Poem Analysis - My Best Friend

My Best Friend

(by Abby Jenkins)

Black and white

Thick and furry

Fast as the wind

Always in a hurry

Couple of spots

Rub my ears

Always comes when his name he hears

Loves his ball; it's his favorite thing

What's most fun for him? Everything!

Great big tongue that licks my face

Has a crate, his very own space

Big brown eyes like moon pies

He's my friend till the very end!

Analysis:

• This poem is about the true friendship. There is no matter how or who your bestfriend is. Comfortable feeling is the important thing when you make a relationship with others. Precisely, when you heart feels comfortable with that joy.
• Abby as the poet, tells us about the journey when she has a dog which has been her bestfriend. She describes how much she loves her furry pal through describing every inch of her friend's habits. She also tells us about what things are that her friend often to do with her. Moreover, she assumes that her dog as her bestfriend because her dog is so loyal. She always find her happiness when being with it. Eventhough, her dog can't talk, but it always listens to her.
• We think, this poem is suitable for 4th-grade or 5th-grade-children, between 10-11 years old, because the language used is more varied. At that age, children are already able to analyze the reading materials based on their experience or logic.

Analyzed by:

- Rizka Faidah Utami (1701010030)

- Shofa Latifah 

English and Chinese are Worth Studying

         In this era, the existence of globalization could make foreign language ​need to be studied. In facing this globalization we need to have preparations because competition is getting tougher not only in own country but entire world. One of preparations to face globalization is by studying foreign language. According to Ministry of Education and Culture, foreign language need to be mastered. Therefore, if people want to master it, they have to study it.

         There are two foreign languages that are worth studying, those are English and Chinese. Why are both foreign languages worth studying? First, English is international language officially while Chinese is the number one language most used in the world. Second, many companies that was built in Indonesia, either Chinese companies or American companies. Those companies need employees who could speak English or Chinese for sure. Furthermore, studying those languages is both fun and interesting. Many benefits that we could get from studying those. Hence, don’t hesitate while studying those and don’t afraid in making some mistakes, because making some mistakes in studying foreign languages is something normal. 

We Deserve to be Happy

           A problem or conflict sometimes makes many people stressed, frustrated and unhappy. They even protracted in sadness and forget how to be happy. They do not know how to handle it. Moreover, they think that the ways to be happy is complicated, yet to be honest, happy is simple. They do not realize that happiness comes from little things that they could not expect.

           According to me, tips how to be happy are; first of all, is be grateful to god. Most of us always feel not satisfied. Whereas, lots of people out there are not as lucky as us, but they still can show off their smile and prove that they are happy. They do not even care about their lacks. Why we can’t be like them? Therefore, we have to be more grateful with all we have now.

           Second, is put our positive vibes in our minds. Trying to get rid all of our negative thoughts is a good way. As we all know, negative thoughts can destroy us. Having negative thoughts also make us tend to feel anxious easily. Thus, All we have to do is we must be careful when we are thinking.

           Last but not least, is love what we do. Loving what we do is better rather than doing what we love. Just make everything we do deserve to be loved. We must not complain if we do what we do not like. Because of that, it will make it easier for us to feel happy and grateful. To sum up, being happy is important. We all deserve to be happy and no one can forbid us, because life is too short to be unhappy.

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Quotes from The Book: Aku Bisa Bahagia

Information of this book:

Title: Aku Tidak Bisa Bahagia
Author: A.K
Publisher: PT. Elex Media Komputindo
Published Year: 2015
Number of pages: 320 pages

QUOTES:

1. “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”  (Morris West, 2015: 59)
      ⇒ It means that you must enjoy your life and don’t complain too much if you want to be happy.

2. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” (Aristotle, 2015: 23)

      ⇒ It means that if you love what you do, you definitely will be happy. It depends on how you respond to something happens to you.

3. “If you want to live a happy life, tie to a goal, not to people or things.” (Albert Einstein, 2015: 143)
     ⇒ It means that if you want to live a happy life, you have to focus on your goal and don’t focus and rely on people and things.

4. “Beautiful life begins with a beautiful mind.” (Anonymous, 2015: 115)

     ⇒ It means that if we always have positive thoughts, our lives will feel more stunning and we will not feel anxious.

5. “Hidupmu hanya sekali, untuk apa hal-hal dihabiskan dengan melakukan hal-hal yang tidak membahagiakan.” (A.K, 2015: 307)

     ⇒ It means that you must not waste your time by doing something unhappy, just do something that will make you always happy, not making you sad.

6. “Everything happens for reasons.” (Anonymous, 2015: 111)

     ⇒ It means that behind every incident that happens to us, there definitely will be wisdoms and reasons.

7. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” (Aristotle, 2015: 211)

     ⇒ It means that if you always do happily whatever jobs that you have, it will make you feel enjoy and feel there are no burdens to do it.

8. “To be happy, we must not be concerned with others.” (Albert Camus, 2015: 265)

     ⇒ It means that we don’t have to be worried about everything, because everything is set by God. Just enjoy your life!

9. “Cuma butuh satu orang untuk membuatmu bahagia. DIRIMU SENDIRI.” (Anonymous, 2015: 43)

     ⇒ It means that you don’t need someone else to make you happy, because happiness comes from your own self first.

10. “Jangan pernah berhenti mengucap syukur, karena Allah tidak pernah berhenti memberi nikmat.” (Anonymous, 2015: 81)

       ⇒ It means that we must always to be grateful with what we have right now and what Allah give to us. Do not be envy to what other people have because Allah has managed dose of grace for everyone.

11. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” (Aesop, 2015: 195)

        ⇒ It means that not doing something good during your lifetime will make your life is wasted. Start doing something good although it is just a little.

12. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” (Epictetus, 2015: 159)

        ⇒ It means that one of the ways to be happy is to decrease our anxiety which prevent our will and our passion.

13. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” (Lao Tzu, 2015: 299)

       ⇒ It means that just find someone who loves you deeply by giving you strenght when you feel sad and love deeply someone who will gives you courage when you face problems or challenges.

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How I Learn English

            English is a thing that I like so much since I was in elementary school. So, I take English Education department when I continue my study at the college. Perhaps, there are among you all who are wondering, how I learn English or how could I use English. Although my English hasn’t been perfect yet, I will tell you several ways how I learn English. Therefore your English skill will be improved.

            Actually, the first thing that I do is I try to like English since I was in elementary school and yeah Alhamdulillah I can like it until this moment and it makes me to be able to use English.😊😊

            Second one is I often watch western movies, although I haven’t ever use English subtitle until the movie ends. But, when I find the interesting dialogue, I will use English subtitle and try to impersonate how the cast pronounce the words in the movies. And if I find the unfamiliar words, I will check dictionary to know how to pronounce and what the meaning is.  

           The next one is watch the videos on youtube about English. You can search youtube channel “English with Lucy”, “mmmEnglish”, “BBC Learning English”, “linguamarina”, “Rachel’s English” and so on. Those channels tell everything about English.

           The last, sometimes I speak to my close friends by using English. Especially, my close friends and I have agreed that on Tuesday we have to speak English, although we often forget to use it hahaha. We always ignore the mistakes on grammar that might be happened in speaking English. But, if I don’t have interlocutor, I always speak English alone at front of the mirror.

          Okay, It is enough to share the several ways how I learn English. You can choose one of them to improve your skill on English or maybe you can use all of them. And remember the most important thing is we must be more confident to learn English without fear anymore.

Created by: Rizka Faidah Utami

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My Thoughts on Learning English

           At this time i wanna write something, it’s my thoughts on studying English. Before to the point, I wanna apologize, if there are grammar errors in my writing. Let's discuss it.

My Thoughts on Learning English

           Well, still many people of us who are afraid to learn English. They think that learning English is so creepy. I don't know why they have thought like that. Maybe they haven’t realized that learning English is so important to do yet. Actually it’s definetely important. Why? First, English is international language. Many countries in this world use English as daily language. If you go to foreign country, will you use Bahasa to speak? No, totally not! Second one, nowadays Indonesia is facing to MEA (Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN) or in English is ASEAN Economic Community, where there will be many foreigners who live in Indonesia. And don’t be suprised, If someday you will see foreigner as angkot driver. 

            You know what? Learning English isn’t creepy at all as you think, it’s really fun guys!! Even learning English has many benefits, such as we can make conversation with foreigners easily if we meet them. We can also know about the other culture, it makes us easy to learn the others language, and many more.

            Therefore, if you want to dominate all of those, please, change your mindset about learning English is creepy. Start with liking it first, don't be afraid, learn it step by step, and certainly you can speak English well as native speaker or maybe better than native speaker if you relieve fear, have a spirit, and have a strong desire.

     

Created by: Rizka Faidah Utami

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Dialogue - Expression of Asking Direction

A: Pardon me, do you know where Perjuangan University is?
B: Yes, of course. You're now at Asia Plaza.
A: And then, where should I go?
B: From here, you can take the taxibike.Then, past the traffic light and turn left to Jalan Siliwangi. After that, past the traffic light again and turn right.
A: Is that all?
B: Hmm, Perjuangan University is on your right and in front of Perjuangan University there is Alfamart.
A: Oh, I see. Thank you for your information.
B: It's my pleasure.

Created by: Rizka Faidah Utami
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