ANNOUNCEMENT
TEXT
ACTIVITY 1
Read
the following announcement carefully and identify its elements.
Example:
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Found
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“Tea with
Mrs. Potts”
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Contents
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Found
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Information
of the event including time/date/place specification.
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Closing
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Found
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Contact
information
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TEXT 1
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Found
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Hello
Georgetown
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Contents
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Found
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According
from the text , we know that Ludlow Suit Shop will open their shop at the new
venue on April 2013 , so if the people
of Georgetown want to visit Ludlow Suit Shop , they can come to J.Crew Store
in a while.
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Closing
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Found
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The closing
of this announcement is the author give their contact information for hiring
opportunities
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TEXT 2
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Found
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Call For
Proposal
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Contents
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Found
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The text
give information about research proposals about H5N1 Avian Influenza
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Closing
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Found
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Detailed
information about the proposal include application.
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TEXT 3
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Found
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We are proud to announce
We outgrew our old place
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Contents
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Found
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Including
the information about the new store address , and old store become new
service centre.
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Closing
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Found
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NeoSys’s
contact information and website information.
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TEXT 4
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Not Found
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There is not
Opening found on this Announcement.
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Contents
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Found
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The text giving
us some information about .
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Closing
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Not Found
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There is not
closing found on the announcement.
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ACTIVITY 2
Read the examples below. Decide which of the following
examples are considered announcement. State TRUE for announcement and FALSE
for texts that is not an announcement.
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NO
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TEXT
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TRUE/FALSE
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1
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TEXT A
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False
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2
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TEXT B
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True
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3
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TEXT C
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False
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4
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TEXT D
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True
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5
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TEXT E
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True
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ANSWERS!
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REASONING.
1. The first text is false because it is stated in the
text “Notice of the 25th Annual General Meeting”
2. The third text is false because it is stated in the
text “You are invited to join ...”
And That’s mean the text is invitation text.
ACTIVITY 3
Re-read the texts in Activity 1. Identify the main idea or topic of the announcement
and write down the details of each text in the table below!
In writing the details, pay close attention to:
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Who wrote the announcement?
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When was the announcement released?
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Who is the announcement for?
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Details of place, date and time
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Text
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Main Idea
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Details
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Text 1
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Informing the people of Georgetown about the opening of a Suit Shop in
a new venue.
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The announcement came from J.Crew Store
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The opening will be in April, 2013
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The shop will
offer more of men’s and women’s, weddings and parties collection.
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Text 2
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Informing the people that WHO is call for research
proposals about H5N1 Avian Influenza
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Text 3
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Informing the people that NeoSys’s has a new store
at new address , the old store become NeoSys’s service centre.
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-The announcement has written by NeoSys’s.
-The Announcement was released after NeoSys’s open
their new store.
-The announcement is for NeoSys’s customers.
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Text 4
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Informing the people that they are open branches in
several big cities in Indonesia.
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-The announcement has written by the people that
open several branches.
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