Introduction
Do you know how to express your emotions in English? There are many forms of self-expression. As well as, congratulating and complimenting other. What is Congratulating ?
► Congratulating or Congratulation is the act of expressing or congratulating others on achievements, happiness achieved, and luck achieved. For example,
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When the person wins a competition at school or outside of school,
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Celebrates graduation
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Moves house
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Gets a promotion
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Gets a baby
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Gets married, and so on.
►What is Compliment?
While Compliment is an expression to appreciate or praise others. Praise is useful to provide encouragement so that people continue to do their best and even improve their performance
When we use Compliment?
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On daily basis
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When someone has done his/her best,
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When you visit someone's house for the first time.
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If you notice something new about someone's appearance. (If you see something new from someone's appearance)
Example :
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Here are some examples of complimenting phrases in English
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What a nice dress!
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What a wonderful performance!
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What a clever boy you are!
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What a kind boy he is!
Task
CHECK YOUR ASSIGNMENT !
In this assignment, you will explore, understand, identify, and try about how and what to do to express the expressions used to show the act of congratulating and praising in the form of dialogue. Which then as the end of the task will be recorded in the form of a video so that you can directly feel the situation in the case.
By looking at the process steps that will be carried out from this WebQuest. Good luck!
Process
Step 1 ( Group )
Make a group of 2-4 people !
Step 2 ( Identifying )
• Understand the difference between congratulation and compliment first. For a better understanding. CONGRATULATION & COMPLIMENT - Giving Without Limits (mister-ucup.blogspot.com)
• Understand the situation first to express congratulation and praise. Under what circumstances can we offer congratulations and praise. When to Say Congratulations in English! | English Teacher Melanie
• We must know how the procedures and what to pay attention to in giving these congratulations and compliments. Congratulating And Complimenting Others | Kelas 10 X | Purpose, Structure, Language Feature - YouTube
Step 3 ( Finding Other Example )
Find approximately 5 - 10 examples of expressions of congratulating and complimenting.
Step 4 ( Making sentence )
Make simple dialogue sentences about expressions of congratulating and complimenting.
Step 5 ( Making a video )
Practice sentences from the sample text of congratulating and praising that were made earlier into the video.
Evaluation
| ASPECT | EXCELENT (4) | GOOD (3) | ENOUGH (2) | NOT ENOUGH (1) |
| Sentence Formation | The language selection structure is very good, complex, and structured | The language selection structure is good, simple | The language selection structure is sufficient, but still understandable | The language selection structure is not understandable, not complex or random. |
| Pronunciation and Fluency | Very good pronunciation clarity clear, loud, confident | Good clarity of pronunciation clear, but lack of confidence | The clarity of pronunciation is sufficient, but it can still be heard and understood faintly | The clarity of pronunciation is not understandable. |
| Intonation | Intonation in pronunciation is very good, clear, loud, and according to the role | Intonation in good pronunciation | The intonation in the pronunciation is quite good,it can still be heard and understood faintly | Intonation in pronunciation can not be understood |
| Videos | Video quality starting from the audio and visual level is very good | Video quality starting from the audio and visual level is good | Video quality starting from the audio and visual level is quite good | Video quality starting from the audio and visual level is lacking |
Conclusion
Nice work ! You have completed the step-by-step activity of learning about expressions of congratulating and complimenting.