Learning Video - Descriptive Text Kelas XI (Fase F) - Kurikulum Merdeka

Summary

In this educational video, Cynia introduces the concept of descriptive text, focusing on describing places in Indonesia. She explains the two generic structures: identification, providing general information, and description, offering detailed characteristics. Cynia highlights four linguistic features: specific participant, present tense, linking verbs, and adjectives. She uses Lake Toba as an example, illustrating how to write descriptive text. The video concludes with tips on improving vocabulary using the Oxford English Dictionary, emphasizing the importance of practice and learning from mistakes.

Takeaways

• 🌏 The video discusses descriptive texts about beautiful places in Indonesia.
• 🔍 Descriptive texts help readers imagine places through detailed descriptions.
• 📄 The script introduces the concept of descriptive text and its purpose.
• 🏞 Descriptive texts typically have a generic structure consisting of identification and description.
• 📝 Identification provides general information about the subject, often found in the first paragraph.
• 🖌 Description offers a comprehensive portrayal of the subject to create a vivid image in the reader's mind.
• 🗣️ Descriptive texts often use the present tense to state facts or general truths.
• 🔗 Linking verbs are used to connect the subject with a subject complement, describing the state or appearance.
• 📚 Adjectives are crucial in descriptive texts to provide detailed qualities of the subject.
• 📈 The script provides an example of a descriptive text about Lake Toba to illustrate the concepts.
• 📝 Tips are given on how to improve vocabulary, including using resources like the Oxford English Dictionary.

Q & A

What is the main topic discussed in the video script?

The main topic discussed in the video script is descriptive text, specifically focusing on describing places in Indonesia.

What are the three pictures mentioned at the beginning of the script?

The script does not provide specific details about the three pictures, only mentioning that they are wonderful places in Indonesia.

How does the script suggest finding information about places to visit?

The script suggests finding information about places to visit by searching the internet and reading articles to get descriptions and pictures of the places.

What is the purpose of descriptive text according to the script?

The purpose of descriptive text is to explain what a person or an object is like, including its form, properties, amount, and others, to describe, represent, or reveal a person or an object.

What are the two generic structures of descriptive text mentioned in the script?

The two generic structures of descriptive text mentioned are identification and description.

What does the identification part of descriptive text typically include?

The identification part typically includes the name of the person or place and their general information, serving as an introduction to the object being described.

What are the four linguistic features used in descriptive text as per the script?

The four linguistic features used in descriptive text are specific participant, present tense, linking verb, and adjective.

Why is the present tense commonly used in descriptive text?

The present tense is commonly used in descriptive text because it states facts or general truths about something, which is suitable for describing objects.

What is the role of linking verbs in descriptive text?

Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a subject complement, which can be a noun or an adjective that describes the subject, explaining its state or appearance.

Why are adjectives important in descriptive text?

Adjectives are important in descriptive text because they provide more information about a noun, enhancing the description by detailing the qualities of the subject or object.

How does the script suggest using the Oxford English Dictionary to improve vocabulary?

The script suggests using the Oxford English Dictionary to look up the meaning, pronunciation, and example sentences of words to improve vocabulary and writing skills.

What is the main advice given in the script for improving descriptive writing?

The main advice given in the script for improving descriptive writing is to practice regularly, use adjectives effectively, and learn from mistakes.

Outlines

00:00

📚 Introduction to Descriptive Texts

This paragraph introduces the topic of descriptive texts, particularly focusing on describing places in Indonesia. It emphasizes the importance of gathering information about places before visiting them, usually through online research and reading articles. The script mentions that descriptions help readers imagine what the places look like. The main goal is to discuss descriptive texts, their structure, and linguistic features.

05:01

🏞 Descriptive Text Structure and Features

The paragraph delves into the structure of descriptive texts, highlighting two main components: identification and description. Identification provides general information about the subject, often found in the first paragraph, including the name and basic details. Description, on the other hand, offers a detailed picture of the subject. The paragraph also discusses four linguistic features of descriptive texts: using specific participants, present tense, linking verbs, and adjectives. These features help create vivid descriptions that engage the reader.

10:04

🌄 Analyzing Descriptive Text Example

The speaker provides an example of a descriptive text about Lake Toba in Indonesia, analyzing its structure and linguistic features. The first paragraph serves as identification, offering general information about the lake's location and significance. Subsequent paragraphs describe the lake's appearance, characteristics, and features in detail. The use of adjectives and linking verbs is highlighted to paint a clear picture of the lake's beauty and importance as a tourist destination.

15:07

📝 Writing Your Own Descriptive Text

Encouraging viewers to write their own descriptive texts about places in Indonesia, the paragraph suggests using questions to guide the writing process. It advises starting with identification (name and location of the place) and then describing its appearance and activities. The paragraph also provides tips for improving vocabulary, recommending the use of online dictionaries like Oxford Learner's Dictionary to find meanings, pronunciations, and example sentences.

20:10

🌟 Tips for Enhancing Descriptive Writing

The final paragraph offers tips for enhancing descriptive writing skills. It emphasizes the importance of vocabulary and suggests using online resources like the Oxford English Dictionary to learn new words and their usage. The speaker shares that it's okay to make mistakes and encourages continuous practice as part of the learning process. The paragraph ends with a thank you note and an anticipation for the next video.

Keywords

💡Descriptive Text

Descriptive text is a form of writing that provides detailed descriptions of a person, place, object, or scene. It aims to create a vivid picture in the reader's mind through the use of sensory details and precise language. In the video's context, descriptive text is used to discuss places in Indonesia, helping viewers imagine the beauty and characteristics of these locations. For instance, the script mentions 'descriptive text is a text that explains about what a person or an object is like'.

💡Identification

Identification, in the context of descriptive text, refers to the initial part of the text that introduces the subject by providing essential or general information. It sets the stage for the detailed description that follows. The script illustrates this by stating that 'in identification it provides essential or general information about the object that will be described'.

💡Description

Description is the part of the descriptive text that offers a comprehensive portrayal of the subject. It goes beyond identification to paint a detailed picture in the reader's mind, covering aspects such as appearance, characteristics, features, colors, size, and other relevant details. The script relates this by saying 'the goal or the purpose of this part is to paint a clear and detailed picture in the reader's mind'.

💡Linguistic Features

Linguistic features are the specific elements of language used to construct meaning in a text. In the video, four features are highlighted as commonly used in descriptive text: specific participant, present tense, linking verb, and adjective. These features help to create a vivid and accurate description. The script explains, 'in the descriptive text we have four linguistic features that usually use when we write or when we make descriptive text'.

💡Specific Participant

A specific participant is the main subject or 'character' of the descriptive text. It is the focus of the description, whether it's a person, place, or object. The video script uses 'Lake Toba' as an example, stating 'Lake Toba offers a variety of tourist activities', where 'Lake Toba' is the specific participant.

💡Present Tense

The present tense is used in descriptive text to state facts or general truths about the subject. It helps to convey that the descriptions are current and ongoing. The script mentions using 'present tense...to make when we make descriptive text, because present tense usually States the facts or general truth of something'.

💡Linking Verb

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which can be a noun or an adjective that describes the subject. It explains the state of the subject, such as what it is or how it looks. The script gives the example 'this lake is the largest volcanic lake in the world', where 'is' is the linking verb.

💡Adjective

Adjectives are descriptive words that provide more information about a noun. They are crucial in descriptive text for enhancing the description by detailing the qualities of the subject or object. The video script emphasizes the importance of adjectives by stating 'adjective words are really important in descriptive text' and gives examples such as 'amazing', 'breathtaking', and 'peaceful'.

💡Generic Structure

Generic structure refers to the typical organization of a text, which in the case of descriptive text consists of identification and description. This structure helps guide the reader through the text. The script describes it as having 'two generic structures namely, identification and also description'.

💡Vocabulary

Vocabulary refers to the range of words that a person knows and can use effectively. The video emphasizes the importance of vocabulary in descriptive text, particularly adjectives, to provide a rich and detailed description. It suggests using resources like the Oxford Dictionary to improve vocabulary, as shown by the script's advice to 'use many adjective in your text because that will help your reader to imagine the places'.

Highlights

Introduction to descriptive text about places in Indonesia

Importance of researching places before visiting

Descriptive text helps to imagine and visualize places

Definition of descriptive text

Descriptive text's purpose is to describe or reveal a person or object

Generic structure of descriptive text includes identification and description

Identification provides general information about the object

Description provides a comprehensive picture of the subject

Linguistic features of descriptive text include specific participant, present tense, linking verb, and adjective

Use of present tense in descriptive text to state facts

Linking verbs connect the subject with its description

Adjectives provide details about the subject's qualities

Example of descriptive text about Lake Toba

Lake Toba described as a breathtaking natural wonder

Main idea and detailed information in descriptive text

Guidance on writing descriptive text about a favorite place in Indonesia

Questions to help arrange descriptive text

Tips for increasing vocabulary using the Oxford Dictionary

Encouragement to practice and learn from mistakes

Transcripts

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hello everyone welcome back with me

cynia on

for how are you today are you ready to

learn so today we will discuss new

material before we start I have

questions for you have you ever visited

this place this place or this

place what do you know about

them so all of the pictures are

wonderful places in

Indonesia when we want to visit some

places uh the first thing that we do

usually we find information about the

places right we will search the

information of the places in Internet on

the internet and we read some articles

and we will get some description some

information about

them from the article we can get clear

or fifit information and

picture of the

places so the description about the

places can help us to imagine to have

imination to have picture of how the

places look like

right so that's the material that we

will discuss for today we'll discuss

about descriptive text especially

describing places in

Indonesia so check it

out

all right everyone so let's learn with

me make sure that you already already

prepare your notebook and your pen so

you can write some important information

on material from this

video all right so in this video we will

discuss about material descriptive text

so what is descriptive text descriptive

text is a text that explains about what

a person or an object is like whether

its form its properties its amount and

others the purpose of this TX is to

describe represent or reveal a person or

an object either it's abstract or

concrete

object

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so that's the definition about

descriptive

text and

next in descriptive text we will discuss

about generic structure and also

linguistic

feature let's begin with generic

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structure

so in descriptive text we have two

generic

structures namely

identification and also

description so in identification it

provides essential or general

information about the object that will

be

described so usually we find

identification in the first paragraph on

the text so in this paragraph typically

includes details like name

of of person or of places and their

general

information this part serve to

introduce the object to the readers so

in this

identification session we focus to

provide general

information and introduction to the

object that we will

discuss and second we have description

so in this description part we provides

a comprehensive description of the

subject the goal or the purpose of this

part is to paint a fifit or clear and

detailed picture in the reader's mind

the description can cover a wide range

of aspect such as the object appearance

the characteristic the features the

colors size and any other relevant

details from the

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object identification is kind of

introduction and then the second is

steps

description

all right so next we have linguistic

feature so in the descriptive text we

have four linguistic features that

usually use when we write or when we

make descriptive text the first is we

use specific

participant so this is like a main

character of the

text so what is the topic that we want

to discuss or we want to explain to the

readers for example toal B Temple Mount

Aon and

Etc and the second is present tense we

usually use present tense it can be

simple present or present continuous

tense or the other uh present tenses to

make when we make descriptive text

because present tense usually uh States

the facts or general truth of something

because when we talk when we describe an

object that we will give a truth or fact

information right to the

for example Lake Toba offers a variety

of torist activities so this kind of

sentence we use simple present tense

here the characteristic we can

see on the verb that we use in this

sentence

overs in the simple present tense we use

verb one plus s or e s for

singular subject the subject here is

Lake TOA is a singular so we use verb

one plus as or e

as like this Lake Toba offers a variety

of tourist

activities and the third we have linking

verb so what is linking verb linking

verb or we also can call it by cular

verb is verb that connects the subjects

of a sentence with a subject compliment

so subject compliment it can be a noun

or an adjective that describe the

subject linking verb explain the state

of the subject such as what it is or how

it

looks so we have some example of linking

verb here b or to be yeah is am or R and

become belong appear look and

etc for the example this lake is the

largest volcanic lake in the

world so the linking FB here is is the

word is

here is linking

forb it's it's connect the subject

subject here is this Lake to its

compliment the subject compliment the

largest the largest is um is an

adjective in the form of superlative

adjective okay so is here connect the

subject and also

the subject compliment in this sentence

the subject complement is superlative

adjective okay

next the last L with features is

adjective so adjective are descriptive

uh words that we use to provide more

information about a noun noun it can be

person people place or something

else so in descriptive Texs adjective

are commonly used to en hinge the

description by providing details about

the subjects or objects

qualities so here I have some examples

of adjective words that we use usually

Ed in descriptive text especially for

describing places there are amazing

birth thaking calm

Cosmopolitan peaceful popular stunning

wonderful and

Etc we use this adjective is rle is

really important adjective words is

really important in descriptive text

because we need adjective to uh give a

clear or fvid um

picture fvid description the details

about the places about the object that

we want to explain to our

readers yeah so you can use many

adjective in your text because that will

help your reader to

imagine the places yeah

all right

after after we learned the theories

about descriptive text yeah we have

already learned about the definition the

generic structure and also the

linguistic features so now

let's I have uh let's discuss about the

example so here I have one example of

descriptive text about to lake or Dana

so there are five paragraph here the

first paragraph we call it by do you

remember we call it by identification so

in this paragraph We Will Find the

general information about

toal yeah where is the

toal

and we can find information to general

information here yeah so tobic is a lake

that located on the island of Sumatra

Indonesia this lake is the largest

volcanic Lake in the word now we use the

linking for here and also we use the

adjective words birth

taking one of the breing natural corners

on the island of Sumatra

Indonesia and the detail of the

information here we can find in the

second sentence this lake is the largest

volcanic lake in the world and rank as

one of Indonesia most popular tourist

destination that's the detailed

information that we can find in

this sentence in this text in this

paragraph

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yeah so the main idea here is Lake Toba

or in Indonesia is called danba is one

of the breing natural wonders on the

island of Sumatra Indonesia that's the

main idea of this paragraph

and the other sentences in this

paragraph is supporting sentences that

can be a detail that can we uh call by

the detail of the detail information

yeah of this

paragraph and also for the second third

fourth and then the last par

I want you to identification the

structure the linguistic features and

also the M idea and detailed information

that you can find in this

paragraph yeah like what I did before

the

first the first um paragraph yeah we

call it by the structure is include to

identification

we can find some linguistic feature yeah

it use adjective words breath taking it

use a linking

verb yeah it's also used uh simple

present tense in the last sentence toic

possesses a rich G geological history

and captivating natural

beauty that's the simple present tense

and we also use this specific

participant of course Lake TOA is the

specific participant in this things okay

so I want you to do the same thing like

me as what I did so please

identification the structure the listic

feature mind idea and also detailed

information from this

text all right so I hope you can get

um a

good picture yeah a good understanding

of the descriptive

text so after days I hope you you can

write your own descriptive text so

please choose one of your favorite

places in Indonesia you can um

choose what uh choose some places in

Indonesia that interesting yeah that

wonderful so and you can use this

question to help you to arrange your

descriptive

text which city or place is

it where is the location

so both of this question can be your

identification or your first paragraph

and for the third and fourth question

how is it look like and you

use you can use many adjective to

describe the places and then what is

there to see and do what is the

activities that we can do there or what

is um the unique places or interest

things that we can find or we can

see at on the place at that place okay

so for the third and the four questions

it can be your

description yeah you can write um until

3 or for paragraph for your text okay so

you can use this question to help you to

arrange your descriptive text okay

everyone so after this I also want to

give you some

tips to help you to increase your

vocabulary

so it will help you to make a better

text in the future in your learning

process all right everyone so here the

learning tips for

you so to increase our vocabulary we can

use many websites or many application

that available on internet on or on your

mobile phone

so today I will show you how to use

website the dictionary that most

recommended yeah most recommend from all

around the

world okay the dictionary is

Oxford dictionary now you can type here

Oxford English

Dictionary

and you can find it this Oxford Learners

dictionary click this and you will see

this kind of

appearance yeah so this is help you when

you want to search for manying of words

that you don't know or you uh sometimes

you find difficult words when you read

the text

so you can search it on Oxford learner

dictionaries because this is a

recommended that

used by all of

the Learners in the word for example

stunning for

example stunning just click and we

will see a lot of information about the

word stunning so stunning is kind of

adjective the word classes is adjective

so here you can learn also the

pronunciation of this word of stunning

yeah this is the the blue

one is the pronunciation in British

English and the red one is pronunciation

in American English so you can choose

you want to learn to pronounce the

British accent or American accent

okay and this

is the

application in the

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sentence for example you look absolutely

stunning a stunning view of the L maybe

you can

use you can um

imitate this

example so it will help you to improve

your

writing to improve and to increase your

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vocabulary and this is the the other

function the other

um right so this website is really

helpful for you when you want to find

the meaning of stunning is extremely

attractive or impressive so it will be

really useful for you to use this

website to help you to find the other

vocabulary the other adjective that you

want to use to make your own descriptive

text because adjective is the one of

important

words in the descriptive text all right

so I hope this tips would be beneficial

for you keep learning every want and

don't forget to always practice practice

and

practice it's okay to make mistake you

learn from your mistake

okay so thank you so much everyone for

this Liston today I will see you on the

next video thank you so

much