NEWS ITEM TEXT

NEWS ITEM

Watch and listen to the following video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgErFaWAYw  

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the news about?

2. Where did it happen?

3. When did it happen?

4. Why did that happen?

5. Who were involved in the event?

Now let's study about :
a. what news item text is.

           b.the generic structure of news item text

          c. Language feature of news item text

  
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Comprehend the text.

1. Read the following news item. Then, answer the questions to check your comprehension

2. Try to find the generic structure too

Tenants advised to obey regulations on apartment

      Jakarta: A building architect has advised families planning to live in an apartment to study all the relevant regulations prior to moving in to help prevent unexpected security-related occurrences.

    “Tenants must obey certain regulations when living in an apartment, which is far different from living in a landed-house,” Fendhi Ibuhindar said.

    “Tenants of an apartment should abide by regulations set by the owner of the high-rise building,” he added.

    “This is important, especially for a family that has a young child,” he was quoted as saying by okezone.com.

      According to him, the trend of living in an apartment in Jakarta started only 10 years ago. Living in an apartment has increasingly become popular.

     “Most of Jakarta’s residents are more accustomed to living in a landed house and when they live in an apartment, many are not ready for apartment-living habits and regulations. They have to abandon their mindset of living in a landed-house,” he said.

      He said that an owner of apartment should also consider aspects of design and building materials that are safe for children.

    “The quality of building materials should be prioritized,” he said.

    “Children’s safety should be the main concern with regards to the building materials that are used,” he said. (Source: from The Jakarta Post,

(May 9, 2014, p. 18 – with adaptation)

Answer the questions briefly.

1. What is the source of the text?

2. What is the text about? What is the social function of the text?

3. Which one is the headline? Write it down.

4. Why do you think living in an apartment is getting popular?

5. Can you identify some regulations of living in an apartment?

6. Who sets the regulations?

7. Did you find any information about who in the text?

8. Did you find any information about where in the text?

9. Did you find any information about what in the text?

10. Did you find any information about why in the text?

(Taken from 'Bahasa Inggris untuk SMA/MA/SMK Kelas XII)