Pembahasan News Items Text Dalam Bahasa Inggris

Selamat datang kembali di blog kami, pada pembelajaran bahasa Inggris kali ini yang ingin kami bahas  adalah mengenai sebuah teks yang memberikan informasi kepada pembaca mengenai suatu kejadian yaitu News Items text.

News Item Text mempunyai  tujuan komunikatif untuk menginformasikan pembaca mengenai suatu kejadian/ even yang dipandang penting ( to inform the readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important).

Generic structure pada News Items adalah sebagai berikut:

• Newsworthy event/ main event
• Elaboration
• Resource of information

Language feature of News item ( ciri- ciri kebahasaan) adalah

• Focusing on circumstances,  terfokus pada orang, binatang, atau benda tertentu
• Using material process ( menggunakan action verbs, misalnya eat, run);
• Menggunakan past tense
• Disusun sesuai dengan urutan kejadian

Berikut ini adalah contoh dari News Item Text

Hercules aircraft crashes into residential buildings An Indonesia military (TNI) Hercules cargo aircraft has crashed into a residential area on Jl. Jamin Ginting, near Polonia Airport in North Sumatra's capital of Medan, shortly after taking off on Tuesday afternoon.  According to witnesses, the aircraft crashed at around 11:30 a.m. local time after it gradually lost altitude before nosediving. Many are feared to have been killed in the incident as the aircraft crashed into a busy area.  No officials have issued any details of the incident yet, but airport staffers said the aircraft was heading towards Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, to transport freight. The aircraft was delivered to Indonesia in 1964.

Source: www.Thejakartapost.com

Untuk memahami News Item Text berdasarkan generic  structure nya, berikut ini ada sebuah teks yang bisa dicermati.

Title	Three Die After Attending marriage Ceremony
Newsworthy events/ main event	Three residents were kkilled, while dozens of others were wounded after a pick up truck were taking to attend a marriage ceremony overtuned in Jingklang village, banyumas Regency, On Sunday.
Background events/ elaboration	The pickup  was carrying 30 passengers, mostly women, when it failed to ascend a steep road on its way back from the ceremony. As a result, the passengers were squeezed. The wounded passengers were later rushed to Ajibarang regional public hospital
Source event	Local police are investigating the cause of the accident.

Nah, sekian dulu pembahasan tentang News Item pada kesempatan ini. Semoga  bermanfaat.