Formal and Informal Announcement

Formal and Informal Announcement

Objectives

Responding to the meaning of formal and informal transactional (to get things done) conversation and interpersonal (socializing) conversation fluently and accurately; by using a variety of simple oral text in various daily life contexts and involving expressions of accepting invitations, offers, and calls.

Lesson

       Have you ever joined school events or competitions? If so, where did you get the information about the events or competition? It is usually from an announcement, isn’t it?

       You can find an announcement on the board magazine or in the OSIS room. The announcement tells you information about what is happening or what will happen.It can also inform about on-going or upcoming events. Announcements at school can also be about class assignments, test scores, or extracurricular activities.

       Outside the school, you can find announcements from a lot of sources, such as magazines, newspapers, or the internet, especially social media. Here are samples of the announcement.

This announcement is about the school music festival. From the announcement, we know that the event will be held on February 21st, 2015, at 3 p.m. at the school hall. If you want more information, you can contact the OSIS secretariat office. This announcement uses casual style because it is simple and it is used between students.
Take a look at the other announcement.

This announcement informs about the cancellation of an event. This announcement is more formal. We can see for the language used in the announcement. For serious matters, we better use a formal announcement. We also have to consider who the announcement is for. Young people might be more interested in casual style announcement, older people might prefer a formal announcement.
       When you see announcements about some events, such as music or movie shows, you sometimes want to ask someone to come to the events. You may also experience someone asking you to come to some events or join competitions and you want to. In this lesson, you are going to learn about how to accept invitations or offers.

Do you understand?

Before you learn the phrases, please read the following conversations.
Conversation 1
Vita: Do you know that there will be a School Music Festival?
Zaskia: Yes. I have read the announcement.
Vita: Shall we come together? I know you want it too.
Zaskia: All right! Let’s go!
Conversation 2
Mr. Henry: I learn from an announcement that the Education Fair is cancelled.
Ardi : Yes, Sir. I think we should change the plan.
Mr. Henry: Would you like to visit a museum instead?
Ardi : What a delightful idea. I will tell the other students.
The above conversations show how to accept an invitation or offer. There are other phrases you can use in accepting invitations or offers.
Formal situation (to older or respected people)
That’s very kind of you.
What a delightful idea.
With the greatest pleasure.
Certainly. Thank you.
Sure. Thank you very much.
Informal Situation (between friends or people close to you)
I would/will ….
Sure. Why not?
I’d love to.
OK (if you say so)
All right (then)
Yes, please.
That sounds great/ like a good idea.
That would be (lovely/fun/awesome/….)

Keypoints

If you cannot accept the invitation or offers you can state your reasons.
I’d love to, but …. (give your reason here)
I wish I could, but …. (give your reason here)
I am afraid I can’t because …. (give your reason here)