Giving Instructions CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Let’s play a matching game. The rules of the game are explained below.
a. Your teacher will divide the class into some groups. Each group contains 4 to 5 students.
b. Your teacher will distribute the following picture randomly to all players:
How to Change a flat Tire
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6. 7.
8. c. The first player has to mention the first step based on the picture, and the
other players have to find the other information to complete the sentence. d. The player to find the appropriate second information may collect the
cards and keep them as a ‘trick’. e. The player with the most ‘trick’ at the end is the winner.
TASK 10
Quotes: Education is not filling a bucket
but lighting a fire.
— William B. Yeats, poet
Practice the following dialogue with your pairs and answer the following questions.
Bambang : Can you help me to change the flat tire in our car?
Wahyu : Of course. This is how you do it; first, park your car in a flat
surface and prepare your spare tire. Next, put the jack under the car, then, loose the wheel nuts by using wrench.
Bambang : We need to jack our car, right?
Wahyu : Yes, after we loose the wheel nuts, then, we jack the car up and
remove the flat tire. After that, put the spare tire and the wheel nuts, and finally, tight up the wheel nuts and jack the car down.
Bambang : That’s so easy. Thank you.
Wahyu : You’re welcome.
Questions: Answer the questions based on the information in the dialogue
1. What tools do we need to change the flat tire? 2. When do we have to jack the car up?
3. What is the transition signals used in the dialogue above? 4. What are the final steps of changing the flat tire?
TASK 11
Identify the expressions used for telling someone to do something in task 11.
In a group of three, study the following explanation about telling someone to do something.
TASK 12
TASK 13
Telling someone to do something
In the task 11, you find this sentence: Wahyu
: Of course. This is how you do it; first, park your car in a flat
surface and prepare your spare tire. Next, put the jack under the car, then, loose the wheel nuts by using wrench.
The bolded sentence and words are used to tell someone to do something. Other expressions used to tell someone to do something are:
• First you …, then you …, • You do it like this, you …
• First you have toshould …
Practice the dialogue in front of the class with your pairs, and state whether the following statements are true or false.
Aris : Hi, Budi Can you help me to change the brake pad in my car?
Budi : Of course, are you ready with your wrench, wire, ring spanner,
and jack? Aris
: Yes, of course Budi
: You begin by parking your car in a flat surface. Then, loose the wheel nuts, jack your car up, and remove the wheel.
Aris : That’s easy. It’s done, and what next?
Budi : Next, you’ve to remove the caliper bolts using socket wrench
and hang the caliper with wire in order not to make it drop and have any weight on a flexible brake hose.
Aris : So, that’s the function of wire.
Budi : Yes, and after that, remove the top of the brake master cylinder
from under the engine hood and inspect the fluid level before the pistons are ‘squeezed’ back to enable you to fit the new
pads. Next, remove the pads, and put the new pads on. Aris
: That’s done, and what about the final steps? Budi
: Good, now for the final steps, you’ve to check the brake fluid, then, replace the caliper, put the wheel back on, tight the wheel
nuts, and jack your car down. Aris
: Finally, we’re done Do we need to test the new pads?
TASK 14
Budi : Of course, let’s test. If we don’t hear any grinding sounds,
we’re ready to go
State true or false based on the information on the dialogue above.
1. We do not need wire when we change brake pads ___ 2. We have to test the car after we change the brake pads ___
3. If we want to change the brake pad, we have to jack our car up ___ 4. If we want to change the brake pad, we have to park our car in a rough
surface ___ 5. We do not have to check the brake fluid after we change the brake pads
___
Make a dialogue with your partner and practice it in front of the class. Choose the following situations.
1. You ask your friend to explain how to change car’s exhaust pipe. 2. You ask your friend to explain how to change car’s horn.
3. You ask your friend to explain how to change car’s ignition wire.
TASK 15 C. Evaluation
Work in a group of three and find a procedure of repairing cars or engines. Make a dialogue based on the text that you
have find, and practice it in front of the classroom. D. Homework
TASK 16
How much improvement have you made after learning English in this unit? Write down your reflections here by putting a tick
√ in the right column below to indicate how much you have learnt.
Aspect Very much Much Little
1. Asking for instruction. 2. Giving instruction.
3. Telling someone to do something. 4. Understanding transition signals.
In this unit, you have learnt how to ask and give instructions, tells someone to do something, and transition signal.
Key Points 1.
Asking and Giving Instructions a.
Asking for Instructions:
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Do you know how to repair the …?
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Do you think you can …?