English Lessons as Freshman (1st Entry)

Hello there! the posting  this time I want to share about English subject so far be freshman taxation major in Bosowa Polithecnic. Well, without many words. this is my material of English subject, lets to learn together! ;;) 

The first lesson we learn about  “Greeting and Introduction”

Well, Greeting is act of communication . There are two kinds of greeting, thar are Formal and Informal. Formal Greeting, express to the older people and also in a formal situation, Otherwise to Informal Greeting,  used when in commonly and for friends only .

Example:

Formal greeting: A: Good Morning Mr. B

                           B: Good Morning

                           A: How are things?

                           B:  Everything is always fine

Informal Greeting:

                          Ani: Hello Andi!

                          Andi : Hello Ani, whats up?

                          Ani:  Fine, thanks.

And Introduction is act of information about yourself.  When you introducing yourself to someone, here's some things you need to point out: 

·        Expressions your introduction, example:

-         Let me introduce my self,

-         I am glad for this opportunity to introduce myself,

-         Here some information about my self

-         I am glad to write a little bit about myself

·        Introduce your name, example:

-         My name is Ambar Puspitasari

-         I am Ambar Puspitasari

-         Everyone calls me Ambar, and my full name is Ambar Puspitasari

·        Introduce your birthplace, example:

-         I am from Makassar, which was a capital of South Sulawesi.

-         I was born in Makassar, and I grew up in Solo.  

-         I am from Makassar, but I have lived in Solo for ten years.

·        Teeling your age, example:

-         I am in my teens/thirties/twenties/thirties

-         I am in my late/mid/early twenties/thirties

-         I am not so old.

·        Student, example:

-         I am a student at the University of Kansas.

-         I am studying at Harvard University.

-         I am at the University of Chicago

·        Your majoring, example:

-         I am majoring in Taxation.

-         I major in Taxation.

-         I am a student in a Taxation program.

-         My major is Taxation.

The second material, still about Introduction, but this may you added as additional information to your introduction.

·        Your level, example:

-         I am a freshman at Bosowa Polythecnic

-         I am a junior majoring in Taxation at Bosowa Polythecnic

-         I am an undergraduate

-         I am in Diploma Program

·        Your residence, example:

-        I live in an apartment.

-         I live in a condo.

·        Your hobby, example:

-         My hobby is skiing.

-         My hobbies are reading and writing.

-         I have been very interested in collecting postage stamps.

-         I like traveling abroad.

·        Your Family, example:

-         There are five members in my family, my parent, my brother, my sister and myself.

·        Occupation and Job, example:

-         I work in Bosowa Corporation,  my primary job is Finance and Tax.

             Occupation                                            Job

The next lesson, about Making contact, Introducing someone else, Farewell expression, Days in week, Dates in Month,  Months in year, and expressing the years and date , and Time.

Making Contact, example:

Excuse me, are you Mr. Andi?

Introducing someone else, example:

May I introduce a good friend of mine? This is Phitaa .

Farewell expression: used when you are want to leaving someone.

Example:  - I must go now

-         It’s getting (very/ rather) late.

Days in week, as you knew if there are 7 days in week, which are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

And there are 12 Months in year,  which are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November,  and December.

Dates in Month

1st	The first
2nd	The second
3rd	The third
4th	The fourth
5th	The fifth
6th	The sixth
7th	The seventh
8th	The eighth
9th	The ninth
10th	The tenth
11th	The eleventh
12th	The twelfth
13th	The thirteenth

Expressing the year

2008	Two thousand and eight
1900	Nineteen hundred
1959	Nineteen fifty-nine
2000	Two thousand

Expressing the date

1st January 2004	07/09/1959	August, 12 2003
The first of January 2004	The seventh of September 1959	August the twelveth 2003

Note:

•         Days and months are always capitalized.

•         The preposition that we use for days is "on".

•         The preposition that we use for months is "in".

Time

There are some rules to expressing time, That are:

·                When it's on the hour we say "o'clock". Example: 7 o'clock (07.00).

·                Because it can be difficult to say whether it's 12o'clock is during the day or the night, we use two special terms. 00.00 and 24.00 (twelve midnight). 12.00 (twelve noon).

·                When it's past the hour (up to 30 minutes past) we say "past". Example: 09.25 we say it "Nine past twenty-five"

·                When it's before the hour (after 30 minutes past) we say "to". Example: 02.58 we say it "Two minutes to Three"

·                There are 60 minutes in an hour. 30 minutes is half an hour, we say "half past" or "thirty". Example: 03.30 we say it "three thirty"

·                15 minutes is quarter of an hour, we say "quarter past" or "fifteen". Example: 04.15, we say it "quarter past four"

·                45 minutes is "quarter to" or "forty-five". Example: 08.45, we way it "eight forty-five.

Here's the note to writing time:

Morning	00.01 – 11.59
a.m (Ante Meridian)	00.01 – 12.00
Noon or midday	12.00
p.m (Post Meridian)	12.01 – 24.00
Afternoon	12.01 – 18.00
Evening	18.01 – 22.00
Night	22.01 – 24.00
Midnight	24.00 / 00.00

To asking time, you can say "Excuse me, what time is it, please?"

The fifth  lesson we learn about "Numeral & Mathematical Expression"

Numeral :

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Cardinal is the usual number we used in daily like One, Two, Three or 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Ordinal is the ordered number like First, Second, Third, ... or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on.

Fraction :

·       The numerator (the top number) is spoken as a cardinal number.

·       The denomirator (the bottom number) is spoken as an ordinal number.

·       Half is used in placed of second. 

·       Sometimes, quarter is used in placed of fourth.

·       For fractions when the numerator is larger than one, the denominator takes the plural (-s) suffix.

·                     English fractions are also written with a hyphen between the numerator or denomiator.

For Mathematical expression there are Addition (+), Substraction (-), Multiplication (x) , and Division ( : ).

And the last material about "Question & Socialization"

Questions are seperated into two parts:

·                     Yes/No Question: Are the questions whose expected answer is either "yes" or "no".

·                     WH Question: are the questions with long answering.

Question words	Meaning	Examples
who	person	Who's that? That's Nancy.
where	place	Where do you live? In Boston
why	reason	Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early
when	time	When do you go to work? At 7:00
how	manner	How do you go? By car
what	object, idea or action	What do you do? I am an engineer
which	choice	Which one do you prefer? The red one.
whose	possession	Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
whom	object of the verb	Whom did you meet? I met the manager.

About the socialization, there are some things include in this material such as  how to making contacts, how to keep the conversation going, and when you're about to getting away.

Example to keeping the conversation going:

-         Do you often travel to Scandinavia?

-         Have you been here before?

-         Is this your first visit to Denmark?

-         How long are you going to stay?

-         What do you do, by the way?

Example to getting away:

-         If you’ll excuse me, I have to make a phone call.

-         If you’ll excuse me, I must just go and say hello to someone.

-         Would you excuse me a moment? I’ll be right back.

So, that's all about my english's material for the first semester. If you have something unclear about the material you can ask me insyaAllah I can explain to you ;;)

 As the last in this posting, I just hope you enjoy so far you read this and can be usefull for all. Thankyou!