Summary of English Materials For UN
Summary of English Materials For UN
OF
ENGLISH MATERIALS
FOR UN
COMPILED FOR GRADE XII STUDENTS
PREFACE
4. Practice on old exams
This compilation is specially created for Grade XII One of the most effective ways to prepare for
Students in order to support their preparation for exams is to practice with an old version of
the national examination. Preparing for examinations previous exams. Also, an old test will help you
especially the UN (Ujian Nasional / National Final see the format and formulation of the
Examination) is not an easy task. Academic as well as questions and it will be good for you to know
psychological factors come into play when a student what to expect but also as a worthy practice
prepares for his/her final examination. Therefore, this for measuring the time you need for the actual
preface is quite unusual since it is actually more about test.
‘tips’ than a formal preface. 5. Explain your answers to others
With the help of your family and friends, you
There are various activities that can be done
could excel on your exam. Explain them your
separately or combined in enhancing one’s
reasoning for why you have answered a certain
experience. Herewith, there are few guidelines
question in a certain way.
respectively outlined to serve as a practical reference.
1. Give yourself enough time to study 6. Organize study groups with friends
Make a study schedule that fits your way of Study groups can help you get the answers you
studying and do not leave anything for the need and finish task faster. Just make sure the
last minute. While some students do seem to group is focused on the subject and they are
thrive on last minute studying, often this way of not easily distracted.
partial studying is not the best approach for
exam preparations. Write down how many 7. Take regular breaks
exams you have, how many pages you have to Regular breaks are need for the brain to regain
learn, and the days you have left. Afterwards, its focus. It is not the best tactic to study longs
organize your study habits accordingly. hours because long-term retention of
knowledge is almost impossible. The most
important part of studying is to develop a
2. Make sure your study space is organized routine that fits your study style.
Make sure you have enough space on your
desk to spread your textbooks and notes. 8. Snacking on healthy food is good for the
Ensuring that the room is sufficiently bright and brain
your chair restful enough are also points to You should not eat unhealthy food while you are
consider. Pay attention to details that can distract studying. Keep your body and brain fit by
you and remove them from your study space. choosing natural, fresh and vitamin rich
Make sure that you feel comfortable in your food that is good for you and would improve
study space and that you are able to focus. For your concentration and memory.
some individuals, this may mean complete
silence, while for others listening to music helps. 9. Plan the day of your exams
Some of us need complete order to focus, while Check all the rules and requirements for
others like to study in a more cluttered the exam. Plan your route and time it may take
environment. Make sure your study space is to reach your destination and add some extra
friendly and pleasant so that you can fully time. You do not want to arrive late and deal
concentrate. with even more anxiety.
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Pengetahuan dan pemahaman
Jenis teks lisan dan tertulis untuk cakupan materi fungsi sosial dan struktur sosial:
1. Interaksi transaksional/intepersenoal tertulis (a.l. pendapat, pengandaian, memuji, mengkritik, jati diri)
2. Fungsional pendek (a.l. announcement, undangan, pemberitahuan)
3. Descriptive, recount, narrative, procedure, report, exposition, biography, news item
A. PART 1 PART 1:
Part I terdiri dari empat soal, masing-masing soal 1. What does the woman express?
tersebut berisi dialog singkat. Siswa diminta untuk 2. What is the best solution they have?
menyimpulkan dialog yang didengarkan. Biasanya 3. What are they talking about?
narrator akan menanyakan beberapa pertanyaan 4. Why does the woman look happy?
seperti:
What does the man/woman mean? PART 2:
What does the woman want about…..? 1. What is the best response to the
Why the man/woman…? woman’s statement?
Where is…..? 2. What is the best response to Donna?
3. How does the man probably reply?
Untuk menyelesaikan soal-soal Part I, usahakan
untuk memahami isi dialog dan fokuskan perhatian PART 3:
pada pembicara kedua. Anda dapat melihat pilihan 1. Which is the place the speaker
jawaban terlebih dahulu sebelum / sambil described?
mendengarkan dialog. 2. Which picture is described in the
monologue?
B. PART 2
Part 2 terdiri dari 3 (tiga) soal yang berisi dialog PART 4:
rumpang yang nantinay siswa diminta untuk 1. What is the topic of the monologue?
melengkapi dengna respon yang tepat. Narrator 2. What is the monologue about?
dalam adui tersebut akan menanyakan beberapa 3. What can we infer from the
pertayaan seperti: What is the man/woman’s monologue?
possible response?
Untuk menyelesaikan soal-soal Part 2, fokuskan Exercises : (Lih. UN Express 2019 – File Audio)
pada pembicara pertama. Kata kunci (keyword)
untuk listening part 2 biasanya diucapkan oleh
pembicara pertama.
C. PART 3
Part 3 terdiri dari 4 (empat) soal dengan pilihan
jawaban berupa gambar. Bentuk soalnya adalah
dialog atau monolog, kemudian siswa diminta
untuk memilih gambar yang sesuai denga nisi dialog
atau monolog. Perhatikan kata kunci (keyword)
dalam audio yang Anda dengarkan.
Contoh:
Woman : Ouch, the living room is very
dirty. The dust is everywhere.
Man : Yes, you need the vacuum
cleaner to clean this all.
Narrator : What do they need to clean
the living room?
Day or Date
Time
Place
3. Inviter : siapa yang mengundang
b. It successfully implemented the new a. Place and date where the letter is written
technology b. Greeting/salutation/opening
c. It successfully improved the technology of c. Introduction/letter opening. Mis.: How are you?
power inverters d. Content, the main part of the letter
d. It successfully modified the energy systems e. Closing
e. It successfully changed power system f. Greeting, mis. Sincerely yours, yours truly
g. Signature
h. Name of sender
C. CONTOH SOAL
Anthony Wilde
LETTER Brooklyn St, 242
Canada
Dear Grandma,
B. PERSONAL LETTER Thank you for the cozy sweater you gave to me on
Christmas. It will surely keep me warm when I go ice-
Informal letter bersifat personal atau pribadi, misalnya skating. I hope you come with me sometime!
surat antar teman, surat untuk keluarga, dll. Thanks again. You always ick the perfect gift! Please send
my best regards to Uncle Hans and Aunty Wendy. I love
Generic Structure: you all.
Secara umum, urutan struktur surat tidak resmi
Love,
adalah sebagai berikut: Anna
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3. The Grandmother gave Anna the sweater used to wake up two hours early to keep up with his
because… studies. Kaka managed to conclude the intermediary
a. It was Anna’s birthday cycle (eleven years) in Brazil before dedicating
b. It was Christmas exclusively to football.
In 2006, only 24 years old, Kaka was one of the
c. It was Anna’s wedding anniversary
Brazilian players in the World Cup. Despite the
d. Anna passed the exam abundance of good players, Coach Carlos Alberto
e. Anna had just graduated from school Parreira already said that Kaka would start as a principle.
The group formed by Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and
Adriano was called “the Magic Square” by Brazilian
media and fans.
In 1976, Wozniak invented the Apple I computer. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)—Astronomer and
Jobs, Wozniak and Ronald Wayne an electronic industryScientist. Galileo develop superior telescope and made
worker, founded Apple computer in the garage of Job’s many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was
parents in order to sell it. They received funding from a sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his
then-semi-retired intel product marketing manager and support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at
engineer Mike Markkula. the center of the solar system.
Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor
charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolutionbut noble family. His parents recognized their child’s
and for his influential career in the computer and innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to
consumer electronics fields. Jobs died at his California have him educated. At his father’s insistence, Galileo
home around 3 p.m. on October 5 2011, due to studied the profitable career of medicine. But, at the
complications from a relapse of his previously treated University of Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide
pancreatic cancer. range of subjects. He was also critical of many
Aristotle’s teachings which had dominated education for
1. According to the text we know that…. the past 2,000 years.
a. Jobs’ parents were the lecturer at University of Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics
professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident
Wisconsin
criticism of Aristotle left him isolated among his
b. Jobs moved from San Francisco to California at contemporaries. After three years of persecution, the
fifteen resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he
c. Jobs met Bill Fernandez at Reed College in taught math. His entertaining lectures attracted a large
Portland followers and he was able to spend the next 18 years
d. Jobs was a chief executive officer of Apple, Inc. pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.
e. Wozniak invented Apple, Inc. in 1972
1. Something that we can learn from Galileo
Galilei’s biography is…
RECOUNT & a. We must always believe whatever the
society believes to avoid getting persecuted
BIOGRAPHY b. We must never go against the believe of the
society to avoid getting imprisoned
Recount text adalah jenis teks yang digunakan untuk c. We should believe in something and stay
menceritakan pengalaman (telling experience) yang faithful to it no matter how hard
dialami oleh seseorang, baik itu pengalaman yang d. We must sacrifice everything to get
menyenangkan maupun pengalaman yang kurang ourselves educated
menyenangkan. Biography dianggap merupakan bagian e. We should spend 18 years to pursue our
dari recount namun dengan cakupan peristiwa yang interests
jauh lebih lengkap dan detil. Biography umumnya 2. From the fact that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned
memuat seluruh pengalaman hidup seseorang secara for supporting the Copernican theory, which
mendetail mulai dari ia dilahirkan sampai meninggal. later was proven to be true, we know that
Galileo Galilei was….
Generic structure a. Reckless
Secara umum, generic structure dan jenis teks tersusun b. Stubborn
dari c. Tenacious
a. Orientation d. Arrogant
Pada bagian ini, penulis biasanya memberikan e. Foolish
sebuah pengenalan awal tentang apa dan siapa yng 3. According to the biography, why did Galileo
akan diceritakannya. Pada bagian ini biasanya juga Galilei resign from this teaching job at the
terdapat keterangan tokoh, waktu, dan tempat University of Pisa?
terjadinya kegiatan yang diceritakan. a. He attracted many followers
b. Sequence of Events b. He was persecuted for three years
Pada bagian ini, penulis menjelaskan rentetan c. He was appointed as a mathematics
peristiwa atau alur peristiwa yang sedang professor
diceritakan. Events atau peristiwa yang terjadi d. He had a better offer from the University of
dapat berjumlah satu atau lebih. Padua
c. Reorientation e. He wanted to pursue his interests in
Pada bagian ini, penulis memberikan/menuliskan astronomy and mechanics
kesan yang ia rasakan terhadap 4. His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence
pengalaman/peristiwa/event yang ia lalui. and talents and so make sacrifices to have him
educatated. (Paragaph 2). The underlined words is
Contoh Soal closest in meaning to…..
a. Acquired
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b. Learned
c. Multiple
d. Inborn
e. Strident
NARRATIVE
Generic Structure
Orientation : bagian ini adalah bagian pengenlan.
Biasanya pada bagian ini termuat character, place, time
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