This is the handout I used in my micro-teaching. This is about expression of compliment, and it uses scientific approach.

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Core Competence
1. Comprehending and applying religious values.
2. Comprehending and applying the values of honesty, discipline, responsibility, care (mutual assistance,
cooperation, tolerant), well-behaved, responsive and pro-active, and performing such attitudes in
solving problems in interacting effectively with the social and natural environment as well as a
manifestation of Indonesian society in the world.
3. Understanding, applying, analysing factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge based on the
interest in science, technology, arts, culture, and humanities with insights, nationality, and civilized
insights in relation to the causes of phenomena and events, applying procedural knowledge in desired
specific field of studies in solving problem.
4. Processing, thinking, and presenting development of the concrete and abstract domainsof the learned
materials,beingable toapplyvariousmethodsaccordingtoscientificprincipals.
Basic Competence
1.1 Thanking God for the chance of learning English as the international Language which is realised in the
learning spirit.
2.1 Performing polite and caring attitudes in interpersonal communication with teachers and friends
3.2 Analysingsocial function,textstructure,andlanguage featuresof extendedcomplimenttextsaccordingtothe
contexts.
4.3 Constructingspokenandwrittentextstodeliver,askforand respondtocompliments, accordingtothe
appropriate social function,textstructure,andlanguage featuresaswell asthe contexts.

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Pay attention to the video your teacher will show.
Pay attention to the following conversations.
Dialogue 1 (English)
Harsya : What a great Motorcycle you have, Pandu.
Pandu : Thank you, Harsya. I just finished modifying it.
Harsya : You mean this is the old motorcycle that you used to drive
to school?
Pandu : Yes, it is.
Harsya : It looks a lot different. What did you do to it?
Pandu : Not much. I had it paint with a brighter colour and add
some new ccessories.
Harsya : Great job!
Pandu : Thanks.
Dialogue 2 (Bahasa Indonesia)
Risa : Hai, Amir. Apa kabar?
Amir: Hai, Risa. Kabar baik.
Risa : Aku dengar kamu mendapat nilai tertinggi pada tes bahasa Inggris
kemarin. Selamat ya! Kamu memang pandai, kamu pasti rajin belajar.
Amir : Ah, tidak kok, Ris. Aku tidak sepandai itu.
Risa: Ah kamu itu suka merendah, Mir.
What is the difference of two conversations above?
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Observing
Questioning

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Listen to the audio and complete the missing words.
Dialogue 1
A: You look really (1…) today.
B: Thank you. I just got this (2…) the other day.
A: Really, where did you get it?
B: I got it from Macy's.
A: It's really nice.
B: Thanks again. You (3…) nice today, too.
A: Thank you. I just got these shoes today.
B: Really? What kind of shoes are they?
A: These are called All Star Chuck Taylors.
B: I really like those. How much did they (4…)?
A: They were about forty dollars.
B: I think I'm going to go buy myself a (5…).
Dialogue 2
A: I absolutely (6…) what you're wearing today.
B: You do? I just bought this outfit a couple days ago.
A: Seriously, it looks really nice on you. Where did you (7…) it from?
B: I bought it from the Macy's at the Santa Anita mall.
A: I really (8…) that outfit.
B: Thanks. I think you look nice today, too.
A: Thank you. I just bought these new shoes earlier today.
B: Those are nice. What are they?
A: These are some Chucks.
B: Those are (9…). How much were they?
A: I got them for forty.
B: I think I might go and (10…) me my own pair of Chucks.
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A: I think that you look very (11…) today.
B: Is that right? This is a brand new outfit.
A: What store did you get it from?
B: I went to Macy's and picked it out.
A: I love your outfit right now.
B: Well, I think you look nice today too.
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A: Thanks. I found these new shoes (12…) at the store.
B: I think that those are some really nice shoes. What (13…) are they?
A: These are Chucks.
B: Your shoes (14…) really nice. How much did you get them for?
A: They only cost me about forty dollars.
B: I'm going to go get a (15…) for myself.
Pay attention to the following explanation.
A compliment is a nice and friendly thing to say to someone. We may say
compliment about someone’s appearance, someone ability, and someone
achievement. Here are some expressions we may use to compliment
someone.
Formal:
Ø That is a very nice ….
Ø You’re looking extremely …
Ø You certainly have good taste in …
Ø I must compliment you on ….
Ø My compliment to you on ….
Ø I’d like to compliment you on …
Ø May I say how elegant you book?
Informal:
Ø I like …
Ø I adore …
Ø Wow!
Ø Mm… you look fantastic.
Ø You’re looking good.
Ø …really great/ smashing/ super/ terrific/ loverly.
Ø What a …!

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And here the expressions to respond a compliment.
Ø Thank you.
Ø Oh, it was nothing.
Ø Do you think so?
Ø Oh, they are really not very good.
Ø Thank you for the compliment.
Ø I appreciate the compliment.
Informal:
Ø Don’t give me that.
Ø Don’t flatter me!
Ø I don’t like flatterers.
Ø You’re just flattering me.
Ø Flattery will get you nowhere.
Ø You’re full of baloney.
Ø Nonsense.
Have dialogues with your partner based on the following situations.
1. Your classmate got the best mark on the Drama
class.
2. Your classmate wears a brown sweater. He looks great
in it.
3. You and your classmate attend a birthday party. Your classmate wears
a nice suit.
Associating

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Now practice the dialogue that you have made with your partner.
Let’s Make a Reflection
Please make a compliment card in size of 4R addressed to your friend. The
topic is free. You may decorate it as creative as you can.
Reflect on your learning in this unit and write down your reflection in the
space below.
What I like best in this unit:
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What I feel difficult in this unit:
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The improvement I have made after learning English in this unit:
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