English Task (1st Entry)

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Excuse me, i wanna share about my English material so far at the campus. About what I've got so far. Before that I want to apologize because my english is not so good. Happy reading ;)

At the 1st meeting we're learned about "Greeting and Introduction".
Greeting is an act of communication. It divided into 2 parts, the Formal and Informal. Formal is express to the older people and also in a formal situation, ex: good evening. And Informal is commonly uses for friends only, ex: hello! Introduction is to provide information by way of introducing yourself. One of expression in introduction is "Let me introduced my self". You say that, and then introduced your self about your name, your birthplace, your age, and your major. Ex: Let me to introduced my self, my name is Fibrianti Ginting, I was born in Ujungpandang, February 18th, 1995. I am 18th years old, and I am majoring in Electrical Engineering.

At the 2nd and 3rd meeting, we're learned about "Continuation of Greeting and Introduction".
If you introduced your self may you will tell them about your level, your residence, your hobby, your family, your occupation, and your job. Ex: I am a freshman at Polytechnic of Bosowa. I live in a my parents house. I've been very interested in listened music. There are 6 members in my family, my Father, my Mother, my two brothers, and my sister. My Mother is an teacher. Than, if you want to making contact with someone, you can say this:

• Excuse me, are you Mrs. …? - Yes, that’s right.
• Hello, you must be Mrs. ….
• You are Mr. …, aren’t you?
• Have we met?

Introducing someone else

• Can/ May I introduce a good friend of mine? This is ….
• Have you met …?
• I’d like you to meet ….
• I want you to meet

At the 4th meeting, we're learned about "Farewell Expression & Expressing Day, Months, Year, Date & Asking Time"
Farewell Expression is used when you will leaving someone. Example: Good bye/ Bye/ I’ll say good bye/ See you later/ See you soon.
There are 7 days in a week, it is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
And there are 12 months in a year, it is January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
To expressing the year, ex: 2009 (two thousand and nine).
To expressing date you can say February 18th, 1995.

Time
12.00 = twelve o'clock
12.30 = twelve past or twelve thirty
12.15 = twelve fifteen or quarter past five
12.45 = twelve forty five or quarter to one

Writing the "Time"
Morning = 00.01 - 11.59
a.m (ante meridian) = 00.01 - 12.00
Noon or midday = 12.00
p.m (post meridian) = 12.01 - 24.00

How to ask "Time"
- Excuse me, what time is it, please?
- Excuse me, do you have the time, please?


At the 5th meeting, we're learned about "Numeral & Mathematical Expression"
The kind of number, which is Cardinal Number, Ordinal Number, and Fraction. Cardinal Number is used to express quantity like one or 1, thirteen or 13, twenty or 20, a hundred and one or 101, and so on. Ordinal Number is used to express sequence like first, second, third, and so on. Note for several things in Fraction:

• The numerator (the top number) is spoken as a Cardinal number and the denominator (the bottom number) as an ordinal number.
• Half is used in place of second and sometimes quarter in place of fourth.
•  For fractions in which the numerator is larger than one, the denominator takes the plural -s suffix
• English fraction are also written with a hyphen between the numerator and denominator.

Example:
1/2 = one-half
1/4 = one-fourth or one-quarter
4/5 = four-fifths

Fractions may also be spoken as cardinal number-over-cardinal number. Example:
1/2 = one over two
4/5 = four over five
99/100 = ninety-nine over one hundred

And the last meeting, 6th meeting, we're learned about "Question & Socialization"
In Question & Socialization consists of 2 parts, Yes/No Question and WH Question. Yes/No Question are question whose answer is either "Yes" or "No". WH Question are question that used WH word in question. The socialization, about how to making contacts, how to keep the conversation going, and when you're about to getting away.


Okay, it was about my english material in the first half. Next, I will share about my tasks for learning English in the first half. Thank You :)