Borobudur Temple-Speaking Material

Borobudur Temple

Welcome to speaking class blog. Here i have material about speaking in descriptive text type. Click the "readmore" below to see the full content.

Look at the picture above and try to answer these questions below.
1. What picture are they?
2. Have you ever visited that place?
3. Where is the location of that place?
4. Is it worderful?
5. What is your reason for your answr in 4th question?

Now read the dialogue example below.
dialogue script:
Anwar : Its raining again.Hi, Ari.How's life?
Ari      : Hi, Anwar, great, how about you? .
Anwar: I am very well thankyou. What are you doing?
Ari      : I'm reading a tourism magazine, anyway, have you ever visited Borobudur temple?
Anwar: Sure, I have.
Ari      : How is it?
Anwar: It is a  great and wonderful place.
Ari      : Wow, great, how many level or step does it has?
Anwar: It has eight level.
Ari      : Do it has sculptures?
Anwar: Yes, of course.There are many ancient sculptures there.
Ari      : And, what is the scupltures made of?
Anwar: They are made of stone?
Ari      : Wow, what a great things there.
Anwar: Indeed.
Ari      : Anyway i have to go now, i have a class, see you later?
Anwar: Allright then, see you later.

Here i have the audio of the dialogue.
Just click once at the picture below




Now please listen to the example of the descriptive text,
Just click once at the Borobudur picture.


Borobudur is Hindu - Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire adifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle.
The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.



Exercise
Use the recording tool bellow to record your own reading from the passage about borobudur above. Just simply clik the "click to record" button then click "allow" to acces your microphone and "stop" whenever you finish and clik "listen" button to preview your recording. If you fell confident to the result just clik "post to the internet" and copy-paste the link or embedd code to the comment column below, otherwise you can just simply click "record again" to make sure your best performance.


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