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UNIT 3 ASKING FOR AND GIVING

OPINION

The Purpose of learning

 Students are able to hear the dialogue about Asking For and Giving Opinion
 Students can Ask for Opinion in their everyday life
 Students can Giving Opinion in their everyday life
 Students can understand how to express those expressions based on Grammar
 Students can perform the dialogue orally concerning to the expressions
 Students can know the words and how to pronounce them precisely
 Students can practice orally in Asking For and Giving Opinion
 Students can understand the instructions and perform the game together with the teacher

A. Preliminary Practice

People usually have opinions about something. So, when you are
unsure about it, you often need someone‟s opinion. Sometimes others
may need your view on some issues. You need to use appropriate
expressions to ask for or give opinions. Do you know how to do it
well?
People usually have different opinions or points of view on a
certain thing. When you read articles from the internet, newspapers,
or magazines you may find some texts which show pros and cons of
a certain issue. Can you understand and write such texts effectively?
You can learn those and more in this unit through challenging tasks.
In the dialogues that you listen to, you find the following expressions:

Meilani : What do you think of this refrigerator?
Yusri : I think the other one’s better.

Roy : So, what do you think I should buy to have my PC a better
performance?
Suci : In my opinion, you should buy the software.

Meilani and Roy are asking for opinion whereas Yusri and Suci are giving opinion. In the
rehearsals you will practice how to do both.

Asking for Opinion

If you want to ask for someone‟s opinion, you should know how to do it very well. In
the following dialogues, you will learn how to use the expressions.
Astrid : Monicha, what do you think is the best action to reduce global warming?
Monicha : I think everyone should start changing their way of life.

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