Talking About Self

 CHAPTER 1

      Hello This is English night program.Yudi introduces his family to Mr.Johan, his english teacher.This is their initial meeting.What would Yudi probably say? How would Mr. Tantowi, Yudi's father , greet Mr.Johan? How would Mr.Johan respond? You will learn how to ask for and provide information about a person's indentity, learn about famili members, subjective, objective and possesive prounouns. Please read the explanations thoroughly and remember the expressions and materials you have learned.

So,in this materials i will share more lesson about "Talking About Self'"

A. Supporting Features 


Short functional texts

           

1.E-mail and Letters

     An E-mail is occasionally shorter than a letter and more practical. For example, in a letter there should be  the address of the letters sender ( on the top right ), but in an e-mail, we only need the mention the recipient's e-mail address. Besides, we don't need to mention the  date in an e-mail, becaue it's automatically programmed. Additionally, a letter takes a few days to reach the recipient, while an e-mail is immediately received by the recipient.

      There are similarities between e-mails and letter. In composing either, we use :

• Salutation, such as : Dear Fitria, Dear Madam, Dear Sir, Dear Uncle Guntur,

• The body of an e-mail/ a letter,

• Signature/closing, such as : Kind regards, Best regards, Love, Lots of love, Yours sincerely, Yours    faithfully.

      

B. Grammar

2. Possesive pronouns

     

 Pay attention to the words in bold in the sentences '' I know, yours are much better than ours.''

The words in a bold are possesive pronouns.

 A prossesive pronoun show ownership. Unlike possesive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). Which are followed by nouns, possesive pronouns stand on their own, without any nouns.

The following are possesive pronouns and the examples.

Subject pronoun	Possesive Pronoun	Example
i	Mine	This is not my book, Mine has a hard cover.
You	Yours	Is the dictionary yours?
He	His	Beno likes keeping pets. The cute little cat is his.
She	Hers	Ira has many dools. The long haired ine is also hers.
We	Ours	This big, clean and green school is ours.
they	theirs	The children always keep theirs on the shelves.

VOCABULARY

Relatives of family members

 Read the following sentences and pay attention to the words in blod.
1. I got to know you through my cousin, Anissa.
2. I have an elder brother, Denis, and younger sister, Nadia.
3. My father, Mr. Janson is a policeman and my mother, Mrs. Rahayu is a teacher
4. We often visit our grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Saptana in Malang during holiday
5. They are my father's parents.

The word in blod show realtives or family relationship. 'cousins' in Indonesian means saudara sepupu. Now, please read the following words and remember theirs meanings.

1. father= ayah
2. mother= ibu
3. elder brother= kakak laki-laki
4.younger sister= adik perempuan
5.son= anak laki-laki
6.daughter= anak perempuan
7.uncle= paman
8.aunt= bibi
9.niece= keponakan perempuan
10.nephew= keponakan laki-laki
11.parents= orang tua
12.grandparents= kakek-nenek
13.grandfather= kakek
14.grandmother= nenek
15.father-in-law= ayah mertua
16.mother-in-law= ibu mertua
17.son-in-law= menantu laki-laki
18.daughter-in-law= menantu perempuan
19.stepfather= ayah tiri
20.stepmother= ibu tiri