2019 - Nawang's Journal

Selasa, 10 Desember 2019

Recount Text: Definition, Purposes, Generic Structure, and Complete Examples
Desember 10, 20190 Comments
Recount Text
1. Definition of Recount Text
What is recount text? “Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity". Usually, recount text tells an event or experience that happened in the past, for example, like your experience on vacation or an experience you met your idol artist. Unlike the narrative text, there is no complication or conflict in the recount text.
2. Types of Recount Text
Recount text has several types of text that can be used for you to write. Adapted to the purpose of the writing itself. Various types of recount text can be seen below:
  • Personal recount
Personal recount is a recount text that serves to tell about the author's personal experience.
  • Factual recount
Factual recount is a recount text that serves to present reports of events that actually happened, such as science experiment reports or police reports.
  • Imaginative
Imaginative is a type of recount text that serves to present an imaginative story. Then write down events or events that have occurred.
3. Purpose of Recount Text
  • The purpose of recount text is to entertain and inform readers.
  • The purpose of communication from a recount text is to tell an experience or event that occurred in the past with the aim of entertaining and informing the reader.
4. Generic Structure Recount Text
Just like other English texts, Recount text also has an arrangement or structure. The Generic Structure recount text consists of:
  1. Orientation: tells about background information about who, where, when the event or event occurred.
  2. Events: tells of an event that occurs after that is told in chronological order.
  3. Reorientation: contains a summary or conclusion of all events. This section also contains opinions or impressions of the author of the incident told.
5. Example of Recount Text

A vacation to The Beach

Orientation:
Last week, I and my friends went to the beach after school. We used public transportation. We reached the beach at 4 p.m. The beach was beautiful and clean.
Events:
At the beach, it was fun. We played football on the coastline. After that, we built a castle from the sand. In the night, we made bonfire together. We roasted fishes and squids then we ate them. At midnight, it was time to share our scary stories. One by one, we told our story.
Reorientation:
In the morning, we went home. It was a moment I never forgot.

Meet Bambang Pamungkas

Orientation:
On Friday, there was a football match between Indonesia and Japan. It held on Gelora Bung Karno stadium. I went to the Gelora Bung Karno stadium with my friend, Jono.
Events:
Before entering Gelora Bung Karno stadium, we looked at the bus that took Indonesian football players. Then, we followed that bus to the main entrance. I found that Bambang Pamugkas left from the bus. When we wanted to get close to Bambang Pamungkas, a security guard held me back. But, I thought that the security guard was familiar. It was my old friend, Budi. After that, he let me in, finally, I could meet Bambang Pamungkas and got his signature.
Reorientation:
Next, I went back to my seat at the stadium and the match just began. It was an amazing day and a good match.

Thus the explanation, hopefully useful. Thank you.





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Senin, 09 Desember 2019

Review Application Cake - Learn English Free
Desember 09, 2019 3 Comments
Review Application Cake - Learn English Free
Before I start to tell my experience using the Cake application, I want to inform you first about this application. Cake application is a free English learning application available for Android or iOS users. The application, published by Playlist Corporation, offers a variety of attractive offers, such as the availability of video conversations and subtitles, speaking exercises with native speakers, Al Speech Recognition features (which are used to check pronunciation), and claims that all offers can be obtained with free.
Alright, to get to the point, here's a review of using the Cake app for the Android version.
To be able to use this application, of course, the first thing to do is download the application first, on the Play Store for Android users and in the App Store for iOs users. After the application has been downloaded, you are asked to choose a language (Language setting). 9 languages ​​are available, including English and Indonesian. Then, you are asked to Sign in via Facebook or Google (the benefit you get if you Sign in is that you can save expressions that you've learned before). See the pictures below.
After Sign in, we will see the front page of the application which contains the Home, Search, Speak, Library, and Profile menus. Then in the upper right corner, there is a bell icon that contains a notification. And on the top left is the Today menu and Subscriptions. In the Search menu, there are various categories of choices, such as movies, Listening for beginners, travel, comedy, popular, American drama series, TV shows, and many more.
We can start learning English by clicking on one of the videos. Then when we listen to the conversation in the video, subtitles will be available under the video and later we can repeat the conversation in video and there will be an assessment/speaking practice about our pronunciation in saying the conversation sentence.
In my opinion, as long as I use this application, I think that this application is very interesting because it allows us to learn English, especially speaking, pronunciation, and listening. And the availability of various categories and videos makes me more excited to try.
Well, that's a review of my cake application. Hopefully what I have said can be useful for all of you. And also hopefully you become more enthusiastic about learning English because learning English is fun! ^^



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Rabu, 27 November 2019

50 Unique Psychology Facts that You Should Know
November 27, 20190 Comments
Unique Facts from the Side of Psychology
          Learning something about your own character is always fun. Knowing the unique psychological facts about our behavior and habits can be entertaining and informative. Behind the unique fact of psychology, it was full of meaning. The following are 50 unique collections of psychological facts that are usually not realized by humans.
1. Smart people like to look down on themselves, but fools like to consider themselves geniuses
2. Are you having an argument with someone? Don't use high notes! Try to talk softly and calmly. That way you can "dominate" your interlocutors.
3. If we give our goals to others, we will not achieve them because we lose motivation.
4. People will be more attractive when talking about things they really care about.
5. Intelligent people usually do not have many friends compared to ordinary people. The smarter someone is, the more selective they are in choosing friends.
6. People who always try to please others are usually the most miserable.
7. If you can't stop thinking at night, get up and write. This will help you sleep faster.
8. Shy people rarely talk about themselves, because they want to make others feel understood.
9. Our emotions do not affect the way we communicate. In fact, the way we communicate has an influence on our moods.
10. The smarter humans are, the faster the way they think, and the messier their writing will become.
11. You will get infected if you are surrounded by happy people.
12. Giving something to others will be more happy, than spending it for yourself.
13. Men are no funnier than women: they only make jokes, no matter whether others like their jokes or not.
14. Women have twice as many pain receptors in their bodies as men. And also able to tolerate more pain than men.
15. The average maximum time a woman can keep a secret is for 47 hours 15 minutes. After that…
16. The friendship that is formed at the age of 18 to 28 years will be more likely to last forever.
17. Short messages "Good morning" and "Good night" will activate one part of the brain that is responsible for making the recipient feel happy.
18. Remember something will easier if you do it with your eyes closed.
19. Traveling will nourish the brain and reduce the risk of heart attack and depression.
20. When you hold the hands of someone you love, the pain that you feel will decrease and your anxiety will disappear.
21. People who can be two or more languages ​​can subconsciously change their personalities when changing languages.
22. Listening to music with high frequency makes you more calm, calm and happy.
23. People who easily feel guilty are better able to understand the thoughts and feelings of others.
24. The person who gives the best advice is usually the one who has the most problems.
25. Having a lot of income will reduce your happiness level.
26. Doing things that make you afraid can actually make you happy.
27. The happier we are, the less time we spend sleeping.
28. Women generally prefer men with hoarse voices because they sound more confident, masculine and aggressive.
29. Men will get bored shopping in 25 minutes, while women can last up to 2 hours.
30. When walking with the woman he loves, the speed of a man when walking becomes slower.
31. 62 percent of women are able to guess perfectly which men are unfaithful just by looking through photos.
32. A person's character can be reflected in how he treats restaurant employees.
33. Most people have their favorite songs and they are often associated with emotional moments in their lives.
34. Based on research, you will be happier if you spend money on something that gives an experience rather than just fulfilling an obsession.
35. Someone who is between the ages of 18 and 33 years is the most stressful. After passing the age of 33 years, the stress figure will decrease.
36. If you remember an event in the past, you actually remember when you last remembered the event compared to when it actually happened
37. The observer effect, one is silent then the other is also silent.
38. When one person says A, everyone will agree with A for fear of being ostracized.
39. People tend to be more honest when they feel someone is watching them.
40. You will act according to what is said about you
41. When you're anxious and depressed, sing because it can make you feel calmer.
42. Usually, food that other people make is better than if you cook it yourself. This happens because you already know what the aroma and taste of your own cooking are like.
43. Many studies have found that a person often exaggerates the positive character that is in himself.
44. If you are too careful and have made plan B, plan A will usually fail.
45. Dutch researchers found that out of 5,000 women, they cry 30-64 times each year on average. Whereas men, only 6-17 times each year.
46. Apparently, brown-eyed people are more trustworthy than blue-eyed people. You see, people with brown eyes have a more prominent face shape so it is more often trusted.
47. When you like someone, you tend to like changing their voice and way of talking the same as that person.
48. Humans can actually die because of broken heart. This condition is called Stress Cardiomyopathy. So don't be too harsh on your friends who have broken hearts.
49. It only takes 4 minutes to be attracted to or fall in love with someone.
50. The longer you hide your feelings for someone, the stronger those feelings grow.

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Reading Text: Encyclopedia of Animals in the World
November 27, 2019 3 Comments

Animals in the World

          Animals are eukaryotic organisms (have a cell membrane), multicellular (have many cells), do not have cell walls, do not have chlorophyll so that they live as heterotrophic type organisms, and can move the body to find food or defend themselves from predators or predators.
         There are about one million species of animals with a very diverse structure and body shape. Animals occupy almost all ecosystems on earth, but most species of animals live in water. The animals are further clarified based on certain criteria. In this universe live various kinds of animals.
         Animals are classified according to their habitat, manner of breeding, body coverings, food, and movements.
  • Classification of animals based on where they live is divided into 3 types, namely 1) Animals that live on land, 2) Animals that live in water, 3) Animals that live in water and land (Amphibians). 
  • Classification of animals based on breeding can be divided into 3 types, namely in Ovivar (laying eggs), Vivivar (giving birth / giving birth) and Ovovivivar (laying eggs and giving birth). 
  • Types of animals based on their body coverings, namely 1) haired animals, 2) hairy animals, 3) scaly animals, 4) shelled animals.
  • Classification of animals based on the type of food is classified into 3, namely 1) Plant-eating animals (herbivores), 2) Meat-eating animals (carnivores), 3) Animals that eat everything (omnivores).
The following are various animals in the world
1. Aardvark
Aardvarks are termite and ant-eating animals in Africa. His hearing was very sharp, so aardvark could hear the movements of insects under the ground. The name 'aardvark' was given by the Dutch who lived in Africa. Aardvark is the same size as a pig, but the ears are bigger and the snout is longer.
Aardvark dismantles termite nests to get tasty insects in it. Once the nest is open, aardvark immediately licks the termites. Aardvark has a 30 cm sticky tongue in its snout. The tongue is perfect for infecting the insect nests.
2. Albatros
Albatros are the largest seabirds. Albatros survive in the cold southern earth by eating sea fish and seawater. Albatros can fly very long with its large wings and fly as far as 15,000 km each time crossing the ocean. Among all species of birds, Albatros has the longest wings, almost 4 m from end to end. Albatros often fly without flapping their wings. Albatros hovered near the waves with the help of the wind
Albatros only returns to land to lay eggs and raise children. When they were 10 months old, albatross children leave the island where they were born and live in the sea for several years

3. Anaconda
Anaconda is the largest snake in the world. Its weight can reach 100 kg, almost the same as the weight of a large pig. Anaconda lives in the forests of South America, hunting for prey in trees and rivers. Anaconda is called a convolute because it twists or clamps its prey to death before swallowing. Anaconda can catch large animals, like beaver that lives in water. After eating a beaver, an anaconda does not need to eat for a month.
4. Baboon
Baboons are large monkeys that live in groups of more than 100 baboons. Their food varies, from seeds, fruit, and grass, to animals and eggs. They live in the Arabian and southern Sahara deserts in Africa
Baboon spends his time caring for each other. therefore the relationship between mother and child, also between group members is very close. Their group consists of female baboons, male baboons, and led by one male baboon.
5. Badger
Badgers are strong but shy animals. Badgers are omnivorous animals, meat and plant eaters. Badgers eat grass, fruit, nuts, eggs and small animals and badgers are also good at digging up the ground and often catch worms.


Badgers are more active at night, that's when they go out looking for food and gather straw to make beds. During the day, badgers stay in the hole that has been dug. As his family grew, they dug up several more rooms underground.

6. Bat

The bats have large ears, hairy body, and wings like skin. Bats are nocturnal mammals, which are mammals that look for food at night and sleep during the day in a cave or attic. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. It is agile and fast. When chasing a bat prey can turn upside down in the air.
Bats use sound to catch insects in the dark. They let out high-pitched screams that cannot be heard by humans. The reflection of the voice shows the location of its prey.

7. Bear

Bears are the biggest meat-eating animals in the world. There are various kinds of bears, most of which live in the northern hemisphere. Thick fur protects them from the cold
The bear is very strong and big, the nails are strong and the smell is sharp. The Alaskan Kodiac Bear is the largest. It weighs 800 kg and if it stands, its height can reach 4 meters.
In winter, bears look for a comfortable place to hibernate. Hibernation is a long sleep for weeks. With sleep, the bear's body works more slowly to store energy. While in the fall, American black bears hunt for salmon, eat berries and honey. By eating a lot of bears can save energy for a long hibernation.
8. Beaver
Beavers live near rivers in North America and Northern Europe. Beavers make houses by cutting down trees with their front teeth. 

Adult beavers enter their homes via underwater passages and bring food to their children. The beaver boy lives with his family for 2 years. After that, they went to make their own homes.
9. Beetle
There are more than a quarter-million species of beetles in the world. The shapes and sizes vary, but they all have a pair of soft wings that are folded and protected by a hard outer cover. Some types of water beetles prey on tadpoles and baby fish. Before diving, beetles appear on the surface of the water to collect air under the wing protectors. Dung beetles roll dirt into a ball and lay eggs in it. When the eggs hatch, beetle larvae will eat the droppings.
10. Bird
Birds exist throughout the world and there are about 10,000 species. Birds are the only animals that have feathers and wings, but not all of them can fly. All birds lay eggs and most make nests to raise their young.
Almost all birds, their bones are light, their chest muscles are strong, their beaks are hard, and their eyes are on both sides of their heads. Generally, all birds chirp to talk to each other.
Bird feathers are usually pale in color so they can be hidden in the surrounding environment. Birds adapt to their homes and prey.




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