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Objectives
Through this section,
you will learn:
- How to get information from
poster
- How to get an information diagram
Learn
about it!
When you walk on the
street, there are various advertisements and announcements you might see. One
of them is in the form of a poster. Can you understand the message of those
posters well?
You might also have
read charts in your books. Can you comprehend the information easily? Well,
both the poster and charts contain information. Through this lesson, we will learn
how to understand the poster and charts easily. So, you can get and interpret the
information properly.
Look at the following
picture. In your opinion, what picture is it? What information can you get?
The picture above is
the example of a poster. From the poster, we can get some information. The
poster informs a seminar named The Mother Earth Seminar. The poster also
informs the venue or place (The Aksana Hall), time (29 June 2015), and charge of
the seminar (Free). To make it remarkable, a poster is usually supported by
jargon and interesting design. To get a better understanding, see the following
identification:
By seeing the poster
above, we know that the function of a poster is to convey a message or information.
The message can be in the form of an announcement or advertisement. Jargon and interesting design is usually involved in a poster to persuade the readers.
Moreover, a poster is usually written in the present tense.
Now, look at the
following chart. What type of chart is it? What information do you get from the
chart?
There are various
types of charts. The chart above belongs to a column chart type. The chart informs
book preference of Class XII Science 3 the year 2015. The information can be seen
in the chart title. From the chart, we can see that most of the students prefer
Hunger Games book (12 students). Meanwhile, the Divergent book is less preferable
for the students (8 students only).
There are four common
types of charts. They are column chart, pie chart, bar chart, and line chart.
All of the chart types have similar content –information. The title usually
gives information of the topic. Meanwhile, the content of the chart usually
gives specific information. Look at the following identification:
By seeing the poster
above, we know that the function of a poster is to convey a message or
information. The message can be in the form of an announcement or advertisement.
Jargon and interesting design are usually involved in a poster to persuade the
readers. Moreover, a poster is usually written in the present tense.
Now, look at the
following chart. What type of chart is it? What information do you get from the
chart?
There are various
types of chart. Chart above belongs to a column chart type. The chart informs
book preference of Class XII Science 3 year 2015. The information can be seen
in the chart title. From the chart, we can see that most of the students prefer
Hunger Games book (12 students). Meanwhile, Divergent book is less preferable
for the students (8 students only).
There are four common
types of chart. They are column chart, pie chart, bar chart, and line chart.
All of the chart types have similar content –information. The title usually
gives the information of the topic. Meanwhile, the content of the chart usually
gives the specific information. Look at the following identification:
Let’s
Practice in describing data
Column graph presents
figures on the number of International students in australia studying intensive
english (ELIcos) courses for the years 2002-2004. these students came from four asian
countries (china, korea, taiwan, and hong kong) and one european country, the
netherlands.
Here is the organization of
describing data
Statement: Netherlands’
students in studying intensive course dropped slightly
Data: ‘Between 2002 and
2003’ ‘From 22 till 18
Comments: ‘a dropp by 18%’ ‘a slight dropp’
Between 2002 and 2003,
netherlands’ students in studying intensive course dropped
slightly, from 22 till 18.
This was a minor decrease by 18%, quite a slight drop.
Here some words variety that you can
use in describing data
developing essay relate describing
data is frequently tested in some writing task, try to develop it to practice
your skill.
Here is the example of Body
paragraph 5
Netherlands’ students who join
elicos in Australia from 2002 till 2004 were 22, 18 and 37. Between 2002 and
2003 Netherlands students dropped slightly from 22 till 18. this was a minor
decrease by 18%. Whereas, in 2003 until 2004, they experienced a significant
rise from 18 till 37. this was an explosion increase by 105%. So it was in line
with the elicos expectation.
Look at the pie chart
below. Then, answer the following questions:
- What does the chart tell about?
- What specific information can
you get?
Here is the answer:
- The chart tells about students’
time preference for learning.
- From the chart, we can get three
specific information (1) 52% of students prefer to learn in the morning
(2) 38% of students prefer to learn in the evening (3) 10% of the students prefer to learn in the afternoon. So, we can conclude that most of the students prefer to learn in the morning.
Keypoints
From this lesson, we
have learned about the poster and charts. There are some points we need to remember
about the poster and charts. The points are in the following table.
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
