In this lesson you will read a topic of English as a global

language, its roles and functions in our modern life. You will also
learn basic grammar points to understand English texts
including parts of speech (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and
Adverbs), word formation using affixes (-ment,
-ion, -cation, -ity, etc.), noun phrases, sentence components and
basic sentence structure.
 Part 1
Reading Preparation

Task 1
Pre-reading activities
Answer the following questions in brief.
1. How long have you been learning English?

2. Where do you learn it?

3. Why should you learn English?

4. Do you think learning English is important for your life?

5. What is the importance of English to your life?

6. Is English important in education? Why?

Task 2
Vocabulary Preparation
Look at the words in the table. Which words do you know? Put a tick ( ) to the words that you know. Mention the
Indonesian translation for them.

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb

language Accept Powerful globally
Nation Communicate Crucial universally
World Connect Impossible
Field Convey Possible
Business Consider Vast
Medicine Define Diverse
Transport Express Proper
Technology Consider Relevant
Trade Require Various
Marketing Expose unflinching
Diplomacy Bring
Politics Predict
Empire Reveal
Means Speak
Triumph
Role
gel, gelling
 Task 3
Read the following reading passage carefully.
The Power of English Language

he role of English language in globalizing people all over the world cannot be just expressed in words; the influe
age. Various predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population will be proficient in English

A. Based on the reading passage above, answer the following questions in

brief.
1. What is the title of the passage?

2. Where is it taken from?

3. How many people spoke English in 2001?

4. How many people considered English as their first language?

5. How many people considered it as their second language?

6. In what fields is English used?

7. What function does English play in those fields?

8. What can English do in globalizing people in the world?

9. What will happen in 2050?

B. State whether the statement is true (T) or false (F) based on the reading
passage above.

T / F 1. English is powerful to bring nations all over the world

together.
T / F 2. English can make people in the world understand each
other.
T / F 3. English is getting stronger every day.

T / F 4. Everybody in the world speaks English.

Part 2
Language Focus
A. Sentence Structure
Sentence structure is related to the components of a sentence:
[ Subject(S) Verb (V) Complement (C) / Object (O) Adverb (A) ]

Example 1:
Without the powerful language, English, / connecting nations all over the
world / would
Adverb Subject Verb
Have been / something impossible.
Complement

Example 2:
English / plays /a big role in communicating people.
Subject Verb Object

Note: Objects come after transitive

verbs,
Task 4 while complements come
Find the components (S, V, C, O, A) of the following sentences. Put / to
divide the sentences into their components. Number 1 has been done for you
as an example.
1. Communication / is / very crucial in any field.
S V C
2. It is business, medicine, transport, technology, trade or marketing.

3. English is the language globally accepted and known by all.

4. The role of the English language in globalizing people all over the
world cannot be expressed just in words.

5. The influence of this commanding language is quite vast and diverse to

define.

6. If you consider business, diplomacy, or politics, there should be proper

gelling

among nations.

7. Deep understanding is very much important in any field.

8. Without proper communication, it is not possible in whichever way it

may be.

9. The language you speak does play a big role in conveying and
popularizing your

skills and requirements.

10. Around 380 million people consider English as their first language.

11. Two-third of them prefer it as the second language.

12. In addition, billions are in the learning process.

13. Many are exposed to this unflinching language.

14. Various predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population will be
proficient in English.
15. Half the world population will be proficient in English.

16. Hence, it is relevant how powerful the language is to bring the nations
together.

17. Whether high or low, it is the language accepted universally.

B. Phrase formation: Noun Phrases

A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun. In a
sentence, it can be the subject, object, complement, or object of a
preposition. It has a head word in the form of Noun and it is modified
by other words.
Example:
1. Communication is very crucial in any field.
Any field is a noun phrase. The head word is field. It functions as the
object
of preposition in.
2. English is the language globally accepted and known by all.
Look at the underlined noun phrase. What is the head word?
(language) What does it function in the sentence? (complement)
Task 5
Underline the noun phrases in the following sentences. Find the head word.
Mention the functions in the sentences.
1. The role of English language in globalizing people all over the world
cannot be just expressed in words.
Head word: role of English language
Function: role complement
2. The influence of this commanding language is quite vast and diverse to
define.
Head word: commanding language
Function: commanding adjactive
3. If you consider business, diplomacy, or politics, there should be
proper gelling between nations.
Head word:
Function:
4. Deep understanding is very much important in any field.
Head word: deep understanding
Function: adjactive
5. Without proper communications it is not possible in whichever way it
may be.
Head word: proper communications
Function: verb
6. The language you speak does play a big role in conveying and
popularizing your skills and requirements.
Head word:the language
Function: noun/object
7. Around 380 million people use English as their first language.
Head word: English as as their first language
Function: English object
8. Two-third of them use it as their second language.
Head word: second language
Function: adverb
9. In addition, billions of people are in the learning process.
Head word: billions of people
Function: billions number
10. Many are exposed to this unflinching language.
Head word: unflinching language.
Function: unflinching adjec
11. Various predictions reveal that by 2050, half the world population
will be proficient in English language.
Head word: proficient in English
Function: adjactive
12. Half the world population will be proficient in English language.
Head word: half the world population
Function: world population

C. Word formation
Words can be of many kinds. The kinds of words are commonly
referred to as parts of speech. Parts of speech include Noun (kata
benda), Verb (kata kerja), Adjective (kata sifat), and Adverb (kata
keterangan).
 The following text contains many nouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs. Read this as an example.

Students should be able to

communicate in English. They
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
students should able communicatively
English be communicative
ideas express
communication helps
learning communicate
process

The word communicate is a verb. This word can be added with suffix -ion
to form the Noun (communication); with -ive to form the Adjective
(communicative), and the Adjective can be added with suffix -ly to form
the Adverb (communicatively).

Here are words taken from the reading passage and their derivatives
(words formed by adding suffixes).

Verb as the root word

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

Communicate communication communicative communicatively
connection
Connect connective connectively
connectivity
Express expression expressive expressively
Define definition definitive definitively
considerately
considerate
Consider consideration
considerable
understandable understandably
Understand understanding
understanding understandingly
Require requirement
Prefer preference preferable preferably
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
predictive
Predict prediction predictively
predictable
Expose exposure
Populate population
relation
Relate relevant
relevance

Noun as the root

Noun Adjective Adverb Verb

Power powerful powerfully empower
Globe global globally globalize
Universe universal universally
Nation national nationally nationalize

Adjective as the root

Adjective Adverb Noun

Proficient proficiently proficiency

Task 6
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the provided words to make
the sentences correct.
1. Communication, to communicate
a. Sometimes, it is difficult for parents to communicate with their
children
b. communication between nations is very important.

2. requirement, to require,
required
text book for that course?
a. Did you buy the
_required
b. Every week my boss require us to hand in a progress report.
c. What are the requirement

3. agreement, to agree, agreeable, agreeably

a. The professors agreeable that changes in the transportation
system were necessary.
b. The two nations came to an agreement on trade policy.
c. The sea breeze was agreeable to me so I stayed on the beach.
d. We settled the problem to agree without an argument.
4. dependence, dependent, to depend, dependent
a. While they are young, children are dependent on their parents.
b. My wife and children are my dependent
c. The dependence of the sick man on the medicines was sad to see.
d. He depends on his medicine to keep him alive.

5. argument, to argue, argumentative

a. Every time John and I get together, we always argue about
something.
b. He would make a good lawyer because of his argumentive nature.
c. We had a rather angry argument over the need for population
control.

6. rebellion, rebel, to rebel, rebelling

a. A Rebel is one who protests against something that he feels is
not just.
b. He Rebels against certain actions and/or policies of the society.
c. Rebeling Students in the United States are protesting against
various government and university policies.
d. There have been fewer students rebelion on campus recently.

7. government, to govern, governmental

a. Many people object very strongly to obvious geovernmental control.
b. The state governmental announced a new welfare policy in January.
c. The president tried to govern wisely and justly during his terms
in office.

8. Character, characterization, to characterize, characteristic,

characteristically
a. Crying is characteristic behavior for babies.
b. My favorite characterization in that novel is the description of the
old lady.
c. The use of lots of spices characterine Indian food.
Character is basically serious.
d. The Japanese have a characteristically introspective personality.

9. behavior, to behave
behavior is disgraceful.
 a. He behaves very badly right now.

10. variety, to vary, various

a. I have visited various countries in Europe.
b. Customs vary from country to country.
c. I tried a variety of new food in every country I visited.

Part 3
Reading Practice
Task 7
Pre-Reading Activities
Answer the following questions in brief.
Why should college students like you learn

English? How do you use English in your study?

Do you think teachers should master English? Why?

Can you mention other professions that need English

much? How is English used by those professions?

How is English used in higher education?

Task 8
Skimming Practice
Read the reading passage below in Task 8 (Text 2). Then, answer the following
questions in brief.
1. What is the title of the reading passage?
2. Who is the writer of the passage?
3. How many sub-headings are there in the passage?
4. What are they?