Requesting
Permission
A.
Listening and
Speaking
Phonology
1.Stress
§ Listen to the
sentences on the recording and repeat them.
1)
The roads in the
city were widened.
2)
They listened to
the band playing.
3)
The town was
packed with shoppers.
4)
We visited the
museum yesterday.
5)
My dad watched
the football match.
§ Listen to the
sentences again and underline the words that are stressed.
2.
Intonation
There are
two basic intonation patterns.
The first
one is the falling tone. ( \ )
The second
is the rising tone. ( / )
Listen to
these sentences.
1)
Linda stayed in
a\hostel.
2)
You must see the
Tower of\London.
3)
The house
is\untidy.
The second
one is the rising tone ( / ).
1)
What are you / doing
?
2)
Are you going to
the concert / tonight ?
3)
The measurements
are in / milimeters.
Generally
many statements have a falling tone and questions a rising tone.
The rising
tone in No. 3 suggests a question.
The speaker
is seeking a verification.
The response
expected is \ Yes.
§ Listen to the
recording and repeat the sentences with a falling intonation. ( \ )
1)
We walked to the
\park.
2)
A tree fell on
the \roof.
3)
Hasan went to
the \library.
§ Say it again.
§ Listen to the
recording and repeat these sentences with a rising intonation. ( / )
1)
May I borrow
your / pen ?
2)
Is this your /
painting ?
3)
What’s the time
/ please ?
§ Listen to the
recording and say it again.
§ Say these
sentences with the correct intonation.
1)
A : Could you get me a /ticket ?
B : \Sure.
2) A : Where is the /office ?
B : It’s over \there.
3) A : Can I listen to some / music ?
B : \ Certainly.
4) A : Would you mind helping / me ?
B : Not at
\all.
§ Write sentence
with the proper intonation.
1)
Rising
intonation.
2)
Falling
Intonation.
B.
Reading and
Writing
Task 1
Read the passage
A HOLE IN YOUR STOCKING
Once
there was a beetle who loved another beetle.
So
he went to her house to ask her to many him.
He knocked on the door. ‘May I come in,’ he asked.
‘I
am busy resting this fine afternoon,’ she said.
‘But
listen to me,’he said. ‘I have come to ask you to marry me.’
‘Why ever should I marry you?’ she asked.
‘Well, there are reasons enough,’ he said.
“I am the most handsome beetle in all the district. My
fine black armour is smooth and shiny. I
hold my pincers bravely, he said.
All he can think of is his own beauty! If he thinks
himself so fine he won’t think of me, at all!’ she thought.
And
she shouted through the door,
‘Go
away, now. I am beginning to feel sleepy.’
‘Oh, but listen to me! I’m the richest beetle
around. I have more stored away in my little
house than you or your Granny ever thought of.’
And
he began to tell her all he had.
‘Oh,
stop it!’ she said. ‘if you have so
much already, the you cannot want me.
Go away
now and let me go to sleep.
And
then he was really sad. He began to cry.
She
was looking after him as he went down the road. She was curious to see what he
looked like. And she saw two big holes
in his stockings, one in either heel. She saw them clearly as he went down the
road.
She
opened the window and called out after him:
‘Hey! You there! You, so rich and strong and
beautiful. Why do you come out courting with holes in your stockings. Who looks
after you at home to allow such a thing ?’
‘There’s
no one to look after me. My Granny is so blind she sits all day by the fire.
‘Come along back here.’ She cried. ‘ I can’t have
you going away from my house looking like that.’
And she invites him in and took up her needle and
thread, and darned up his stockings and sewed on a button as well.
By the time had done all that she fell in love with
him, that when he asked her to marry him again, she didn’t say no.
Task 2
1.
Read the narrative and study the following.
Orientation
Complication
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Explanation
1.
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2.
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Rejection
1.
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2.
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Resolution
·
Steps to
resolution
What she saw :
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What she did :
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Final resolution
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2. Read the narrative of “ A Hole in Your Stocking ”.
then do the exercises.
1)
Which of these
phrases has a similar meaning to this pharse ?
“ The most handsome beetle in the district “
a.
The best looking
beetle in the area.
b.
The most tired
looking.
c.
The well dressed
beetle in the area.
d.
A good beetle in
the area.
2)
Tick
( x ) two words which can describe or modify the following nouns.
a.
Bettle black fat large good
b.
House ones take beautiful rooms
c.
Road long over narrow heavy
d.
Hole small pretty large thick
3)
What do these
words refer to ?
a.
He line 3
b.
I line 6
c.
My line 15
d.
She line 17
Task 3
Study the passage on “ A Hole in Your Stocking ”.
then do the exercises.
Line 15 ‘If he thinks himself so fine he won’t think of me, at all!’
She thought.
1.
Pick out the pharse in this sentence that tells us what she thought of him.
2.
Pick out the sentence that tells us they’re going to marry.
3.
Identify the line that tells us about :
a. What he think he looks like. Line :
b.What
she noticed from the window. Line :
c. Why he has holes in his socks. Line :
4.
Pick out two sentences which mention how he looks like.
5.
Answer these questions.
a. Why did the male beetle go to the other beetle’s
house ?
b.
What did he tell the other beetle ?
c. What was the female beetle’s reply ?
d. Why did the male
beetle cry ?
e. What made the
female beetle to change her mind ?
C.
Grammar
Study the explanation for these modals.
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Can
|
Could
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The modal auxiliaries can and
could do not have other forms such –s
forms, -ing forms or –ed forms.
Could is the past form of can.
Both these modals have the contracted negative form, can’t and
couldn’t.
Can is used to show :
·
Ability to
do something
The economy of the country can
be improved.
·
The possibility
of something happening
If productivity can be improved
then we have a bright future.
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Could is used to :
·
Show ability
I could never understand economics.
·
Ask for permission
Could you lend me the article on Gross Domestic Product ?
·
Show the possibility of something
happening
Productivity could not be improved because of unskilled
labour.
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Task 1
Change these sentences into Yes/No questions.
1.
The volume of goods produced can be increased.
2.
This produce could be sold in the local market.
3.
Reza couldn’t work as a domestic help in the local market.
4.
Elephants can lift heavy logs.
5.The
leader couldn’t control his team.
Task 2
Change these sentences into the negative.
1.
China can have a large pool of adult workers.
2.
The grocers could sell enough to earn a good living.
3.
Working in the public sector could be very competitive.
4.
The farmers could produce a good crop.
5.
Pollution in rivers can kill fish.
D.
Brain Games
In
this table, there are five words of “CAN” and five words of “COULD”. Find them.
The first one has been done for you.
C A
N Y I
H C O
U L D
O D
C A N C O
U L D S
A C
A N O
P C O
U L D
P O
L M C
O U L D
D S
N A
C O U
L D N
H J I
P C
A N K
L C A
N P O
E.
Listening,
Speaking and Writing
Suggesting,
requesting and instructing
All these expressions are used to persuade people to
do something. One way is to suggest; the second way is to request; and the
third is a bit stronger is to request or instruct. All these expressions are
used very politely.
Remmember that
these expressions are used between people of the same level. (
students/students, adults/adults )
Task 1
Read the
expressions in the boxes with a member of your group.
§ Suggesting
When people suggest they do not force the idea on
the listener.
It’s up to the listener to decide.
When people are talking in a group a person can make
a suggestion.
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Jane : I’d like to suggest that we hear the
student first.
John : It
sounds like a good suggestion;
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Lex : May I suggest that we start planning
now
Lionel : I
think it’s a good idea.
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Louis : Don’t
you think it’d be better to draw up a schedule of work first.
Lana : I think I’d accept the suggestion.
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§ Requesting
In a request it’s asking the listener to do
something. It is as though you’re reminding the person that he must do it. One would
expect that the listener would do it.
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Jane :
Could you put away all the books, please ?
John : Sure!
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Lex : Could I ask you to be quiet, please ?
Lionel : Of
course!
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Louis : Do you think you could lower the volume
of the music, please?
Lana : Sure!
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Clark : Do you
mind sitting at the other table, please?
Kent : Of course!
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§ Instructing
Instructing is a bit stronger than requesting. The speaker
expects the listener to do it.
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John : Do you mind taking your feet off the
table, please?
Jane : Sorry! Not at all.
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Lex :
Would you minf repeating that again.
Lionel : Sure!
I have no objection to repeating it.
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Task 2
Study the different ways of persuading and think how
you do it in Bahasa Indonesia. Don’t translate the sentences but think of how
you would be able to persuade a person to do something.
Do you use the
word ‘please’ in the same way?
Task 3
Use expressions
to persuade people not to do something.
1.
A fellow classmate throwing a stone at a cat.
2.
A friend littering the classroom floor.
3.
A boy slamming the door.
4.
A child palying with a knife.
5.
A student cheating in an exam.
Task 4
Make a group
conversation (a group consists of four people or more) expressing suggestion
based on this situation :
Suggesting interesting topics that are never
discussed before in a weekly wall magazine’s meeting in your school. Not only
be interesting, the topic should be useful for senior high school students. Each
one in a group could suggest more than one topic. Support the suggestion with a
reasonable argument. Like in a meeting, the group are free to decide whether to
accept one’s suggestion or not.
