1. BERBICARA TENTANG PEKERJAAN DAN LATAR BELAKANG PENDIDIKAN
(TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE’S JOB AND EDUCATION BACKGROUND)
1
I. PENDAHULUAN
A. DESKRIPSI JUDUL MODUL
”Talking about people’s job and edudation background” merupakan ungkapan
sederhana yang digunakan untuk membicarakan pekerjaan dan latar belakang penidikan dalam
bahasa Inggris dengan menggunakan bentuk kalimat (tense) atau ungkapan-ungkapan yang
tepat dan sesuai menurut tata bahasa.
B. PETUNUJK PENGGUNAAN MODUL
1. Bagi peserta diklat
- Bacalah setiap bagia modul dengan cermat
- Diskusikan materi yang ada dalam modul ini dengan teman anda dan tanyalan kepada
failitator/ guru mata diklat apabila terdapat hal-hal yang kurang jelas dalam setaiap bagiab
bab, sehingga anda dapat mengerjakan atau mempelajari materi selanjutnya
- Bacalah dengan cermat peta kedudukan modul, prasyarat pengertian dan istiah-istilah
(glossary) yang terdapat dalam modul ini.
- Anda tidak dibenrkan melanjtukan kegiatan bekajar berikutnya bila belum menguasai
secara tuntas materi pada kegiatan belajar sebelumnya.
- Kerjakan soal cek kemampuan tugas dan diskusi kelompok untuk mengatahui apakah
anda sudah kompeten terhadap sub kometensi ini, maka anda harus dapat mengerjakan
soal-soal yang terdapat pada sub evaluasi.
2. Bagi guru diklat (fasilitator)
- Membimbing peserta diklat bagaimana menggunakan modul ini, metode pembelajaran,
cara penilaian, saran dan prasaran ayang digunakan dalam pembelajaran dan alokasi
waktu (durasi waktu).
- Membantu peserta diklat untuk menentukan dan mengakses sumber tambahan lain yang
diperlukan.
- Membantu peserta diklat dalam memahami konsep baru sert amenjawab pertanyaan
peserta diklat mengenai proses belajar diklat.
- Mencatat pencapaian kemajuan siswa, menindaklanjuti dan memberi umpan balik
(feedback) atas pencapaian belajar peserta diklat.
D. TUJUAN AKHIR PEMBELAJARAN
Setelah mempelajari modul ini, peserta diklat diharapkan dapat menangani pembicaraan
melelui telepon serta menanganipesan-pesan yang diterima baik secara langsung maupun
melalui telepon.
E. KOMPETENSI
1. Kode Kompetensi : B
2. Kompetense : Berkomunikasi dalam Bahasa Inggris pada level Elementary
(score 255 – 400).
3. Sub Kompetensi : Berbicara tentang pekerjaan dan latar belakang pendidikan
4. Deskripsi Nilai:
Kriteria/Kinerja
Lingkup Belajar
Materi Pokok Pembelajaran
Sikap Pengetahuan Keterampilan
B.3. Merinci
tugas pekerjaan
dan latar
belakang
pendidikan yang
- Talking about
people’s job
- Talking about
education
background
- Logika
- Akurat
- Tepat
- Percaya diri
- Kreatif
- Phonology
- Vocabulary
- telling people’s
job using
simple present
- Listening
- Speaking:
Acting out
dialogs
- Reading

2. 2
dimilikinya
secara lisan dan
tulisan
tense
- telling people’s
job using
simple past
tense
- curriculum
vitae
- expressing
figures and
facts
- Writing
F. CEK KEMAMPUAN
Berilah tanda ceklist ( ) pada kolom ”yes” jika anda menganggap pernyatan di kolom
”questio” benar atau ”no” jika anda menganggap salah.
No. Questions Yes No
1. To ask someone’s job, we can say ”what’s your job?”
2 To know about our job to others, we can say ” my jo is a lecturer.”
3 To ask someone’s self,we can say ” could you tell me a ittle about your
self?”
4 To aks someone’s exeperience, we can say ” could you tell me abut
your experience?”
5 To ask someone’s educational background , we can say ” where did
you graduate from?”
II. PEMBELAJARAN
A. RENCANA PEMBELAJARAN SISWA
Sub
Kompetensi
Jenis
Kegiatan
Waktu
Perubahan
Hari
Tanda
Tangan
Membicarakan tentang
pekerjaan dan latar
belakang pendidikan
1. menjelaskan kosa
kata yang
berhubungan
dengan pekerjaan
dan pendidikan
2. membimbing peserta
diklat dalam
membuat dan
memperagakan
dialog
3. membimbing peserta
diklat dalam
membuat curriculum
vitae
4. menjelaskan tentang
figures and facts.
5. menguji kemampuan
peserta diklat
B. KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN
1. Tujuan Kegiatan Pembelajaran

3. - Membimbing peserta diklat agar mampu memahami dan menceritakan tentang pekerjaan
dan latar belakang pendidikan serta unsur-unsur terkait di dalamnya.
- Membimbing peserta diklat agar mampu memahami dan membuat curriculum vitae.
- Membimbing peserta diklat agar mampu memahami fakta dan angka pada suatu sajian
data.
2. Materi Pembelajaran
a. Telling about people’s job using Simple Present tense:
1. Simple Pre sent Tense
It is to indicate that an action is happened at the moment of speaking. The adverb of time
3
used:
a. at present
b. adverb of frequency
c. to day
d. on ... .
The sentence pattern:
The function of Present Tense, are:
a. to express the routine activities
example: - My sons go to school everyday
- Mr. Suryo goes to Paris once a month
b. to express feeling
example: - I like pop Serie-A Soccer League
- Bowo speaks Spanish well
c. to express daily habit

4. 4
examples: - our company begins at 7.30
- I go to work at 7 o'clock
d. to express general truth
examples: - Fire is hot
- Everybody go to the end of their life
- The moon goes round the earth and the earth goes round the sun
- The water boils at 1000C
b. Telling about people’s educational background using the Simple Past tense
Pas t Tense
It indicates that an action was carried out at the past time. The adverb of time used are:
a. yesterday d. this morning
b. ... ago e. last ...
c. just now
Examples :
- The wedding receptions took place two hours ago
- I wen' to the cinema yesterday
Education Background

5. 5
it can be classified into:
a. general school/general high school
The general high school prepares the students to study at the university. This school
improves the students knowledge to develop themselves in accordance with the
development of science technology and arts.
b. vocational school
vocational school prepares the students to get into the profession to enlarge the
professional attitude, to be able to choose their career, to compete and improve
themselves, to be middle class workers to meet the need of business field and industry
for the present and future time. It's grouped into:
- agriculture and forestry group
- technology and industry
- business and management
- social welfare
- tourism group
- arts and handicraft group
c. non formal education
It improves knowledge and skill through courses, organization, groups. For example
English course, computer course, accounting course and many others.
c. Curriculum vitae
Curriculum Vitae
It tells the applicant qualification, and makes it easy for the personal manager to know
the year when applicant's qualification was completed. It's written in special form and its
form is as follows:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name : .......................................................................................
First name : .......................................................................................
D.O.B : .......................................................................................
Marital status : ................................................................... ....................

6. Children : .......................................................................................
Education and fu rther studies
Date School/Collage (Name and Address) Qualification
Experience:
Date Place of Work Job Pay
6
d. Expressing figures and facts
Fact means the reality data, it's usually concerned with quantity or numbering of
thing. Figures means a graph showing something based on the data. Study the following
table.
Exercise:
Listening
1. you will hear Miss. People talking about job they used to have and the jobs they
have now, on the text read by your teacher. listen and tick their present job
a. nurse or social worker
b. shop assistant or librarian
c. driver or tour guide
d. receptionist or nurse
e. office manager or university lecturer
Reading
Read the text carefully!
Horn-Carving

7. Horn -carving is a popular handicraft in Pucang. Serang Sub district, in Magelang, Ventral
Java. It is Said theta lost the whole population there is skilled in this art. In fact about thirty five
families in this place actually make their living by carving things from of (4) buffaloes or caws.
Mr. Mangundiharjo is one of the harm-carvers of pucang, he has been engaged in this trade
(6) for more than thirty years, it was his father who had given him his early training. Now Mr,
Mangundiharjo OWNS a workshop where he has (8) eight people working under him, He and his
staff normally produce (g) one thousand carvings per day, However, this is not a record for a single
day, for example, they once received an order for one hundred and forty two thousand camps and
he managed to deliver the goods on time. However, he still believes that quality is everything. That
is why he always tells his staff that is important to produce quality products.
Mr. Mangundiharjo's workshop does not only handle single large order such as the one
mentioned above, but he also displays individual items at his workshop, where tourist often come
to buy souvenirs, if they wish to buy more of the articles, they may then place an order for them.
Mr. Mangundiharjo does not find it hard to obtain raw materials. His workshop needs about
(12) two tans of horns a day, the buys the horns from (11) Jakarta and Ujung Pandang, Most
expensive are (13) Albino buffalo horns, which cost (14) seven
hundred rupiahs per kilo, Ordinary buffalo horns are bought for (15) two hundred and seventy five
rupiahs per kilo. Cow hors, at one hundred rupiahs per kilo, are the cheapest
7
- Answer the following questions!
1. Where does it come from?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
2. What hors can be made the carving
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
3. How long he been engaged in this trade?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
4. How many workers who works there
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
5. What does his workshop handle?

8. Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
8
Speaking
Read the dialogue below with your group and practice it in front of the class!
Corry Thuram : Hi, …Coy. How are you?
Coy Martin : Corry! What a surprise! I’m fine, thanks. How about you?
Corry Thuram : I’m O K . Did you hear? I found a job.
Coy Martin : That’s great what are you doing
Corry Thuram : I’m working in a book store down town
Coy Martin : I’m glad to hear that. How do you like it?
Corry Thuram : I really like it a lot. It’s nice little place, and when things aren’t too
busy, I have time to read. It suits me. How’s your job going?
Coy Martin : oh…O k I guess. It’s not quite what I expected.
Corry Thuram : You’re working at the telephone company, aren’t you?
Coy Martin : Yeah.. I’m in a management training program, but now all I’m doing
is some busy work in one of the office.
Corry Thuram : It’s part of training, isn’t it?
Coy Martin : Yeah. They saw we need to learn about as many facets of company as
possible by direct experiences, but to tell you truth, it’s kind of
boring.
Corry Thuram : Well, be patient. Things just take time.
Coy Martin : Yeah, I guess. So, you’re still living at home.
III. EVALUASI
Part I
Make your dialogue dealing with the job or profession discuss it in your group!
A : …………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
B : …………………………………………………………………………

9. …………………………………………………………………………
A : …………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
B : …………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
A : …………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
B : …………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
Part II
Put the verb in bracket into the correct simple present!
1. The woman (want) to buy a car
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
2. I always (wash) my clothes In the afternoon
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
3. W'e always (practice) speaking Francy in the class.
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
4. Alex always (came) hack home from office on time
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
9
5.The kid (play) flutes in the living room
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
6. Vera always (get) up at 5:00
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
7. The children (go) to zoo by bus.
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….

10. ……………………………………………………………………….
8. Ririn and Aziz usually (like) to visit their parents on Sunday.
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
9. My little sister often (hope)to sea Giraffes in the zoo.
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
10. The men (wear) nice tuxedo in the party
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………….
10

11. 11