Welcome to Learning Activity 1 MODUL 2

Learning Outcomes

In Learning Activity 1 you will learn the following competencies:

Attitude

To internalize, uphold, and put into action religious, moral, and ethical values, integrity, accountability,
independence, tolerance, care, mutual respect, peace, collaboration, and nationalism

Knowledge

1. To understand, apply, and compare the social functions, text structures, and lexicogrammatical
features of descriptive texts relevant to the contexts of situation

2. To apply the knowledge to engage in social functions using descriptive texts in contextually
acceptable text structures and lexicogrammatical features.

Skills

1. To demonstrate the ability to analyse the social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical
features of descriptive texts from varied contexts of situation

2. To produce a number of descriptive texts for contextually acceptable social functions, with
contextually acceptable text structures and lexicogrammatical features.

Unit Learning Outcomes

Attitude

To internalize, uphold, and put into action religious, moral, and ethical values, integrity, accountability,
independence, tolerance, care, mutual respect, peace, collaboration, and nationalism

Knowledge

1. To analyse the contextual differences and similarities between a number of descriptive texts in regard
to the social functions, by showing the evidence from the texts (expressions, sentences, paragraphs,
etc.) in fluent and lexicogrammatically accurate spoken and written English

2. To analyse the contextual differences and similarities between a number of descriptive texts in regard
to the text structures, by showing the evidence from the texts (expressions, sentences, paragraphs,
etc.) in fluent and lexicogrammatically accurate spoken and written English.

Skills

1. To get detailed information of the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text
structures, and lexico-grammatical features;

2. To make inferences of the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text
structures, and lexicogrammatical features

3. To evaluate the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text structures, and
lexico-grammatical features;

4. To construct the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text structures, and
lexico-grammatical features.

Learning Materials

Learning materials in this activity will be divided into two main sections; Key Features of The Text and
Meaning Making Task. Study them carefully and do each of the tasks that follows.
Key Features of Descriptive Texts

Descriptive Texts

Social Function

A descriptive text:

 Describes particular things, animals, persons, or others, for instance: pets or persons we know well
(Gerot dan Wignell, 1994 dalam Anggun, 2016)

 Appeals to the senses, tells how something looks, feels, smells, tastes, and/ or sounds; something like
a word picture enabling readers to imagine the described objects, places, or persons (Oshima dan
Hogue, 1998)

 Is used to show, report, describe, and present information.

Generic Structure

A descriptive text is made up of identification or general statement and description element.

Identification introduces and identifies specific objects (a person, thing, place, animal or event)
intended to be described. Description describes the intended objects using descriptive details or
information about the objects’ characteristics, appearances, personality, habits or qualities.
(Derewianka, 2004; Butt et. al., 2000; Gerot & Wignell, 1994; Knapp and Watkins, 2005, p.149; Emilia
& Christie, 2013).

Significant Lexicogrammatical Features

The features of a descriptive text are:

1. Focusing on a specific object

2. Generally using Present Tense

3. Using linking verbs and verbs to classify things and describe appearances, characteristics, parts,
and functions

4. Frequently using pre-and post-modified noun phrases;

5. Using adjectives and adverbs to add information to nouns and verbs in the provision of detailed
information

6. Using adverbial phrases of manner, place, or time

7. Using words explaining characteristics or features (size, shape, location, colour,etc)

8. Using details to visualize the topic

9. Providing examples (using the phrases for instance, such as, to illustrate, or to demonstrate)

10. Using the topic word or the topic-synonymous word repeatedly.