CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

RECEPTIVE ORAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Lecturer : ADE AINI NURAN, S.Pd., M. Hum.

ARRANGED BY GROUP

CAHYALTY ( 219 )
FRISKA ( 219 )
PUTRI PANGARIBUAN (2192421003)
TRINITA ( 219 )

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN 2019
 PREFACE
Thankfulness the author offers to show the Almighty God, because the
writer can complete the Critical Book Review to convey the assignment in the
contextual Oral Language Skill lesson.

Storing things that happened during the Critical Book Review creation is
broadening the horizons in analyzing this book, adding insight, and so on. Glad to
find out for ma`m Rafika Dewi Nasution, S.Pd., M.Hum, as a lecturer in
Contextual Oral Languange skill who has given her direction Critical Book Review
can be arranged on time.

The author acknowledges that in making this Critical Book Review is far
from perfect. Therefore, the author accepts growing criticism and suggestions so
that the author can improve it. Hopefully this Critical Book Review is useful for
writers and readers in general. Finally, the author says thank you .
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE…………………………………………………………………………………………
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION……………...………………………………………….........
1.1 The Background of CBR………………………………………………………..
1.2 The Purpose of CBR……………………………………………………………..
1.3 The Benefits of CBR………………………………………………………………
1.4 Book Identity…………………………………………………………………..

CHAPTER II THE SUMMARY OF BOOK………………………………………….……..

2.1 Main Book…………………………………………………………………….
2.2 Comparison Book ………………………………………………………………

CHAPTER III CRITICISM…………………………………………………………………

3.1 The Streghtness of book…………………………………………………………
3.2 The weakness of book………………………………………………………………

CHAPTER IV CLOSING……………………………………………………………………….
4.1 Conclution…………………………………………………………………………
4.2 Recommendation………………………………………………………………….

BOOK LIST…………………………………………………………………………………….
CLOSING…………………………………………………………………………………….
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 The background of Critical Book Review

Critical Book Review is an activity that criticizes books with the

discussion about the book, how about the content, systematic writing, EYD
writing and also the strength and the weakness of a book. In make Critical
Book Review, it is better if we can choose books that are worth to
criticizing, reading and have to think critically. In this book, the topic is
about speaking and listening skills. Speaking and listening involves more
than analyzing your ability to talk and hear other people. It is about adapting
language to suit the situation and linking your listening and speaking skills
to be able to respond to any argument. Listening is the active process of
receiving and responding to spoken messages while speaking is the delivery
of language through the mouth. So that listening and speaking are important
to study.

1.2 The purpose of CBR

2. To fulfill assigments in Productive Written Language Skills.

3. Improve way of thinking to be more critical in reviewing books.
4. Explain the strengthness and weakness of the book.

1.3 The benefits of CBR

1. Assigments for Productive Written Language Skills.

2. To improve our way of thinking to be more critical in reviewing book.
3. To know the weakness and strengthness of a book.
 1.4 Book identity

BOOK 1( THE MAIN BOOK )

Tittle :
Author :
Publisher :
City :
Year :

BOOK 2 ( COMPARISON BOOK )

Tittle : Listening Improvement Exercises For Students Of English As A

Foreign Language

Author : George Herman Persulessy

Publisher : -

City : Albany, New York

Year : June, 1998

CHAPTER II THE SUMMARY OF BOOK

2.1 Main Book

2.2 Comparison Book

CHAPTER II

WORD COMPREHENSION

The next essentials of language learning are the words, or vocabulary of the language. At the
beginnining level one should concentrate on the function words and the more frequently used
vocabulary items which are needed to give practice in the basic structures and sounds to the
language. Precedence shoud also be given to the vocabulary which is intimately related to the
environment and experiences of the students.

A. Word ( Synonyms )
Each problem consists of a test word followed by fourbpossible meanings. Underline the word
that means most nearly the same as the test word.

Example : test word

Ship mile price boat need

B. Sames and Opposites

Each problem has two words whose meanings are either approximately the same or
approximately the opposite. If the two words have about same meaning underline the letter ‘S’
and if they have opposites word underline ‘O’

Examples : clever intelligent S ( they mean the same )

Ask answer O ( they mean the opposites )

CHAPTER III

SENTENCE COMPREHENSION

The completion exercises are based on the belief that a good listener predicts or guesses what
the instructor is going to say or what he is going to hear before the words are actually uttered.
Sentence for general meaning exercises consist of either a short question or a short statement.

A. Sentence Completion
Each problem consists of a sentence with a word missing. You are then given four words, only
one of which will complete the sentence in a logical way. Decide which word should be used in
the sentence then draw a circle or a line under it.
Example : in this hot weather the ice will soon….

a. Spoil b. melt c. bake d. fail

The correct answer is b.

B. Sentence For General Meaning

You will hear either a short question or a short statement. If you hear a question, select one of
the four posibble choices that answers the question best. If you hear a statement select that one of
the four possible choices will given the same meaning or nearly the same meaning as the
statement which you heard.

Examples : Sylvia is studying medicine here

a. Sylvia is a nurse
b. Sylvia wants to become a doctor
c. Sylvia married a doctor
d. Sylvia is sick