Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Hai anak-anak Spensaka yang selalu bersemangat! Bagaimana kabar kalian hari ini? Mudah mudahan selalu sehat dan bersemangat. Jangan lupa ‘STAY AT HOME” dan rajin-rajin cuci tangan.... Jika terpaksa harus keluar rumah, selalu gunakan masker dan ingat “SOCIAL DISTANCING” yaaa.

Hari ini kembali lagi kita belajar Bahasa Inggris. Kemarin kita sudah belajar tentang "Hope, Wish, dan Congratulation". Hari ini kita akan menggunakan hope, wish dan congratulation dalam bentuk tulis. Sebelum kita masuk ke materi, kita lihat terlebih dahulu gambar di bawah ini dan jawablah pertanyaan yang ada di bawahnya.

There are three people in the picture. They are father, mother, and Hilda. Father celebrates his birthday. Hilda wants to give two things for his father.

Questions:

1. What will Hilda probably give to father?

2. Why does Hilda give them to his father?

3. What are probably written on the card?

Bagaimana anak-anak ? Sudah bisa menjawab pertanyaan di bawah gambar? Agar lebih jelas, yuk kita pelajari materi di bawah ini.

Di dalam kehidupan sehari-hari kita sering mengalami kejadian yang menyenangkan atau kita merayakan sesuatu. Selain itu kita juga dapat mengalami kejadian yang menyedihkan. Ketika kita mengalami hal-hal tersebut biasanya orang lain akan memberikan sebuah kartu ucapan baik kartu ucapan selamat atau kartu ucapan untuk mengungkapkan simpati. Di dalam contoh gambar di atas, Hilda memberikan sebuah kartu ucapan selamat kepada ayahnya. Dia memberikan kartu ucapan tersebut karena ayahnya berulang tahun. Kartu ucapan di dalam Bahasa Inggris kita sebut sebagai Greeting card. Hari ini kita akan belajar tentang greeting card.

A. DEFINITION

A piece of thick paper folded in half with a picture on the outside and a message inside, which you write in and send or give to someone. (Cambridge Advanced learner’s Dictionary,3rd Edition, 2009)

Dari definisi di atas bisa disimpulkan greeting card atau kartu ucapan adalah kartu yang diberikan kepada seseorang untuk mengungkapkan pesan, yang berupa perasaan dan perhatian kita kepada penerima kartu. Pesan ini disampaikan karena beberapa hal misalnya:

1. penerima kartu memperingati hari-hari tertentu (Celebrating Special Occasion)

Contoh: birthday card (diberikan ketika seseorang berulang tahun), new year card (diberikan saat merayakan tahun baru), wedding anniversary card (diberikan ketika seseorang merayakan ulang tahun perkawinan)

2. penerima kartu mendapat kebahagiaan (Happines)

Contoh: job promotion (diberikan ketika seseorang mendapatkan promosi jabatan), winning competition (diberikan ketika seseorang memenangkan kompetisi)

3. penerima kartu mengalami kesedihan atau musibah (Sympathy/Condolences)

Contoh: passing away (meninggal dunia), getting accident (mengalami kecelakaan)

B. PURPOSES /SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

Ada beberapa tujuan kita memberikan kartu ucapan/ greeting card diantaranya:

1. To greet someone on special occasion

2. To congratulate

3. To wish/pray

4. To give sympathy

5. To praise ... about their achievement (titik-titik bisa diisi dengan penerima kartu)

Pertanyaan yang biasanya muncul untuk menanyakan fungsi sosial:

1. What is the purpose of the text?

2. From the text we know that the writer wants to ....

3. Why did the writer write the text?

4. What is the writer intention?

C. STRUCTURE/ PARTS OF GREETING CARD

Example of greeting card:

Dari contoh greeting card di atas, kita bisa melihat ada tiga bagian utama dalam greeting card yaitu:

1. Receiver/addressee (penerima)

Contoh:

Dear Dad,

Hi Dinda

Hey Tom

2. Content/Message/Hope/Wish (isi/pesan/harapan)

Contoh:

I wish you all the best.

I hope you have a great day.
Congratulation on your upcoming marriage.

Happy new year.

We are sorry for your loosing.

Get well soon.

3. Sender (pengirim)

Contoh:

Hilda

Yours,

Mom and Dad

Regards,

Your friend,

D. LANGUAGE FEATURES

Greeting card biasanya menggunakan simple present tense dan future tense. Greeting card biasanya juga menggunakan ungkapan hope/wish, congratulation, sympathy or condolences.

1.Receiver/addressee
Di sini kalian dapat menuliskan/menyebutkan nama orang yang dituju.

For example: Hi Tias, Dear mom, etc

2. Content

Isi dari greeting card adalah pesan yang ingin kalian sampaikan kepada penerima kartu. Dalam greeting card biasanya menggunakan ungkapan

a.Wish/hope

Contoh:

I wish you all the best.

We hope you will get well soon.

b. Congratulation

Contoh: Congratulation on winning the swimming competition

c. Sympathy/condolences

Contoh:

We are sorry for your loosing.

Please accept our heartfelt condolences on the lost of your mother.

3. Sender (pengirim)

Di sini biasanya dinuliskan/disebutkan nama orang yang mengirimkan kartu.

Contoh:

Hilda

Yours,

Udin

Mom and Dad

Regards,

Your friend,

Contoh soal:

Dear Indro,

Finally you did it! You have finished your study, with flying color.

Your achievement proves you’re the best! You really deserve it, buddy.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Love,

Mom and Dad

1. What is the purpose of this greeting card?

A. To give support.

B. To show happiness.

C. To give some flying color.

D. To show appreciation.

Jawaban:D

2. Why are Indro’s parents so proud of him?

A. He has done the test.

B. He has finished his study.

C. He is the best in his school.

D. He can show his achievement

Jawaban: B

E. TYPES OF GREETING CARDS

1. A Birthday Card ( Kartu ucapan selamat ulang tahun)

2. An Occasional Card (Kartu ucapan untuk perayaan hari-hari tertentu)

(for example: Idul Fitri Card, Wedding Anniversary Card, Mother's Day Card, Teacher's Day Card)

3. A Get-well Card (Kartu ucapan lekas sembuh)

4. A Condolences Card (Kartu ucapan bela sungkawa)

5. A Congratulation Card (Kartu ucapan untuk pencapaian suatu prestasi/kesuksesan)

(for exampe: Graduation, Winning Competition, Job's promotion)

Nah, sekarang kita latihan dulu ya untuk mengecek pemahaman kalian. Semangat ya.....

Latihan 1

Text 1

Hey Achmad,

We are very happy to hear your success. We are very proud of you.

Here is a big hug for the winner of the Student’s Speech Contest.

Indira and Surya

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To discourage someone.

B. To show someone’s success.

C. To identify’s someone’s success.

D. To congratulate someone’s success.

2. How do Indira and Surya compliment Achmad in the text?

A. A big hug for the winner

B. We are proud of you

C. A beginning for your other success.

D. We are happy to hear your success.

Text 2

Dear Arsyi,

Congratulations. You did it.

You prove yourself. You can make it.

Enjoy your success.

Your old friend,

Renita

3. Why did the writer write the text?

A. To support someone to do something.

B. To appreciate someone’s success.

C. To make someone successful

D. To give good wishes.

4. From the text the writer hopes that Arsyi ....

A. can enjoy her success

B. can prove who she is

C. will do another success

D. can make happiness for others

5. “You prove yourself.” The word “prove” has the closest meaning to ....

A. show the ability

B. wait for the success

C. tell the truth

D. make happy

Latihan 2

Write a greeting card for your mother’s birthday.

Okay anak-anakku, sekian dulu ya untuk materi hari ini. Jika ada kesulitan jangan malu bertanya ya pada Bapak/Ibu guru kalian. Terima kasih anak-anak.