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NEWS ITEM TEXT

PURPOSES OF TEACHING LEARNING


ARE TO :
 INCREASE VOCABULARIES OF STUDENT
 INCREASE STUDENT’S UNDERSTANDING OF NEWS ITEM TEXT SUCH AS
DEFINITION,GENERIC STRUCTURE, LANGUAGE FEATURE
 INCREASE STUDENT’S ABILITY HOW TO MAKE NEWS ITEM TEXT WELL
Language Feature of News Item

 -Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text)


– Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.
– Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – … .. / Kuala
Lumpur – …
– Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen
or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present tense.
– Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
– Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
– Uses of material processes to retell the event
What is news item text

 News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are
considered newsworthy or important.
Generic Structure of News Item

# Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.


# Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what
circumstance
# Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in, witnesses to and
authorities expert on the event
Purpose of News Item

 News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.
Or
– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
– To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
Example of News items text about Tourism
in Indonesia
 Minister Expects MXGP 2017 to Boost tourism  Menteri Mengharapkan MXGP 2017 Meningkatkan Pariwisata
 Jakarta (JP) – Indonesia is expected to earn US$5 million in foreign  Jakarta (JP) – Indonesia diperkirakan akan mendapatkan US $ 5 juta dalam
exchange and US$3.74 million from domestic visitors from the valuta asing dan US $ 3.740.000 dari pengunjung domestik dari seri acara
international sport series event MXGP 2017 in Pangkal Pinang, olahraga internasional MXGP 2017 di Pangkal Pinang, Provinsi Bangka-
Bangka-Belitung province, on March 4th and 5th. Belitung, pada 4 dan 5 Maret.

  Indonesia adalah negara ketiga yang dipilih di Asia, setelah Qatar dan
Indonesia is the third selected country in Asia, after Qatar and
Thailand, untuk menjadi tuan rumah acara olahraga MXGP ini. Acara ini
Thailand, to host this MXGP sport event. The event was introduced in
diperkenalkan pada tahun 1957 dan disetujui oleh federasi motorsport
1957 and was sanctioned by international motorsport federation, the
internasional, Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Dalam
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). In this event, acara ini, puluhan pembalap motorcross dari 20 negara akan bersaing
dozens of motocross racers from 20 countries will compete in dalam balapan motocross.
motocross races.
 “Acara yang akan diikutsertai oleh 62 lembaga penyiaran TV asing, juga
 “The event, which will be covered by 62 foreign TV broadcasters, is diharapkan membantu mempromosikan tempat-tempat pariwisata di
also expected to help promote tourism sites in the region,” said kawasan itu” kata Menteri Pariwisata Arief Yahya. Sekitar 5.000 orang
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya. About 5,000 foreigners are expected to asing diharapkan menghadiri acara yang diselenggarakan untuk pertama
attend the event hosted for the first time by Indonesia, with each kalinya oleh Indonesia ini, dengan setiap orang menghabiskan rata-rata $
person spending an average of $1,000 while staying in the country, he 1,000 ketika tinggal di negara ini. katanya. “Kita juga berharap lebih dari
said. “We also expect over 50,000 Indonesians to attend the event,” 50.000 orang Indonesia untuk menghadiri acara tersebut,” kata Arief pada
Arief said on Monday during a press conference at the ministry’s hari Senin saat konferensi pers di kantor kementerian di Jakarta,
office in Jakarta, adding that each Indonesian was projected to spend menambahkan hal tersebut setiap orang Indonesia diperkirakan
an average of Rp 1 million. (The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, February menghabiskan rata-rata Rp 1 juta. (The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, 28
28, 2017 | 01:06 pm) Februari 2017 | 01:06)

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