English for Civic and Law Education is written to fulfil students’ need to learn English as a preparatory for job communication. This book is designed to provide an opportunity to develop students’ English skills more communicatively and meaningfully.
The book consists of fourteen units altogether. The first unit presents theories on reading comprehension skills that encompass previewing, identifying the main ideas, using contexts for vocabulary, scanning for details, making inferences, and restating. The other units focus more on the exercises. In addition, there are also four units (unit four, seven, eleven, and fourteen) functioning as review units to measure students’ progress. The materials have been arranged and graded in accordance with students’ English proficiency levels.
To make this book have better quality, we call for criticisms and suggestions.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Unit 1 PANCASILA AS THE STATE AND NATIONAL
IDEOLOGY 3
Parts of Speech 7
Self - Introduction 10
Unit 2 NATIONALISM VS PATRIOTISM 15
Singular and Plural Nouns 17 My Daily Activities 20
Unit 3 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS:
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENS 25
Preposition 28
Asking and Giving Direction 31
Unit 4 DEMOCRACY 35
Modals 38
My Hobby 41
Unit 5 HUMAN RIGHTS 45 Present Tense 48
Telephoning 50
Unit 6 STATE LAW 55
Activities in Progress 58
A Parallel Story 60
Unit 7 INDONESIA: A NECKLACE OF EQUATORIAL EMERALDS 65
Short Biography 68
My Unforgettable Experience 71
Unit 8 INDONESIA-NATIONAL DEFENSE AND INTERNAL
SECURITY 75
Future Tense 78
An Inspiring Person 82
Unit 9 MORAL, VALUE, AND CULTURE 87
Present Perfect Tense 90
Have You Ever Been..... 92
Unit 10 THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTION IN INDONESIA 97
Conjunctions 101
News Reporting 102
Unit 11 VICTIMLESS CRIME 107
Gerund 110
Discussion 112
Unit 12 COUNTRY SOVEREIGNITY 117 Passive Voice 120
Describing Process 123
Unit 13 CONSTITUTION 127
Degree of Comparison 130
Comparing Things 132
Unit 14 REGIONAL AUTONOMY 137
Conditional Sentence 140
Giving Opinion 143
Unit 15 TOLERANCE 147 Quantifiers: Some & Any; (A) Few / Little 150
Handling a Message 152
Unit 16 RELIGIOUS VOWS 157 Noun Clause 160
Describing People 164
Unit 17 SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 169 Card Writing 172
Planning an Event 175
Unit 18 INDONESIAN CYBER CRIME BILL TO SPARK
DEBATE 179
Personal Letter 183
Making Request 187
Unit 19 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 191
An Invitation Letter 195
Inviting Someone 198
Unit 20 THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE 203 Writing a Banner 207
Welcoming Speech 209
Unit 21 RACISM 215
Paragraph Outlining 219
Arguing 222
Unit 22 INDEPENDENCE DAY 227
Inquiry Letter 230
Promoting Product 234
Unit 23 RELIGION IN INDONESIA 229
A Letter of Order 243
Poster Presentation 245
Unit 24 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 251
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 254
Offering and Answering Help 256
UNIT25 CULTURE 263 Writing Notice for Public Areas 267
Giving Advice 269
Unit 26 SPECIAL REGION IN INDONESIA -YOGYAKARTA 273
Writing a Pamphlet 276
Problem Solving 279
Unit 27 CAPITALISM 283
Cuerriculum Vitae 286
Master of Ceremony 269
Unit 28 A DUAL CITIZEN 295
An Application Letter 298
Job Interview 302
BIBLOGRAPHY 307