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HOW TO ASK OPINION AND GIVE OPINIONS
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
after learning this unit, you should able to understand how to ask opinion and gives opinions
LEARN ABOUT IT!
LEARN ABOUT IT!
Welcome to study English. In this series, we are going to study ho to ask opinion and gives an opinion to others. By study this, we will practice speaking skills such as pronunciation, sentence rhythm and developing ideas.
Let's look someone talks about bullying
What do you think about a 13-year-old girl named Kiki who barely stopped schooling because her classmates used to make fun of her relentlessly? We believe that her classmates must not intimidate her even though her father is a street vendor. In another case, 15-year-old Dinda could not make such intimidation anymore. She becomes depressed, left school and stayed at home because she was constantly teased by her classmate for failing in junior high school.
In another case, many senior students of junior high school took seven junior students and subjected them to violent beatings. Sherry, one of the junior student, was rushed to hospital with bruises on his abdomen. He extremely scared to go to school. Julie, a 10-year student, fifth-grade student, states that her first two years of elementary school were a traumatic experience. She sadly remembers being cruelly bullied by her male classmates because she was overweighed. They used to call Sumatran elephant, baboon, gentong, and many other names. We all agree that they should not bully or intimidate their friends whoever he/she is.
These are few cases out of hundreds of similar cases and the number is increasing over some time. In Indonesia bullying exists in every form, from teasing to extreme abuse. Even though incidents of bullying are common, unfortunately, it is not seen as a major problem. A recent survey conducted by the National Child Protection Commission has shown that more than half of bullying incidents go unreported due to to the fact that it is considered normal in some societies. Also, people who get bullied are either unwilling to report it because they feel it will 'make a big deal'. Or worse, they are so scared that they didn't
Let's focus on this sentence
What do you think about a 13-year-old student girl named Kiki who barely stopped schooling because her classmates used to make fun of her relentlessly?
Let's look someone talks about bullying
What do you think about a 13-year-old girl named Kiki who barely stopped schooling because her classmates used to make fun of her relentlessly? We believe that her classmates must not intimidate her even though her father is a street vendor. In another case, 15-year-old Dinda could not make such intimidation anymore. She becomes depressed, left school and stayed at home because she was constantly teased by her classmate for failing in junior high school.
In another case, many senior students of junior high school took seven junior students and subjected them to violent beatings. Sherry, one of the junior student, was rushed to hospital with bruises on his abdomen. He extremely scared to go to school. Julie, a 10-year student, fifth-grade student, states that her first two years of elementary school were a traumatic experience. She sadly remembers being cruelly bullied by her male classmates because she was overweighed. They used to call Sumatran elephant, baboon, gentong, and many other names. We all agree that they should not bully or intimidate their friends whoever he/she is.
These are few cases out of hundreds of similar cases and the number is increasing over some time. In Indonesia bullying exists in every form, from teasing to extreme abuse. Even though incidents of bullying are common, unfortunately, it is not seen as a major problem. A recent survey conducted by the National Child Protection Commission has shown that more than half of bullying incidents go unreported due to to the fact that it is considered normal in some societies. Also, people who get bullied are either unwilling to report it because they feel it will 'make a big deal'. Or worse, they are so scared that they didn't
Let's focus on this sentence
What do you think about a 13-year-old student girl named Kiki who barely stopped schooling because her classmates used to make fun of her relentlessly?
This sentence is used to ask someone opinion.
To state one's view we can use this sentence
We believe that her classmates must not intimidate her even though her father is a street vendor.
As far as I'm concerned, children should not be living in constant fear.
For academic writing we avoid in using words I. We can use expressing people's general opinion or view such as
It is thought that children are not living in constant fear.
Below will be listed some expression to ask for and state one's opinion/view.
ASKING FOR ONE'S OPINION/VIEW
what do you think about ...?
What is your opinion about...?
What do you mean?
What would you say about that?
STATING ONE'S POINT/VIEW
In my experience, ...
As far as I am concerned, ...
Speaking for my self, ...
In my opinion,...
Personally, I think ...
I'd say that ...
I'd suggest that ...
I'd like to point out that ...
I believe that ...
What I mean is ...
EXPRESSING PEOPLE'S GENERAL OPINION/VIEW
It is thought that ...
Some people say that ...
It is believed that ...
It is considered that ...
It is generally accepted that ...
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
