Announcement' Exercises.

ACTIVITY 1

Read the following announcement carefully and identify its elements.

read

TEXT 1

HELLO GEORGETOWN

We’re bringing you a bigger and better location, with more of what you love about our women’s men’s and weddings & party collections and the introduction of our Ludlow Suit Shop.

OPENING APRIL 2013

In the meantime, stop by our current J. Crew Store located just a few doors down on M Street or shop JCREW.COM (it’s open 24/7).

For hiring opportunities, email georgetown@jcrew.com.

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	“HELLO GEORGETOWN”
Contents	Found	Information of the place including date of opening and advertising the place for weeding or others party.
Closing	Found	Contact information for hiring opp

TEXT 2

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

(Fund by the European Commission)

The ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Indonesia have had a significant impact. Since August 2003, more than 10 million livestock have been affected and the H5N1 virus has crossed the species barrier resulting in at least 135 confirmed human cases with 110 deaths. Moreover, the potential exists for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus to trigger a human pandemic.

Research on clinical disease, virology and epidemiology of H5N1 in Indonesia is needed to understand the ecology and variability in transmission to human. To foster essential research, WHO requests for proposal that will then be evaluated through a review process. The awards will then be made to compentent researchers and institutions focused on research of local scientists and public health professionals. Areas for research include:

1.       Studies of disease ecology, transmission, and epidemiology.

2.       Studies of clinical spectrum and management of disease.

Detailed information of call for proposal, include: application and assessment process, assessment criteria and deadline of proposal submission, is attached and available at WHO Indonesia Country Office Website.

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	The opening is “CALL FOR PROPOSALS”
Contents	Found	Informating about who request local scientists and public health to submission proposal about studies disease ecology, transmission, epidemiology, clinical, spectrum, and management of disease.
Closing	Found	At the closing there are website for more information.

TEXT 3

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	The opening is "We are proud to announce We outgrew our old place"
Contents	Found	The writers tell information of their new address.
Closing	Found	The writers gift a contact information (089922376549837 or website)

We are proud to announce

We outgrew our old place

Our new address is:

NeoSys Computer Store

Jl. Melati Utara No. 14

Lumajang – 67316

Our old store becomes our new

NeoSys Service Centre

Same address

Same phone number

Quality for the unmatched performance

Contact us:

089922376549837

www.neosyscom.co.id

ACTIVITY 2

Read the examples below. Decide which of the following examples are considered announcement. State TRUE for announcement and FALSE for texts that is not an announcement.

TEXT A

Notice of the 25^th Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the 25^th Annual General Meeting of PT BerlianBuana will be held on Monday, 26^th March 2018 at 9 a.m. at Rama Sinta Meeting Hall, at 6^th floor of Ramayana Hotel, to transact the following business.

Ordinary Business:

1.       To receive, consider, approve, and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the company for the year ended 31^st December 2017, together with the Directors’ and Auditors’ Report thereon.

2.       To appoint auditors for the year ending 31^st December 2018 and fix their remuneration. The retiring auditors Erlina Marwan & Co. being eligible have offered themselves for re-appointment.

3.       To elect three Directors as fixed by the Board of Directors for a term of three years in accordance with the provisions of section 157(1) of the Companies Ordinance. The names of the retiring directors are:

-          Karina Dewanti

-          LukmanPurwanto

-          RestiKusumaningrum

TEXT B

So far, we are well known as the producer of men’s fashion, especially T-shirts, shirts and jackets. Now, we have expanded our products, for men and women. The products will not only be people’s wear, but also shoes and bags. We plan to produce products for children in the future.

We guarantee all the products are high qualified as we always choose the best materials.

If you are curious about our new products, you should not worry. We will issue a monthly catalogue in order that you know our new products and their prices. For promotion, we will give you discounts for this month’s purchase of several items.

FandyIrawan (Manager)

TEXT C

WE’RE PREGNANT!

You are invited to join our celebration at

Wardsworth Dining Hall

Tuesday 27^th March 2018

6PM – 10PM

Love, Alyssa & Robert\

TEXT D

Student Writing Contest

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY invites submissions of poetry, fiction and personal or journalistic essays for this year’s Student Writing Contest.

CATEGORIES:Poetry, fiction and personal or journalistic essays\MANUSCRIPTS should be typewritten (one side only, please) double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title category, word count, author’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself.

POST MARK SUBMISSIONS BY DECEMBER AND SEND TO:

Student writing Contest

The Atlantic Monthly

77 N. Washington Steer

Boston, MA 02114

TEXT E

MAKE TRACKS

TO THE

UNIVERSITY PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

AND

GO

WILD….

READ!

2015 Summer Reading Club

Kick-off Party

Saturday, May 21^st 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM

·               Prizes

·         Surprises Balloons Refreshments Entertainment

·         Tons of Fun!

Meet your friends in the Big Top Tent on the Chase Bank parking lot to sign up and join the fun!

The UPPL Summer Reading Club is underwritten by

CHASE BANK 6517 Hillcrest at Daniel

ANSWERS!

NO	TEXT	TRUE/FALSE
1	TEXT A	TRUE
2	TEXT B	FALSE
3	TEXT C	FALSE (more like an invitation rather than an announcement.)
4	TEXT D	TRUE
5	TEXT E	TRUE

ACTIVITY 3

Re-read the texts in Activity 1. Identify the main idea or topic of the announcement and write down the details of each text in the table below!

In writing the details, pay close attention to:

-          Who wrote the announcement?

-          When was the announcement released?

-          Who is the announcement for?

-          Details of place, date and time 

Text	Main Idea	Details
Text 1	Informing the people of Georgetown about the opening a suit shop in a new venue.	-  The announcement came from J.Crew          Store        -  The opening will be in April, 2013  - The shop will offer more of men’s and women’s, weddings and parties collection.
Text 2	To tell everyone about WHO request local scientists and public health to submission proposal that will then be evaluated through a review process.	- The announcement tell us about Research   on clinical disease, virology and       epidemiology of H5N1 in Indonesia           - The proposal study that needed is:         1. Studies of disease ecology,             transmission, and epidemiology.              2. Studies of clinical spectrum and            management of disease.   Criteria and deadline of proposal submission,      is attached and available at WHO     Indonesia Country Office Website
Text 3	The writer information about the moving to new address	-    The writers tell her  new address at              NeoSys Computer Store Jl. Melati            Utara No. 14 Lumajang – 67316        -    The writers tell that they old address change to they new NeoSys Service Centre store.        -   The writers gift a contact information (089922376549837 or website)

Text 4

The writers tell that they are going to open branches in several big cities such as Medan, Denpasar, Lombok and Makassar.

-          Starting from 1st January 2018 the writer will open branches in several big cities. -          The writer informating that administrative aspect of they business to be conducted in regional locations. -          They hoped that they will be able to meet closely with customers and stores in a more effective manner.