LATIHAN SOAL PPG 2025 B.Inggris

Middle school English teacher Mr. Adams has introduced a series of expository texts to improve students' reading and critical thinking skills. These texts cover pressing environmental issues like climate change, deforestation, pollution, and conservation efforts. Adams aims to raise awareness and foster responsibility towards the environment. However, many students show disinterest in the material, resulting in shallow answers and lack of depth. During listening activities, students appear distracted and lack engagement, missing core values and messages. Adams believes that understanding and internalizing environmental conservation values is crucial for academic growth and global citizenship development. To address this issue, Adams is exploring student-centered learning strategies that emphasize active participation, critical thinking, and personal connection to the content. He aims to create an engaging and interactive learning environment where students can see the relevance of environmental issues in their own lives and communities. He considers various approaches, such as project-based learning, collaborative group activities, and discussions, to encourage students to reflect on their impact on the environment. By making the learning experience dynamic and relatable, Adams hopes to develop a positive attitude towards environmental conservation and better understand the values embedded in the expository texts. Given this situation, which of the following student-centered learning strategies would be most effective in helping Mr. Adams achieve his goals?

• Assigning additional reading and comprehension exercises on environmental topics to reinforce the material.

• Implementing a series of lectures and PowerPoint presentations to clearly explain the environmental issues.

• Organizing a classroom debate on the causes and solutions to climate change to promote critical thinking and engagement.

• Conducting project-based learning activities where students create and present solutions to local environmental problems.

• Encouraging students to write essays on their personal views regarding environmental conservation and share them with the class.

Ms. Pita is an English teacher who is designing a lesson plan aimed at improving students' attitudes towards learning and their abilities in listening and speaking discussion texts. She also plans a student-centered learning emphasizing on knowledge construction and problem solving skills. By tailoring the learning experience to meet the needs and interests of the students, she can create a more conducive environment for learning. Which of the following strategies are effective in this context? Click on the correct statements for the situation above. There can be more than one correct statement.

• Engage students in various activities that promote active listening skills, such as summarizing, paraphrasing, and asking clarifying questions during discussions.

• Encourage open-ended discussions where students have the opportunity to express their opinions, ask questions, and engage in meaningful dialogue with their peers.

• Foster individual learning experiences where students work individually to analyze discussion texts, write down the ideas, and construct meaning independently.

• Provide students with real-life tasks or scenarios that require them to apply their listening and speaking skills in practical contexts, such as conducting interviews or participating in debates.

• Provide students with memorization drills which enable students to internalize information, enhance their recall abilities, and develop stronger memory skills to retain facts, formulas, and vocabulary.

Ms. Gina recognizes the importance of creating a safe and supportive learning environment that fosters students' spiritual development, moral values, and self-reliance in reading short functional text announcements. She wants to ensure that her classroom atmosphere encourages students to embrace their faith, practice good deeds, uphold noble character traits, and become independent learners. Which of the following activities would likely achieve Ms. Gina's goals of promoting both religious values and learner autonomy?

• Matching a lot of pictures of religious symbols with their various corresponding holidays.

• Creating a poster advertising a school play, including some details about the play and ticket prices.

• Analyzing a community service notice and how the act of volunteering aligns with values of helping in many religions.

• Debating the importance of following rules based on a school notice about a new dress code policy.

• Reading a notice about a lost pet and then writing a short story about how the pet is reunited with its owner.

An English teacher, Mr. Toni, teaches students how to write announcements for a school event, which is crucial for effective communication in real-world contexts. However, students often struggle with understanding the underlying purpose and identifying the intended audience for these texts, which affects the relevance and impact of their writing. For example, students might include all necessary details but fail to tailor the tone and content to the target audience, resulting in generic or overly complex texts. This issue also extends to their reading and listening activities, where students focus primarily on factual content, missing the nuances related to the purpose and audience. To address these challenges, Mr. Toni considers various teaching materials and strategies. Given this situation, which teaching material would be most effective in helping students understand the underlying purpose and identify the intended audience for writing announcements?

• A collection of announcements with detailed annotations explaining purpose and audience.

• A textbook focusing on advanced grammar and vocabulary exercises.

• A series of worksheets that ask students to copy and fill in pre-written announcement templates.

• A video series on the history of public announcements in different cultures.

• A dictionary of commonly used terms in announcements.

A group of students has recently completed a unit on report texts, covering both reading and viewing comprehension. The teacher, Mr. Deni is now seeking to design an engaging and effective learning strategy to help students consolidate their understanding and further develop their skills in analyzing and interpreting report texts. Based on the students' prior learning experiences with report texts, which of the following learning strategies would be most appropriate to enhance their comprehension and critical thinking skills?

• Conduct a class debate on the accuracy and credibility of various news sources.

• Create a multimedia presentation showcasing the diverse features and applications of report texts.

• Engage in a role-playing activity where students assume the roles of journalists and researchers.

• Organize a collaborative project involving the analysis and comparison of different types of report texts.

• Administer a comprehensive quiz to assess students' understanding of report text structure and content.

Ms. Ratih is preparing a lesson on how to use a digital camera for her students. She aims to select appropriate media that effectively engage students and reinforce the key concepts of procedural texts. She carefully considers the strengths and limitations of each medium to ensure that it aligns with the learning objectives. To effectively support the teaching of using a digital camera, Ms. Ratih should prioritize utilizing which of the following media formats in her lesson?

• An instructional video that demonstrates the camera's functions and features in real-time with narration or text.

• A visual flowchart that illustrates the sequence of steps in operating the camera using symbols and arrows.

• A written step-by-step manual with clear instructions and numbered paragraphs.

• An interactive online simulation that allows students to practice using the camera in a virtual environment.

• An audio recording of a photographer explaining the camera's settings and techniques in detail.

Students in Ms. Lia's seventh-grade English class are learning about current events, and she is emphasizing the significance of developing their critical listening and speaking abilities. The fact that certain students have difficulty actively listening and participating in meaningful conversations about news items is something that she has observed. She is interested in doing an analysis of the elements that may be affecting their capacity to accomplish the learning objectives in the attitude domain. Based on the scenario and considering the factors that might influence the students' ability to achieve the learning objectives in the attitude domain, which of the following statements best explains the most likely reason for the students' struggle with critical listening and speaking skills in relation to news items?

• The students lack prior knowledge about current events and global issues, making it difficult for them to grasp the context of news items.

• The learning environment is not conducive to open discussions and active participation, discouraging students from expressing their thoughts and opinions.

• The teaching materials and activities do not provide opportunities for students to practice critical listening and speaking skills in a meaningful way.

• The students' assessment is primarily focused on factual recall and comprehension, neglecting the development of critical listening and speaking skills.

• The students lack interest in news and current affairs, reducing their motivation to engage in discussions and activities related to news items.

     Mr. Zain is planning to assess their students' critical thinking skills in writing and presenting descriptive texts. He intends to choose an assessment method that will effectively measure students' understanding of the topic and their ability to apply their knowledge to create a well-structured and engaging presentation.

 

Which of the following assessment methods would be most appropriate for this purpose?

•   A multiple-choice quiz.

  
  

•    A short essay.

• A group project.

• An individual oral presentation.

• A writing portfolio.

Ms. Sri reviewed student expository texts and presentations, finding variations in organization, visuals, and clarity. What factor most likely explains the variations in students' success at writing and presenting these texts?

•   The topic difficulty

• Research time

• Technology access

•   Ms. Smith's feedback

• Individual learning styles

1.      Ms. Carter, an English teacher, is struggling to engage a diverse class with varying reading proficiency and interests. She uses various materials, such as cooking recipes, DIY project guides, and instructional manuals, to cater to different skill levels. However, many students struggle to understand the procedural steps outlined in these texts, leading to confusion and disengagement. Interestingly, students who enjoy hands-on activities, such as cooking or building, show more enthusiasm and better understanding of the texts when they are directly related to their personal interests. This disparity in engagement and comprehension highlights the need for Ms. Carter to tailor the input materials more closely to her students' individual interests and reading levels to maximize their learning potential. She plans to explore follow-up activities to better align the input materials with her students' diverse interests and reading abilities, ensuring a more inclusive and effective learning environment.

 

Given the diverse characteristics of her students and their varied interests, what follow-up activity should Ms. Carter implement to better match the input with her students' needs?

• Increasing the length and complexity of the procedural texts to challenge advanced students.

• Introducing fictional stories with procedural elements to diversify the reading material.

•   Scheduling more frequent tests to assess students' understanding of procedural texts.

•   Conducting a survey to identify students' interests and selecting aligned procedural texts.

• Assigning additional grammar exercises to improve overall reading comprehension.