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LA2 Chapter 8 D Verb Collocation

Verb Collocation  Sebelum membahas mengenai verb collocation, kita terlebih dahulu mengenal apa itu collocation. 😃 Collocation is the combination of words that sounds natural to the native speaker. Collocation adalah gabungan kata-kata yang terdengar alami ditelinga penutur asli (orang yang menggunakan suatu bahasa sebagai bahasa ibu).  Contoh dari collocation adalah sebagai berikut: A piece of cake, walk on, book a flight, rent a car, etc. Berbicara tentang gabungan kata, tidak semua gabungan kata bisa kita jadikan collocation. Seperti halnya jika kita menggabungkan cornflakes dengan orangejuice, tidak bisa cocok bukan? Cornflakes hanya bisa cocok dengan milk.  Terdapat berbagai macam collocation. Collocation yang akan dibahas pada saat ini adalah Verb Collocation. 1. Verb + Noun     Book + a flight     Book + a hotel room     Book + a table (at the restaurant)     Rent + a car     Ren...

Countable, Uncountable Noun

Countable dan Uncountable Noun Countable Noun adalah kata benda yang dapat dihitung. Seperti table, chair, spoon, plate, dan house. Sedangkan uncountable noun adalah kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung satupersatu. Seperti sugar, salt, water, tea, bread, and coffee. Notes: • Countable noun bisa berjumlah satu/singular ataupun jamak/plural. • Jika berjumlah satu/singular maka dapat ditambahkan ‘a atau an’ sebelum countable noun tersebut, misalnya bag menjadi a bag. Jika berjumlah jamak maka ditambahkan huruf s/es dibelakang kata countable noun seperti pada kata bag menjadi bags Pay attention to the examples below: a. I have a bag (Saya mempunyai satu buah tas) b. I have three bags (Saya mempunyai tiga buah tas) • Uncountable noun tidak dapat ditambahkan a/an diawal uncountable noun. Misalnya kata water tidak bisa menjadi a water. • Uncountable noun bisa ditambahkan a/an jika diketahui takaran benda tersebut. Misalnya sepotong roti ‘a slice of bread,’ segelas susu ‘a...

My teaching experience

My teaching experience started when I was a high school student. My mom introduced me to several teachers in my neighborhood. Because I studied at an Islamic boarding school, I taught only on my holiday. I began teaching at mosque. I taught elementary students. At first I was so embarrassed and I didn’t know how to start. But I tried to find out how a teacher starts the lesson, I observed the way while the teacher was teaching at class. I asked the teacher the steps to teach at class, and I asked the materials which were needed to be delivered in the class. I tried to imitate the way teacher taught at class. Although I had been in the situation where the process of teaching and learning occurred as a student but I never been a teacher before. Being a teacher was not easy, but I enjoyed it. I taught the students without getting salary, my mom said “it’s ok, experiences are much valuable then money,” and I had no problem with it, besides I had got new friends and interacting with st...