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Terimakasih, itulah kata yang diucapkan ketika kita mendapat bantuan, pemberian, hadiah, ataupun sekedar ucapan pujian. Saya berterimakasih kepada Bapak Kidam, beliau adalah salah satu pemateri dalam acara bedah SKL yang saya ikuti hari sabtu 12 desember baru-baru ini, terkait persiapan menjelang ujian nasional. Saat ini meskipun ujian nasional tidak menentukan kelulusan peserta didik, kata beliau, seorang guru tetap harus bersemangat memberikan yang terbaik kepada murid-muridnya. Bentuk pemberian terbaik itu bisa berupa cara mengajar yang efektif, inspiratif dan memberikan kenyamanan dalam belajar. Beliau menambahkan, dalam pengajaran bahasa hal penting yang diingat dan dilakukan adalah drill (pengulangan, latihan), praktek langsung, dan menemukan inner motivation (motivasi diri) sehingga mampu optimal dalam meraih target-target yang ada. Ketrampilan guru dalam menyusun soal merupakan salah satu kompetensi yang mempengaruhi kualitas soal itu sendiri apakah sudah sesuai indikator atau belum, reliable atau tidak, valid atau tidak, dan seterusnya. Meskipun kemampuan dan bakat siswa itu berbeda-beda, paling tidak terdapat kriteria ketuntasan minimal dari suatu mapel, biasa disingkat dengan KKM. Hal ini, berdampak pada suka atau tidak, siap atau tidak, enjoy atau tidak, si murid dalam belajar, mengerjakan soal, mengikuti kegiatan pembelajaran, dia harus mencapai kriteria ketuntasan minimal tadi.

Beliau menambahkan, nantinya ujian naional ini akan disediakan untuk tolok ukur kompetensi murid yang sekaligus sebagai bahan pertimbangan untuk masuk ke Perguruan Tinggi Negeri yang ada di Indonesia. Maka nilai rapor dari semester 1 hingga semester 6 akan dibandingkan dengan nilai murni ujian nasional, apakah terdapat perbedaan yang mencolok atau tidak, artinya nilai rapor yang tinggi itu diikuti oleh nilai ujian nasional yang tinggi atau tidak, ketika perbedaan ataupun rentang tidak begitu jauh maka pihak universitas melihat sekolah dari si murid tersebut kredibel. Berikut ini adalah salah satu oleh-oleh yang diberikan oleh beliau, dimana gelar lengkap beliau adalah Dr. Kidam, MS. Ed, salah satu materinya berikut ini:

CONTOH PEMBUATAN SOAL

A. Dialog

    1. Informasi tertentu

            Man     : Do you have time?

Woman: Sure. I have no class today.

Man     : It’s about our planning to set up an English squad.

Woman: What?

Man     : A group of students whose English are excellent. We’ll empower them to help their peers.

Woman: That’s great. I have made a list of such students in my classes.

Narrator:  What are the speakers going to create?

A.    A time table

B.     A power plant

C.     An English class

D.    An English squad

E.     An English school

     2. Informasi rinci

            Man        : I didn’t see you at the reunion. It was a wonderful gathering.

            Woman  : I’m sorry. I had an interview test.

            Narrator : Why did the woman not come at the reunion?

A. She had a test.

B.  She was tired.

C.  She became an interviewer.

D. She had a wonderful activity.

E.  She did not know the gathering.

     3. Gambaran umum

Man         : I am always nervous when speaking in front of the audience.

Woman   : You’d better join public speaking training. I believe it can help you.

What are the speakers talking about?

1. A speaking contest.
2. The woman’s experience
3. The man’s health condition.
4. Speaking in front of the audience.
5. The man’s problem in public speaking

4. Melengkapi kalimat

Man       : My  friend told me there’s a cell phone expo.

Woman  : That’s right. I’m planning to see it.

Man       : I guess I’m free now. 

Woman  : …

1. What is there?
2. Where will it be held?
3. Is there a cell phone expo.
4. Is it okay  if I go with you?
5. So, Would you go with me?

B. Reading

     The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ) from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections of the great wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural greatness and historical significance.

2. Gambaran umum

    This text mainly describes….

1. UNESCO
2. East of China
3. West of China
4. The Great Wall
5. Wonders of the world.

3. Informasi tertentu

How long is The Great Wall?

1. 3,613 miles
2. 4,153 miles
3. 4,163 miles
4. 5,413 miles
5. 6,413 miles

4. Informasi rinci

Why do people like to see the Great Wall?

1. The significance of its architecture and history.
2. The importance of its existence.
3. The strength of its structure.
4. The location and its size.
5. The scenery

Heavy blizzards hit the States

Now the news in detail.

Snowstorms and blizzards have been blamed for at least 16 deaths across the country. Wisconsin declared a state of emergency after it was hit by up 48cm of snow earlier in the week. Across the country, flights have been cancelled, roads closed and power cut off to thousand of people. Freezing temperatures affected the Multnomah waterfalls in Oregon.  Some children took time out to play in the snow as schools were closed across the country. However, the snow failed to bother thousands of snow geese headed to Washington for the winter season, passing by Mount Baker.

5. Informasi tersirat

How was the weather like?

1. fine
2. clear
3. rainy
4. terrible
5. cloudy

Graduation Fundraiser Wrapping Paper Sale From September 21st  to October 6th 2009 11th Grade is selling wrapping paper to raise funds for graduation. Come buy from our 11th graders in the morning in the front hall or you can go to the website and order: www.fundraiser.com  Any questions, please contact Indah at 08158030832 Thank you in advance of your support for our fundraiser!!!

Gambaran umum

The text is mainly about the announcement of ….

A. website

B. fundraiser

C. graduation

D. contact person

E. wrapping paper

 Informasi tertentu

Where can students buy the wrapping paper?

A. In the front hall.

B. In the classroom.

C. At the school yard.

D. Opposite of the hall.

E. In the 11^th graders’ room.

The Sears Tower, a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973. It surpassed the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier. Commissioned by Sears, Roebuck and Company, it was designed by chief architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.  Construction commenced in August 1970 and the building reached its originally anticipated maximum height on May 3, 1973. When completed, the Sears Tower had overtaken the World Trade Center in New York City as the world's tallest building. The tower has 108 stories as counted by standard methods, though the building owners count the main roof as 109 and the mechanical penthouse roof as 110. The distance to the roof is 1,450.58 feet (442 m), measured from the east entrance.

        In February 1982, two television antennas were added to the structure, increasing its total height to 1,707 feet (520 m). The western antenna was later extended to 1,730 feet (527 m)  on June 5, 2000 to improve reception of local NBC station WMAQ-TV.

        Black bands appear on the tower around the 29th–32nd, 64th–65th, 88th–89th, and 104th–109th floors. These are louvers which allow ventilation for service equipment and obscure the structure's belt trusses which Sears Roebuck did not want to be visible as on the John Hancock Center. On August 12, 2007, the Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was reported by its developers to have surpassed the Sears Tower in all height categories.

Gambaran umum

What does the text describe?

1. The tallest building.
2. The site of Sears Tower.
3. The construction of Sears Tower 
4. A skyscraper, called Sears Tower.
5. People who constructed skyscrapers.

Makna kata

“Construction commenced in August 1970 and … ” (Paragraph 2)

      The word ‘commenced’ is closest in meaning to …

1. constructed
2. calculated
3. informed
4. designed
5. began

Kata rujukan

 “…, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier.” (Paragraph 1)

What does the underlined word refer to?

1. Sears Tower
2. A skyscraper
3. World Trade Center
4. The tallest building.
5. Empire State Building

 Informasi tersirat

 We can conclude that the Sears Tower …

1. was constructed before 1970.
2. is not the tallest building anymore.
3. is as tall as the World Trade Center.
4. is lower than the Empire State Building.
5. has never been counted as the tallest building.

When traveling out of town, Jakartans are increasingly worried whether the main toll road to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is flooded, especially now at the height of the rainy season. It seems even a low-intensity rainstorm is enough to flood the city, including the airport toll road, especially when the Java Sea is seeing a high tide. Flooding on the Prof. Sediatmo turnpike -- the official name of the tollway to the airport -- is becoming a regular event for Jakartans.  Flooding on the Sediatmo toll road is bad, not only for Jakarta's economy, but also for the whole country. It is bad, especially, for Visit Indonesia Year 2008. Imagine, thousands of tourists lured by the Visit Indonesia campaign and flying to Indonesia via Soekarno-Hatta airport, and being greeted not by flowers but by floods. That would be a disaster for our tourism industry because word would spread that Indonesia is submerged and not worth visiting. Word of mouth is more powerful than any advertising campaign.

Pikiran utama

The second paragraph mainly tell about …

1. the impacts of flooding on the toll road.
2. the decline of tourism industry in Indonesia.
3. the occurrence of natural disaster in Indonesia
4. the effect of flooding on the toll road on tourism.
5. the effect of flooding on the toll road on economy.

Once upon a time there was a stone cutter. The stone cutter lived in a land where a life of privilege meant being powerful. Looking at his life he decided that he was unsatisfied with the way things were and so he set out to become the most powerful thing in the land.             Looking around his land he wondered to himself what is it to be powerful. Looking up he saw the Sun shining down on all the land. "The Sun must be the most powerful thing that there is, for it shines down on all things, and all things grow from its touch." So he became the Sun.  Days later, as he shone his power down on the inhabitants of the land, there came a cloud which passed beneath him obstructing his brilliance. Frustrated he realized that the Sun was not the most powerful thing in the land, if a simple cloud could interrupt his greatness. So he became a cloud in fact, he became the most powerful storm that the world had ever seen. And so he blew his rain and lightning, and resounded with thunder all over the land, demonstrating that he was the most powerful. Until one day he came across a boulder.       Down and down he poured and his thunder roared, lightning flashed and filled the sky, striking the ground near the boulder. His winds blew and blew and blew, and yet, despite all his efforts, he could not budge the boulder.       Frustrated again, he realized that the storm was not the most powerful thing in the land; rather it must be the boulder. So he became the boulder. For days he sat, unmovable, and impassive, demonstrating his power, until one day, a stone cutter came and chiseled him to bits.

Informasi tersirat

 From paragraph three we conclude that the stone cutter was ….. of becoming the sun.

1. smart
2. afraid
3. pleasant
4. impressive
5. unsatisfied

 Pesan Moral

 What can we learn from the story?

1. We should be thankful to what we have now.
2. Working hard is a key for success.
3. We should live in a simple way.
4. Helping others is a good thing.
5. It is better to do like others.

Drug abuse, also known as substance abuse, involves the repeated and excessive use of chemical substances to achieve a certain effect. These substances may be “street” or “illicit” drugs, illegal due to their high potential for addiction and abuse. They also may be drugs obtained with a prescription, used for pleasure rather than for medical reasons.

       Different drugs have different effects. Some, such as cocaine or methamphetamine, may produce an intense “rush” and initial feelings of boundless energy. Others, such as heroin, benzodiazepines or the prescription oxycontin, may produce excessive feelings of relaxation and calm. What most drugs have in common, though, is overstimulation of the pleasure center of the brain. With time, the brain’s chemistry is actually altered to the point where not having the drug becomes extremely uncomfortable and even painful.  This compelling urge to use, addiction, becomes more and more powerful, disrupting work, relationships, and health.  What makes one person abuse drugs to the point of losing their home, their family and their job, while another does not? There is no one simple reason. Drug abuse and addiction is due to many factors. A powerful force in addiction is the inability to self- soothe or get relief from untreated mental or physical pain. Without the self-resilience and support to handle stress, loneliness or depression, drugs can be a tempting way to deal with the situation. Unfortunately, due to the changes drugs make to the brain, it can only take a few times or even one time to be on the road to addiction.

 Perbandingan paragraph

How do you compare the first and the third paragraphs?

A.    The first paragraph tells the definition and the third tells the reason of drug abuse

B.     The first paragraph tells the reason and the third tells the effect of drug abuse.

C.     Both paragraphs tell the people who involve in drug abuse.

D.    Both paragraphs tell the danger of drug abuse.

E.     Both paragraphs tell the effect of drug abuse.

This is Good, and Always Good

Alkisah, diceritakan ada seorang pemuda yangmmeiliki kebiasaan merespon apapun dengan mengatakan, "Ini Bagus." Kisah ini berasal dari suku pedalaman Afrika. Pemuda ini memiliki seorang sahabat seorang raja. Nah, suatu ketika si pemuda dan sahabatnya, yaitu sang raja, pergi ke hutan untuk berburu. Setelah sampai di tempat yang dianggap oleh mereka banyak binatang buruan, mulailah bersiap-siap melakukan sasaran/ mangsa. Si pemuda tadi bertugas menyiapkan senjata untuk sang raja. Ketika sedang mempersiapkan senjata yang berupa senapan, secara tidak sengaja terjadi kesalahan teknis sehingga senapan tadi menembak kearah raja. Untungnya tidak menewaskan raja. Namun, raja marah, dia  berang karena salah satu ibu jarinya hilang terputus, gara-gara terkena tembakan yang nyasar. Si pemuda melihat reaksi kawannya yaitu raja, dia berkata "Itu Bagus". Ketika mendengar apa yang diucapkan oleh kawannya ini, sang raja semakin bertambah berang, raja berkata, "Bagamana mungkin bagus, ibu jari saya hilang satu! kamu sahabat yang tidak tahu balas budi!" Dengan nada tinggi dan kesal raja memrintahkan kepada pengawalnya untuk memenjarakan temannya tadi. Singkat cerita, 1 tahun berlalu, sang raja menjalani hobinya untuk berburu ke hutan. Kali ini dia pergi berburu dengan pengawalan anak buahnya namun tanpa ditemani sang pemuda temannya dikarenakan masih berada dalam penjara. Sesampainya di hutan belantara, di suatu lokasi dimana terkenal dengan suku kanibalnya (pemangsa manusia), si raja tadi siap-siap berburu. Sayangnya, suku kanibal berhasil mengacaukan rombongan raja dan pengawalnya. Para pengawal lari, kabur untuk melarikan diri dari sergapan suku kanibal karena suku ini dikenal sadis memakan daging manusia. Suku kanibal kembali tidak dengan tangan kosong, mereka berhasil menangkap satu orang dari pasukan berburu tadi. Ternyata sang raja sendiri yang tertangkap oleh suku kanibal.
Suku kanibal mulai mengikat sang raja untuk dipanggang hidup-hidup yang kemudian akan disantap beramai-ramai. Suku kanibal ini memiliki keyakinan dari nenek moyang mereka bahwa pantang (menghindari) makan manusia yang tidak memiliki anggota bagian tubuh yang lengkap (tidak memakan orang yang cacat secara fisik). Nah, ketika salah seorang dari suku kanibal mengecek tubuh raja dari ujung kepala sampai ke kaki. Namun, sebelum selesasi mengecek tubuh raja, ditemukan bahwa salah ibu jari sang raja hilang (tidak ada), sehingga acara menyantap raja dibatalkan. Merekapun melepas ikatan raja dan membiarkan raja melarikan diri ke istana.  Sang raja  berlari kembali menuju istana sambil terheran-heran dengan tradisi keyakinan suku kanibal tadi yang tidak jadi memakannya dikarenakan ibu jari (thumb) yang hilang. Dia baru tersadar bahwa pemuda temannya itu secara tidak langsung menyelamatkan nyawanya. Akhirnya raja bergegas menuju ke penjara, tempat dimana pemuda tinggal. Ketika raja bertemu pemuda, dia langsung mengatakan, "Wahai sobatku ternyata kamu benar bahwa hilangnya ibu jariku itu bagus, karena dengan hilangnya ibu jari saya selamat dari suku kanibal. Maafkan aku yang telah memenjarakan kamu, kamu ternyata tidak bersalah, sekarang kamu bebas. Sebagai permintaan maaf sekaligus menyesal telah memenjarakan kamu, maka silahkan tinggal di istana bersamaku."
Si pemuda menjawab, "Itu bagus raja". Raja bingung, dan bertanya, "Saya benar-benar minta maaf, saya berbuat salah memenjarakanmu"
Si pemuda masih menjawab dengan jawaban yang sama, "itu bagus raja, itu bagus". Raja penasaran, "kenapa kamu dipenjara kok bagus?". Kemudian dijawab oleh si pemuda, "Jika saya tidak dipenjara maka pastilah saya pergi berburu dengan baginda raja seperti sebelum-sebelumnya, sehingga ketika suku kanibal menangkap kita berdua pastilah yang di makan adalah saya karena tubuh saya masih lengkap dan utuh." Mendengar jawaban tersebut sang raja hanya terbengong sambil merenungi perkataan si pemuda tadi.

Adakalanya hikmah itu membutuhkan rentang waktu yang tidak sebentar, dari cerita tadi butuh waktu setidaknya disebutkan 1 tahun lamanya bagi raja untuk memaknai bahwa hilangnya ibu jari adalah suatu kebaikan bagi keselamatan nyawanya. Karena jika lengkap pastilah sudah menjadi hidangan makan malam suku kanibal. Dalam realita nyata di kehidupan sehari-hari, pernahkan kita mengalami musibah atau sesuatu yang membuat kita merasa kehilangan, misalnya kecelakaan hingga cacat, kehilangan sahabat, atau musibah lainnya baik skala besar maupun kecil. Percayalah dibalik semua peristiwa musibah tersebut terdapat hikmah yang bisa dipetik, hanya saja hikmah bahkan manfaat ataupun sisi baiknya, baru bisa dirasakan beberapa waktu setelah kejadian, bisa 1 jam setelahnya, 1 hari, 1 minggu, 1 bulan, 1 tahun ataupun lebih. Allah swt memberikan musibah dengan menyertai hikmah, kadang dibalik musibah tersimpan sisi kebaikan, dan yakinilah bahwa musibah tersebut bagi orang beriman sebagai ujian hidup. Dan setiap ujian yang datang telah disesuaikan dengan kadar kita sebagai penerima, tinggal kita mau bertawakal atau tidak.
Di bawah ini cerita This is Good, versi bahasa Inggris yang digunakan dalam pembelajaran:

This is Good

An old story is told of  a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is a good". One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting  expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining this situation the friend remarked as usual, "This is good!" To which the king replied, "No, this is NOT good!" and proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to sty clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right," he said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And he proceeded to tell his friend all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."
"No," his friend replied, "This is good!"
"What do you mean, This is good?" How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"
"If I had NOT been jail, I would have been with you."
QUESTION
1. Why did the king send his friend to the jail?

A. Because of his positive remark when the king lost his thumb.

B. Because he hadn't joined the king to hunt in the forest.
C. Because he had tried to kill the king.
D. Because he had betrayed the king.
E. Because he had fired the king.
2. "...and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend." The word remorse is best replaced by.....
A. pity
B. regret
C. disappointment
D. pain
E. dissatisfaction
3. Why didn't Cannibals eat the king? Because....
A. he could beat them in fight
B. he could hide himself
C. he had lost his thumb
D. he had lost his foot
E. he was sick
4. What would have happened if the king's friend had not been in jail?
A. He would have died.
B. He would have been sick.
C. He would lost his thumb.
D. He would hunted many animals.
E. He would have lost his friend, the king.
5. Which of the statement is NOT TRUE based on the text above?
A. The text is about an African King.
B. The Cannibals would eat the king by burning him.
C. The king's thumb was blown off when he went hunting
D. The king went to the jail to express his regret to his friend.
E,  The king's friend had been jail for two years when the king visited him.

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Story of Friendship this month

Once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. He often went to the forest to hunt any animal he met.

One day he went hunting into the forest. He intended to shoot any animal he saw. He brought his gun with him. When he was searching for his prey, suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. It was a dove. When he was aiming his gun at the dove, suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. He was so startled that he didn't shoot the dove. It was safe and then flew away.

Several days later, the dove was flying over a lake. He saw an ant floating on the surface of the water. It was the ant that had saved the dove’s life from the hunter. The ant was almost drowned. The dove got an idea; he picked up a big leaf and dropped it onto the surface of the water near the ant. Luckily the ant could get on the leaf.

The ant tried to bring the leaf to the edge of the lake and landed on the ground. The ant was safe because the dove helped him.

Konfirmasikan, mencegah kesalahpahaman

Arti konfirmasi sering didekatkan makna memastikan, mengecek (cross check), tabayun yang berhubungan dengan sebuah berita, informasi, data, serta sebuah perkara. Biasanya berita memiliki sumber berita yang akurat namun jika berita tersebut melalui  beberapa perantara maka akurasinya semakin menurun artinya tingkat validitasnya semakin rendah. Yang aman adalah mendapatkan informasi langsung dari pelaku pertama. Untuk mendapatkan informasi langsung dari sumber kesatu biasanya mengalami kendala karena keterbatasan jarak yang jauh (tempat), jadwal waktu yang ketat/ padat, atau sulitnya menemui penutur asli sehingga akhirnya menggunakan perantara pihak lain. Hal ini mirip seperti bermain game membisikan pesan,ada informasi yang hilang (berkurang), ada juga informasi yang ditambahkan sendiri oleh si pembawa pesan. Akhirnya informasi menjadi rancu, kabur, bahkan sebatas rumor, gosip, isu, kabar burung dan lainnya. Kejelian dalam menelaah berita sangat diperlukan, sebagaimana kita tahu misalnya dalam bab perawi hadits, terdapat beberapa tingkatan hadits jika dilihat dari perawinya. Maka pengiriman pesan, informasi, atau berita pun demikian, ada hadist yang tingkatnya dhoif (lemah), informasi pun ada yang sifatnya kurang bisa dipercaya (tidak ada trust). Pintar-pintarlah dalam menerima berita yang ada karena ketelitian dalam menerima berita menjadikan kita orang yang tidak mudah termakan isu murahan.

Adakalanya informasi atau sebuah isu itu diciptakan sengaja simpang siur dengan tujuan terjadi gejolak dalam ranah publik, menjadi gunjingan panas (fitnah),  menjurus kepada pencemaran nama baik (bisa individu, kelompok, atau instansi). Islam mengajarkan kepada pemeluknya untuk melakukan proses tabayun tentang kebenaran dari sebuah berita tersebut. Apalagi dalam Islam perkara menggunjing (ghibah) itu dilarang, karena diibaratkan memakan bangkai saudaranya. Ayolah ciptakan berita dan informasi yang bisa dipertanggungjawabkan kebenarannya sehingga trust itu tumbuh dalam masyarakat. Belajar banyak mengenai informasi dan komunikasi, setelah menguasasi ilmunya pergunakan untuk kepentingan kebaikan, memberikan dampak positif, memiliki efek mencerahkan (to enlight), mencerdaskan (to educate), menginspirasi (to inspire), menguatkan (empower), serta mengarahkan (to guide).

Apakah kita mau sebuah organisasi intelejen asing mengusik ketenangan, stabilitas nasional, mengacaukan masyarakat dengan membajak (hijacked) informasi penting negara Indonesia? Sebagai warga negara yang cinta tanah air, patriotik, serta menjunjung tinggi kedaulatan neagar, saya yakin tidak ingin negara Indonesia diobok-obok oleh kepentingan asing, dikuras sumber alamnya tanpa mensejahterakan masyarakat, disetir sesuai keinginan pihak asing, yang akhirnya bangsa Indonesia dijajah secara ekonomi, teknologi, bahkan dari aspek sistem komunikasi dan informasi. Saat ini memang diakui teknologi Indonesia kalah dari beberapa negara maju seperti Amerika, Korea, Jepang, Australia, Jerman. Sehingga kadangkala infomasi negara disadap oleh mereka demi kepentingan sepihak. Ayo segenap generasi muda teruslah belajar agar kita bisa memberikan kontribusi kepada kemajuan negara dan bangsa Indonesia, agar kita punya power, martabat, serta prestasi besar ketika berinteraksi dengan masyarakat global.

Materi pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang membahas tentang konfirmasi yaitu dalam pokok bahasan functional text, terdapat di dalamnya jenis surat konfirmasi (confirmation letter), berikut adalah contohnya;

Budiman Arif

22 Diponegoro Street, Semarang

024( 5448629)

December 5, 2015

Ahmad Ilham

Human Resources Manager

Delta Plastic Supplier

110- 114 Rungkut Industri 2 Street, Surabaya - East Java

Dear Mr.  Ahmad,

I am writing this letter to confirm that i will be attending the interview scheduled on December 12 at 10.00 am at your corporate office. I am enthusiastic to meet you to an interview in your company. I was very happy when I received a call from your office extending offer for an interview. I will try  my level best and make full use of the opportunity given. Helping one to develop, team work and using ones potential in right areas are the points that your organization emphasizes. They are aligned to my personal goals. This interview will be mutually beneficial as you will get an idea about  my personality traits and how those will help  your organization and I will get more information about working of your organization.

As a fresher , this interview is a great opportunity for me. Thanks a lot for considering me for the position of Sales Assistant depending on my educational qualifications. I will carry mydetailed resume, testimonials as required by your organization for the interview.

I’m looking forward to meet you next week.

Your sincerely,

Budiman Arif

QUESTIONS

1. From the text we know that the writer wants to express.....about his willingness for the interview.

A. Gratitude

B. Complaint

C. Confirmation

D. Possibility

E. Cancellation

2. Which of the following statements is true based on the passage?

A. The writer received the letter a week ago

B. The writer has been working as a sales assistant for two years ago for another company

C. The writer received a call to come for the interview

D. The writer is not so eager about the position offered by the company

E. The writer is ready for the test before the interview is scheduled

3. It can be inferred from the text that the writer....

A. Has previous working experience at the same position in another company

B. Has just graduated from his study

C. Got information about the vacancy from his friend working at the company

D. Is actually not interested in the position offered

E. Does not have qualification for the job offered

4. "This interview will be mutually.." The underlined word means....

A. Highly qualified

B. Reciprocally

C. Dependently

D. Independently

E. Constantly

Cerdas, setiap waktu belajar dari pengalaman

Pernahkah mendengar kisah seekor kancil dengan buaya, yang sering didongengkan oleh orang tua pada anaknya tentang kecerdikan kancil dalam menghadapi situasi sesulit apapun. Dikisahkan bahwa kancil akan hendak minum menuju ke sebuah sungai di tepi hutan, tidak sengaja ketika dia minum tiba-tiba salah satu kakinya terperengkap dalam genggaman mulut buaya yang lebar. Dalam cerita tersebut, si buaya tadi memang sedang kelaparan butuh tambahan nutrisi agar lebih bertenaga. Dari situasi yang sama sekali tidak menguntungkan bagi kancil, menggunakan kecerdikannya untuk lepas dari lubang maut terkaman mulut buaya. Dia melakukan dialog (negosiasi) dengan pimpinan buaya tadi agar tak sendirian ketika hendak memakan tubuhnya, maka si kancil meminta si bos buaya memanggil seluruh teman-temannya yang ada di sungai tersebut untuk berkumpul. Setelah seluruh buaya berkumpul, si kancil meminta kepada mereka agar berjajar (berbaris) rapi untuk memudahkan mengetahui jumlah mereka. Si kancil kemudian mulai menghitung dari sisi dia berdiri, satu, dua, tiga dan seterusnya hingga buaya yang berada paling pinggir (di tepi) seberang sungai. Akhirnya, Si kancil mampu mengoptimalkan bahaya menjadi peluang untuk menyeberangi sungai ke tepian berikutnya.

Cerita ini sudah dari turun temurun oleh para orang tua bahkan di bangku sekolah diceritakan. Hikmahnya sangat besar, salah satunya si kancil termasuk yang sedikit dari sekian banyak binatang yang dijadikan tokoh hewan cerdik dan cerdas. Bahaya yang dalam hitungan detik akan merenggut nyawanya, Ia mampu merubahnya menjadi sebuah peluang kesuksesan menyeberangi sungai. Intinya adalah sudah hal yang wajar bahwa setiap orang pernah mengalami saat-saat kritis diambang kehancuran, terpuruk, bahkan gagal total, sehingga hanya kematian yang ada dalam bayangannya dan pasrah yang dilakukannya untuk menghibur. Dia tidak mau sedikit memutar otaknya, membuatnya lebih cerdas sedikit daripada biasanya. Memang para juara itu jumlahnya sedikit, karena kebanyakan yang lainnya tidak berani untuk mengambil resiko, tidak mau melakukan perubahan, hanya diam, tidak bertindak, lebih parahnya menyalahkan nasib.

Padahal juara itu adalah orang yang kerjanya lebih keras daripada orang lain, berpikir lebih cerdas dari lawannya, banyak melakukan latihan, sering berani mengambil keputusan besar dalam hidupnya. Ada orang yang ketika mendapat masalah dia bersyukur, karena dia memiliki keyakinan bahwa Tuhan menghadiahinya masalah karena hal itu adalah jalan kesuksesan dia, sarana uji kemampuan menghadapi dan menaklukan masalah. Kita bukan pembuat masalah apalagi bagian dari masalah, namun ketika masalah datang, maju terdepan berusahalah menghadapinya sekuat tenaga. Dan keyakinan itu harus tertancap dalam dada kemudian genggam dan pegang erat. Hingga akhirnya Tuhan melihat kesungguhan dari usaha kita.

Berikut cerita dongeng (narrative) si kancil vs buaya versi teks Bahasa Inggris sekaligus pertanyaan untuk peningkatan kualitas ketrampilan membaca (reading skill);

Mouse-deer and Crocodiles

Once upon a time, a mousedeer wanted to cross a river but he could not swim. He saw a boss af crocodile swimming in the river.

The mousedeer asked the boss of crocodile,  "How many crocodiles are there in the river?"

The boss of crocodile answered,  "We're twenty here."

"Where are they?" the mouse-deer asked for the second time.

"What is it for?" the boss crocodile asked.

"All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line order. Later I will know kind you're," said the rabbit.

The boss of crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line of order from one side to other side of the river. Jus then, the mouse-deer started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another: one..two..three... until twenty, and finnally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river. 

QUESTIONS

1. The story tells us about...

A. Twenty crocodile

B. A rabbit and twenty crocodiles

C. The boss of the crocodile

D. A rabbit and the boss of crocodile

E. The boss of crocodile and all his friends

2. Why the mouse-deer thank to the crocodiles?

A. Because he had got a lot of foods

B. Since he had crossed the river successfully

C. Because the boss of crocodile gave him something

D. Since he had counted the number of crocodiles in the river

E. Because he was jumping through the crocodile happily

3. Which statements is true according to the text?

A. The rabbit could swim across the river by himself

B. There were 12 crocodiles living in the river

C. The boss of crocodile helped the rabbit crossing the river by himself

D. The rabbit could not cross the river although he had been helped by the crocodiles

E. The crocodiles help the rabbit cross the river

4. While the crocodiles....., the mouse-deer wanted to cross the river.

A. Swimming

B. Swam

C. Were swimming

D. Swim

E. Was swimming

Lakukan sesuai prosedur, peroleh hasil yang memuaskan

Seperti halnya ketika membeli benda elektronik baru kita biasanya mendapatkan manual cara penggunaan ataupun pemakaiannya. Jika hal itu berupa program komputer biasanya cara petunjuk penginstallan program agar berfungsi dengan optimal. Bagi tahap pemula manual ataupun petunjuk ini sungguh bermanfaat mengingat hal yang baru yang belum pernah dilakukan. Beda pemula, beda lagi dengan kelas expert (mahir), biasanya prosedur atau langkah-langkah sudah di luar kepala sehingga ada beberapa langkah yang mungkin tidak begitu penting dilewatkan untuk efisiensi. Ambil contoh seorang programmer komputer karena sudah terbiasa menginstall program maka dia hafal betul cara cepat dan efektif untuk memasang program baru, apalagi dengan driver pelengkap yang mempermudah dalam pemasangan program tersebut. Jadilah terinstall super cepat dengan hasil memuaskan.

Seorang penjual nasi goreng yang sudah berpengalaman selama 20 tahun dia tidak perlu membaca menu/ buku resep membuat nasi goreng yang nikmat dan disukai pelanggan. Alasannya sama dengan programmer komputer tadi yaitu dia sudah expert, takaran bumbu, lama menggoreng, bahkan hingga kandungan gizi (nutrisi) dia paham, bahan campuran yang digunakan, dan lain sebagainya. Diperlukan proses berulang dan pengalaman agar menjadi mahir, ketika baru pertama kali maka prosedur tetap diperlukan. Langkah demi langkah dijalani secara runtut dengan penuh kegigihan dan kesabaran, maka tujuan (goal) tercapai dengan baik.

Berikut contoh teks procedure dalam Bahasa Inggris tentang cara membuat/ memasak mie instan, digunakan untuk grade X (kelas sepuluh), sebagai materi pembelajaran langkah-langkah yang ada di bawah ini masih acak sehingga peserta didik berusaha mengurutkan menjadi langkah yang benar dan sesuai pembuatan mie instan:

How to Make Fried Noodle

(1)      Boil water in a small pan.

(2)      Mix seasoning  powder , oil , soy sauce and chili powder ( optional ) on a plate.

(3)      Remove   noodle and drain well.

(4)      Now your delicious fried noodle is ready to serve.

(5)      Simmer for about 3 minutes.

(6)      Add noodle to the plate and mix well with the seasoning.

(7)      Once boiled, add noodle.