Sunday, October 1, 2023

ENGLISH - LEVEL B1 - LISTENING - MODUL 19

 MODUL 19 : MEETING AN OLD FRIEND


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

Meeting An Old Friend

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

Selina: Patrick? Is that you?
Patrick: Selina! Hello!
Selina: Well, well. Patrick Eastwood. How have you been?
Patrick: Good. Great, actually. How are you? I haven’t seen you for ... how long?
Selina: It’s been ages. At least fifteen years. Wow.
Patrick: Yeah. Wow.
Patrick and Selina: So, what are you doing here?
Selina: Sorry, you go first.
Patrick: OK. What are you doing here? I thought you’d moved to London.
Selina: I was in London for a couple of years. But it didn’t work out.
Patrick: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Are you ... OK?
Selina: I’m fine! The dream job wasn’t really a dream, you know? Um ... and London is great but it’s so expensive. I mean, just the rent on a flat is ... uh ... crazy expensive.
Patrick: I see.
Selina: So, I came back. I’ve been back now for almost five months. Living back home with Mum and Dad. Which is err ... interesting. Um ... but anyway, what about you?
Patrick: Me? Oh, nothing new. You know me – ‘Patrick the predictable’. I never left here.
Selina: Oh. And is that ...?
Patrick: Oh, I’m very happy. I’m married now. We’ve just celebrated our tenth anniversary.
Selina: No way! You? Married? To ...?
Patrick: I don’t think you know her. Her name’s Marigold. And we’ve got two kids. They’re five and eight years old.
Selina: Married and with two kids? Wow!
Patrick: Don’t look so surprised!
Selina: No, no ... I’m just amazed how time flies! I’m happy for you. I really am.
Patrick: Thanks. You should really come round to the house one day.
Selina: That would be great. Let’s swap numbers and ...

DAFTAR KATA

swap = bertukar/menukar/barter
celebrated = merayakan
anniversary = peringatan tahunan
anyway = bagaimanapun
been ages = sudah lama sekali
predictable = dapat diprediksi

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.