Expression of Congratulation

Introduction

Do you know how to express your congratulation in English? There are a lot of ways to show your congratulation in English.

The social purpose of congratulating people is to express our happiness about someone's achievement. When do we congratulate people? We congratulate people when we hear good news about someone's achievement, promotion, graduation, etc.

Today you will learn congratulation and how to express them to others. Let's get started!

Task

You are going to familiar yourself with the expressions congratulate used in showing happiness which later are used by you to make a role play recorded in the form of a video.

Follow the step-by-step activities in the “process” part of this WebQuest.

I hope you enjoy your exploration. I’m looking forward to watching your video next week. Good luck!

Process

Step 1: Grouping

Make a group consisting of four students.

 



Step 2: What are the Expressions of Congratulate used?

Get yourself familiar with the expressions in showing congratulate.

Open the links below and take a note of idiom and vocabulary mostly used in showing congratulation.

Links:

https://www.jagoanbahasainggris.com/2017/03/materi-expression-of-congratulations-dan-contoh-dialog.html?m=1

https://www.necerz.com/2020/06/pengertian-jenis-dan-fungsi-expression.html.

 

Step 3: How to Express Congratulation

After knowing the expressions congratulate used, try to see how they are used in communication.

Visit the link below and watch the videos. Pay attention to the use of intonation, stress, and facial expression to showing of happiness. Find it out yourself.

LINK:

https://youtu.be/eoq6tswNwjA

https://youtu.be/FXD-BoLX2jk

 

Step 4: What is a Role play?

Learn to know what a role play is and how to make it. Then make a dialogue using the expressions of congratulate you’ve learned.

LINK:

http://eprogressiveportfolio.blogspot.co.id/2012/06/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

https://www.rpnation.com/threads/how-to-create-a-roleplay.113910/

 

Step 5: Create a Video

First Step

Make a video based on the dialogue you’ve made.

Second Step

Make sure that the video has a good enough quality.

Third Step

Submit your work (the script and the video) on Edmodo in one week.

Fourth Step

Join the Edmodo group of “English Class of X Grade Students 2021.”

Fifth Step

Here is the group code: wscht8

 

 

Evaluation

This is how your project is going to be evaluated

 

Poor (1 point)

 

Fair (2 points)

 

Good (3 points)

 

Excellent (4 points)

 

Clarity

 

Speech was awkward and incomprehensible at all times

Speech was wakward and incomprehensible to understand some of the time

 

Speech was awkward at times but always understandable

 

Speech was clear and comprehensible at all times

 

Pronunciation

 

Student’s pronunciation was incomprehensible

Student’s pronunciation made understanding dificult

 

Student’s pronunciation was understandable with some errors

 

Student’s pronunciation was like a native speaker

 

Tone and Intonation

 

Student lacked tone and intonation completely. Speech was robotic and monotonous, showing no emotion or inflection at all

 

Student showed little change in tone and intonation. Speech was slightly robotic, showing very little emotion or inflection

 

Student showed good use of tone and intonation, but the tone or intonation was inappropriate for the context at times

 

Student showed excellent use of tone and intonation. Both tone and intonation were appropriate for the context of the role play

 

 

 

Poor (1 point)

 

Fair (2 points)

 

Good (3 points)

 

Excellent (4 points)

 

Content

 

 

Role play was disjointed in content. No target language, adjectives or prices were used

Role play was slightly disjointed in content. Some, but not much target language, including adjectives and prices

 

Role play was cohesive: good use of target language. Minor deficiencies of adjectives and prices

 

Role play was cohesive and contained all the necessary elements, including target language, adjectives, and prices

Expression Congratulate

 

Student was awkward during the role play, showing no expression at all

 

Student was awkward during the role play, but able to show little expression some times

 

Student showed expression during the role play, but some of the expressions were inappropriate for the context at times

 

Student showed appropriate expressions for the context during the role play

 

Video Quality

 

The quality of the video was bad. The picture was not clear at all and the audio was not clear either, cannot be heard

 

The quality of the video is fair, some of the picture couldn’t be seen clearly and in some parts the audio was not clear

 

The quality of the video was good, the picture and the audio were clear, but there was a little noise on the video

 

The quality of the video was excellent. There is no problem with the video

 

 

 

Conclusion

You have completed the step-by-step activities of learning about expressing congratulate and create your own role play.

Good Job!

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