After studying this unit, you will be able to: 1. greet somebody 2. express leave-takings and goodbye 3. introduce yourself and other person 4. use different types of personal Pronouns 5. use To Be and Verb 1 in the Simple Present Tense 6. express thanking.

In our daily life, we often need to greet someone, to introduce ourselves and other person and to express thanking. That’s why you need to learn this unit. It will be beneficial for you to get along well with people around you, either today or later when you get into the world of work.

Puji syukur kami panjatkan kehadirat Allah SWT, berkat rahmat dan karunia Nya, Pemerintah, dalam hal ini, Direktorat Pembinaan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Direktorat Jenderal Manajemen Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, telah melaksanakan kegiatan penulisan buku kejuruan sebagai bentuk dari kegiatan pembelian hak cipta buku teks pelajaran kejuruan bagi siswa SMK.

Karena buku-buku pelajaran kejuruan sangat sulit di dapatkan di pasaran. Buku teks pelajaran ini telah melalui proses penilaian oleh Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan sebagai buku teks pelajaran untuk SMK dan telah dinyatakan memenuhi syarat kelayakan untuk digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran melalui Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Nomor 45 Tahun 2008 tanggal 15 Agustus 2008.

Kami menyampaikan penghargaan yang setinggi-tingginya kepada seluruh penulis yang telah berkenan mengalihkan hak cipta karyanya kepada Departemen Pendidikan Nasional untuk digunakan secara luas oleh para pendidik dan peserta didik SMK.

Buku teks pelajaran yang telah dialihkan hak ciptanya kepada Departemen Pendidikan Nasional ini, dapat diunduh (download), digandakan, dicetak, dialihmediakan, atau difotokopi oleh masyarakat. Namun untuk penggandaan yang bersifat komersial harga penjualannya harus memenuhi ketentuan yang ditetapkan oleh Pemerintah. Dengan ditayangkan soft copy ini diharapkan akan lebih memudahkan bagi masyarakat khsusnya para pendidik dan peserta didik SMK di seluruh Indonesia maupun sekolah Indonesia yang berada di luar negeri untuk mengakses dan memanfaatkannya sebagai sumber belajar.

Kami berharap, semua pihak dapat mendukung kebijakan ini. Kepada para peserta didik kami ucapkan selamat belajar dan semoga dapat memanfaatkan buku ini sebaik-baiknya. Kami menyadari bahwa buku ini masih perlu ditingkatkan mutunya. Oleh karena itu, saran dan kritik sangat kami harapkan.

Jakarta, 17 Agustus 2008
Direktur Pembinaan SMK

English for SMK Book 1, which is designed based on the basic competencies determined by Pusat Kurikulum 2005, is written to meet with the need of sources for teaching and learning English in vocational schools.

This book, which may require about 148 hours, is intended for the first level (novice) of vocational school students to improve their oral as well as written performance. This book aims:

1. to practice and develop the four language skills
2. to develop the knowledge, skill, and understanding required by students to become professional employees or entrepreneurs.
3. to meet students’ need to communicate in English accurately, fluently, appropriately, and confidently in many useful situations in the work places as well as in society.

English for SMK Book1, contains:
1. a wide variety of listening activities which are intended to develop the listening skill, including listening for gist, listening for details, and inferring meaning from context.
2. a wide range of creative activities of speaking, starting from guided, semi guided to free dialogs.
3. various tasks of reading for specific information from short passages, schedules, pictures, maps and so on as well as reading comprehension.
4. a variety of different writing practice activities, such as: completion, jumbled sentences or paragraphs, matching, and guided sentences and paragraphs.
5. grammar exercises dealing with related functional and communicative needs.

This book consists of 6 units and each unit is divided into sections. In each section, there are a lot of pair work, group work, and whole class activities which provide more personal practice of the new learning points and increase the opportunity for individual student practice.

The writers realize that this book is not perfect, therefore constructive criticism and suggestions are very welcome.

Cover
Kata sambutan
Preface
Contents
Unit 1 God morning
     Section One
     Section Two
     Section Three
Unit 2 The world is round
     Section One
          A. Colours
          B. Qualities
          C. Sizes
          D. Shapes
          E. Materials
     Section Two
          A. Origins and nationalities
          B. Professions
     Section Three
          Physical Appearance
          A. Questions and answers about . . .
          B. Adjectives in series
          C. Adjectives showing physical appearance
Unit 3 We need ten boxes to keep all these things
     Section One
          A. Numbers
          B. Days
          C. Months
          D. Dates and years
     Section Two
          Singular and Plural
          Section Three
          Synonym and Antonym
          A. Synonym
          B. Antonym
Unit 4 Forgive me, I'm terrible sorry...
     Section One
          Showing regret, apology, symphathy, and expressing feeling
     Section Two
          Asking for and giving permission
     Section Three
          Command, request, offering things or services
Unit 5 The students are studying in the classroom
     Section One
     Section Two
Unit 6 Look at hat sign!
     Section One
     Section Two
     Section Three
Unit 7 Tell me the way
     Section One
     Section Two
     Section Three
Unit 8 I'd like to invite you...
     Section One
     Section Two
     Section Three
Bibliography
Listening script