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179The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUILD MORE BOARDING SCHOOLS.UNIT X179The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu
180Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIIn your daily life you often find people or things annoying. You need to express your annoyance on something using the correct expressions. Do you know how to do it very well?You like reading people’s opinions on newspapers, don’t you? The text that you read may include hortatory exposition text on education issues. Can you write such text effectively? Learn those and more in this unit through challenging tasks.
181The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.A. Let’s Get ReadyBased on your knowledge, answer the following questions. Compare your answers with your classmates’.1. What is a scholarship?2. Have you ever applied for a scholarship?3. Do you feel sad when you fail to get a scholarship?4. Do you think that boarding schools are better than non-boarding schools?5. Mention some problems of education in Indonesia.Task 1Task 2Match the words on the left column (Column A) with their definitions on the right column (Column B) and then fill in the blanks in the sentences using the words from Column A.Column AColumn B1. boarding school a. sum of money given to the school2. compulsory b. money given to someone to help pay for 3. fee c. money for something4. funding d. something which everyone is forced to do5. scholarship e. school where the children live at the school 1. When my father was in high school, he got a ... from Supersemar foundation.2. The treasurer is the one who is responsible for school ....3. Every student should pay his school ... every month.4. In ..., students are provided with accommodations and daily meals.5. Every Indonesian child should complete nine-year ... schooling.IntermezzoBy the Way...If you are teased, you are expected to reply kindly, with good humour. Such self-confidence will increase an Australian’s respect for you. They do not admire a passive attitude.
182Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIB. Let’s ActTask 3Listen to the dialogue between Adib and Ayu talking about studying at a boarding school. Notice how Ayu expresses her annoyance. Then, answer the questions.1. Listen and SpeakQuestions1. What makes Ayu annoyed?2. Was there any question that Ayu cannot answer?3. Why was the next door class noisy?4. Did Ayu’s teacher warn the next door class? Why? 5. What do they offer to solve the problem? Why?In pairs, study the following expressions.Expressing AnnoyanceIn the dialogue between Adib and Ayu in Task 3, you find an expression on how to express annoyance. Ayu says I’m a bit annoyed to express her annoyance. There are some other expressions you can use to show your annoyance.Expressing AnnoyanceIn Formal SituationsIn Informal SituationsI’m extremely displeased with ...... is very irritating.I’m extremely unhappy about this.... really makes me mad.I cannot stand ...Why on earth he didn’t ...?Task 4By the Way...An annoyed camel will spit at a person.
183The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.Listen to some short dialogues and then write down what makes them annoyed. The listening script is in the Appendix.NoThings Annoying1.2.3.4.5.Task 5Let’s say it right.The Pronunciation of the Letter “o”In the dialogue between Adib and Ayu, you find the words containing the letter “o”. Some of them are:• annoyed : • how : • to : • town : • work : • w rong : Based on the examples, you learn that the letter “o” has different pronunciations.Pronounced : such as in cock, knock, shock, odd, potPronounced : such as in move1. Pronounced :such as in go, no, most, code, mode, hope2. Pronounced :such as in cow, how, now3. Pronounced :such as in lord, cord, born, horse4. Pronounced :such as in come, some, above5. Pronounced :such as in command, collect, compete, promote, connectTask 6What flowers have two lips? IntermezzoTulips
184Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIListen and repeat after your teacher. Then, pronounce the words again and again.1. compete 2. show 3. come 4. top 5. cord 6. shower 7. wonder 8. hole 9. blow 10. poleTask 7Task 8Listen to the following discussion on school rights to search school lockers. After that, complete the summary to check your comprehension. The listening script is in the Appendix.Questions1. ... is a small lockable cabinet where personal belongings can be left.2. Lockers are ... students are merely allowed to use them as they do with sports equipment, library books, school computers, etc.3. Lockers ... without notice, for example if they are vandalized or become smelly with rotting food.4. Teachers could conduct search to prevent ... of drugs and weapons into the school.5. Schools are ... to ensure that schools are safe places for students.What does letter “o” says to number 8?“Nice belt”IntermezzoStudy the following dialogue and then answer the questions. After that, act it out with your classmate.Denias : Hi, Anita. What are you doing?Anita : Hi. I’m looking for Mr Sanusi. I need his signature for my scholarship application.Denias : Do you get the scholarship?Anita : Yes. After a long process of selection, the school decides to give me and Virga the scholarship.Denias : Congratulations. You must be very happy.Anita : Yes, I’m very happy. But you know it makes me mad. I have to submit all the documents today. The committee told me that only this morning.Task 9
185The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.Denias : I understand that’s not easy. Anyway, what do you think of the scholarship?Anita : It really helps us. I’m happy with this.Denias : I see. Do you know that the Chinese government will provide free education for poor students?Anita : Really? Never heard about that before.Denias : I think our government should also do the same. You know, around 17% of Indonesian people are poor. Anita : Many parents also think that it’s better for their children to work and earn money than to go to school. I think free education for poor students could help poor people improve their life.Denias : Yes, you’re right. Anita : Oh, Mr Sanusi is coming. I’ve got to see him. Denias : I’ve got to go too. Bye. Anita : See you later. Questions1. Who is Anita looking for?2. What makes Anita annoyed?3. Why should our government provide free education for poor students?Task 10Use the following guideline to make a simple dialogue. Then, act it out with your classmate. You may refer to the dialogue in Task 9.1. Greeting.2. Your friend asks you why you look unhappy.3. You tell him or her that someone has borrowed your cassette and if you ask him or her about the cassette, he or she always says that he or she forgets to bring it with him or her.4. Your friend understands that it is annoying to have such a friend.5. Your friend tells you an annoying thing about someone and you also agree that that is annoying.Task 11In pairs, create short dialogues based on the following situations. Act them out with your classmate.Situations1. Your brothers and sisters are always noisy at home. You tell your friend that you are annoyed.2. Your friend forgets to return your dictionary back. You feel annoyed with that.3. One of your friends is cheating in a test. You warn him not to cheat in the next test but he does not listen to you. You tell your mother that you feel annoyed about it.
186Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIPrivate schools are schools that are not run by the government. They offer various types of schools and levels of education. Although the government does not directly run the private schools, the government should give more attention to private schools for some good reasons. Private schools provide parents with an alternative to the state sector, and a learning environment, which might better suit their children. In addition, whilst there are many bad state schools, there are also bad private schools, and some excellent state schools which compete with the best private schools. The existence of private education can actually be financially beneficial to state schools. The state funds the education system through taxation. Parents who do not send their children to state schools still pay the same taxes. Therefore, there is more money per child in the state sector. There is evidence that a large number of parents, who send their children to private schools, are both ‘first time buyers’ – i.e. neither parent attending a private school – and not from the privileged elite that the opposition would have us believe. Based on the above discussion, it is obvious that the government should give more attention to private schools because they also contribute much in the education world.Adapted from: http://www.idebate.orgSome people think that private schools really help their children to get better education. In groups of four, read the following discussion and then summarize it. Present it to the class orally. Private SchoolTask 12Summary1. What is a private school? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________2. What advantages do we get from a private school? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________3. What does the writer suggest that the government do? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
187The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.Meet five of your classmates and ask them things and events that annoy them. Ask them the expressions they say when they experience them. Task 13Report SheetName Student Number: ::NameThings annoyingExpressionsTask 142. Read and WriteBased on your knowledge, answer the following questions. You may discuss the questions with your classmates in small groups.1. Do you know what home schooling is?2. Do you believe that home schooling is not good? Why? Why not?3. Can you mention some positive sides of home schooling?4. Can you mention some negative sides of home schooling?5. How can people manage the negative sides of home schooling?What can’t be used until it’s broken?An eggIntermezzo
188Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIHome schooling is an education system which provides child’s main education pro-gramme at home. Home schooling takes the place of full-time school attendance and, in the United States and Canada, it usually meets state requirements for compulsory education. Although home schooling could achieve the objectives of compul-sory education, there are some points that should be noticed from the home schooling.First, the idea of taking our children’s education on home schooling can be a bit intimidat-ing. Since our country is so large and the people are from so many different kinds of backgrounds, students need some kind of social glue to make them stick together and to give them a sense of unity in spite of all the differences. They will not get such a unity when they are in home schooling. They will get the sense of unity when they are in the compulsory public schools since it is the easiest and best places to make this glue.Then, the home schooling may not be able to prepare children to fit into the mass society, which means, among other things, believing what most people believe and liking what most people like. Or it may not be able to help children to find a set of values with which they could resist and reject at least many of the values of the mass society. Recognizing the lack of home schooling in the case of chil-dren’s socialization opportu-nity, we should afford them abundant social opportunities. We can have active home school support groups. We can hold ongoing park days, meet-ings at the zoo, the science museum, book clubs, history clubs, language clubs, home school scouting troops and many more options to provide them opportuni-ties to socialize with others.Adapted from: http://www.idebate.org Picture: http://www.buzzle.comTask 15In this task, you will find information related to the questions in Task 14. Study the following words and then read the text on home schooling. Do not forget to answer the questions to check your comprehension.abundant (ks): banyak, berlimpahachieve (kkt): mencapaiafford (kkt): membericompulsory (ks): wajibfit (kkt) : menyesuaikanglue (kb) : perekatprepare (kkt): mempersiapkanrequirement (kb) : persyaratansocialization (kb) : sosialisasiunity (kb) : persatuanHome Schooling
189The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.Questions1. What does the text tell us?a. Some complaints on home schoolingb. Children’s complaints on home schoolingc. Ban on home schoolingd. Some criticisms and suggestions on home schoolinge. The government’s concern in home schooling2. Where does home schooling meet state requirements for compulsory education?a. In Indonesiab. In Canada and the USc. In Japand. In Canada and Japane. In the US and in Great Britain3. How many important points of home schooling should be noticed according to the text?a. One onlyb. Two pointsc. Three pointsd. Four pointse. Five points4. What do our children need to live in such big country? a. creativity b. financial supportc. computer skill d. independencee. social awareness5. What should be prepared for children to fit into the society according to the text? a. creativity b. financial supportc. the sense of unity d. independencee. high quality school6. Where do children get the sense of unity easily according to the text?a. In home schoolsb. In public schoolsc. In their own homed. In their own communitye. In their own ethnic society7. Considering the weakness of home school-ing, what should be done according to the text?a. Parents should give them many social opportunities.b. Parents should be able to tell them to study harder.c. Home schools teachers should be able to teach social sciences.d. The government must ban home schooling.e. Parents should not have their chil-dren home schooled.8. The word “it” in line 16 refers to ...a. a social communityb. an ethnic groupc. a public schoold. home schoolinge. the government9. The word “them” in the last line refers to ...a. The government b. parents c. childrend. home schoolse. public schools10. The Indonesian equivalent of “scouting troop” is ...a. Karang taruna b. OSIS c. PMRd. Pecinta alam e. Pramuka
190Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIComplete the sentences below with the words in the box. The words are from the text in Task 15.fitoccasionprepareprovidesocializeabundantgoalopportunityrequirement value1. People should ... with other since the nature of human is as social beings.2. Instead of learning subjects, moral ... should be taught during the classes.3. Students from home schools will not ...to the society as easy as common school students.4. To be a student of a boarding school, you need to complete some ...5. Boarding schools ... students plenty of ... to use the school facilities.6. Yesterday, I missed the discussion class with Mrs Hani. It was a rare ... to have a discussion in an English class.7. Some parents decide to home school their children to ... them to the university.8. Home school students as well as common students need ... social opportunities.9. My brother gets a reward from my parents since he ... the highest mark in his English class.Task 16Do you still remember the elements of a hortatory text you have learned in the previous unit? Read the text on Home Schooling in Task 15 and then find the general idea, arguments, and suggestions you find in the text.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Task 17Note:The elements of hortatory exposition texts are:1. The general statement of topic discussed.2. Arguments which are arranged according to the writer’s choice. Usually it is based on the criteria of weak and strong arguments. 3. Suggestion which contains what should or should not happen. The purpose of hortatory exposition texts is to argue a case for or against a particular position or point of view and it proposes a suggestion in the end of the argumentation.
191The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.Task 18Study the following rule.Should, Ought to, and Had BetterIn the text in Task 15, you find two sentences using the word should. They are:1. ....., there are some points should be noticed from the home schooling.2. ....., we should afford them abundant social opportunities.The word should is one of the modal auxiliaries. The word should in the sentences indicates that the writer suggests that the readers do or not do something. The word should also has many other functions. Two of them are:1. Giving an opinion about something.Example: I think the government should maintain the quality of our education.2. Saying that something is not right.Example: Those children shouldn’tbeplaying. They should be in school.Notes: Should has the similar meaning to ought to and had better.Task 19Study the following poster and then answer the questions.Questions1. What is the poster intended for?2. Mention the elements of the poster.3. Do you believe that a poster is a useful medium to convey massages? Why? Ifgraduatinghigh school was worth $200,000would you stilldrop out?Actually, it does.Result studies show that high school graduates earn an average of $200,000 more than non-graduates over the course of a 40-years period following school.That‛s right, almost a quarter of a million dollars more.The trouble is that most people thinking about dropping out of school don‛t realize that their earning potential will be all but gone, and that they will never own home and drive a car nicer than the one they currently cruise in. So, if you are considering dropping out of school, at least there‛s one good thing... you won‛t have to worry about what to do with all that money.http://www.allposter.com
192Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XITask 20In pairs, study the following situations and then write down your suggestions on the cases.1. The nine-year compulsory education programme is completed. The government plans to launch a twelve-year compulsory education programme. Many parents think that the senior high school fee is too high for them, especially for the disadvantaged parents. Suggestion: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________Arguments: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________2. Your school finds that some students are engaged in gang fights. There are also some students also who are suspected abusing drugs.Suggestion: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________Arguments: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________3. The government finds that boarding schools provide more quality education than conventional ones do. However, students should pay much money to go to the boarding schools.Suggestion: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________Arguments: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
193The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.In pairs, discuss the ban on smoking at school and then write a simple composition on it. The following questions help you to develop the text. Publish your text in the school magazine.1. Do you agree that smoking at school should be banned?2. Why do you think so? Present your arguments.3. What is your suggestion on the issue?Task 21Task 22In groups of four, create a poster related to education issues in Indonesia, whether they are scholarships for unfortunate students, free education for tramps, or expensive school tuitions. You can refer to the poster in Task 19. Put your poster in your classroom.Task 23In groups of four, find an interesting issue around school and then write a simple composition on it. Do not forget to provide arguments and suggestions on the issue. Your teacher will publish the best three of your compositions to the school magazine.C. Let’s Do MoreTask 24In pairs, create short dialogues based on the following situations. Then, act them out with your partner.Situations1. You find it difficult to get a scholarship because there are many unnecessary requirements that should be met. You find it annoying.2.One of your friends forgets to return back your cassette. He has kept it for more than one month. You feel that it is annoying.3. You are annoyed because in a test you hear many hand phones ringing.4. One member of your discussion group does not prepare herself for today’s discussion. You think that it is irritating since she should present some arguments.
194Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIIn groups of three, choose one of the following questions. Discuss the question and then write a simple composition based on your answer to the question. 1. Should all schools be cigarette free? Why? What is your suggestion?2. Should students be allowed receive phone calls during the class? Why? What is your sug-gestion?3. Should the National Examination be dropped? Why? What is your suggestion?4. Should the government build SMA in every sub-district? Why? What is your suggestion?5. Should parents allow their children to take part time job? Why? What is your suggestion?Task 25In pairs, complete the following dialogue and then act it out with your partner.Adib : Hi, Virga. Where have you been?Virga : I’ve been from the library. ....Adib : What’s wrong?Virga : There were some boys making noise in the library. They should ...Adib : You’re right. We need some kind of composure when we’re in the library.Virga : ....Adib : I think warning from the librarian will not be effective without self-consciousness to keep quiet in a library.Virga : That absolutely spots on. Have you ever experienced such a situation?Adib : Yes. It’s last week. I was in the district library. Before some girls came, the library was so quiet. But after the girls came ... Although they were warned by the librarian....Virga : What did you do then?Adib : I left. It’s because ....Virga : I think people ...Adib : You’re right. Task 26D. Let’s Check Your CompetenceTask 27Read the following text on the school uniform. After that, answer the questions.School Uniform, another Good LessonSchool uniform is special clothes worn by all students of a particular school. The uniform of a school may differ from others. Why should schools use uniforms? Below are some reasons.
195The Government Should Build More Boarding Schools.First of all, Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology produced a study in 1998 concerning school uniforms. Their findings using 10th grade students showed that uniforms have no direct effect on “substance abuse, behavioural problems or attendance.” It also claimed a negative effect on student achievements for those students considered ‘pro-school’.Secondly, uniform helps to create a strong sense school ethos and a sense of belonging to a particular community. As such it promotes discipline and helps to drive up academic standards, which is why a uniform is often adopted by schools which are being reopened with a fresh start after being classified as failing. Finally, uniform acts as a social leveller, under which all students are equal in the eyes of the school and of each other. In institutions without uniform students are often competitive and worry endlessly about their appearance and the clothes they should wear. Pupils without expensive designer clothes and trainers may be singled out as social outcasts, or stigmatised as being from poor backgrounds. For these reasons many parents prefer uniforms as they save them money on buying clothes for school wear.Considering the findings, schools should implement the uniform as their identity. The government should also publish some kind of rule which makes uniform compulsory for schools. Adapted from: http://www.idebate.orgPicture: http://www.marsden-h.schools.nsw.edu.auQuestions1. What is school uniform according to the text?2.What is the finding of the research by Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology?3. What is the relation between school uniform and students’ ethos and discipline?4. Why do parents prefer uniforms than casual clothes?5. What does the writer suggest?E. Let’s Make a ReflectionReflect on your learning in this unit and write down your reflection in the space below.What I like best in this unit:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
196Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XIWhat I don’t like in this unit:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The improvement I have made after learning English in this unit:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________F. Let’s Make a SummaryIn this unit you learn:1) How to express annoyanceExpressing AnnoyanceIn Formal SituationsIn Informal SituationsI’m extremely displeased with...... is very irritating.I’m extremely unhappy about this.... really makes me mad.I cannot stand ...Why on earth he didn’t...?2) Hortatory exposition textThe purpose of hortatory exposition text is to argue a case for or against a particular position or point of view and it proposes a suggestion at the end of the argumentation. It has the three elements: (a) The general statement of topic discussed; (b) Arguments which are arranged according to the writer’s choice. Usually it is based on the criteria of weak and strong argu-ments; (c) Suggestion contains what should or should not happen.Why did the student take a ladder to school?Because he was going to high schoolIntermezzo