About English Language

I. English is unique

Huruf apa ini ?? ... A

[ A ] [ U ]

father putvillage cutman burnsmall buildingapple

II. The history of Great Britain (scotland, england, wales, ireland)

Ancestor --> briton (celtic)

Penyerbuan bangsa-bangsa ke tanah bangsa Inggris

RomanJutesAngloSaxonNorman French

Nb. ANGLO-SAXON saham 70% pada bahasa Inggris saat ini

I love SHE ( I love her)You love HE (you love him)

III. Periods of English

A Old English (Punah abad 11)b. Middle English (Punah abad ke 15)

Yusuf AliBible

pengucapan Middle English :

namesweetson(contoh canterbury)Modern English

III. Welcome to America

(colony)

Spanish - TEXASFrench - CANADADutch - MANHATTANOthers - Little Italy, Little Tokyo, Harlem, Bronx

IV. Differences between AE and BE

a. Pronunciation

teacher, four, father, brother, car AE [r] BE [ ]

ask, class, glass, mask, last, answer AE [æ ] BE : [ a ]

believe, beyond, before, between AE [ə ] BE [ i ]

b. Spelling

AE BE

color- favorite, armor, parlor, harbor

colour

center- theater, meter, saber

centre

dialog- catalog, prolog

dialogue

travel- marvel, jewely

travel

critisize- memorize, critisize

critisise

plow plough

c. Vocabulary

AE BE

trucks lorrycandies sweetsvacation holidayelevator liftsoccer footballmovies filmsfall autumn

d. Grammar

AE - Do you have any siblings?BE - Have you got any brothers or sisters?

AE - It is important that she be told. *BE - It is important that she is told.

AE - The jury has not yet reached its decsion.BE - The jury have not yet reached their decision.

AE - Go get your book.BE - Go and fetch your book.

AE - He dove into the water.BE - He dived into the water.

AE - You must come visit me real soon.BE - You must come and visit me really soon.

Two Kinds of Questions

1. Yes/No Questions2. W-H Questions (who, when, which, what, where, how .. etc.)

- what is this,what’s your name, what is that, what book is that .. etc

Practice 1

1. what’s your name?2. what’s your full name?3. what’s your middle name?4 what’s your surname ?5. what’s your nickname?6. how old are you?7. what’s your job?8. what’s your position?9. what’s your home address?10. what’s your office address?11. what’s your school address?12. what’s your hobby?13. what are your hobbies?14. how do you spell it?15. how do you spell OBAMA ?16. what’s your zodiac?17. what’s your phone number?18. what’s your postal code ?19. what’s your religion?20. what’s your marrital status?21. what’s your favorite food?22. what’s your favorite film?

KESIMPULAN PENTING !!

Sekarang jika diantara orang inggris sendiri tidak memiliki kesepakatan yang sama dalam GRAMMAR, dalam pengucapan, dalam kosakata. Bahkan mereka sendiri sampai saat ini bicara dengan bahasa yang menurut Grammar adalah SALAH !! .. kenapa kita harus merasa TAKUT SALAH !! ... hajar saja. ..gunakan bahasa Inggris sejak awal kursus ini, praktekan sampai otomatis tanpa berpikir. Urusan Grammar belakangan saja .. itu nomer 10001 ...

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