Writing III

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Class : August 31, 2014
Arif Nuryawan
Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan
arifnury@yahoo.com
Tutor Introduction
Arif Nuryawan (Arif)
Graduate Student at Kyungpook National University, Daegu
Major Wood and Paper Science
Personal Contact :
Skype : Arif Nuryawan
Email : arifnury@yahoo.com

Course Introduction
Text book : Writing 3, Rahmat Budiman, Universitas Terbuka 2011
Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : Descriptive Paragraph
Class 2 : Personal Letters
Class 3 : Business Letters
Class 4 : Basic Essays
Class 5 : Narrative 1
Class 6 : Narrative 2 & Comparative
Class 7 : Cause and Effect
Class 8 : Argumentative
Tutorial method: Online (Justin TV or Ustream) and In class
Grading Components
Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3
Participation
Final Exam
Course material can be found at Portal UT Korea

Module 1 Descriptive Paragraph
Focus on learning how to describe people and places by using your five
senses and applying them to writing.
Source for your practice :
http:www.vskol.educ.Goteborg.se/a/englar/write/interdesc/html_adapted
After learning this unit you are expected to be able to:
Describe peoples character and apprearances
Write assumption about people
Describe place
Unit 1 - Peoples Characters and Appearances
WRITING : Describing Peoples Characters and Appearances
Describing people is often occurs but no need to write long
descriptions
The informal description is founded in personal letters
Model for Describing Peoples Characters and Appearances:
See Page 1.2
GRAMMAR: Rules for the use of present and past tenses
Simple Present
to express repeated or permanent events: past, present, and future.
Eg. It rains almost everyday in Bogor.
Present Progressive
to express temporary events just now, or just around now. Eg. It is
raining again.
to express something that has already arranged to do. Eg. I am leaving
tomorrow at 9 by train
(Simple) Present Perfect
to express events repeated up to now. Eg. I have often thought about
working abroad
to express past events that are still news. Eg. Do you know that
Samantha has got married?
Present Perfect Progressive
to express events repeated or continuing up to now, up to few moments ago.
Eg. I have been playing football.
Simple Past
to express events that happened one or more times in the past, no connection
with now. Eg. She gave me some money yesterday.
Past Progressive
to express events continuing around a particular time in the past. Eg.
Yesterday, when I met Lisa, she was watering her roses.
(Simple) Past Perfect
to express second, earlier past. Eg. Last night, before I left my house, I had
locked the doors.
Past Perfect Progressive
to express events repeated or continuing up to then. Eg. Marry was very tired
because she had been travelling all day.

Refreshment
Lets do Activity 1, 2 and 3
Unit 2 Assumption about People
Ever guessed someones personality? Maybe based on his/her appearance
and behavior?
Unit 2 concerns with assuming peoples personality, social background, and
taste of certain things.
Model for Assumption about People:
See Page 1.12
WRITING : Writing Assumption about People
GRAMMAR: Question Tags
GRAMMAR: Question Tags
Intonation of question tag
The meaning of a question tag depends on the intonation
Our voice goes down you are asking a question; but you are only
inviting the listener to agree with you.
Our voice goes up , so it is a REAL question.
Another Example:
Unit 3 - Places
Describe
then
draw
image
Appeal
all
senses
Select
the
details
WRITING : Describing Place
How to present sharp, focused pictures?
From : Writing Brief Edition by Elizabeth
Cowan_adapted
Model for Describing Place:
See Page 1.22

GRAMMAR: Passives
Exercise
Activity 1 page 1.13, do with your friend. Pick no. 1) 3) 5) 7)
Activity 4 page 1.17, from 1) 10)
Language in use: Analyzing grammatical errors, page 1.25