. Find the word that does not belong to the same
category as the other words in the same group. That
word is the odd word (the odd man). Cross out or circle
the word and explain your reason. Look at the
example. Compete with other groups to finish this
game.

outdoor camping ground

air conditioner sleeping
bag
WARMER
These are lists of words related to tourist destinations.
1 2 3
Let’s play odd man out game. Play this game in groups
of four. Find the word that does not belong to the same wave savannah canopy
category as the other words in the same group. That trees botanical garden leafy
word is the odd word (the odd man). Cross out or sandy wood green
breeze jungle blue
circle the word and explain your reason. Look at the 4 5 6
example. Compete with other groups to finish this cool coral dirty
game. hot clear nice
cold sofa clean
Outdoor air fresh fish comfortable
conditioner 7 8 9
ship fall down valley
boat rock amusement park
camping raft splash hot spring
ground sleeping canoe waterfall crater
10 11 12
bag
sunny terrible impressive
wet amazing interesting
warm awesome boring
hot marvelous unforgettable
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Pronunciation practice
Listen to your teacher reading the following words. Repeat after him/her.

destination : /ˌdestɪˈneɪʃ ə n /
peninsula : / pɪˈnɪnsjələ /
unlike : / ʌnˈlaɪk /
snout : / snaʊt /
enormous : / ɪˈnɔːməs /
establish : / ɪˈstæblɪʃ /
heart : / hɑːrt /
impressive : / ɪmˈpresɪv /
ex-captive : / eks ˈkæptɪv /
preservation : / ˌprezəˈveɪʃ ə n /
amazing : / əˈmeɪzɪŋ /
 SALT WATER LAKE, SATONDA ISLAND-NUSA
TENGGARA
Satonda Lake is located in Dompu regency, West Nusa Tenggara province. The
location is on Satonda Island, 3 km from Sanggar Strait, not far from Nangamiro
village, Sanggar sub-district. In the middle of the island with an area of 335 hectares
and a height of 300 meters above sea level, there is 84 hectare wide and 86 meter
deep saltwater area. If other lakes have fresh water, Satonda lake is well known
with salt water. Even, the lake contains more salt than the sea. Satonda Lake is also
often used as an object of study by researchers outside the country because of its
uniqueness.

Satonda island was formed by volcanic eruption on the sea floor at a depth of 1000 meters,
and thrust upwards some millions of years ago. This charming island is located in the Flores
Sea and is administratively part of the Nangamiro Village area, in the district of Dompu, in the
province of West Nusa Tenggara. The volcanic island of Satonda looks especially stunning when
viewed from the top of Mount Tambora, which is located approximately 30 kilometers from
Pulau Satonda. Many say it feels incomplete to climb Mount Tambora without paying a visit to
Pulau Satonda as well.
In connection with the effects of the eruption of Mount Tambora, the presence of a
salt water lake in the Satonda crater is one of the unique and interesting effects to
be studied. The Satonda crater resembles a figure eight with a diameter of 950
meters from the south and 400 meters from the east. This ancient lake was
formed from the Satonda eruption thousands of years ago. The Satonda volcano
which is supposedly older than Mount Tambora, grew along with several parasitic
volcanoes scattered around Tambora. The lake that was formed in the crater was
once filled with fresh water. It is said that the eruption of Mount Tambora resulted
in a tsunami which filled the crater and turned it into the salt water lake that it is
today
Satonda Lake is a beautiful and interesting lake worth visiting. In the lake you can
enjoy a stretch of beach that has white sand on the other side of the island, do
snorkeling, or enjoy the natural beauty of the sea with beautiful coral reef and
marine life diversity. Besides that the area around the island is a nice fishing spot.
You can even canoe in the lake. You can also camp on the island that is suitable
for camping while exploring throughout the island
 How to Get
There
From Jakarta City, tourists should head to Sumbawa Regency first. They can take an
airplane at Soekarno - Hatta International Airport and head to Sultan Muhammad
Kaharudding III Airport directly. This flight takes approximately 4 hours and 5 minutes.
Next, after arriving at Sumbawa Besar City, their next destination is Nagamiro Village
where they can get a boat service. Lastly, it takes about 1 hour to reach Satonda Island
by boat.
 Answer the
Task 1: Answer the following questions by referring to the text ‘Satonda Island.’
question
1. Based on the text, can you guess what ecotourism is?
Give some examples of other ecotourism destinations.
2. As one of ecotourism destinations, what does Satonda Island offer to tourists?
3. How is the park different from the parks in cities?
4. How is Satonda Island related to Satonda Island?
5. What does the word ex-captive tell you about the orangutans in Satonda
Island,
which is a rehabilitation site for orangutans?
6. How can people reach Satonda Island?

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 Answer the
Task 1: Answer the following questions by referring to the text ‘Satonda Island.’
question
7. What is special about the means of transportation to Satonda Island.
8. What can tourists enjoy during their trip to Satonda Island?
9. What do you think is the most interesting scene in Satonda Island?
10. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?
11. How is each paragraph related to each other?
12. What is the most dominant tense used in this text?
Task 2: Tourists probably bring food and snacks in paper or plastic
packages when they visit Tanjung Puting National Park. What should
they do with the wastes? If you were also a tourist, what would you do?

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 Answer the
How is a descriptive text question
Parts of the Text Purpose Main Idea
constructed? It
starts with an opening paragraph. In the Opening statement to
Paragraph 1
paragraph there is a topic sentence that introduce the subject
introduces the object going to be
described. A series of paragraphs follow Paragraph 2
Supporting paragraph that
the opening to describe the parts or the describes the subject
features or the specific characteristics of
the subject. Describe the particular object Supporting paragraph that
Paragraph 3
by describing its or his/her specific describes the subject
features to help readers visualize what a
person, an animal, a park, or a thing is Supporting paragraph that
Paragraph 4
describes the subject
like.
Concluding paragraph that
Paragraph 5
indicates the end of the text

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 SADE VILLAGE

Sasak Sade is one of Lombok’s indigenous villages. One that will immerse you into the
unique, colorful and musical culture of the Sasak Village of Lombok. A short drive south
from Praya is the traditional Sasak Village of Sade, which provides an amazing insight
into traditional Sasak life. In fact, 700 people are currently residing in the village. And it
is not a museum nor only for the tourists. But it is a real village that has been inhabited by
the indigenous people of Lombok for a long time. The village consists of around 150
households living in thatched houses with walls of cow dung, which is freshly applied to
the house every month to repel mosquitoes and keep the house cool. But amazingly, there
was no smell of cow dung on the dry floor. Here you can also visit several homes, get the
low-down on family life and guys will enjoy learning how to kidnap’ a bride. Don’t forget
to watch the amazing Ikat Weaving and maybe pick up a traditional sarong or two.
 The Sasak Sade Village is big, and tourists could get lost in it if they go far. The
women of Sasak are taught to weave since they are young. They say that a girl cannot
marry if she doesn’t know how to weave. Their traditional woven cloth, Ikat, is born
of a labor-intensive process. The whole process of dyeing and weaving can take
months to finish a high-quality product.
Aside from the weaving, they also live on agriculture. The men do the farming of
course. They store their rice and other food in a building called “lumbung.” You’ll
definitely notice the rice granary too because it stands higher than the rest of the
houses. Although it may look touristy, one must understand
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question
1. What is Sade Village actually?
2. What impression do you get when you read the text?
How many villagers living there?
3. What does the villagers do for a living?
4. Read the third line of paragraph two.
What impression did you get after reading the description?
5. How are the materials and architectural design of Sade village?
6. What do all the materials and the architecture indicate?
7. Where is the location of Sade Village? Send the assesment through e-mail
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Village as one traditional Sasak life?
9. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the essay?
10. How does the writer organize his idea?
11. What reaction from readers does the writer expect?
12. Read text 1 again. Find out the similarities
between text 1 (Satonda Island} and text 2 (Sade Village).
 Answer the
How is a descriptive text question
Parts of the Text Purpose Main Idea
constructed? It
starts with an opening paragraph. In the Opening statement to
Paragraph 1
paragraph there is a topic sentence that introduce the subject
introduces the object going to be
described. A series of paragraphs follow Paragraph 2
Supporting paragraph that
the opening to describe the parts or the describes the subject
features or the specific characteristics of
the subject. Describe the particular object Supporting paragraph that
Paragraph 3
by describing its or his/her specific describes the subject
features to help readers visualize what a
person, an animal, a park, or a thing is Supporting paragraph that
Paragraph 4
describes the subject
like.
Concluding paragraph that
Paragraph 5
indicates the end of the text

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Complete the following sentences using the words in the
box. Remember to use the correct forms.

attraction, allows, spend,

become, mosque,
characteristics, bamboo, apply,
comfort, warms
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 Describing - role play

Have you ever visited a waterfall, natural park, or other

natural tourism objects, or interesting buildings,
monuments, museum, temples, etc.? Describe what
make the place interesting. Pretend as if you were a
guide describing the special peculiarities of the tourism
object. You can also pretend to be a tourist guide for
Satonda Island or Sade Village. In that case, make a
word web about Satonda Island, or Sade Village, or your
own favorite place. Based on the word web, take turns
with your classmate describing the place.
 At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following
questions to identify how effective your learning process
is.

1. Can you do all the exercises in this chapter?

2. Which part is still difficult to do?
What is your plan to make you better at doing that?
3. Do you remember the meaning of the new words found in this chapter?
4. What is your plan to make you retain the words and
the meaning more firmly in your mind?
5. Do you know what the communicative purpose of a descriptive essay
is?
6. When do people use this type of text?
If7. What
your areisthe
answer ‘no’characteristics of a descriptive
to one of the questions, text?
see your teacher and discuss with him/her to
help you understand and to write or talk about yourself better.