The Rise of Oil and Electricity Price

Issues;
The government has declared that fuel price, electricity and telecommunication service
rates are increased. This decision was effective since early January 2003. The policy has had
good and bad effects and impacts on social situations.
Argument pro;
On one hand, the government policy on the increase of prices has good impacts on
strengthening the national economy, avoiding smuggling and increasing the competitiveness of
national economy. Firstly, the policy has strengthened the national economy. Indonesian
economy has so far been much dependent on the oil price. The government has subsidized the
price of commodity for domestic use.
Argument contra;
This is prone to crisis. In other words, the huge amount of subsidy so far has put more
burden on national economy. The increase of fuel of price is due to the lift or lessening of the
subsidy. Secondly, the domestic oil price is much lower than that overseas. The consequence, is
that smuggling of the commodity overseas from Indonesia is a common practice, particularly by
those who are adjacent to the neighboring countries like Malaysia.
Thirdly, the increase of oil price has induced the competitiveness of Indonesian
economy.
Notes;
Stating the Issue: In the first paragraph, it is stated that the government has declared
the increased of fuel, electricity and telecommunication rate

Arguments for/Supporting Point: In the second paragraph, it is presented the

advantages of the policy made by the government.
Firstly, the policy has strengthened the national economy.
Secondly, avoiding smuggling
Thirdly, increasing the competitiveness of national economy.
 Argument against/Contrastive Point: This text doesnt mention the bad impact of the
policy

Recommendation: This text is ended without any recommendation on how the

government should analyze the policy has had good and bad
effects and impacts on social situations.

2. Categorize the whole sentence connector on the discussion text above!

The government has declared that fuel price, electricity and (additional information),
telecommunication service rates are increased. This decision was effective since (time) early
January 2003. The policy has had good and bad effects and impacts on social situations.
On one hand (cause and effect), the government policy on the increase of prices has
good impacts on strengthening the national economy, avoiding smuggling and (additional
information), increasing the competitiveness of national economy. Firstly (furthermore or
additional information), the policy has strengthened the national economy. Indonesian
economy has so far been much dependent on the oil price. The government has subsidized the
price of commodity for domestic use. This is prone to crisis. In other words (contrary cause
and effect) , the huge amount of subsidy so far has put more burden on national economy. The
increase of fuel of price is due to the lift or lessening of the subsidy.
Secondly (furthermore or additional information),, the domestic oil price is much lower
than that overseas. The consequence (emphasis), is that smuggling of the commodity overseas
from Indonesia is a common practice, particularly by those who are adjacent to the neighboring
countries like Malaysia.
Thirdly (furthermore or additional information), the increase of oil price has induced
the competitiveness of Indonesian economy.

3. Write a Discussion text in at least 400 words on one of the following topics
 1. Social effects of social networks on young viewers.
How social media affect our children

The early of the 21 st century have withnessed an explosion of internet usage. The popularity of this
system give us change to keeps interconnected nonstop via media social. Obviously, with the universal
acces to interactive and communicate which was offers by in ternet. It is no hard to understand why
people on the world are addicted to it especially a teenager. and all of us have less attention to account
of social media. there are some hidden danger the negative effect of media social . it is 3quite ironic
that according to the Washinton press about 6% of young user of media social got hurt as a part of
bullying in some of media social. Some of the kid may feel insulted or embarrassed because of hars
comments or o[pinon.

Nowadays, social networking is used by most people in the world. The popularity of social
networking keeps us connect and communicate with friends, relative, and even their teacher or
lecturer.

Students who are using social networking will get many advantages because social networking is
not only used for communication purpose only but also knowledge that is shared in the internet
every its hour. And there are some advantages from using social networking. First, social
networking users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information
at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos. They share views and opinions;
tips and tricks and among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to access,
analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often dont even realize theyre
developing these skills. Second, social networking anyway helps students in interacting with one
another and share ideas. This helps in improving students creativity because they can share
their creative original work like essay, poetry and film to their friends or others. The last,
students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and
customizing content, and thinking about online design and layout.

On the other hand, social networking has bad impact for students. Social networking is like
drugs that are makes students addicted. Students will always access their account in the
internet such as facebook, twitter, and even instagram almost every day. That will make
students lazier and less focus on their lesson in school. Social networking also brings harm than
good for students because students who use social networking sites are prone to social
isolation. Social networking can exacerbate feelings of disconnect especially for youth with
disabilities and put children at higher risk for depression, low self-esteem, and eating disorders.
The "passive consumption" of social media like scanning posts without commenting is related to
loneliness.

From all of the fact about advantages and disadvantages of using social networking, students
must choose appropriate sites that will helps their study and try not to addicted to the internet.
Just keep on students mind that as a younger generation they have to smarter to choose what
the best for them and what positive knowledge that they can get from using social
networkingMore over according to the Jakarta post about 60% of young user of media social got
hurt and as a part of bullying in some of media social. Some of the kid may feel insulted or
embarrassed because of hars comments or opinon.
 This table defines the differences between descriptive and critical writing.
Descriptive writing is shown on the left, this is a writing style to try and avoid
when writing academically as it does not show advanced understanding of the
complexity of a subject. Instead, focus upon developing your critical writing skills
that will enable you to identify how important a factor is within a topic and how
various information and theoretical aspects both relate and contradict one
another.
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING CRITICAL WRITING

States what happened... Identifies the significant points of what

States what something is like...
Explains the story...
Explains what the theory is about and the
key academics that have developed the
theory.
States the methods that are used within
the research.
Describes the time at which
research/events occurred.
Lists the different interpretations of a
theory.
Offers broad and sweeping conclusions.
Lists the various links between theories.
happened.
Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses
attributed to something.
Evaluates certain information against
other research and theories that are
prevalent within the topic area.
Discusses the relevance of a theory in
relation to the topic. Examines how
different academics have interpreted
and developed the theory in various
ways.
Identifies exactly why the methods are
useful for the certain type of research
and aims/questions.
Why is this time significant? Clearly
identify outside effects!
Critically compares/contrasts each
theory which one is the most relevant
to your research/essay question?
Draws well-defined and concise
conclusions that reflect and summarise
the content of the essay and argument.
Clearly develops the links between each
theory, considering the effect that this
understanding has upon the topic area.