LEARNING MEDIUM

Windhariyati Dyah Kusumawanti2201408038

Building Knowledge of the Field

Activity 1: You will know

Activity 2: Example

MEMOTo : Health & Safety Committee

From : Joe Chan, Chairperson, H&S Ctte

Date : 20 May '11  

Subject :  Room change for next meeting

The meeting on Saturday, 18 June has been changed to Room 101.

MEMO

To : My darling Jane

From : John

Date : 1 April 2011

Subject: Chocolate

I had a great time last night, let's do it again soon. Hope you like this chocolate.

Love, John

Spelling• m-e-m-o• m-e-s-s-a-g-e• f-o-r -m-a-l • h-e-l-p• s-i-t-u-a-t-i-o-n• u-s-e-f-u-l-• o-f-f-i-c-e

Activity 3: Language Features

Vocabulary• Situation• Problem• Optional• Introduction• Purpose• Solution• Action

Punctuation:• Period (.)• Comma (,)• Colon (:)• Parentheses (( ))• Exclamation point (!)• Quotation marks (?)

Language Focus

Sample Memo Format / Template

Memo• To:

From:Date: Subject:

• First Sentence:Reason for the memo

Second Sentence - Main Body:Any Instructions or information

Closing SentenceWhat is required of the reader e.g. Confirmation, answers or feedback

Modeling of the Text

Activity 6: Example

MEMOTo :  Health & Safety Committee

From :Joe Chan, Chairperson, H&S Ctte

Date : 20 May '11  

Subject :  Room change for next meeting

The meeting on Saturday, 18 June

has been changed to Room 101.

MEMO

To : My darling Jane

From : John

Date : 1 April 2011

Subject: Chocolate

I had a great time last night, let's do it again soon. Hope you like this chocolate.

Love, John

Joint Construction of the Text

Instruction:• Look at the memo below.• Answer the questions based on the memo correctly.

Activity 7: Exercise

MEMOTo :  Health & Safety Committee

From: Joe Chan, Chairperson, H&S Ctte

Date: 20 May '11  

Subject :  Room change for next meeting

The meeting on Saturday, 18 June has been changed to Room 101.

Questions:1. Who is the sender of the memo above?2. When did the sender write the memo?3. What subject is the memo about?4. To whom is the memo?5. What is the messaged inside the memo?

Independent Construction of the Text

Instruction:

• Choose one of the situations below and make a memo based on the situation that you choose.

Activity 8: Practice

Situations:• You want to ask your younger sister to buy some

medicine because of your illness.• You need to borrow your friend’s note book to

learn about one of the subjects in your lecturing.• You want to ask your friend to meet you soon

because you have to discuss something with your friend.

• You want to tell your mother because you go home late.

• You want to tell your friend that you need his/her time for a while.

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