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Final Test (Shafina Nur Fitria/121060074/1C)

     There is a proverb that says, by mastering a foreign language, the world is in your hands. It is unavoidable, in the modern era of globalization as it is today, the globalized world makes foreign languages ​​one of the most important things in communication. In addition, competition in the labor market is increasing from year to year, which also greatly affects the level of demand in the industrial world and the business world.   Various ways are taken by many people to be able to master a foreign language, seeing the many reasons and benefits that will be obtained if they can master a foreign language well. Of course, learning a foreign language has many benefits, 1.     Increasing Knowledge in Global Scope. Lots of books related to science that developed using foreign languages. Scientific journals are published in foreign languages, so if we master a foreign language, it will certainly help us open a wider scientific horizon. 2.  ...

(Mid-Test) The Little Prince

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  Book Title            : The Little Prince Author                  : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Publisher             : Reynal & Hitchcock (U.S.), Gallimard (France) Genre                   : Children's literature, Fable, Novella, Fantasy Fiction, Speculative fiction   An airplane pilot crashes in the Sahara Desert. The crash badly damages his airplane and leaves him with very little food or water. As he is worrying over his predicament, he is approached by the little prince, a very serious little blond boy who asks to draw him a sheep. And then the two become friends. The pilot learns that the little prince comes from a small planet that the little prince calls Asteroid 325 but that peopl...

Summary - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire

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Book Title:   The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire Author:  Howard Pyle Publisher:  New York: Scribner's, 1883 Date published:  1883 The number of pages:  192 Pages Genre (Type of book):  Children's Literature, fiction, historical   Why did you decide to read this book?  Because I’m interested in this famous children's story Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain! Yes, I really enjoyed reading it because I am very interested in western children's storybooks What did you like best about this book? This book clearly tells about the Robin Hood's Characters What did you like least? So far there is no part that I didn't like about this book. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain! this is recommended to everyone who loves children's storybook On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was this book for you? (1 easy, 10 difficult) Why? 8. I really the story of Robin Hood, because I often heard about Robin ...

Summary - A Thousand Splendid Suns

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  Book title:  A Thousand Splendid Suns Author:  Khaled Hosseini Publisher:  Bloomsbury, 2007 Date published: May 22, 2007 The number of pages:  384 pp Genre (Type of book):  Novel, Domestic Fiction   Why did you decide to read this book?  Because this book is interesting for me. Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain! Yes, I really enjoyed reading it because of its background in Afghanistan What did you like best about this book? This book told an illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced to marry a shoemaker from Kabul after a family tragedy. What did you like least? So many pages Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain! this recommended for the people who like a novel with so many pages On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was this book for you? (1 easy, 10 difficult) Why? 7. I really like the story of this book, because the story so interesting   A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to...

Summary - Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

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  Book Title:   Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Author:  Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Publisher:  Kodansha Publishers Ltd. Date published:  1981 The number of pages: 232  Pages Genre (Type of book):  Children's Literature   Why did you decide to read this book?  Because I’m interested in the story of Toto-Chan while I was a child Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain! Yes, I really enjoyed reading it because the story has a background in Japan and that's a real story of the writer  What did you like best about this book? This book is so interesting about the character of Toto-chan that's different from another child What did you like least? So far there is no part that I didn't like about this book. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain! this is recommended for the people that like an autobiography children's book On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was this book for you? (1 easy, 10 difficult) Why? 9. I really li...

Summary - DECLUTTER YOUR MIND How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking

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  Book title:   DECLUTTER YOUR MIND How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking Author:  Barrie Davenport Publisher:  Oldtown Publishing LLC Date published:  August 21, 2016 The number of pages:  157 pages Genre (Type of book):  Tips Why did you decide to read this book?  Because I want to know how to stop anxiety Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain! I enjoyed reading it because there were many useful tips even though this book was a little difficult to read. What did you like best about this book? Explain in detail good tips for us if have an anxiety What did you like least? There are too many prefaces for each sub-chapter and too many words. Many languages are difficult to understand Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain! I highly recommend this book so that we can reduce anxiety On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was this book for you? (1 easy, 10 difficult) Why? 8, the language is a little ...

Summary - How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning, and Thinking – for Students, Academics, and Nonfiction Book Writers.

  Book title:  How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning, and Thinking – for Students, Academics, and Nonfiction Book Writers. Author:  Sönke Ahrens Publisher:  [North Charleston, South Carolina] : [Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], 2017. ©2017 Date published:  February 24, 2017 The number of pages:  176 pages Genre (Type of book):  Tips Why did you decide to read this book?  Because I want to know how to take good notes. Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain! I enjoyed reading it because there were many useful tips even though this book was a little difficult to read. What did you like best about this book? Explain in detail good tips and tools for taking good notes. What did you like least? There are too many prefaces to each sub-chapter and too many words. Many languages are difficult to understand Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain! I would recommend this book to friends w...