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English for Personal Communication Guide

This document provides definitions and structures for personal letter, invitation, announcement, and advertisement. For each: - It defines the term and provides the generic structure with sections. - It explains the function and language features. - For personal letter, invitation and announcement it provides examples of sections like salutation, body, closing. - For advertisement it lists the generic structure sections like purpose, product name, user. The document is meant to help understand the key concepts and structures for these four personal and professional writing forms. It provides consistent details for each to clearly explain their purpose and how they are typically organized.

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English for Personal Communication Guide

This document provides definitions and structures for personal letter, invitation, announcement, and advertisement. For each: - It defines the term and provides the generic structure with sections. - It explains the function and language features. - For personal letter, invitation and announcement it provides examples of sections like salutation, body, closing. - For advertisement it lists the generic structure sections like purpose, product name, user. The document is meant to help understand the key concepts and structures for these four personal and professional writing forms. It provides consistent details for each to clearly explain their purpose and how they are typically organized.

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LK 1.

1: Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri


(MODUL 2 – PROFESIONAL)
Judul Modul English For Personal
Communication
Judul Kegiatan Belajar (KB) 1. Personal Letter
2. Invitation
3. Announcement
4. Advertisement
No Butir Refleksi Respon/Jawaban
1 Daftar peta konsep (istilah 1. Personal letter
dan definisi) di modul ini Personal letter is a type of letter which
concerns about personal matter and it is
addressed to a person who is known well.

 Generic Structure:
a) Beginning The Letter
 Date the letter
 Write a salutation
b) Drafting The Body
 Begin with pleasantaries
 Share news and personal details
 Relevance topics that are
relevant to your friend
c) Closing The Letter
 Wrap it up
 Write a closing
 Signature
 Consider including a postscript

 Function:
Personal letter may help you to
maintain and build personal
relationship with a person you know
well

 Language Features:
 Focus on exchanging personal
current news, feelings, and
conditions
 Use of pronouns, simple present
tense, and past tense
 Use of date and address
 Informal greetings or salutations

2. Invitation
Invitation is a written or verbal request
inviting someone to go somewhere or to
do something.
An invitation may be formal or informal,
and it can also be printed form or soft file
sent via email.

 Generic Structure of Invitation:


a) Verbal or spoken invitation
 Inviting
 Expressions
 Response

b) Written invitation
 Receiver
 Body of Invitation
- Subject
- Day / Date
- Time
- Place
- Closing
 Sender

 Function:
It is asking or requesting someone to
go to a place, do something, or
participate in certain event.

 Language Features:
 Use of pronouns, simple present
tense and simple future tense
 Use of date and address
 Informal greetings or salutations

3. Announcement
An announcement is a statement made to
the public or to the media which gives
information about something that has
happened or that will happen.

 Generic Structure:
a) Stating Purpose : The text that
contains what event will be held
b) Stating Day, Date and time: Day
and Date realization. The text that
contains when the event will be
held
c) Stating Place : The text that
contains where the event will be
held
d) Informing Sender : The text that
contains name of the person who
will be contacted

 Function:
An announcement is used for giving
people some information of what has
happened or what will happen.

 Language Features:
 Using simple present tense and
simple future tense
 Using exact noun

4. Advertisement
Advertisement is a paid, non personal
communication laying emphasis on
promotion and visual as well as oral
presentation of the sales message

 Generic Structure:

a) Purpose: purpose built of the


advertisement.
b) Name of product: product names
in advertising.
c) User: user of the product.

 Function:

 To urge the listener or reader to


buy or use the product or services
being advertised.
 To announce about a product,
services, or an event to the public.
 To convince of communication
about a product, services, or an
event so that the user effort to use
the product or services.

 Language Features:

 The choice of words used related to


necessary information.
 The choice of words used to
indicate the target
 The choice of words used is
precise, logical, and courteous.
 The choice of words used have a
suggestion for the audience.

2 Daftar materi yang sulit 1. How to write a personal letter, invitation,


dipahami di modul ini announcement or advertisement in a
right structure.
2. How to get the point of message from the
advertisement

3 Daftar materi yang sering 1. Advertisement


mengalami miskonsepsi

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