Tugas M1 LA3 Task 1 - 6 dan Assignment
TASK 1
In this activity, you will have to read two analytical
exposition texts. Make necessary notes of their key features. It may facilitate
you in doing the other tasks. Enjoy it.
Text
1
In
Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state
governments and local governments. All of these levels of government are
necessary. This is so for a number of reasons.
First,
the federal government is necessary for the big things. They keep the economy
in order and look after things like defence. International affairs are also
important to handle. For example they carry out mutual collaboration with other
nations in the world.
Similarly,
the state governments look after the middle sized things. For example they look
after law and order, preventing things like vadalism in schools. Crimes
occurring in a particular state need quick and instant solution. This will take
long time if they are handled by federal government.
Finally,
local governments look after the small things and daily matters. They look
after things like collecting rubbish, otherwise everyone would have diseases.
Thus,
for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of government are
necessary.
(Adapted
from (Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making Sense of Functional Grammar).
Text
2.
Learning
from Television
Traditionally,
educators have perceived television as not particularly beneficial to literacy
development. Concerns were fueled by findings suggesting that with the
introduction of television people spend less time reading books and reading
scores decline. As our society is striving to make adjustments to the decline
in literacy skills, new ways of learning and teaching are being explored,
educators are becoming interested in exploring the educational potential of
television. Therefore, the interest in television as an educational medium has
increased for several reasons.
First,
existing educational television programs that were developed to enhance the
literacy development of both children and adults have been quite successful in
achieving their intended outcomes. This has been reported in several researches
dealing with such things such as television supported distance learning
programs from the Open University in Great Britain.
Second,
because television is a very accessible medium, it has the potential to reach
learners that have not been able to participate in traditional adult literacy
programs. Television is accessible both in terms of its technology and in terms
of its content. By 1985, 99% of all US households had a least one television
set. Moreover, viewers are intimately familiar with the content of television
and tend to associate it with pleasurable experience because of its power to
entertain
Finally,
the development of new visual technologies makes it possible to provide users
with more control and interactivity and thus to adapt televised instruction to
the needs of a variety of learners and learning styles.
To
conclude, many teachers in UK are recently becoming aware to benefit the
potential of television programs to support the teaching processes.
(Adapted
from
https://dcmp.org/learn/static-assets/nadh175.pdf).
The
two texts have thesis, arguments to support the thesis, and use internal and
causal conjunction, and the last paragraph has the conclusion from the writer
what should or should not be.
Task 2 KB 3
Answer the questions below
to check your comprehension about the social function, text structures, and the
lexico-grammatical features of analytical exposition texts.
Questions:
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Answers:
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1.
Where can you probably find the first text to read?
2.
Where can you probably find the second text to read?
3.
Who might be interested in reading the first text?
4.
In text 2, which sentence is stating the writer’s position
to introduce his ideas?
5.
How does the writer of text 2 arrange his ideas in the
text?
6.
Does the
writer of text 1 use ‘the present tenses’
to write his ideas in the text?
7.
Can you identify the internal conjunction and causal
conjuntion in both texts? Write them in your answers.
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1.
Newspaper article, magazine,
academic lecturer
2.
Academic lecturer, magazine,
3.
Politician, State official,
academic people
4.
As our society is striving to make adjustments to the
decline in literacy skills, new ways of learning and teaching are being explored,
educators are becoming interested in exploring the educational potential of
television.
5.
The writer presents
arguments or opinions that support the main idea of the text.
6.
Yes, it does
7.
Text 1 : First, Similarly, Finally,
otherwise, Thus,
Text
2. : First, Second, because,
moreover, because of, Finally,
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TASK 3 KB3
Part 2: Comparing analytical exposition texts with
other texts
Read
the two texts above once again and compare them with the other two texts below
to identify their differences and similarities. Write your answer in the box
provided below text 4.
Text 3
In all the discussion over
the removal of lead from petrol there doesn’t seem to have been any mention of
difference between driving in the city and the country.
While I realise my leaded
petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I feel that when you travel
through the country, where you only see another car every five to ten minutes,
the problem is not as severe as when traffic is concentrated on city roads.
Those who want to penalise
older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t seem to appreciate that,
in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and one’s own
vehicle is the only way to get about.
I feel that country
people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town and who
already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated differently to
the people who live in the city.
(Source:
Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making Sense of Functional Grammar).
Text 4
Iceberg
Potential Source of Water
The supply of fresh water
has not been a major problem for most countries in the world because a rainy
season is part of their yearly climatic conditions. However, in countries where
the rainfall is very sparse scientists must constantly seek ways to increase
supplies of this precious element. One among other methods being considered is
the towing of icebergs. According to this method large icebergs from Antarctica
would be wrapped in cloth or plastic, tied to powerful tugboats by strong
ropes, and towed to the countries needing fresh water. While this plan may have
some potential, there are certain practical problems that must be solved.
The first problem is the
expense. According to estimates, it would cost between $50 and $100 million to
tow a 'single 100-million-ton iceberg from Antarctica to, for example, the
coast of Saudi Arabia. This is very expensive.
The second problem is
possible risk with the iceberg. It is very possible that the Iceberg would melt
en route. No one knows if an iceberg could be effectively insulated during such
a long journey. At the very least, there is the possibility that it would break
up into smaller pieces, which would create still other problems.
The third problem is about
the environmental effects. There is the danger that a huge block of Ice
floating off an arid coast could have unexpected environmental effects. The ice
could drastically change the weather along the coast and it would probably
affect the fish population.
The last problem is the
cost efficiency. According to this, the cost of providing fresh water from
icebergs would be less than the cost of providing water by desalinization.
According to most estimates, it would cost between 50 cent and 60 cent per
cubic meter to get water from an iceberg as opposed to the 80 cent per cubic
meter it costs to get the same amount by desalinization. In conclusion, before
icebergs can become a source of fresh water in the future, problems involving
cost, overall practicality, and most importantly environmental impact must be
solved.
(Adapted
from Oshima and Hogue, 3rd edition, 1998).
Write
your answer in this box.
Simmilarties
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Differences
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1.
The four texts give arguments that
support the main idea of the text.
2.
The four text use present tense in
constructing the text
3.
The four text use relational process
to attribute the main subject
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1.
Text 1 and text 2 use internal
conjunction and causal conjunction , but text 3 and 4 do not.
2.
Text 1 and 2 tell the argument not
based on private opinion but they
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TASK 4
Video
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What analytical essay?
1.
How and Why
2.
Explain and interpret
3.
Main Ideas
4.
Having audience effect
5.
Present view with evidence to support it
Video 2
How to
write it?
1.
Read the question
2.
Identify keywords
3.
Identify Direction Words
4.
Brainstorm
5.
Organise ideas
Task 5
Use your own words to develop the two supporting
ideas available in the text below.
Compulsory Attendance in College
On my first day of class in
an American university, I discovered that there are many differences between
universities in US and in my country. One difference hit me immediately when
the professor walked into the classroom dressed in casual pants and a sports
shirt. Then he sat down, and I received a second shock. He sat down on the
desk, not behind the desk. The biggest shock happened when he passed out a
piece of paper listing the requirements of the class. I learned that I was not
allowed to miss any classes! In my country, professors do not know or care if
students attend lectures, but in the United States, professors actually call
the roll at the beginning of each class meeting. In my opinion, compulsory
attendance in college is completely inappropriate for two reasons.
The first, college
students are adults, not elementary school children. The student has an ability to
determine which of the acts he should be doing which is not because the student
has a different mindset with the child. The student is able to determine what
he needs in the course so he will not neglect to improve his knowledge even
though he is not attending the class
Students often have other obligations
such as work and family. Not infrequently we meet there are students who have
to work to help the cost of lectures and this has become a necessity for him.
So also with students who already have a family. Sometimes the affairs
involving the family are more important than attending the class so the
students tend to leave the class because they think the class can be replaced
by learning independently.
To summarize, attendance in
college classes should be optional. Students may already know the material that
the professor will cover. Sometimes the professor lectures on material that is
in the textbook, so students can read it on their own time. Therefore, in my
opinion, compulsory attendance
in college classes should be abolished.
(Source: Oshima and Hogue. 2007. Introduction to
Academic Writing).
Task 6 KB3
Choose
one prohibition sign below which attracts you to generate your ideas to write
an analytical exposition text. Be sure to apply the knowledge you have learnt.
TAKE CARE of YOUR TRASH
Trash always appears to
be an effective issue in a society with less environmental sensitivity.
Indiscipline hygiene can lead to unpleasant atmosphere due to trash. With the
behavior of littering, it will result in some problems that will disturb or
damage the environment itself.
The smallest thing that
can be caused by the littering of trash is an accident. Imagine, if we throw
banana peel trash on the road carelessly, when someone stepped on the banana
peel, it is likely he will fall. In addition, this can also damage the view
from a small scale. Despite it is only a trash, it will disturb the comfort of
our environment.
When the trash continues
to accumulate in a place, for example in the river, then one of the
consequences is the flood. Flood is one result of littering. Trash dumped in
the river will cause the shallow of the river and the obstruction of the river
flow. When the rain drops down, it is certain that the river will not be able
to accommodate the water, causing the water to overflow and flooding.
We know that cleanliness
is one of the most important aspects of life. To keep the body in order to stay
healthy and fit needed cleanliness in the environment where we live. Stacking trash
can cause various types of diseases. The presence of disease seeds in the trash
usually comes from polluted waste by human feces and livestock, or because the
insect-borne insects sector is nested in it. Trash contaminated with human
feces or livestock can be a source of infectious diseases or pathogen sources
consisting of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and worms. And of course, this is
very dangerous to human health.
With all kinds of impacts
arising from the presence of waste that is disposed of arbitrarily, there is no
reason for every human being to not keep his environment clean and comfortable
by disposing of waste in his place and living a healthy life.
ASSIGNMENTS M1 LA3
Read the text below carefully for your
comprehension. Then analyze it to identify the thesis statement, the arguments,
and the reiteration.
Our
Complex Relationship With Technology
Julian Stodd
1.
I woke this morning to an
angrily vibrating phone, on fire with little red alerts. My first action on
getting up used to be making a cup of tea but it’s now hijacked by technology.
Our relationship with devices is complex: love or hate, or need and want. In
the Social Age, it’s technology that brings us together, that provides access
to communities and facilitates the discussions we have within them. It enables
the formation of wide collections of loose social ties and the maintenance of
increased numbers of strong and deep ones, whilst also providing access to
knowledge. My first instinct in many situations is to reach for the phone:
maps, directions, email and texts, tuning the guitar or sharing on Facebook,
finding out how to change the oil in the car or book a festival for the summer.
I have some personal views to express my ideas in response to the advancement
of technology.
2.
There are few aspects of life
that technology doesn’t touch, but it’s easy to let the horse lead the cart. We
are seeing technology transforming learning: systems provide infrastructure,
media can be easily created to enhance learning, language itself is translated
and transformed, we capture, share and journal with ease. The learning
experience is more easily quantified, both for individuals and for
organisations. But quantification doesn’t always equate to quality.
3.
It’s all about balance and
agility: our ability to learn, to innovate and be creative, to do things differently
tomorrow from how we did them yesterday. It means that we should have as much
say in things as the devices we buy and carry around with us. Whilst the
features of technology may connect us ever more closely and ever more vocally,
scheduling, chasing and reprimanding us ever more often, we need to ensure that
underneath it all we are being effective. It should be our natural behaviours
that are being enhanced by the technology, not the technology forcing us to
adapt our behaviours.
4.
We need to recognise that we
now live in the Social Age of learning, where the bywords are agility and
engagement, where formal experiences are less valuable than applied ones, where
traditional models of authority and expertise are subverted by more social
methodologies that rely on communities and sharing. We are in a time of change:
change to how organisations and individuals engage with each other, changes in
our relationship with technology, changes to how we engage within communities
to learn to co-create meaning.
5.
Instead of depending upon lumbering formal technology, needing
unwieldy servers and infrastructure, today’s artisan workers use tablets,
phones and apps to achieve much the same thing. Instead of needing offices and
pot plants, we need WiFi and coffee shops, Dropbox and Skype. However, it’s the
social technology that fits into our lives rather than requiring us to adapt
our lives to suit it. Social technology should give us access to our
communities whilst we are on the move anytime, anywhere. Because social
learning is anchored and grounded in reality making links back to formal
learning, whilst formal learning is always trying to reach out to meet reality.
6.
Social Technology has to be
effortlessly social, or it’s not social at all. The reason is obvious that
large organisations spend so much money on that field and they fail to meet the needs or expectations of users. They are
built around the requirements of IT teams, compliance teams, learning teams,
but not the people who actually count: the people who use them.
(Adapted from:
Table of identification
Text title to identify: Our Complex Relationship With Technology
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Thesis statement
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In the Social Age, it’s technology that brings us together, that
provides access to communities and facilitates the discussions we have within
them. It enables the formation of wide collections of loose social ties and
the maintenance of increased numbers of strong and deep ones, whilst also
providing access to knowledge.
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Arguments
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seeing technology transforming learning, the features of technology may connect us ever
more closely, we engage within communities to learn to co-create meaning with technology, Social technology should
give us access to our communities whilst we are on the move anytime,
anywhere.
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Reiteration
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Social Technology has to be effortlessly social, or it's not social
at all.
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