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Kegiatan Pembelajaran 3 THE USE OF MODALS IN TEXTS
A. Tujuan
Setelah pelatihan, peserta mampu memahami penggunaan modality dalam aspek kebahasaan baik linguistik; wacana, sosiolinguistik maupun strategis
B. Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi
1. Menggunakan modality The use of modals in texts: modals in interpersonal and transactional texts dan text types dalam berbagai
kompetensi kebahasaan linguistik, wacana, sosiolinguistik, dan strategis.
2. Menentukan modality yang tepat sesuai konteks
C. Uraian Materi:
THE EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF MODALS IN INTERPERSONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL TEXT
Example 1 Student : Ma`am, I find difficulty to understand this material,
Could you explain it?
Teacher : Of course. But I will do it in break time. I am going
to teach now.
Student : Thank you Ma’am. The use of could expressed by the students shows that the students want to be
polite. The teacher expresses “I
will do in the break time”, it means the teacher
shows that she he decides and is certain helping the student it in the break time. The teacher also says “
I am going to teach now” to show that she he has
already planned the activity of teaching before the moment of speaking. Example 2
Teacher : Students, as we know that some classes of our school are under
construction, so you must not have activities there.
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Students : Alright Ma’am, but where can we hold our extracurricular activity?
Teacher : You
may hold your activities in school auditorium, but you have to clean it after you finish.
Students : Thank you, Ma`am. The use of
must not shows tha the teacher does not permit the students to have
activities near the constructed class. The students ask where they are permitted to handle their activities by expressing “where
can we hold our extracurricular
activity?”. The teacher shows permission by expressing “You may hold your
activities in school auditorium” and the teacher also show that there is school obligation to clean by expressing “you
have to clean it after you finish” THE EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF MODALS IN SHORT FUNCTIONAL TEXT
Example 1: The use of modal in an announcement
Source : http:e-englishlab.blogspot.co.id201101short-functional-text-
notices.html down loaded on September 29, 2015
Example 2: The use of modals in personal letter The transcript of Mr. Mandela’s Letter to daughters Zeni and Zindzi, 23.6.69
My darlings, Once again our beloved mummy has been arrested and now she and daddy
are away in jail. My heart bleeds as I think of her sitting in some police cell far
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