Week 8 : Comparison and Contrast

Monday 6^th March 2017

I studied “Procedure” and “Comparison and Contrast”. First of all, the teacher told us to talk with friends about “what did I do on weekend?” in the English language. Then, she told us to bring the handout for studying. After that, she read the text 3 in the handout that was about how to use a toaster. After she read it finished, she told us to do the exercises 1, 2, 3, and 5

Next, she told us to open the first page of this handout. So, it was about the “purpose”, “types of procedural texts”, “text organization”, and “language features”.

- The purpose of the procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something.  

- Types of procedural texts are

1.Texts explain how something works or how to use instruction/operation manuals.

2. Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity.

3.Texts that deal with human behavior.

The teacher showed us some pictures and asked us how they’re different. So, she brought this toward the new reason that was “Comparison and Contrast”. Then, she told   On the other hand, “contrast is to compare the two things or more over that are differences.” that “Comparison is to compare the two things or more over that are similarities.”

Next, the teacher read and explained the example 1. Then, she told us to compare between the high context culture student and the low context culture student so the example 1 was on the slide of the Microsoft PowerPoint. So, I wrote the diagram like this:High context culture student.

In my opinion, to describe or explain how two or more things are alike or different. We usually use it when we want to present opposing sides of an issue. It is very important. The text was not hard, I can compare them that they are similar or different. The markers to point out comparison and contrast were difficult because some words, I have never seen before. I highlighted it and listened to teacher carefully for to know the meaning and more knowledge.