Speaking Section - Procedure text

What’s up students?

How’s your day?

I hope today will be your unforgettable moment because we will learn about speaking using my blog. In this speaking section I provide you some activities and exercises, Are you setting your heart on that? What did you say? I can’t hear your voice. Ok, some of you said yes and few of you said haven’t been ready yet. How if we start our speaking section now? I think few of you who are not ready will be influenced with others and follow this section. Is it good idea, students?

I. PRE SPEAKING SECTION

This is the first section of our speaking section. In this section I give you expressions of asking and giving opinion. You can read those expressions below. If you want to listen those expression and practice how near your pronunciation, stress and intonation with the native speaker, you can click the streaming audio below.

Asking for Opinions	Giving Opinions
What do you think?	I think we should get a new car. I don't think we need one.
What's your opinion?	I believe (that) smoking should be outlawed. I don't believe (that) it should be illegal.
What are your ideas?	In my opinion, Gone with the Breeze is the best movie ever made.
Do you have any thoughts on that?
How do you feel about that?	I feel that it's the right thing to do. I don't feel that it's such a good idea.

PS: in the Colum ‘giving opinion’ the words without bolding can be replaced with your own opinions

Now, after you have learnt about asking and giving opinion, I will give you some pictures.

Answer the questions orally, than record your answer!

1.     What do you think about those pictures?
2.     What is your opinion if we try to make an origami?
3.     Do you think that it is difficult to make an origami or not?

II. WHILST SPEAKING SECTION

Hello students, are you tired after did the pre speaking section? You can stretch your body now before we go to the main activity. What is that? You right, it is whilst speaking section or speaking section itself. In this section you have to have extra energy to speak aloud. Do you mind if I give you something entertaining such as video? Ok, before we practice, I will give you video about making an origami box. I hope this video can make your brain refresh. 

Do you have any difficulty when listen the video?

Below is transcription of the video. It will help you to understand the video. First, you can read it aloud then read it in silence.

How to make an origami Box

Loves look difficulty. Simple, here is a great way to make a single peace of paper into a simple box, perfect for hold on whatever knickknack to keep sexy health life around.

You will need:

A sheet of rectangular paper

And a plat surface.

Optional the cover or page from a magazine.

Step 1: Place the paper on the flat surface with the long edges at the top and bottom .

Tip: It’s having by loving it printed paper work well but the cover or a page of magazine works even better and it’s a great way to recycle

Step 2: Fold one long edge to be opposite long edge crease than unfold

Step 3: Fold one long edge to be the center crease you just make, now do the same with the other long edges, so they both meet in the center, unfold completely.

Step 4: Rotate your paper and fold one short edge to be opposite short edge, unfold.

Step 5: Fold the each short edge to be the center crease similar with the step 1 and 2, do not unfold.

Step 6: Orient the paper so the one of the long fold edges closest to you, there should be three vertical creases in your paper, starting at the bottom in the right hand crease, fold the nearest corner so the folded edge lines a belong nearest the vertical crease, crease hard through all the layers

Step 7: Repeat this creasing in the three remaining corners

Tip: you should now have a football shape with four triangular corners, two short edges, and two long, loose edges in the center the model

Step 8: Fold one of the loose edges as far as go away from the center over two of the triangles bending the two small and tends over to lock the edges place, repeat the other edges

Step 9: Place your thumbs inside under the hand edges and gently lift upward to open the box

Step 10: Pinch each corner and you’re done. Now, make another one for a lid

Did you know Origami began in China and letter caught on in Japan, were documents were folded to secure them.

Vocabulary review:

Vocabulary	Pronunciation Transcription	Meaning
Knickknack	/ˈnɪk.næk/	a small decorative object, especially in a house
Sheet	/ʃiːt/	a piece of paper
flat	/flæt/	level and smooth, with no curved, high, or hollow parts
edges	/edʒ/	the outer or furthest point of something
Fold	/fəʊld/	to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able to be bent in this way
crease	/kriːs/	a line on cloth or paper where it has been folded or crushed
Pinch	/pɪn t  ʃ/	to squeeze something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain

After watching the video and reading the transcription, retell the text above using your own words. You can record your voice using recorder.

Now, I provide you dialogue appropriate with the video. Practice the dialogue with your partner. After practicing the dialogue, record your voice when do the conversation with your partner.

Nanta           : Hello Andrea, what are you doing?

Andrea         : Hello Nanta, I am making an origami box.

Nanta           : Wow, That’s interesting! Can you tell me how to make it?

Andrea         : First, you have to prepare a sheet of rectangular paper and a plat surface.

Nanta           : How if I use the cover or page from magazine?

Andrea         : It’s up to you. The cover or page from a magazine is better because it’s great way to recycle.

Nanta           : Then, What should I do?

Andrea         : You can follow me. First, you place the paper on the flat surface with the long edges at the top and bottom. Then Fold one long edge to be the center crease you just make, now do the same with the other long edges, so they both meet in the center, unfold completely. Are you done?

Nanta           : Heemmtz… It’s quiet difficult to me to follow you. Can you teach me in another occasion? now I have to be hurry up because my parents have waited me to go to gathering party.

Andrea          : Don’t worry, We will learn how to make origami box when you have much time.

Nanta           : Thank you, see you Andrea.

Andrea         : See you Nanta.

III. POST SPEAKING SECTION

In this section, I give you homework to make your own dialogue according to the video. You can make it in pairs than record your voice in cassettes or CD.

PS:  PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR WORK IN THE NEXT CLASSROOM MEETING. WHO DOES NOT SUBMIT ON TIME WILL BE NOT COUNTED.

List of assignment that should you submit:

1. Recording of answering the question

2. Retell the text ‘how to make an origami box’ using your own word

3. Recording of the dialogue (in pairs)

4. Recording of your own dialogue appropriate with the video (in pairs)

If you have any difficulties and questions, please leave your comment. Thank you.

Review of Speaking Website

Hello students, when I search website for teaching speaking, I found an interesting website. That website is called ESL gold. The URL of the website is http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html

If you want to go to that website click this link:  
ESL gold.net 

I will give you review of this website, ESLgold.com gives you the opportunity to practice your English language skills in many ways. If you're a beginner, you can start by checking out our vocabulary pages, where you can see, hear, and say new words in English. This website also provides speaking, listening, writing, reading, grammar, vocabulary, business, pronunciation, TOEFL/TOEIC, and Idioms pages. In the speaking page, we are served: 

ESLgold resources 

Phrases for Conversation 

Topics for Conversation 

Speaking Situations 

Textbook Recommendations 

Quick Links 

Quizzes 

Learning StrategiesTeaching Speaking 

Those menus above are categorized into the levels below:

ESLgold resources

Low Beginning 

High Beginning 

Low Intermediate 

High Intermediate 

Advanced 

Students can find the material (transcript, and audio files) from the menus above. They also can get the textbook which recommended by ESL gold. In addition, teacher gives a lot of advantage from this website. Teacher can get the material freely, and it’s not wasting time to prepare learning material. There exist a learning strategies, quizzes, and also link to get speaking situation to improve teacher’s material.

This website is awesome. All materials on ESLgold.com are free of charge and organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. ESLgold provides you with recommendations for great textbooks and even a book exchange, where you can buy and sell used books.

I think you have to try to go to this website, like I said, this website has a lot  of advantages for you to improve your speaking skill.

Listening Section

Hello students...

In this very first occasion, I will give you listening section. Listening Section will be divided into three section, they are pre listening, whilst listening and post listening section. Pre listening section is such warming up, it contains material which delivers you into main activity or listening test. Whilst listening section is listening test itself. Post listening section contains examination which you can do as homework.

I. PRE LISTENING SECTION

Have you ever learned about procedure text? I think some of you have learned it but the others haven't.

Now, you will have listening test about procedure text, let's see what is procedure text.
You can download the explanation of procedure text through this link
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Procedure : a text that shows a process in order. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of series.



Characteristic of Procedure Text:
1. Generic Structure

• a. Goal/Aim: Showing the purpose

• b. List of material: Telling the needed materials. For example: The materials are as follows : 1. Two slides of bread, 2. fried-egg, strawberry jam, chocolate sprinkles

• c. Sequence of steps: Describing the steps to achieve the purpose, for example: First, take two slides of bread and …

2. Language Feature of Procedure

• a. Using simple present tense
• b. Using imperative/order sentences: for example: Turn on the lamp, Put the rice into the rice cooker, Don’ t forget to press the ‘on’ button.
• c. Using sequences/temporal conjunctions: first, second, then, next, the last, finally.

Here is a video example of procedure text:

Below is an example of procedure text:

HOW TO MAKE FRIED RICE

Things You'll Need:

• 2 tablespoons peanut, sesame or other oil

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced (optional)

• 1/2 cup diced onion or 4 green onions, thinly sliced

• 1/3 cup diced carrot, cooked

• 1/4 cup frozen peas, thawed

• 4 cups cooked white or brown rice, cooled completely

• 1 cup chopped, cooked shrimp, pork or beef

• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

• Measuring spoons

• Rice cooker

• Groceries

• Measuring cups

• Wok or large skillet

• Chef's knives

• Stirring spoon

• Cutting board

Instructions:

1. Heat the oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat.

2. Add the garlic, ginger and onion and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.

3. Reduce the heat to medium, and add the carrot, peas, rice and meat and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes.

4. Use your stirring spoon to make a well in the center of the rice and pour the eggs into it. Let the eggs cook for 1 minute, then slowly start to stir and incorporate the egg into the rice.

5. Add the soy sauce and cook for 2 minutes longer, stirring and tossing with the spoon.

6. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

7. Serve immediately.

VOCABULARY REVIEW:

Tablespoon: a large spoon used for measuring or serving food (sendok makan)

Teaspoon: a small spoon used to stir tea or coffee in a cup (sendok teh)

Cloves: a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (butir)

Minced: having been cut up into very small pieces (dicincang)

Ginger: the spicy root of a tropical plant which is used in cooking or eaten preserved in sugar (jahe)

Diced: to cut food into small squares (dipotong dadu)

Sliced: cut into thin flat pieces (diiris tipis)

Frozen: turned into ice (beku)

Thawed: dicairkan

Chopped: to cut something into pieces with an axe , knife or other sharp instrument (diiris)

Soy sauce: kecap

Shrimp: a small sea animal with a thin shell, ten legs and long tail, or its pink curved body eaten as food (udang)

Pork: meat from a pig, eaten as food (daging babi)

Beef: the flesh of cows which is eaten (daging sapi)

Large skillet: large frying pan (wajan besar)

Groceries: the food that you buy in a grocer's shop or supermarket (bahan pangan)

Stir: to mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object such as a spoon in a circular pattern (aduk)

 

After you have read the procedure text above, I provide you some pictures of the things which you need to make cuisine, look at the pictures below!

After you look at the pictures, answer the questions below!
Please submit your answers through the comment.

1. What cuisine can we make from all of those things?

2. Do you ever cook this cuisine?

II. WHILST LISTENING SECTION

It is time to listening section, are you ready students?

In your test book, you will read five questions about procedure text. Each question will be followed by four answers. You have to choose the best answer to each question and mark it on your answer sheet.

Listen carefully!

You can download the audio file trough this link

DOWNLOAD HERE 

After listening the audio file, answer the questions below to enlarge your understanding about procedure text. 

Listening Test » ProProfs Quizzes

You have to print your listening test result than submit it in the next classroom meeting. 

GOOD LUCK!

III. POST LISTENING SECTION

Hey students....how's the result of your listening test? I hope you did your best.

Now, after you did your test, I will give you more exercises.

1. Match the word with the appropriate meaning. Write in your book and submit it in the next classroom meeting.

a. Chopped                    1. having been cut up into very small pieces
b. Diced                         2. to cut something into pieces with an axe , knife or other sharp instrument
c. Minced                       3. cut into thin flat pieces
d. Sliced                         4. to mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object such as a spoon in a circular pattern
e. Stir                             5. to cut food into small squares

2. Find the audio or video file about procedure text, listen then transcript it. We will discuss it in the next meeting.

PS: If you have any difficulties or questions, please, leave your comment

Have a fun learning, students!

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