Donna Alicia Amalia

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Competency Standards
Listen 1. 2. understand the meaning of the text of transactional and interpersonal conversation continues in the context of formal and everyday life understand the meaning in short functional text and monologue narrative, explanation and discussion in the context of everyday life

Speak 3. 4. express meaning in the text conversation and interpersonal transactional official and continued in the context of everyday life express meaning in short functional text and monologue narrative, explanation and discussion in the context of everyday life

Read 5. express meaning in short functional text and monologue narrative, explanation and discussion in the context of everyday life

Write 6. express meaning in a monologue in the form of written text narrative, explanation and discussion accurately, smoothly, and thanked in the context of daily life

Basic Competencies
1. responding meaning in text using a variety of monologues spoken language accurately, smoothly, and thanked in the context of everyday life in the form of narrative text, explanation, and discussion 2. express meaning in text using a variety of monologues spoken language accurately, fluently and acceptable in the context of everyday life in the narrative text, explanation, and discussion 3. responding to the meaning and rhetorical steps in the essay that uses written language diversity accurately smoothly and thanked in the context of everyday life in the form of text narrative, explanation and discussion 4. reveals the meaning and rhetorical steps in monologue text using a variety of written language accurately, fluently and acceptable in the context of their daily lives in the form of narrative text, explanation, and discussion

The Function
A discussion is used to present different opinions on a particular issue or topic ie arguments for ideas against between positive and negative or between good and bad.

The Generic Structure

There are three parts of discussion Text, they are : a. Issue This part consists of an introductory paragraph that introduces topic/issue may state writers view.

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Argument This part consists of series of paragraphs that outline arguments for and against the issue or topic. Words should show comparison/contrast and link arguments. Conclusion This part consists of sums up issues and presents writers point of view and/or recommendations.

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Language Features Something that should be paid attention in Discussion Text : Using Simple Present Tense Use of relating verb/to be Using thinking verb Using general and abstract noun Using conjunction/transition Using modality Using adverb of manner

Example of Discussion Text

Bringing Hand Phone at School Most of school in Indonesia forbid the students to bring hand phone. But some studentsagainst that rules and think that bringing hand phone at school wont make any problem. Beside that bringing hand phone at school for students has positive and negative sides. On the positive side, bringing hand phone at school can help the students keep the communication. For example if the students join organization or extarcurricular, they need hand phone to keep communication especially with their parent. Moreover, they need hand phone for important or unexpected condition. If they need help from the other, they can use the hand phone to call someone who can help them. Although by bringing hand phone at school will help the students to keep communication, hand phone also can make the students not focus. In the class, hand phone can disturb the students during the lesson. Sometimes they will busy with their hand phone than concentrate the lesson. By bringing hand phone the students can access the internet through their hand phone. By the internet from the hand phone the students can have the possibility to open porn site and the other negative site. Finally, the negative side for bringing hand phone at school is it can increase the crime in the school. Because some students will bring an expensive hand phone and it can invite the thieves to steal their hand phone. Considering positive and negative side above, students should think carefully and tactful about bringing hand phone. Dont make the hand phone as stumbling block for students reach their dream in the future.