ANNOUNCEMENTS

Standard Competency :
¨     To comprehend and express the meanings of spoken and written short functional text about announcement in the context of daily life to access knowledge.
Basic Competency :
¨     To respond and express the meanings within the formal / informal spoken and written short functional text in the form of  announcement, advertisement, invitation  accurately and fluently in the daily life context to access knowledge.

Indicators :
¨     After finishing  the lesson, the students are expected to be able to:
¨     identify the topic or the purpose of a spoken announcement
¨     give spoken announcement
¨     read aloud the written passage of an announcement in the meaningful way and with good pronunciation and intonation
¨     identify the topic of a written announcement
¨     use the appropriate grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and other writing rules accurately

–noun

1.public or formal notice announcing something: The announcement appeared in the newspapers.

2.the act of announcing.

3.a short message or commercial, esp. a commercial spoken on radio or television.

4.a card or piece of formal stationery containing a formal declaration of an event, as a wedding.

an·nounce·ment

1. 1. The act of making known publicly.
   2. Something announced.
   3. A broadcast message, especially a program note or commercial.
2. An engraved or printed formal statement or notice, as of a wedding or a relocation.

In writing an announcement, keep the following points
¨     the title/type of event,
¨     Date/time, place and
¨     contact person