Speech Act

These expressions can be used to give attention to someone.

• Tell me what’s wrong?

• I suggest ....

Informal • It’s okay. Let me.... (giving help)

• Don’t worry. I’ll... ( giving help)

Formal •

•
Would you like any help?

You look in troble, may i help you, Sir/Ma’am?

(to older people or

Formal
A
(tostranger
older people or
You can use the expression to start a conversation on phone

•
A stranger
Hello. This is ...
Informal

• Hello. ... speaking to ....

• Can I speak to....

Formal • May I speak to ....

(to older people or

A Strager
You can used the expression to extend a conversation
Informal • Hold on, please.

• By the way.
Formal

(to older people

• Furthermore,....
or
• Moreover,....

You can used the expression to end a conversation

Formal • See you then, Bye.

• I’ll call you later

 • All right, See you again, Sir/Ma’am. Thank you very
much

Study the following example.

Ara has just come back frm a music concert. His sister, Dita, asks about the concert
Ara : Hi, Dita, How was the concert?
Dita : Hi, Ara, Yes,it was great. You should go and see their second performance.
Ara : Wow, really? I’ll go and see it then

Note
Dita gives advice to Ara to go and see the concert. You should go means that it
would be a good thing to do or the right thing to do

• Orientation : Information about what, who, where, or when written in a later

• Event : Event that happened in the past. They are conveyed in a sequential
pattern.

• Closing : a conslusion on the event

Learning Essential

• Language Function

 Giving advices
- If I were yo, I’d....
- I’d ... if I were you
- You’d better not...
- I wouldn’t recommend....

 Offering, accepting, and declining and offer

- Would you like...?
- Yes,Please.
- Not for me, thank you

• Genre of text: Recount

 
- To give the audiens a description of whart occurred and when it
occurred
- To ratell event for the purpose of informing or entertaining

 Generic Structure:
- Orientation ; The setting and introduce participants
- Event in time order: tell what happened, in what suquence
- Reorientation : optional-closure of event / ending
I went tomy Beni’s house yesterday to do a homework. I went there with
Dodi....

Grammar : Modal’s;should

Example:

Ara : Hi, Dita, How was the concert?

Dita : Hi, Ara, Yes,it was great. You should go and see their second performance.
Ara : Wow, really? I’ll go and see it then