Contoh Soal Listening , Monologue about Schooling and Education
Contoh Soal Listening , Monologue about Schooling and Education -
What is the function of hortatort exposition texts?
Answer: to persuade the reader or listener abous something which should or should not be the case.
Generic structure of hortatory exposition texts
- Thesis statement: The announcement of issue.
- Arguments: Reasons for concern that lead to recommendation.
- Recommendation: Statement of what should or should not to happen
Characteristics of hortatory exposition texts
- Focusing on the writer.
- Using action verb: eg. run, jump, kick, eat, cry, break, smile, walk, drink, talk.
- Using adverb: eg. Surely, certainly.
- Using modals: eg. May, can, could, will.
- Using temporal connectives: eg. Firstly, secondly, however, therefore, etc.
- Using evaluative words: eg. Important, trustworthy, valuable.
- Using simple present tense.
- Using passive voice.
Do you understand?
Listen to the following example of a hortatory exposition text.
Students and Their Cellphones
Cellphones or mobile phones has become obligatory things to be brought by people nowadays. The reason behind it is the use of cellphones is not only for communication, but also for several things. Today’s cellphones can be used for taking pictures, taking videos, listening to the music, recording voice, storing documents, and playing games. Therefore, most of people use cellphone as their mobile storage devices. Adult, teenagers, children, working people, or students have cellphone in their pocket. However should the students be allowed or be banned to bring cellphones to their school?
Nowadays many students bring cellphones to their school. Many schools allow their students to bring cellphones so their students can communicate with their parents easily. But some other schools ban the use of cellphones at school. It is quite reasonable since bringing cellphones to school may cause several disturbance in the teaching and learning process. Many students who bring cellphone use it irresponsibly during the learning activities. For example, they use cellphone for listening to the music during the learning activities. Some others use it to chat with other students. Some girls use the front camera to take selfie when their teacher are explaining learning materials. Those use of cellphones will distract the students’ concentration.
Besides using cellphone during learning activities, the students may use cellphone as a media for cheating. Many students use cellphone to text their friends during the examination. The students may also see their learning notes in their cellphone during
examination. Therefore, many schools should make a strict rule for students who bring cellphones to their school. For example, all cellphones should be turned off or should be switched into vibrated mode during the learning process. If a student has to answer a call during the learning process, she or he has to get permission from the teacher and pick the phone outside the classroom. When doing examination, all the students have to turn off their cellphone. Their teacher may also collect all cellphones during the examination. From the aforementioned explanation, the students need to use cellphone wisely so cellphone will not become disturbance during the learning activities or during the examination.
examination. Therefore, many schools should make a strict rule for students who bring cellphones to their school. For example, all cellphones should be turned off or should be switched into vibrated mode during the learning process. If a student has to answer a call during the learning process, she or he has to get permission from the teacher and pick the phone outside the classroom. When doing examination, all the students have to turn off their cellphone. Their teacher may also collect all cellphones during the examination. From the aforementioned explanation, the students need to use cellphone wisely so cellphone will not become disturbance during the learning activities or during the examination.
After listening to the example of a hortatory exposition text, now pay attention to the following explanation:
- The recording was started by an issue whether the use of cellphones at school should be banned or not. This issue is the example of a thesis statement of a hortatory exposition text.
- After that, the speaker proposed several arguments related to the issue. The first argument is that the use of cellphones can distract students’ concentration if the students use cellphones in the classroom.
- The second argument is that cellphones can distract students’ concentration during final examinations.
- Finally, in the end of the recording, the speaker proposed several recommendations related to the problem explained before.
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Listen to the following monologue about extracurricular activities and answer the questions and answer the questions.
The main idea of the thesis statement is....
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The follwing are supporting arguments about extracurricular activities stated on the recording, EXCEPT....
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On the recording, the writer proposed ....
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The following are subjects mentioned on the recording, EXCEPT....
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What is the most suitable title for the text? Choose from the following:
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What is the main idea of the whole text? Choose one of the following:
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Pay attention to the following sentence mentioned on the recording.
"Because the students will practice regularly, they will meet their partner in the same activity regularly."
The word which acts as the adverb is....
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Pay attention to the following excerpt taken from the recording.
“Joining extracurricular activities also will make the students aware about togetherness’’
The underlined word can be replaced by.....
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Pay attention to the following excerpt taken from the recording.
Due to the importance of extracurricular activities, I think schools should incorporate many extracurricular activities so the students can choose the activity based on their own interest....
The underlined word means...
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The following are action verbs stated on the recording and one of them is not action verb, that verb is....