WRITING TASK
(Practice 11, 12, and Writing practice)
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ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
EDUCATION (TARBIYAH) DEPARTMENT
STATE COLLEGE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
(STAIN) CURUP
2012
Page 30 – 31
Practice
11: Recognizing Transition Signal
Paragraph 1
Genetic
research has produced both exciting and frightening possibilities. Scientists
are now able to create new forms of life in the laboratory due to
development of gene spicing. On one hand, the ability to create life in
the laboratory could greatly benefit mankind. For example: because
insulin is very expensive to obtain from natural sources scientists have
developed a method to manufacture it inexpensively in the laboratory. Another
beneficial application of gene splicing is in agriculture. Scientists
foresee the day when new plants will be developed using nitrogen from the air
instead of from fertilizer, therefore, food production could be
increased. In addition, entirely new plants could be developed to feed
the world’s hungry people.
Not
everybody is excited about gene splicing, however. Some people feel that
it could be have terrible consequences. A laboratory accident, for example,
might cause an epidemic of an unknown disease that could wipe our humanity. As
a result of this controversy, the government has made the rules to control
genetic experiments. Still many people feel that these rules are not strict
enough, even though, the scientific community may feel that they are too
strict.
Paragraph 2
The
“woman’s lib” movement toward greater equality for women has produced some
permanent changes in the vocabulary of English. The first change is that
new words have been added. The words “feminist”, “sexist” and “male chauvinist”,
for example, became common during the past ten years or so. Another
new word is the title Ms which is
often used in place of both Miss and Mrs. A second change is that
sexist titles of many job occupation have been neutralized. A chairman is now a
“chairperson”, a businessman is a “businessperson” and a salesman is a
“salesperson”. Moreover, a mailman is now a “mail carrier” and an
airline stewardess is now a “flight attendant”. Finally, attempts to
give equal treatment to masculine and feminine pronouns in English have led to
the search for new pronoun form to replace he
(as he/she or s/he) when referring to neutral nouns such as the student. In my opinion, some
of now words such as Ms are quite
useful; you can use Ms to address a
woman when you don’t know if she is married. On the other hand, the lack
of clear neutral pronoun can lead awkward sentence construction.
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Practice
12: Choosing Transition Signal
1. The
same article said that the causes of inflation were easy to find, however,
the cure for inflation was not easy to prescribe.
2. Era
also suggested that rising wages were the one primary causes of inflation; therefore,
the government should take action to control wages.
3. In
physics, the weight of an object is the gravitational force with which the
Earth attracts it, for example, if a man weighs 150 pounds, this means
that Earth pulls down with a force of 150 pounds.
4. The
farther away from Earth a person is, the less gravitational force of the Earth,
therefore, a man weighs less when he is 50.000 miles from earth than
when he is only 5.000 miles away.
5. A
tsunami is a tidal wave produced by earthquake on the ocean floor. The waves
are very large and low in open water, but when they get close to land, they
encounter friction because of the shallow water; as a result, the waves
increase its height and can cause considerable damage when they finally reach
land.
Writing Practice
Public speaking
is influenced by appearance. But
the problem is. How to make our appearance come be good looking. First,
u can wear clothe which is appropriate with the condition. For instance,
if you will present in formal speech u have to wear formal clothe like jazz
combine with tie and a formal pants. In different, you are in sport
event and you are the speaker there so you must wear a sporty one. Second,
hair and top make your hair as neat as possible. Don’t allow your hair close
your face. You need to bunch your hair if your hair is long. Third are
accessories, never wear garish accessories for example, use a very long
necklace, long earring and etc because they can make you are uncomfortable
performance. After that all our appearance are going to be perfect so that
we will be self-confidence to perform our speech in front of many people.
CONTEXTUAL LEARNING
If the above processes have been
followed, and are working effectively we should begin to see improved teaching and learning conditions,
however, unless we begin to address the way in which our students are learning, and what they are learning
the benefits may not be apparent in terms of student outcomes. Firstly,
what do we mean by "what they are
learning". This doesn't refer to the school curriculum, clearly
this won't change. What it refers to is, they need to begin learning 'how to learn', how to learn by
discovery, to be creative, analytical, and critical, so that they can become effective life-long learners.
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