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    The document discusses the social functions, structures, and linguistic features of suggestions and offers. Suggestions are used to propose ideas or plans for consideration, facilitate communication, and help others. Offers present help or assistance that can be accepted or refused. Common expressions for suggestions include "Let's...", "How about...", and "I suggest...". Common expressions for offers include "May I...", "Can I...", and "Would you...". Suggestions and offers can be responded to positively by accepting or negatively by refusing.

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    The document discusses the social functions, structures, and linguistic features of suggestions and offers. Suggestions are used to propose ideas or plans for consideration, facilitate communication, and help others. Offers present help or assistance that can be accepted or refused. Common expressions for suggestions include "Let's...", "How about...", and "I suggest...". Common expressions for offers include "May I...", "Can I...", and "Would you...". Suggestions and offers can be responded to positively by accepting or negatively by refusing.

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    The document discusses the social functions, structures, and linguistic features of suggestions and offers. Suggestions are used to propose ideas or plans for consideration, facilitate communication, and help others. Offers present help or assistance that can be accepted or refused. Common expressions for suggestions include "Let's...", "How about...", and "I suggest...". Common expressions for offers include "May I...", "Can I...", and "Would you...". Suggestions and offers can be responded to positively by accepting or negatively by refusing.

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    MATERI: EXPRESSING SUGGESTION AND OFFERING HELP

    Bahan Bacaan 1:
    The Social Function, Structure, and Language Features of Suggestion and Offer
    a) The Social Function of Suggestion and Offer
    a. Social function of suggestion:
     to introduce or propose an idea or a plan for consideration. It can be
    accepted or refused.
     to facilitate interpersonal communication between different people
     to help someone who needs any advice and in deciding something
    b. Social function of Offer :
     to present, introduce or propose a help or an assist for consideration.
     to propose a help. It can be accepted or refused
     to offer assistance for someone who is doing something politely
     to offer help to other people who are in need.

    b) The Structure of suggestion and offer


    1. The structure of suggestion
    1. How to express sugesstion
    When making suggestions, we often use the following expressions:
     Let‟s..
     You might want to change
     We could...
     I don‟t think ...
     How about...?
     I suggest that ...
     What about ... ?
     I suggest you to ....
     Why don‟t we...
     You might want to change ... .

    2. Asking for suggestion


     Do you have any suggestions for me?
     Would you mind giving me your suggestion?
     Can you tell me what I should do?
     What should I do?

    3. Giving suggestion
     You should + V1
     Let‟s + V1
     You had better + V1
     Why don‟t you + V1
     You ought to + V1
     Couldn‟t you + V1
     I suggest you to + V1
     What about + Ving
     How about + Ving

    EXPRESSING SUGGESTION AND OFFER 1


    a. Giving suggestion with let’s
    Let‟s comes from the word let us, which means ”I have a suggestion for us
    ”(saya punya suatu saran untuk kita)
    Example:
    I‟m bored
    Suggestion :
     Let‟s listen to music
     Let‟s go to a movie
     Let‟s go jogging

    b. Giving suggestion with “could”


    “Could” can be used to give suggestion to others
    Example:
    What should we do next week ?
    Suggestion:
     We could go on a picnic.
     We could go to Aminah‟s party

    “Could” can be used to give offer or possibility to others


    Example:
    I‟m having trouble in Arabic class.
    Suggestion:
     You could talk to your teacher.
     You could ask Fatonah to help you with your Arabic lesson

    c. Giving suggestion with “why don’t”


    “Why don’t“ is the most important phrase in English to provide suggestion
    friendly.
    Example :
     Why don‟t we go to a movie? (In the context of that sentence, "Why do
    not we go. Let's go")
     Why don‟t you come around eight? (In the context of that sentence
    means: I suggest you to come around eight).

    4. Responding to suggestion
    a. Accepting suggestion
     Yes,I‟d like to
     What a good idea!
     Yes, I‟d love to
     Yes, with pleasure
     Ok,. Yes, let‟s
     That sounds like a good idea
     Why not
     That‟s a good/nice/wonderful idea
     Sure

    EXPRESSING SUGGESTION AND OFFER 2


    b. Refusing suggestion
     I don‟t feel like it
     I dislike your suggestion
     What an awful/bad idea! Sorry
     Sorry. That‟s boring.Let‟s do something else.
     It‟s a bad idea
     I „m afraid, we/I can‟t
     No, I don‟t think so

    Note:
    1. The verb "suggest" can be followed by either:
     should + verb = I suggest (that) we should go to the library
     a verb

    2. That" is optional:
     I suggest that we should visit London”
     I suggest we should visit London.
    a verb (in the subjunctive form)= I suggest (that) we go to the library.

    2. The structure of Offer


    1. How to express offer
    When making offers, we often use the following expressions:
     May I...?
     Can I...?
     Shall I...?
     Would you...?
     How about I...?

    2. Responding to Offers
    a. Acepting an offer
     Yes. please. I really appreciate it.
     Thank you. That‟s very kind of you.
     Yes,.please. That would be lovely
     Sure. Thank you.
     Oh,thanks . That would be very nice
     Thank you. I appreciate your help.
     Yes,please. That would be very kind of you.
     I‟d love to ....

    b. Declining an offer
     It‟s okay, I can do it myself
     No. thank you
     No, thanks. I don‟t want another helping
     Don‟t worry, I will do it myself
     That‟s alright, I will manage on my own
     Thank you for the offer.
     I‟d love to, but...:

    EXPRESSING SUGGESTION AND OFFER 3


    c) The Linguistic Features of suggestion and offer
    Ciri-ciri Kebahasaan dalam Suggestion
    Formal:
     S + Modal (should, ought to, could, etc) + V +complement
     S + suggest + (that) + S + should + V + complement

    Informal:
     question → What about going to have dinner ?

    Ciri-ciri Kebahasaan dalam Offer

    Formal:
     May I...?
     Can I...?
     Shall I...?
     Would You ...?
     How about I ...?

    Informal:
     What can I get for you?
     Won't you have a ..........
     Have some ........?
     Like this one?

    EXPRESSING SUGGESTION AND OFFER 4

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