LK 1: Lembar Kerja Belajar Mandiri- Modul 1

Judul Modul English for Public Information

Judul Kegiatan Belajar (KB) 1. Public Notice
2. Posters and Banners
3. Graphic Organizers
4. Infographic
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1 Daftar peta konsep (istilah Learning Activity 1
dan definisi) di modul ini Public Notice

1. Notice is a form of functional Text used as

instruction or guidance to someone doing or
not doing something. Notice is used to give
information, instruction or warning.
2. The purpose of a notice is to announce or
display information to a specific group of
people.
3. characteristics of notice text: Short text
(simple words, phrases, or clauses)  Easy to
understand  Written in capital font  Mostly
use images/picture
4. Generic Structure of Public Notice are
attention gather, information, and closure
5. Attention gather means using expressions or
phrases that can attract readers’ or people’s
attention such as Notice, Warning, or Caution.
6. Information: can be defined as the messages
or information of the text that want to be
delivered to people.
7. Closure is an act of closing: the condition of
being closed. Closure in notice text can be
defined as a closing statement of notice.
8. Language Features is a linguistic element that
exist in a text. Language feature of Public
Notice are Using Imperative mood (imperative
sentence), Using Declarative reference,
Spoken / written language features.
9. kinds of notice: Command, Caution,
Information, Prohibition, Warning.
10. Command sentences are used when you are
telling someone to do something
11. Caution is a formal warning that is given to a
person who has admitted the offence.
12. Information means giving information.
Information notice provides or gives
information or material contained in the
notice texts to the readers/people
13. Prohibition is the action of prohibiting or
inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance there
of) to do something.
14. Warning usually refers to a message
informing of danger.

Learning Activity 2
Poster and Banner

1. Poster is one of the communication media

that is used to convey a message or an
information.
2. A banner is a typically rectangular
advertisement placed on a Web site either
above, below or on the sides of the Web
site's main content and is linked to the
advertiser's own Web site.
3. Characteristics of Poster and Banner: It uses
simple sentence to deliver a message or
advertisement, Sometimes it contains a
picture to emphasize the effect of its
message, It contains a persuasive sentence
(as advertisement), It is eye catching in
order to attract people.
4. Generic Structure of Poster and Banner
a.Poster
- Header area
- Title area
- Author's photo and address
- Main Area
- Footer Area
- Background
- Background
- Fonts

b. Banner
- Logo
- Value Proposition
- Body Copy
- Image
 - CTA (Call to Action)
5. Social / Language Function of Poster and
Banner
a. Poster
- to alert and engage the viewer
- to challenge and call an audience into
action.
- to promote an event

b. Banner
- At your place of business, to welcome
customers and create that all-important
symmetry.
- In public places that draw regular, steady
crowds, such as stores, shopping malls,
elevators, coffee shops, train stations,
community centers and bus stops. Keep in
mind that you probably will have to seek
permission, or pay a fee, to hang a poster
at these places.
- At trade shows and conventions, where
some large and unconventionally sized
posters could be exactly what you need to
stand out in a crowd.
- At other businesses with whom you have
created strategic alliances. These
businesses may ask you to return the
favor and post some of their marketing
pieces. But if you've created a solid
alliance, the crossover appeal should be
evident.
- As perks to vendors and suppliers.
- As customer prizes at the end of a contest
or competition.

6. Language Features of Poster and Banner

a. Poster
- Short Text Elements
- Phrases and Active Voice
- Serif font for text and san-serif font for
title and Heading (Optional)

b. Banner
- Use simple present tense
 - Use simple phrases or statement

Learning Activity 3
Graphic Organizers
1. Graphic Organizers: Graphic organizers help
teachers show and explain relationships
between content and sub-content and how
they relate to other areas.
2. Descriptive Graphic Organizers: Mapping
generic information, but particularly well for
mapping hierarchical relationship.
3. Sequence Graphic Organizers: Are a type of
graphic organizer that help us to see the
sequantial relationship between events in a
text.
4. Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers:
Use to analyze similarities and differences
between two things (people, places, events,
idea, etc)
5. Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers: A type
of graphic organizer that describe how
events affect one another in a process.
6. Problem and Solution Graphic Organizers: A
problem-Solution Graphic Organizers help us
to compare different solutions to a problem.
7. Generic Structure
a. Titles, headings, and/or labels
b. Specific locations for information
c. Short descriptions (bullets or limited
sentences)

8. Social/ Language Function

a. Tools for critical and creative thinking
b. Tools for organizing information
c. Tools for understanding information and
relationships
d. Tools for depicting knowledge and
understanding
e. Tools for self-learning

9. Language Features
a. Complex information is conveyed in a
simple-to-understand manner through a
 visual display.
b. Analytical, critical, planning, and
creative thinking skills are
concerned.
c. The organizers are made to be easily
edited, revised, and added.
d. Graphic organizers have multiple
uses such as planning,
brainstorming, studying, or
summarizing.
e. Most graphic organizers use short
words or phrases, or drawings, so
they can appropriately be used with
all levels of learners.

Learning Activity 4
Infographics

1. Infographics: An infographic is a collection

of imagery, charts, and minimal text that
gives an easy-to-understand overview of a
topic.
2. Statistical Infographic: A statistical
infographic puts the focus on your data.
3. Informational Infographic: Visual
representation of information that aims to
make the data easily understandable at a
first glance.
4. Timeline Infographic: Timeline infograpic
depicts events or actions in chronological
order. They are often used to demonstrate a
product’s development.
5. Process Infographic: Process infographic is
similar to a how-to infographic. The key
distinction is that a process infographic
depicts decision-making processes.
6. Comparison Infographic: A comparison
infographic examines the similaritis and
differences between two or more products,
locations, events, actions, ideas, or
individuals.
 7. Geographic Infographic: Use map chart as
the focus visual. Different types of map chart
work better for different types of data.
Geographical infographics show data trends
based on location
8. Hierarchical Infographic: Organize
information into pre-defined levels. It
canorganize information from greatest to
least.
9. List Infographic: It’s show information by
list. Lists are useful educational tools,
sharing a lot of information in the form pf
text and icons.
10. Characteristics of Infographics
a. Clear Goals
b. Easy to Digest
c. Compelling Narrative
d. Unique Concept
e. Creative Design
f. Visual Focus – Not Text

11. Generic Structure of Infographics

a. Headline/ Title
b. Beginning/ Introduction
c. Middle/ Main Infographic Content
d. End/ Conclusion
e. Sources and Footnotes

12. Language Features of Infographics

a. Informative
b. Engaging
c. Accessible

2 Daftar materi yang sulit Learning Activity 1

dipahami di modul ini Public Notice
1. From students: caution and warning
2. From teachers: the English teachers in our
schools said that it sometimes hard to
explain to the students about the
difference of all kind in public notice such
as Command, Caution, Information,
Prohibition, Warning.
Learning Activity 2
Poster and Banner
 1. From the students: the language feature
of poster and banner.
2. From the teachers: it is difficult to teach
about the stucture of poster and banner.

Learning Activity 3
Language features of graphic organizers
It is quite difficult to understand the language
feature of gaphic organizers because it has the
combination of big and small font and also has
arrow in it.

Learning Activity 4
Social function and also the types of infographics
It is hard for the teachers to explain in detail
about the social function and also the types of
infogrphics in a limited time. It makes the
students a little bit hard to understand it.

3 Daftar materi yang sering Learning Activity 1

mengalami miskonsepsi Public Notice
 Most students have missconception about
the different of caution and warning.
Caution can be a warning too. They still
confuse about the content of caution.
Caution consists prohibtion in it.
 The teachers in my school said that there
is misconception about how to give better
understanding to the students about the
aim/purpose of each kind of public notice
to the students, especially about caution,
prohibition, and warning.

Learning Activity 2
Poster and banner
 The students have dificulty to
differenciate the aim/purpose between
poster and banner because they said that
poster and banner have the main purpose
to give information.
 The teachers have misconception about
the language features of poster and
banner. It seems quite same. The aim of
poster and banner is also same. Some
 banners are used to advertising or naming
of college or university. Some banners are
also used as a media to promote a
product. It is same with poster which also
has aim to promote something.

Learning Activity 3
For the students and teachers, it is quite difficult
to differenciate between the definition and social
function of graphic organizer. They look same. For
example, the definition of graphic organizer is to
help teachers show and explain relationships
between content and sub-content and how they
relate to other areas. It is also same with the
social function of graphic organizer itself.

Learning Activity 4
Sometime, the teachers have misconception
about the example of all types of infographics.
They look the same but have a little difference.