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Kegiatan Pembelajaran 1 Grammar and Language Expression
A. Tujuan
Kegiatan belajar ini bertujuan meningkatkan pengetahuan Guru Pembelajar tentang berbagai aspek kebahasaan dalam bahasa Inggris linguistik, wacana,
socio linguistik dan strategis
B. Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi
Indikator pencapaian kompetensi dalam kegiatan belajar ini adalah: 1. Mengidentifikasi jenis jenis logical connector dan fungsinya
2. Menggunakan logical connector yang tepat dalam kalimat 3. Menggunakan core modal verbs yang tepat sesuai konteks kalimat.
4. Menggunakan ungkapan agreement dan disagrement dalam konteks kalimat yang tepat
C. Uraian Materi
DISCUSSION 1 : LOGICAL CONNECTORS CONJUNCTIONS
Logical Conjunction is used to link two or more ideas which have a particular
relationship. This relationship can be sequential time, reason and purpose, adversative opposition andor unexpected result, ataupun condition. There
are a number of logical connections that are used to link ideas in academic writing; these can be grouped into five main types:
Tabel 2 Table on Types of Logical Conjunction
Addition Replacement
where extra information is simply added or one idea replaces another
Comparison Contrast where two ideas are presented as either similar or
different.
Exemplification Restatement
where a previously mentioned idea is repeated by rewording it or giving an example.
Cause Condition where the reason why or the conditions under which
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Time Place where ideas, things and events are located in time and
space.
Source:http:sydney.edu.aulearningcentreclearer_writingmodule4logical_relationslogical_relations _intro.html retrived 5 January 2016
Contoh
1. Addition dan replacement
In relations involving ‗addition‘, extra information is simply added, for example: The research has been criticised for three reasons. It did not use a large
enough sample and the results were contradictory. Moreover, it was alleged
that the statistical analysis was faulty.
In relations involving ‗replacement‘, one piece of information is replaced with another, ie. alternative ideas are offered., for example:
Such a policy could stimulate the economy or it could plunge it deeper
into recession
The research has been critised for three reasons
The writer gives two reasons for the criticism, joined by and and
adds a third using moreover
It did not use a large enough sample
and The result were
contradictory
Moreover, It was alleged that the statical
analysis was faulty
