ANNOUNCEMENT

DEFINITION OF
ANNOUNCEMENT
Announcement is one of the short functional text.

In english verb of announce had a meaning "make a

formal public declaration about a fact, occurrence, or

intention.

So Announcement is an official notification about

something, Whether written or spoken which presented to

the public.
 THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF
ANNOUNCEMENT:
To make a formal written notice of certain
events which has happened or going to
happen.
 ANNOUNCEMENT
For all students / student SMKN 1 Pinrang
Implementation Perseni SMKN 1 Pinrang be held on 12 to 20 December 2012.
Here is a list of competition Perseni SMKN 1 Pinrang:
• Basketball
• football
• footsal
• badminton
• volly
• speech
• spelling be
• school board magazine
All classes must register their team before 12 December 2012. The winner will get
a trophy and a prize. Thank you for your attention and good luck!
 HOW TO MAKE
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.GENERIC STRUCTURE
• opening(title)
• content
• closing
THE CONTENT OF
ANNOUNCEMENT
• To whom the announcement is for
• The purpose of announcement itself
• When the event will be held (day, date,
time)
• Where the event will take place
• Who makes the announcement
LANGUAGE FEATURES

• Simple Present Tense

• Simple Future
• No conjunction
• Date, time, place
• Event
TIPS AND TRICK TO
WRITE ANNOUNCEMENT
• Straight forward and ease the readers to get
information
• Keep it short, inviting, and to the point.
• Clear and complete
• For a bad news, make a direct and no-
nonsense statement
IDENTIFY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT
• business announcement
• feneral announcement
• graduation announcement
• birth announcement
• wedding and engagement announcement
• event
• etc
EXAMPLE
S
1.Business announcement 2.Funeral announcement
3.Graduation announcement 4.Birth announcement
5.wedding and engagement
announcement
 MEDIA
We can find announcement
by :
• audio:on radio
• visual:on
newspaper,magazine,
• audio visual:on
television
THE PATERN OF
ANNOUNCEMENT
A.Written
Example:
ENGLISH SPEECH CONTEST
For all students of SMPN 1 SIDOHARJO, we announce English
Speech Contest.
Each class should register at least one student with one of these
following topics: 1.The Advantage of Learning English
2. The Difficulties of Learning English
3The Effective Ways of Learning English
For further information, visit the committee of this English Speech
Contest in
ENGLISH STUDENT ROOM.
 SPOKEN
EXAMPLE:

Attention, please!
Continental executive bus will be leaving for Bukit Tinggi
through Pekan Baru at 14.40. would passengers now board
the bus?
• Which bus goes to Bukittinggi?
continental Executive bus
• What time is the bus leaving?
the bus leaving for Bukittinggi at 14.40
THE CHARACTERISTIC OF ANNOUNCEMENT

The characteristic of good

announcement include the inform
that tells what, when, where and
how. at the end of announcement,
there should be a strong call to
action.
THE DIFFERENCES OF ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT VS ADVERTISEMENT
making announcement text is easier than
making advertisement because announcement
text just tell what we need to know. It's
different with make an advertisement, we will
be pressed to make the audience to interest.
THANK YOU