Modul ke:

Fakultas

Program Studi

Bahasa Inggris IIIDoing Media Survey and Using Articles in Text

Prayogo Hadi Sulistio

06Psikologi

Psikologi

Articles a, an, and, the

Indefinite a / anUnspecified singular countable nouns There is a bank near the restaurant

Unknown people A Mr. Jones left two messages for you

Names of jobs James is a doctor

Expressions of measurement He travels to California twice a year.

Articles a, an, and, the

Tips penggunaan a ataupun an adalah:A adalah artikel yang digunakan untuk menunjukan bendasatuan dan cara baca huruf awalnya huruf konsonan,contoh a chair, a table, dan a book. Maka apabila dibaca abook menjadi /a buk/An adalah artikel yang digunakan untuk menunjukkanbenda satuan dan cara baca huruf awalnya adalah hurufvokal, contoh an apple dan an orange. Maka kalo andaperhatikan cara membaca an apple adalah /en aipel/maka jelas bawa penggunaan kedua artikel a dan andipengaruhi oleh cara bacanya

Articles a, an, and, the

Definite Article (The)To refer to a particular thing or person I had lunch in a new restaurant. The waitress was rude but the

food was delicious

Specific national groups The Dutch; The Americans; The Koreans.

Title (when they are not followed by a name) The President; The Queen; The Pope

But President Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Pope John Paul II

Superlative adjectives The largest; the best; the most expensive

Unique objects The moon; The Earth; The Universe

Geographical names - countries (collective or plural): the UK, the Philippines

- rivers: the Thames

- Mountain ranges: the Alps

- Ocean: the Atlantic

Articles a, an, and, the

Zero ArticleTo refer to things or people in general Banks are closed on Sundays.

Tea is served at 5.00

Geographical names - countries (if they are not collective or plural): Spain,

Denmark

Streets: Oxford Street

Read the text below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate article when needed.

1. (The) launch of 2. … Aboriginal Peoples TelevisionNetwork or APTN, represents 3…. significant milestoneto Aboriginal Canada. For 4… first time in broadcasthistory. First nations, Inuit and Metis people have 5…opportunity to share their stories with 6… rest of 7….World on 8….. national television network dedicated to9…. Aboriginal programming. Through 10…documentaries, news, entertainment specials, andeducation programs, APTN offers 11… window onto12… remarkably diverse worlds of indigenous peoples in13… Canada and throughout 14 ….

Conductive Media Survey

Active PracticeA. Conduct the following media survey by asking anotherstudent the questions and recording his or her responses.(Questions list is in the module 6)

Listening Pratice

Listening 3 (Target Score page 32)Listen to the radio news bulletin about GloTelCom and answerthe following questions.1. What is GloTelCom going to do today?2. What did GloTelCom do two months ago?3. What are the job prospects for workers seekingemployment in the area?4. What have most large communications companies alreadydone?

(Audio Script Listening 3)

GloTelCom, the communications giant, announced it would be holding a pressconference today at their local headquarters. Is the industry leader preparing to shutdown local operations and move overseas? With quarterly profits down again,GloTelCom has union representatives and local government officials concerned thatthey may take more drastic measures after 1,000 skilled workers were let go twomonths ago in an effort to lower costs.This comes only two weeks after the mayor said in a speech that the local economywas quote “strong and stable”. If GloTelCom decides to reduce its workforce, the localeconomy and hundred of families will be adversely affected. Moreover, the communityhas already seen many manufacturing jobs leave the area and according to unionleaders, the future for local workers remains uncertain. It is unlikely laid-off workerswould be able to find jobs in another factory.Over the past fifteen years, the telecommunications industry has undergone enormouschange. While most of the larger companies have already closed their domesticoperations in order to move into cheaper labor markets, GloTelCom has remained untilnow, the exception.Tune in at 3.00 p.m. for the GloTelCom press the conference live.

Exercise (article)

1. I read … interesting book last summer.A. an C. theseB. a D. several

2. She goes to Ireland twice … year.A. by C. aB. the D. an

3. Did you taste … cake he made?A. an C. sameB. the D. both

4. It costs about 10 dollars …A. week C. the weekB. a week D. last week

5. We usually have … at 8.00A. breakfast C. for breakfastB. the breakfast D. after breakfast

Exercise (article)

6. Have you ever been ... Egypt?A. an C. toB. the D. in

7. I need … about the project.A. some information C. of informationB. an information D. for information

8. It’s … journeyA. seven hours C. seven o’clockB. the seven hours D. a seven-hour

9. … drink a lot of waterA. The French C. A FrenchmanB. French D. A Frenchwoman

10. They collected money to help …A. The poor C. poorlyB. poor manD. poor

Terima KasihSemoga Bermanfaat