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APPENDIX

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Material Information report Both oral and written form of information report consists of two main parts. 1. General information 2. Bundles of more specific information. The social purpose of information report is presenting information about something. They generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural or made: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants, computers, countries of origin, transportation, and so on. The common grammatical patterns of an information report include: 1. Use of general nouns, e.g.hunting dogs, rather than particular nouns, e.g. our dog; 2. Use of relating verbs to describe features, e.g. molecules are tiny particles; 3. Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, e.g. tropical cyclones always begin over the sea; 4. Use of technical terms, e.g. isobars are lines drawn on a weather map; use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organize bundles of information; repeated naming the topic as the beginning focus of the clause. Example of information report dialogue. Dorothy Asma Dorothy : Hi, Asma. Are you busy now? : Well, Im just finishing an assignment. What is it? : I have to make a report on a thanksgiving celebration from another region. Will you help me? Asma : Well, Im not sure. I have to finish my assignment too.

Dorothy

: It wont take long, I promise. Im just going to ask you some information. Please

Asma Dorothy Asma Dorothy

: Oh, OK. : Thank You. : What do you want to know? : Well, I heard that theres a thanksgiving celebration in Malaysia. Please tell me about it.

Asma

: Alright. Well, there is a thanksgiving celebration called Kadazan harvest festival or locally known as Tadau Kaamatan. It is celebrated every May. It is celebrated to thank the Rice God. They believe that without rice there is no life.

Dorothy Asma

: What things are done during the festival? : People usually wear their traditional costumes and they give tapai (homemade fermented rice wine) to each other. Traditional games, buffalo races, agricultural shows and cultural programmes are performed.

Dorothy Asma Dorothy Asma

: Is that all? : Well, thats all that I know. : OK, thanks a lot. : Anytime.

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