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Chapter I Checking For Understanding

The document discusses checking for understanding in English conversations. It provides examples of phrases to check understanding like "Do you understand?" and responses like "Yes" or "I don't understand." It also gives sample dialogues where characters check each other's understanding by asking questions. The dialogues demonstrate checking understanding when making plans, asking for help, and explaining a lesson.

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Chapter I Checking For Understanding

The document discusses checking for understanding in English conversations. It provides examples of phrases to check understanding like "Do you understand?" and responses like "Yes" or "I don't understand." It also gives sample dialogues where characters check each other's understanding by asking questions. The dialogues demonstrate checking understanding when making plans, asking for help, and explaining a lesson.

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Checking For Understanding

Materi Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Semester I setelah Asking for Attention, yang kedua adalah
Checking for Understanding. Checking for undertanding adalah ungkapan atau ekspresi yang
digunakan untuk mengecek pemahaman seseorang atau lawan bicara kita mengenai apa yang
kita sampaikan kepadanya. Respon yang diberikan bisa positif (paham) atau negatif (tidak
paham).
1. Checking for understanding (Mengecek Pemahaman)
- Do you know what I mean?
- Do you know what I am saying
- Do you follow me?
- Do you undertand?
- Got it?
- Is it clear?
- Are you following me?

2. Showing understanding (Menunjukkan kepahaman)


- I see
- I understand
- I get it
- Yes
- I understand what you are saying
- I know what you mean
- I’m with you

3. Expressing Lack of Undertanding (Menunjukkan kekurang pahaman/tidak


paham)
- I don’t get it
- I’m sorry. What do you mean?
- Excuse me, but I’m not following you
- Again, please
- I don’t understand
- What do you mean?
- I don’t quite follow you

Contoh Dialog:
Dialogue 1
Mr. Shidqi : We will make an advertisement today. Do you understand?
Students : Yes, Sir.
Mr. Shidqi : What did I say?
Students : We will make an advertisement, sir.

Dialogue 2
Mother : Dear, can you help me to cook fish?
Tiara : Yes, Mom
Mother : Will you buy me some fish in the market, first?
Tiara : Okay, Mom. I will go there by a motorcycle
Mother : All right. And please don’t forget to buy ginger at Mak Sumi’s shop.
Do you know what I mean, dear?
Tiara : I don’t quite follow you, Mom.
Mother : please don’t forget to buy ginger at Mak Sumi’s shop Okay, be careful
dear.
Tiara : thank you Mom. I’ll go now.

Shidqi, don’t play


too far, Do you
follow me?

Yes, Bapak

Question for exercise (Dialogue 2)

1. How many persons are there in the dialogue 2?


2. Where does the conversation take place?
3. What does Tiara’s mother want Tiara to do?
4. Where will Tiara buy fish?
5. How do Tiara go to the market?
6. Does her mother want her to buy anything else?
7. Where should Tiara buy ginger?
8. What does her mother say to check whether Tiara understands or not?
9. And what is Tiara’s response ?
10. Do you think that she is happy to go to market?

Complete the dialogues using the words in the box!


Dialogue 1
Mr. Musto : We will make an greeting card. . . .(1) a. No, I don’t
Students : Yes, Sir
b. I see
c. Do you undertand?
Dialogue 2
d. Any question
Rissa : Do you understand the homework?
Nisa : . . . . (2) How about you? e. Please pay attention?
Rissa : Yes, I do.

Dialogue 3
Teacher : Ok . . . . (3) I will describe what the simple past tense

is. Simple past is used to talk about finished actions

that happened at a spesific time in the past.


Students : . . . . (4)
Teacher : . . . . (5)
Bima : Please explain the example of simple past tense, Sir.
Teacher : All right.

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