Materi Bahasa Inggris Wacana Geografi (The Geography) The Indonesia Archipelago

Warga mencar ilmu dan siswa--sekalian, pada mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris berikut ini kita akan mempelajari perihal Wacana "The Indonesia Archipelago".

Wacana "The Indonesia Archipelago"

Di dalam aktivitas ini anda akan mempelajari perihal pulau-pulau terbesar di Indonesia dan letak geografis kepulauan Indonesia.

Anda akan gotong royong membaca teks perihal Kepulauan Indonesia dengan segala keunikannya sehingga menambah wawasan anda perihal alam Indonesia, baik perihal pulau-pulaunya maupun perihal letak Indonesia yang strategis antara dua benua dan dua samudra. Hal ini ternyata menarik banyak orang dari negara tetangga untuk tiba berkunjung ke negara tercinta Indonesia. Karena itu mari lebih bersemangat untuk menekuni pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Tentu saja untuk menyambut para pelancong from another country perlu keterampilan berbahasa Inggris sebab bahasa Inggris bahasa Internasional.

Bagaimana warga mencar ilmu sekalian, siap untuk belajar? yang kesulitan silakan nanti mohon bimbingan pada tutor Bahasa Inggrisnya.

Pada awal teks bacaan ini terdapat map (=peta) Indonesia Nah, coba anda tunjukan di pecahan mana anda berada? In the west? In the east? Or in the center? Tapi jangan lupa dimanapun anda berada, apapun suku dan budaya Anda, kita mewujudkan Unity in Diversity. Anda ialah an Indonesian, yang memiliki hak dan kewajiban yang sama dengan warga negara lain baik di kota-kota besar ataupun di desa-desa.

Nah, untuk jelasnya perihal Indonesia. "let's read the text carefully!"


Gambar: Peta Indonesia

The Indonesian Archipelago is the largest group of island in the world. It extends between two contionents, Asia and Australia. It also lies between two oceans the Samudra Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean.

Indonesia's 13,667 Islands stretch 5, 120 kilometres from east to west and 1,770 kilometres, from north to south. The five main islands are Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya.

Indonesia has a land area of 1,904,345 square kilometres. More than half of it is forested land and 3 large part is mountainous, with 15 of the mountains still volcanically active. One of history's greatest volcanic eruption, which kill thousand of people, occured in 1883 on the island of Karakatau, which lies between Java and Sumatra.

Indonesia is one of the most populous countries in the world. Its total population is 180 million. More than 60% of the population live on the island of Java. The Indonesian population consists of more than 300 ethnic groups which speak 500 different languages, but most of them understand the national language, Bahasa Indonesia. The Indonesian gevernment's campaign to popularize Bahasa Indonesia at present can be seen through signs in public places and varous offices which say "Use good Bahasa Indonesia correctly". Indonesia's motto "Bhinneka tunggal Ika", which means Unity ind Diversity, symbolizes the unity of the people in spite of their different ethnic and cultural origins.

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Nah Bagaimana? Apakah kalian mengerti dengna isi bacaan di atas? kalau belum paham jangan segan-segan untuk bertanya pada tutor Anda. Nah, untuk pengucapan dan arti kata-kata terdapat dalam bacaan di atas anda sanggup dibantu tutor untuk pengucapan kata-kata sebagai berikut :

1. North West, North East, west, East, South West, South, South East.

2. Extend = Terbentang
3. Land   = Daratan
4. Forest = Hutan
5. Forested = Berhutan
6. Large = Luas
7. Great = Besar
8. Volcano = Gunung berapi
9. Volcanic = Berkenaan dengan gunung api
10 Cultura = kebudayaan
11 Culture = Budaya
12 Origin = Asal usul
13.Ethnic = Suku Bangsa
14.Kill  = Membunuh
15.In spite of = kendatipun
16.Most of = Sebagian besar dari

Kalau begitu untuk mendapat isu dari teks, please do these exercise below.


Latihan 1

Write True of False beside each sentence !
1. (T - F) Indonesia consists of five large islands.
2. (T - F) The Indonesian archipelago covers a land area of 1,904,345 square miles
3. (T - F) A lot of people died during the Karakatau eruptions.
4. (T - F) There are 15 active volcanoes in Indonesia
5. (T - F) The different ethnic groups in Indonesia have different languagess and cultures.
6. (T - F) It in line one (of the reading text) refers to (=mengacu kepada) The Indonesian Archipelago.

have you finished the exercises?
If you have finished pleased check your answer at page 15 How many mistakes do you have? No, mistake. It's very good. I know that you are a clever student, aren't you?.


Latihan 2

Untuk lebih memantapkan perihal isi bacaan di atas, dalam waktu 10 menit anda baca lagi teks tersebut.

Reading skill benar-benar diuntamakan dalam aktivitas ini menyerupai dalam latihan-latihan ini pun masih perihal reading. Untuk memantapkan kemampuan membaca anda please answer these questions below! You can do in pairs or in a group. Before you answer, please try to understand the meaning of all the questions.
  1. Mentions the five main islands in Indonesia
  2. What are the names of the continents of the Indonesian Archipelago?
  3. How many Islands does the Indonesian Archipelago consist of?
  4. How many languages are there in Indonesia?
  5. Why is Bahasa Indonesia important for the Indonesian?
  6. Where is the island of Krakatau?
  7. What happened on Karakatau island about 100 years ago?
  8. What does them in line 16 (of the text) refer to?

Carilah isu dari dalam bacaan The Indonesian Archipelago untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan. Kalau sudah lihatlah kunci tanggapan di halaman belakang. Betulkah tanggapan anda? Begitulah melalui aktivitas membaca, anda akan mendapat isu dari bacaan untuk sanggup menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang tertentu saja berafiliasi dengan isi bacaan tersebut.

Latihan 3

Please complete these sentences using suitable words form the list above!
  1. Indonesia is .... this means that the .... is the head of the country.
  2. The President chooses a group of ... called a ... to help him.
  3. Usually, each minister is the head of a ....
  4. Our ... defend our nation from other nations
  5. The .... protect us from bad people in our country
  6. Every one of us must do his ... to help the gevernment.
  7. The members of the Indonesian ... are the representatives (=wakil) of the Indonesia people.

Example number one:

Indonesia is Republic. This means that the President is the head of the country.

For this exercise please do it in your group or in pairs, if you have already finished to complete all of the sentences, you may check your answer with the key.


Tugas :

Kita akan melatih keterampilan dan kemampuan berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris dengan question and answer perihal kependudukan. Silakan kalian pilih pasangan (teman sebangku boleh!) kemudian lakukan percakapan dan pertanyaan mengenai lingkungan di daerah tinggal sahabat anda, dengan mengacu pada pola soal dibawah ini. Apa bila kalian mengalami kesulitan kalian bisa bertanya pada tutor Bahasa Inggrisnya.

1. How many family member do you have? (=berapa banyak anggota keluarga anda?)
Contoh jawaban: I have three family members (=saya memiliki 3 anggota keluarga).
They are two brothers and one sister.
2. Is your village as big as Bogor? (=apakah desa anda sebesar bogor?)
3. How big is your village? (=seberapa besar desa anda?)
4. Do you know where Jakarta is? (=tahukah anda di mana Jakarta berada?)
5. What work do most of the people in your village do?
6. Do many people leave the village? (=banyakkah yang meninggalkan desa?)
7. What do most of plant grow? (=tanaman apakah yang paling banyak tumbuh?)
8. Do most of them have their own houses? (=apakah kebanyakan mereka memiliki rumah sendiri?)

Mungkin lebih gampang untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut menurut the real situation. Bertanyalah kepada tutor anda bila anda mendapat kesulitan untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan di atas.

Demikian pelajaran Bahasa Inggris perihal wacana "The Indonesia Archipelago", biar bermanfaat. Selamat belajar.

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