Thursday, September 28, 2023

ENGLISH - LEVEL B1 - LISTENING - MODUL 16

 MODUL 16 : ARRIVING LATE TO CLASS


Langkah 1 
Dengarkan Audio dibawah ini sebanyak 3 kali. Lakukan kegiatan ini walaupun Anda tidak bisa memahami sepenuhnya. 

Arriving Late To Class

Langkah 2 
Pelajari Teks dari Audio tersebut. Pastikan Anda benar-benar memahami isi audio tersebut. Pastikan pula Anda memahami arti setiap kata dan kalimat, tanpa ada yang terlewatkan. 

SCRIPT/TEKS

Student 1: Sorry. Sorry, excuse me. I’m just ... just coming to sit over here. Phew. Hey. How’s it going? So, what have I missed?
Student 2: Nothing. He just started around five minutes ago.
Student 1: Did he say anything about the mid-term?
Student 2: What?
Student 1: About the mid-term tests. Did he say anything about when he was going to hand them back?
Student 2: He’s almost finished marking them, he said. We get them next Tuesday.
Student 1: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. When do we get them?
Student 2: Tuesday. Next Tuesday.
Student 1: OK. Got it. Sorry. What page are we meant to be on?
Student 2: Page 34.
Student 1: Page ... 34. Oh, wait. I don’t have my textbook. Can I ... share with you? Wow. This is hard stuff.
Student 2: Mmm.
Student 1: What does SEO mean?
Student 2: What?
Student 1: SEO. This is all about SEO but he hasn’t said what it means.
Student 2: Search engine optimisation. How to appear on internet searches.
Student 1: Internet searches. Right. Right. OK.
Student 2: He said what it meant.
Student 1: What?
Student 2: He explained it before you got here.
Student 1: Oh. Right. OK.
Student 2: Can you be quiet? I’m trying to listen to the lecture.
Student 1: So am I. Sorry. Sorry, one more question. What does this have to do with the American Revolution?
Student 2: What?
Student 1: I don’t get it. Why is he talking about search engines in a course on the American Revolution?
Student 2: What are you talking about? This is a class on software engineering.
Student 1: You mean, it’s not Early American History?
Student 2: You’re in the wrong class.
Student 1: Oh, wow. Now it all makes sense. I’m so sorry.
Student 2: It’s fine.
Student 1: Here, I’ll just ... excuse me. I’m in the wrong class. Excuse me. Thanks. Sorry.

DAFTAR KATA

catch = mengerti
page = halaman
hard stuff = hal yang sulit
mid-term test = UTS
search engine = mesin pencarian (google)

Langkah 3 
Dengarkan Audionya dan baca teksnya secara bersamaan. Lakukan beberapa kali sampai Anda benar-benar percaya diri.

Langkah 4 
Dengarkan audionya tanpa melihat teks. Lakukan kegiatan ini minimal 20 kali. Jika ada yang lupa, lihat kembali teksnya. Gunakan lembar Listening Check List untuk menandai aktivitas Anda. 

Langkah 5 
Ceritakan kembali isi audio tersebut dengan menggunakan kata-kata dan kalimat Anda sendiri. Rekamlah suara Anda dan dengarkan berkali-kali sambil menganalisa kebenaran grammar dan pengucapannya.

Langkah 6
Mendengarkan sambil menulis (writing - dictation). Langkah ini sangat penting untuk melatih ketajaman pendengaran dan ketelitian menulis Bahasa Inggris.

Lakukan langkah ini secara disiplin. Jangan terburu-buru pindah ke level berikutnya sebelum Anda benar-benar menguasai Modul ini.