KOMPETENSI PROFESIONAL: ASSIGNMENT M4 LA 2

ASSIGNMENT M4 LA 2

Instructions

As an assignment, you will compare three types of captions from newspapers or magazines, by stating the similarities and differences of the three news reports in regard to (1) social functions, (2) text structures, and (3) lexico-grammatical features, based on the analyses you have done previously.

Here are the steps you need to follow:

-          First, focus only on the social functions, then, identify the similarities and differences.

-          Second, focus only on the text structures, then, identify the similarities and differences.

-          Third, focus only on the lexico-grammatical features, then, identify the similarities and differences.

-          Finally, make a summary to compare the three texts. Then, make your own conclusion about photo captions in English.

Three Captions:

No	Picture		Caption
1	Source: https://photo.sindonews.com/view/29231/asian-games-2018-telah-usai-booth-asian-fest-dibongkar Headline:  Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled.		Workers dismantled a number of Asian Fest booths at Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, 3rd September 2018. After hosting Asian Games, Jakarta will host Paragames in October 2018.
2	Source: https://photo.sindonews.com/view/29321/manfaatkan-gas-bumi-wujudkan-daya-saing-industri-nasional Headline: Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries	Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) officials monitored natural gas fires in one of the stoves, when gas in or natural gas flow was first at a coffee factory owned by PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java, Thursday, 13th September 2018. PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs, especially fuel, in every coffee production activity at the plant.
3	Source: https://photo.sindonews.com/view/29301/mural-karya-ledania-hiasi-taman-ismail-marzuki Headline: Mural art by Ledania decorated Taman Ismail Marzuki	A mural art by the muralist of Colombia, Ledania, adorned the Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta, on Tuesday 11 September 2018.

1.      The Social Function of Captions

Differences and Similarities Aspects	Caption 1	Caption 2	Caption 3
-          Who/What is the highlight of the caption?	Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled	Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries	Mural art by Ledania decorated the buildings at Taman Ismail Marzuki
-          How is the picture contextualized?	The circumstances surround the event: -          Number of Asian Games booths -          Truck -          Broken banners -          Tents -          Some workers	The circumstances surround the event: -          Pipe for natural gas flow -          Big stove at coffee factory -          An official in charge	The circumstances surround the event: -          Mural Paintings -          Colorful wall/ Building
-          How does the caption relate to the headline?	The headline is “Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled.” After hosting the 2018 Asian Games, some workers dismantled the Asian Feast booths at the Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Jakarta.	The headline is “Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries.” Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk is a state- owned company that concerned for utilizing natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs especially fuel at coffee factory.	The headline is “Mural art by Ledania decorated the buildings at Taman Ismail Marzuki” The creator of mural art that adorned Taman Ismail Marzuki is Ledania, a muralist from Colombia.

2.      The Text Structures of Captions

Differences and Similarities Aspects	Caption 1	Caption 2	Caption 3
What about	Asian Feast booths	Natural Gas	Mural  painting
Who/what	workers	Perusahaan Gas Negara	Ledania, muralist from Colombia
Do	dismantled	utilizing	adorned
Where	at the Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Jakarta.	PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in the Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java.	Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta.
With what	Some tools	PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas	Mural paintings
When	Monday, 3rd September 2018	Thursday, 13th September 2018	on Tuesday 11 September 2018.
What for	Preparation for Paragames on October 2018	reducing production costs, especially fuel, in coffee production activity	City decoration

3.      The Lexico-Grammatical Features of Captions

Differences and Similarities Aspects	Caption 1	Caption 2	Caption 3
Complete Sentence	Workers dismantled a number of Asian Feast booths at Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, 3rd September 2018. After hosting Asian Games, Jakarta will host Paragames in October 2018.	Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) officials monitored natural gas fires in one of the stoves, when gas in or natural gas flow was first at a coffee factory owned by PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java, Thursday, 13th September 2018. PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs, especially fuel, in every coffee production activity at the plant.	A mural art by the muralist of Colombia, Ledania, adorned the Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta, on Tuesday 11 September 2018.
Simple Past	ü  dismantled	ü  monitored	ü  adorned
Simple Present		ü  supplies
FutureTense	ü  will host
Prepositional phrase	at Bung Karno Stadium, in October 2018	in one of the stoves, at coffee factory, in Purwosari, in every coffee production activity	by the muralist, on Tuesday
Bold Characters	Asian Feast Booths	Natural Gas	Mural arts

4.      Summary and conclusion

Summary

Based on the analyze above, it can be summarized that: -          The three captions showed us interesting pictures in accordance with the content, and the headline made us want to read further. -          The three captions have showed the information regarding the text structure. The content seems to have same structure such as the subject involved, the event, and the details of the event. -          All the captions have similar lexico grammatical such as the using of complete sentence, the tenses based on context and bold characters.

Conclusion

The captions have brief explanation for the published photographs or pictures.