A. Latar Belakang
Bahan Ajar ini disusun untuk dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu sumber
Bahan Ajar ini juga dilengkapi dengan CD Audio yang berisi rekaman percakapan
dari penutur asli (native speaker), agar para mahasiswa dapat mempelajari
B. Tujuan Pembelajaran
C. Tema
My Study
E. Indikator
dalam text bacaan, menemukan kosa-kata yang baru dan sulit dipahami.
Vocabulary : Mahasiswa mampu menguasai kosa-kata yang sulit dalam suatu text
bacaan
kalimat.
Listening :
menyimak
Speaking :
Reading :
bacaan
kata
inkuiri
Listening (Menyimak)
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
Darling, so it goes
Take my hand,
Darling, so it goes
Take my hand,
Speaking (Berbicara)
My Study
A : Yeah, you probably didn‟t see me. I was late, so I was sitting by the door.
B : Well, I‟m Nina. I‟m sorry, did you say your name was “Nita”?
B : Sorry Nitha. I didn‟t get a lot of sleep last night. Well, where do you study?
A : I study near hear, at Jakarta State University and where do you study?
A : I heard there is TOEFL test also at our campus. Why do you take extra test at
B :Yeah, But I really want to have more practice. I think it is not enough
A : You‟re right. We need more practice. Well, OK then, see you next week.
B : See You
One day, the Kingdom of Demak held a washing ceremony of all kerises of the
kingdom. It was an important event. It was held annually. A lot of people were
flooded there to see the ceremony. They wanted to see a variety of supernatural
kerises. The sacred ceremony was usually led by Sunan Kalijaga. Unfortunately,
because he had another duty from the kingdom, the job of a washing ceremony of
Meanwhile, on a hill not far from the Kingdom of Demak, there was a very
beautiful woman. Her name was Nyai Bintik. People called Nyai Bintik because
she had curled hair. Beside she was beautiful, she also had supernatural power.
She got her supernatural from a hermit named Patih Danurejo from the Kingdom
of Wengker. Nyai Berintik was one of the persons who wanted to see the washing
ceremony of all kerises of the Kingdom of Demak. She was in the middle of the
crowd.
The ceremony of washing the kerises began. Two of the kerises that would be
washed were Kyai Sengkelat and Kyai Pasupati. Most of the people who wanted
to get a blessing from the two kerises were fighting to get the splash of water used
Suddenly, when the two kerises were taken out from the wooden box, Nyai
Brintik grabbed them swiftly from Sunan Muria and flew away. Sunan. All of the
people there were surprised at that event. Nyai Brintik could not be stopped. She
King of Demak took an action quickly by sending his special team to catch her.
The result was good. One of his men managed to find out her hiding place. It was
It was late at night, Nyai Brintik woke up and saw the two kerises. She said to her
self that she would be the powerful woman in the region. She could do anything
Feeling hot inside the hiding place, Nyai Barntik went out. She looked at the sky
and the stars. Then she got into the hiding place. Suddenly, she saw a man
Then the man told her that he was sent by the King od Demak to take the two
kerises from Nyai Bintik. Hearing that, Nyai Brintik got angry and attached him.
Unfortunately, she missed her attack. The man could avoid her strike. Frustrated,
she got out her keris and stabbed it to the man. She missed again but the man ran
away. His body felt too hot of her keris. Then he fell down a few meters before
Nyai Bintik.
Suddenly, there was a mysterious man appearing before Nyai Bintik. He told her
“Nyai Bintik, the two kerises are not yours. If you want to be safe, you must
return them soon. It‟s of no use having the two kerises. Please give them to me”,
Unfortunately, she missed her attack. Nyai Bintik used up all of her strength, but
the man kept calm and managed to avoid Nyai Brintik‟s attack. At last, Nyai
Bintik became tired and hopeless after fighting for many hours. She fell down and
kneeled to that man. She lost her strength. She also wondered to know who
“Nyai Bintik, you should know. I‟m Sunan Kalijaga”, the man said calmly.
Then Nyai Bintik was aware that there was still a man whose supernatural power
was above her. She did not feel arrogant again. She did not oppress the others.
“Here you are, Kanjeng Sunan”, said Nyai Brintik. She gave the two kerises to
Sunan Kalijaga. The two kerises were taken to the Kingdom of Demak.
The King of Demak had a special meeting to welcome the return of the two
kerises. It was attended by all ministers, regents and also all Sunans.
“Thank you, Kanjeng Sunan Kalijaga”, said the King. The two kerises had
returned to the palace. The King asked all of the audience to stay for a while in the
Since that event, Nyai Brintik became one of Sunan Kalijaga‟s students. She was
smart, brilliant and loyal to the Kingdom of Demak. Besides, she always used her
A few years later, Nyai Brintik passed away and she was buried in Mount Brintik
Simple past tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian, peristiwa, atau
Last March
Last July
Kata kerja beraturan (regular verb) dibentuk dengan menambahkan akhiran „d/ed‟
pada kata kerja pertama (infinitive). Jika kata kerja berakhiran huruf „d‟ atau „t‟,
menambahkan akhiran „d/ed‟ pada kata kerja. Kata kerja tidak beraturan
‟did‟ didepan kalimat tanya, kata bantu did berarti ‟apakah‟ dan kata kerjanya
sesudah ‟did‟ berarti apakah dan kata kerjanya kembali kedalam bentuk pertama
(infinitive).
Simple past tense juga digunakan untuk menanyakan waktu terjadinya suatu
peristiwa yang sedang terjadi pada suatu saat tertentu diwaktu lampau.
Past continuous tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian atau peritiwa
lainnya menyusul.
When father came home last night, my little sister was watching TV
Sefti was waiting for a bus when I met him yesterday afternoon
Past continuouse tense juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan dua kejadian atau
peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung pada saat yang sama diwaktu lampau.
Ghinaa was cleaning the house while her mother was cooking.
Were you reading a novel when she came to your house last night.
subjek kalimat.
Past perfect tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa
yang telah terjadi pada waktu lampau, kemudian kejadian atau perisitiwa lainnya
menyusul
We had settled our second payment when she contacted me yesterday afternoon.
Past perfect tense digunakan dalam indirect speech jika reporting verb dalam
Indirect : My brother said that he had returned the book to the library.
didepan kalimat.
Had she posted the letter when I met you at the post office this morning?
Past perfect dalam bentuk kalimat Tanya (interrogative) bisa digunakan untuk
If we had known you that you were there, we would have come to your house.
If you had studied more seriously, you would have been able to speak English
well
If I had found the right buyer, I would have sold the car
Writing (Menulis)
Illustration (Uraian)
Clouds gathered. The sun dimmed. The wind blew. Dogs ran and growled. Birds
cried. Lightning flashed, Thunder sounded, The earth shook and trembled. Trees
sederhana, yaitu kata benda + kata kerja (noun verb). Perhatikan unsure-unsur
Noun Verb
Clouds gathered
Birds cried
Lightning flashed
Thunder sounded
Trees fell
Discussion (diskusi)
Compounding (Penggabungan)
Kata benda (Subyek), kata kerja atau predikat dan pola kalimat lain dapat
digabungkan.
frasa verba (verba phrase) atau predikat. Frasa nomina dapat terdiri atas satu atau
lebih kata benda, ditambah modifier dan penghubung. Pada sebagian pola kalimat,
Penyesuaian (agreement)
(present tense).
He is lecturing
He doesn‟t approve
Subyek tunggal pada orang ketiga, seperti he dan Mr. Brown yang diikuti oleh do,
bentuknya ditambah –s sehingga menjadi does, baik sebagai kata kerja sekarang
dan predikatnya.
baik tunggal maupun jamak, kata kerja yang digunakan harus berbentuk jamak.
dengan penghubung seperti or, nor, either...or, neither ...nor, not only...but also
either...or, neither..nor, not only..but also dan berbeda dalam jumlah orangnya,
bagian yang paling dekat dengan kata kerja yang menentukan bentuk kata
kerjanya.
pengertian jamak.
committee (panitia), jury (yuri) disebut kata benda majemuk dan dianggap
Bentuk kata kerja dan kata Bantu yang bentuknya tidak berubah dalam
penyesuaian
I came
They worked
Susan worked
We worked
Bentuk lampau kata kerja tidak berubah apabila orang atau jumlah subyek
berubah. Peratuan ini juga berlaku untuk modal. Pada pasangan kalimat berikut,
kata Bantu tidak berubah tanpa melihat orang atau jumlah subyeknya.
H. Penilaian
penilaian adalah:
I. Cara Penilaian
85 – 100% = 4 = A
75 - 84% = 3 = B
65 - 74% = 2 = C
< 64% = 1 = D