Read and Analyze the Structure of News Item

   Assalamualaikum lur, welcome back to my blog, this time I will provide material about news items. below is an example of a news item.

Highly Anticipated Coldplay Concert Sparks Ticket War, Frauds, and Homophobic Debate in Indonesia

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - The November concert in Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium will mark the first time the band Coldplay is performing in Indonesia. Coldplay fans in Indonesia felt nervous and could not relax as they prepared to buy the tickets on 17 May 2023. 

They tried their best, but some didn't succeed. For many people, the tickets were flying away from their reach too quickly. Social media users posted screenshots that they could not even access the ticket website because over 500,000 people were on the waiting list already. 

Through chaos as the ticket war swirled, it became us against the world situation. The ticket war in Indonesia has been very fierce in recent years; Tickets for K-pop concerts are usually fully booked within minutes. Last month, ticket sales for the Japanese band Radwimps also quickly booked. (Radwimps was the opening act for Coldplay's concert in Japan.) 

Life goes on, it gets so heavy for some fans. Struggling with the feeling that the ticket isn't theirs, some choose to find ticket resellers on Twitter. Buying tickets on Twitter is often a risky venture, but for some it is too tempting. And dozens of people were defrauded. 

Last week, the police said there were 14 people who collectively lost Rp30 million ($2,015) as they tried to buy the Coldplay tickets on social media.

After all the scams that occured, police said at least 60 people became victims per Tuesday. They lost Rp183 million ($12,293) in total.

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police also arrested a young couple aged 22 and 24 who scammed people with Coldplay tickets. 

Spokesperson of the national police, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said the police received reports of fraud in the Jakarta area, Riau Islands, and Middle Java. Vice President Ma'ruf Amin also reminded the public to be careful.

"Regarding the Coldplay tickets, yes, I suppose it's not just Coldplay, but also in everything that the public be careful so not to be duped easily," said the 80-year-old VP.

Calls from Rejection

Chris Martin has been a strong advocate for gay rights. The conservative groups in Indonesia use that as the pretext to reject the band. 

The strongest voice comes from PA 212 (Persaudaraan Alumni 212 or Brotherhood Alumni of 212) which strongly rejects Coldplay. But the moderate Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) also voiced their rejection. The deputy head of MUI Anwar Abbas highlights Coldplay's support toward LGBT community, and he believes Coldplay would ruin the morality in the country.

In Indonesia, the political support toward gay rights in Indonesia is rather dim. Populist politicians and public figures often avoid the advocacy issues to protect the LGBT community. Although ironically, homosexual artists such as Troye Sivan, Sam Smith, and Freddie Mercury are immensely popular in the country.

The government of President Joko Widodo has tried to de-escalate the situation. Minister for Tourism Sandiaga Uno said he has heard the opinions from the religious figures while ensuring the legality of Coldplay's concert. 

"We have opened communication and wanted to hear the inputs and suggestions from the ulamas as a part of our [efforts] to ensure that this concert is within the legal corridor in Indonesia," said Sandiaga. 

Sandiaga said that Coldplay's concert will be beneficial for the economy and tourism. The minister also hopes that Coldplay will be able to have a second day concert in Jakarta.

In 2012, Lady Gaga's concert was finally cancelled after dangerous threats from the conservative groups. Lady Gaga, who is also a strong LGBT rights advocate, was dubbed as vulgar and satanic. 

Since the rejection, Lady Gaga has gained more power and popularity, including winning an Oscar. But Lady Gaga still has not visited Indonesia.

The generic structure of News Item 

1. Headline: Highly Anticipated Coldplay Concert Sparks Ticket War, Frauds, and Homophobic Debate in Indonesia

2. Newsworty Event: Coldplay band ticket war in Indonesia and Coldplay's offer in Indonesia by some Muslim citizens in Indonesia because the vocalist voiced the rights of LGBT

3. Background Event: 5W 1H

-What  : Band coldplay ticket war in Indonesia 

-Where: Indonesia 

-When : May 17, 2023

-Who   : Indonesian cetizen

-Why   : The first time the band Coldplay is performing in Indonesia.

-How   : Struggling with the feeling that the ticket isn't theirs, some choose to find ticket resellers on Twitter.

4. Souce: Liputan6.com, Jakarta

Congratulion Card

  Assalamualaikum lur, back to my blog, this time I will discuss about the congratulion card.

  Congratulion cards are a type of greeting card, but here I will only discuss congratulation cards. Congratulation cards are greeting cards that contain cards to congratulate friends, relatives, or even family on achievements or successes, their function is to express feelings through the messages contained in the cards. Congratulation cards can be divided into several types such as regarding birthday wishes, success at work, congratulations on titles, etc.

There is a section in the congratulation card

1. Receivers. The first part is the receiver, that is, to whom the card is intended. Usually written at the top of the greeting card.

2. Body. This section is the contents of the greeting card or the purpose for which the card is given which contains a quote, picture or image regarding that special day or it could also be the sender's wish for the recipient.

3. Senders. Sender is the identity of the sender of the card, usually under the card after the contents are written

Example:

1. Hi, Nia!

Congratulations today and best wishes for all your tomorrows. And, may you always dare to do great things with your life! 

From your best friend,

Naina

2. Congratulations on your victory!

Hi, Liam! I heard that you took part in the regional art week competition and won first place. I am so happy and proud to hear that.

Once again, congratulations! You deserve that prize.

With love,

Dian

Example congratulion card

  So, that's about the congratulation card. I hope this blog can be useful for all of us, thank you for reading, that's all, thank you

Asking and Giving Opinion

  Assalamualaikum lur welcome back to my blog. In this time i will explain about asking and giving opinion.

  Asking and giving opinion is a way that someone does to ask and give opinions to other people. When carrying out daily activities, we usually cannot be separated from this common expression. Asking and giving opinion is included in the interrogative sentence with the purpose of getting a response or answer from the other person.

1. Asking Opinions

  What is meant by asking? Asking comes from the word "ask" with the suffix -ing which means to ask. In verbs, asking is part of the saying verb which is included in the action verb category. Meanwhile, opinion, or it can also be replaced with the term suggestion suggestion.

Asking Opinion in Formal Situations
-Would you give me your opinion on …?
-What are your views on …?
-Do you have any ideas...?
-What is your feeling about …?

Expression of Asking Opinion in Informal Situation
-What do you think about …?
Any comments?
-How do you feel about …?
-I need your opinion about …
-What's your opinion?

Examples of asking opinion in English sentences

Formal
-Would you give me your opinion on the marketing team's strategic plan to prepare for the new school's academic year?
-Please give me your thoughts on the material about managerial finance in our class tonight.

Informal
-Sinta, any comments for my makeup look today?
-What do you think about Rara's outfit of the day?

2. Giving Opinion or Telling Suggestions

Giving for Opinion in a Formal Situation

-May I make a comment on that?
-In my point of view...
-My opinion about …
-Feel that we should …

Giving for Opinion in an Informal Situation
-As for me…
-From my point of view, …
-I think that...
-Not everyone will agree with me, but...

Examples of Giving Opinion in English Sentences

Formal:
-In my point of view, this business pitch does not explain the company's goals for the next 5 years.
-Feel that we should be looking for influencers who reflect that education is very important.

Informal:
-Not everyone will agree with me, but Siwon Choi is not as handsome as people say.
-I think that your spaghetti is too salty.

Example dialog in comic strip 

  So, that's an explanation about asking and giving opinion. Sorry if there are errors in writing or delivery, thank you for reading my blog, thank you

Short Functional Text

  Assalamualaikum welcome back to my blog. This time I will discuss about short functional texts, previously there was a blog that discussed this topic before. Don't even check it now.

  Short Functional Text can be interpreted as a short text that provides information about something that concerns your daily life. Understanding and examples of Short Functional text itself can be adapted to certain functions or activities. Examples of functional text include advertisements, movie posters, invitations, announcements, product reviews, warnings, etc.

Short Functional Text Type

1. Caution/ Warning

This short text has concise information aimed at the benefit of many people or the wider community. This short function text can be used to provide information about a guide or warning to many people.

Example:

-DO NOT ENTER THE STAFF ONLY

-PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE

-NO SMOKING

2. Greeting Cards or Greeting Cards

Contains short text containing good wishes and wishes sent by someone at certain moments.

Example:

-Birthday card

-Greeting card

-Religion Card

3. Announcements

Announcements usually only contain short text that has a specific purpose in providing formal information to the public.

Example:

Announcement

There will be a flag ceremony on Friday to commemorate Pancasila Day. All students must wear a white and gray uniform.

Headmaster

4. Short Messages

Short Messages are in the form of short texts that aim to inform someone about certain information that you want to convey. The message is usually conveyed because you cannot meet the person in question in person. You can write short messages on paper or send them via short messages via your cell phone.

Example:

To: Danny

Don't forget to pick up your sister at the restaurant at 9 am.

Because it's raining today, don't forget to bring an umbrella.

- Mama -

  That's all I can say about short functional texts, sorry if there are mistakes in writing, thank you.

Learn 3 Simple Tenses

  Assalamualaikum lur back again on my blog. This time I will talk about 3 kinds of simple tenses. Maybe it's not like I usually open in English, but because of assignments, this blog will use full English okay, hahaha. I have written this subject matter before, only this time using full English.

  There are 3 kinds of simple tense namely simple past tense, simple present tense, and simple future tense.

•Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is a sentence that describes an event that has passed or the past.

Example:
-He walked to school yesterday
-I was here last night
-We were late yesterday

•Simple present tense

The simple present tense is a sentence that describes an event that is happening or is happening right now and is being done.

Example:
-We go to school by bus
-He goes to school by motorcycle
-I live in Semarang

•Simple Future Tense 

This tense is a tense to describe an event that has not yet started and will occur in the future.

Example:
-Will it be raining tomorrow morning?
-My whole family will be there next weekend.
-I will go to Bandung tomorrow

  So that's about simple tense, sorry if there are mistakes in the words or material provided, thank you because read my blog, see you in the next blog, bye bye. 

Contoh dialogue in Internasional Airport

   Assalamualaikum lur, kembali lagi di blog saya, Bagaimana liburan sekolah nya?, pada jalan jalan kemana aja nih?, apa cuman pada rebahan di rumah aja nih🤣. 

   Oke setelah absen beberapa bulan 😅, kali ini saya akan merangkum materi mengenai contoh macam macam short functional text dan dialogue yang biasa atau perlu kita gunakan menggunakan bahasa Inggris ketika sedang di bandara internasional seperti cara bertanya lokasi toilet ataupun membaca jadwal penerbangan, langsung simak aja di bawah ini lur.

  Seperti yang kita tau bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa internasional yang orang orang dari seluruh dunia gunakan untuk bertutur kata dengan orang dari luar negeri atau kita sebut saja bule agar mudah memahami nya ya lur. Walaupun demikian tidak semua orang bisa berbahasa Inggris, namun jika kita ingin pergi ke luar negeri pastinya banyak informasi yang bisa kita dapatkan berbahasa Inggris, seperti contohnya ketika kita ingin ke luar negeri dan sedang transit di bandara internasional. Nah di sini saya akan memberi kan contoh dialogue atau percakapan ketika sedang di bandara

  

Penggunaan Tanda Baca pada teks Deskripsi

  Assalamualaikum lur, kembali lagi ke blog saya. Melanjutkan materi yang diberikan Ms.Fatma kemarin, kami mempelajari dan mempraktekkan juga dalam teks deskripsi. Materi yang diberikan kali ini adalah Basic Rules of Punctuation and Capitalization.

Rules of Punctuation

 1. Full Stop(.)

    •In the end of the sentence

    •After abbreaviation

      ex: Ms, Mr, Dr, S.PD

2. Coma(,)

    •To separate 3 or more words

      ex: Alika buy pencil, ruler, and book

    •To mark off phrases in aposition

      ex: Nadhif, my brother nephew, is an                     architect.

    •To separate word phrases inserted into            the sentences

      ex: They, too, have expressed their                           opinion

    •To separate subordinate clause that                  comes before the main clause

      ex: When the bell rings, i will go to class

Rules of Capitalizion

 

   •Caritalize people's name, ex: Siti, Joni

   •In title

   •After full Stop(.)

   •Capitalize name of country, ex: Indonesia

   •Capitalize national noun, ex: Indonesian

   •Capitalize the word

   •Institution/organization

   •Names of festival, ex: Ied Adha, Christmas

Example in Text

Indonesian Artist Child

  He is one of children of a famous artist in Indonesia. He is the second son of Indonesian artist Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina. His name is Rayyanza Malik Ahmad, or we can call him Rayyanza.

  He was born in 26 November 2021. Even though he is only 1,5 years old, he already has a lot of fans. He has brother, his name is Rafathar. He has black hair, white skin, and black eyes. His favorite food is egg and noodle. He has a brave and jovial nature. So that's all i can describe about Rayyanza.

Nah itu dia materi yang saya dapatkan, maaf apabila ada kesalahan, sekian terima gaji🗿                                                                             🙏

 

Minggu Kedua Belajar Bahasa Inggris dengan Miss Fatma

   Assalamualaikum lur, yak di Minggu ke dua ini saya masih diajar oleh Ms.Fatma. Pada pertemuan kali ini materi yang diberikan mengenai cara menyusun dan menulis teks paragraf dengan benar.

  Di sini kami diberikan materi tentang apa saja bagian-bagian pada teks. Terdapat dua bagian dalam teks deskripsi, yakni identifikasi dan deskripsi. Nah dibawah ini ada contoh tentang bagian pada teks deskripsi.

Example of Descriptive Text

My father bought me a present I’ve wanted for years. It’s a dog. A puppy to be exact.

I called him Ross. - (Identification) -

Ross is a small puppy. His size is as big as the palm of my hand. Ross is so fragile.

Sometimes I afraid I will hurt him if I want to take him up. Dad said he found Ross

near our house, crying looking for his mom. But Dad can’t see her, so Dad decides to

bring him home and give him some comfort. Ross is a good eater. He always finished

everything we gave him. Now, it’s been a year since Ross come to our family. His

small body has grown up into a size of a football ball. Ross is a good dog, and we

love him so much. - (Description)

  Kami juga diberi materi mengenai tanda baca pada teks deskripsi, namun pada pertemuan kali ini kami hanya belajar sedikit mengenai materi tersebut dan dilanjutkan pada esok hari karena sudah waktunya untuk pulang. Nah itu dia yang kami pelajari pada pertemuan kali ini. Maaf apabila ada salah kata maupun informasi yang diberikan, terimakasih.