ANNOUNCEMENT, NOTICE AND SHORT MESSAGE

 
DESCRIPTION
Learning competency: understand meaning of a very short and simple announcement, notice, and a short message.

LESSON
In this topic, you will learn how to understand announcement, notice, and a short message.

1. Announcement is a text that we use to announce important information about certain occasions/ events/urgent information in a short and clear way. The characteristics of an announcement are: • The first part of the announcement is the head, i.e. the title of the occasion. • Main information of the event (location, date, and so on). • The last part of an announcement is writer (the person or institution who announces the occasion). • The appearance of the announcement is usually eye-catching to attract audiences` interest (with pictures and playful fonts). • In order to make the readers get information easily, the sentences used in the announcement are simple and to the point.

For example:
5 Year Reunion
Jakarta Junior High School Class of 2004
Friday, June 7th, 2014
4 – 8 PM
Senayan Centre
CP:(021)7711 221- Lily
The example above shows that the event is about five-year reunion of class 2004, Jakarta Junior High School. The reunion will be held on the 7th June 2014 at Senayan Centre. The reunion will start at 4 PM and last at 8 PM. The contact person who announces the reunion is Lily and to contact her for more information about the reunion, participants can call (021) 7711.

1. Notice is a board or piece of paper containing information, warning or instruction. It is usually made in a big board or big paper with a picture or symbols, so people can still clearly see it and understand the notice from a distance.

• Text in a notice can be in positive and negative statements.
Positive: FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT.
Negative: NO FOOD AND DRINK!
• Text in a negative form (with no or don`t) tell you to not do something.
For example: ‘NO ENTRY’ means the notice tells you to not enter the room.
• Sentences in a notice may does not have verb. It wants you to focus on the adjective of the object mentioned.
For example: ‘WET PAINT’ means that the notice wants you know that the paint is still wet.
• Notice may not have subject. However, you need to remember that subject ‘youas the reader is inferred there.
For example: a notice sayingKEEP YOUR DISTANCE` means that you need to keep your distance.

1. Short message is a type of functional text we use to send important messages to other people.

Characteristics of a short message are:
• First thing you may find in the top part of a short message is the recipient of the message, someone you write a short message for. It can use TO as indication of the receiver of the message, or just the name of the receiver.
• Unlike the personal letter, the sentences of a short message is simple and to the point. You may only find important points in the message.
• The last part you may find at the bottom part is the sender`s name of the short message.
• The part of the sender and recipient of the short message vary when you use electronic devices and applications.
For example:
To: Adam
Where are you now?
Ms. Cecilia is looking for you
I think it is about the upcoming basketball competition.
John
In the example above, the writer states the recipient clearly (Adam). John only writes important things in the message and was to the point. As the sender, John writes his name on the bottom part of the message.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
o Sentences in short message, announcement and notice are short and to the point.
o You will only find important points in short message, announcement, and notice.