Contoh Soal Listening , Problems Solving (Asking and Giving Opinions) - In that situation, what would you say when you want to ask for other people’s opinion? How do you express your opinion? The following table might help you to answer those questions.

When you want to ask for or give opinion, use the following expressions in order to make your statement more polite.

Do you understand?

Now that you already know how to ask for and give opinion, let’s see how to use those expressions in a real conversation.

You will hear a dialogue between Lili and Eva. Listen to the dialogue carefully and try to find out how the expressions above used in the dialogue.

The dialogue between Lili and Eva is the example of how to ask for and give opinion. In the dialogue, Lili asked for Eva’s opinion on her writing.

Can you hear clearly what did Lili say when asking for Eva’s opinion? If you cannot catch what she said the first time, try to listen to the dialogue again until you can hear and understand what Lili said.

Lili used the phrase “Can you give me your thoughts on it?” to asks for Eva’s opinion on her writing. In the next sentence, Lili also said “What do you think?”

Both of these phrases have similar meaning with “what is your view about it?” or “what is your opinion on it?” In short, those phrases are used to ask for someone’s opinion towards something.

Now, what did Eva say as a response to what Lili said? Can you hear it clearly? Do you understand what it means? If you cannot hear it clearly, you can do the same as before. Try to listen to it again, until you get what she says.

In the dialogue, Eva response to what Lili said by saying “I think you need to be more specific about where you stand, whether you support the new regulation or against it. Then, you just need to develop your arguments about the case. In this writing, you just state the fact without expressing your opinion about the matter.”

The underlined words are the phrase that you can say to express your opinion about something. You can also use the phrase like in my opinion or in my point of view to express your opinion. Previously, Lili asks for Eva’s opinion about her writing. Thus, Eva gives her opinion about Lili’s writing. Eva thinks that Lili’s writing does not reflect her opinion on the matter, that she should be more specific about her position on that case.