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How to Write News Texts
Objectives
- Learners are able to comprehend the information given
on the text.
- Learners are able to understand the aim of the news items.
- Learners are able to make news item text.
Learn about it!
What
is a news item text?
News
item is a text which informs readers/listeners about particular important
events of the day.
What
is the purpose of news item text?
To
inform the readers/listeners about current and important issues.
How
to make news item text?
The following are needed to be known if you want to make news item text.
1.
Generic Structure.
- Main Event(s) / Newsworthy Event(s): Recounts the event(s) in summary form.
- Elaboration / Background Events: Elaborating what happened, to whom, in what
conditions/circumstances.
- Source:
Comments by witnesses to/participants or authorities experts in the event(s).
2.
Linguistic Features.
- Focusing on current circumstances.
- Generally using material processes/action
vocabularies to retell the event(s). Example: go, move, strike, open, etc.
To enhance your knowledge, pay
attention to the following news item below.
Car Accident at Setiabudhi Street Bandung
Four people were
killed and 5 people got injured in a collision between a minibus and a sedan at
2.30 A.M at Setiabudhi Street near UPI campus. The people killed in the
accident were all passengers in the sedan and all the people who got injured
were the passengers in the minibus. The accident happened due to human
error. The sedan’s driver did not give a sign when he wants to turn left, at the
same time a minibus coming from behind struck the sedan. A collision could not
be avoided. The driver of the minibus said that he did not see any sign from the
sedan so he did not know that the sedan would turn left.
Based on the
information gotten from the police, it was clear that the fault was with the
sedan. It should have given signs if the sedan wanted to change its direction.
The text entitled Car Accident at
Setiabudhi Street Bandung belongs to news item because this text fulfill the
three generic structures of news items. The following is the explanation:
Keypoints
A news item text is a factual text to inform readers of daily
events.
The structure of a news item text consists of three parts:
The structure of a news item text consists of three parts:
- Newsworthy events:
Recounts the events in summary form.
- Background events:
Elaborates of what happened, to whom, and in what circumstances.
- Source: Comments by
participants. It can be a witness or an expert.
The language feature of a news item text focuses on the circumstances. So there is no exact use of tenses in this text.
You may read a lot of passive form sentences and reported speech in a news item text.
Jawablah pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut dengan jujur dan bertanggungjawab!
| No. | Pertanyaan | Jawaban | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Saya mengetahui arti kata-kata pada pada teks di atas |
Ya | Tidak |
| 02. | Saya bisa mengucapkan kata-kata sesuai dengan audio/video yang disajikan |
Ya | Tidak |
| 03. | Saya bisa memperagakan percakapan dengan membaca teks yang tersedia |
Ya | Tidak |
| 04. | Saya bisa memperagakan percakapan dengan sedikit membaca teks |
Ya | Tidak |
| 05. | Saya bisa memperagakan tanpa membaca teks |
Ya | Tidak |
| 06. | Saya bisa memperagakan tanpa membaca teks disertai dengan variasi baru atau pengembangan teks |
Ya | Tidak |
| 07. | Saya bisa membuat karya video terkait dengan percakapan yang diperagakan |
Ya | Tidak |
| 08. | Saya bisa membuat video dan telah disosialisasikan pada sosial media yang saya miliki |
Ya | Tidak |
Bila ada jawaban "Tidak", maka segera lakukan review pembelajaran, terutama pada bagian yang masih "Tidak".
Bila semua jawaban "Ya", maka Anda dapat melanjutkan ke pembelajaran berikutnya.
Buatlah jurnal harian untuk membantumu dalam mempercepat proses pembelajaran dengan menjawab soal evaluasi diri berikut ini.
- Apakah yang kamu telah pelajari pada bagian ini?
- Apa yang menarik pada sesi ini?
- Apa kendala yang kamu alami?
- Apa yang kamu lakukan untuk mengatasi kendala tersebut?
Informasi lainnya yang terkait dapat diakses pada tautan berikut ini
