EXPRESSING AGREEMENT/DISAGREEMENT dan EXPRESSING OPINIONS

EXPRESSING AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT

Expressing Agreement and Disagreement (ungkapan tentang setuju dan tidak setuju) adalah cara kita meminta persetujuan dan pertidaksetujuan atau dengan kata lain kita mengekpresikannya dalam bahsa inggris.

Ada banyak kalimat yangdapat kita gunakan untuk menyatakan setuju atau tidak setuju,berikut contoh dari agreement dan disagreement : 

A.Agreement (ungkapan setuju)

·         I agree (saya setuju)

·         I agree with you (saya setuju dengan anda)

·         That's so true (benar sekali)

·         Exactly (tepat sekali)

·         I am with you (saya sependapat dengan anda)

·         No doubt about it (tidak ada keraguan mengenai hal itu) 

B.Disagreement (ungkapan tidak setuju)

·         I don't think so (saya rasa tidak..)

·         I totally disagree (saya sangat tidak setuju)

·         That's not always true (itu tak selalu benar)

·         Not necessarily (itu tidak penting)

·         I beg to differ (saya ingin berpendapat berbeda)

·         No,I'm not sure about that (tidak,saya tidak yakin dengan hal itu)

Ungkapan lain untuk disagreement :

·         I don’t entirely agree with …….

·         I see what you mean, but ……

·         I agree, but ……

·         Yes, but on the other hand …… ·          

·         Yes, but don’t you think …       

Interruptions  :

·         Can I add something here?

·         Is it okay if I jump in for a second?

·         If I might add something...

·         Can I throw my two cents in?

·         Sorry to interrupt, but...

Aking for an opinion :

·         What's your idea?

·         What are your thoughts on all of this?

·         How do you feel about that?

·         Do you have anything to say about this?

·         What do you think?

·         Do you agree?

      Wouldn't you say?

      EXPRESSING OPINION

     Expressing Opinion adalah Mengungkapkan Pendapat. 

Expressing opinions:

o   In my opinion, …….

o   I personally believe ……..

o   I personally think ………

o   I personally feel…………..

o   Not everyone will agree with me, but……..

o   To my mind ……………..

o   From my opinion view ………..

o   As I see it ……..

o   I think …….

o   I believe ..

o   I feel …….

o   I am certain/ sure/ positive/ convinced.

o   I agree.

o   I disagree.

o   It seems, that ….

o   Well, personally ….

o   If I had my way, I would …….

o   What I’m more concerned with is ……

o   In my case …

o   Absolutely.

Example Dialog:

Syarifah   : Hey Yati ! Do you know the hot news in our school ?

Yati          : Yes, I know. About the minimum score, isn’t it ?

Syarifah   : Yes, exactly. What do you think ?

Yati          : I think it so high. I believe that is bad idea.

Syarifah   : I don’t think so. Precisely with the 80 score, we can’t get that score.

Yati          : Yes, I know it. But, for everyday it so hard.

Syarifah   : Maybe, it can be the pole for us to be better than yesterday. I hope we can do it. Although it so hard.

Yati          : Ok. Amin.

Alice: What did you think of the movie, Peter?
Peter: I think it was boring.
Alice: Really? I loved it. Why did you think it was boring?
Peter: It was too predictable. You knew what would happen in the end.
           The same old thing- boy meets girl, boy fights with girl, boy marries girl.
Peter: Did you like the sound track of the movie?
Alice: No, I hated it. It was too loud and too hard rock for me. What did you
  think of it?
Peter: I thought it was great, but then, I like hard rock.