Spoken and Written Announcement

Announcement is something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or what will happen. An announcement divides into written announcement and spoken announcement. 
 

Points of announcement are:­

 1.  Head (the title or type of event)

 2.  Body or content (date, place, program, etc)

 3.  Closing (For more information)

 4.  Writer (someone or an institution who make the announcement).

The purpose of announcement are:

 1.  To announce

 2.  To informations

 3.  To know for the reader and the listener.

Spoken Announcement

The characteristic are:

1. Usually begins with saying “attention, please” or anything like that.
2. We can find a spoken announcement when teacher call chief of the students or when there is an event in the school, in the market, train station, bus station, airport, sport stadium, etc.
3. The information is short and simple.

Example:

Attention shoppers….

May we have your attention, please?

We found a lost boy named “JOKO’

We found him in the toys and accessories section of our store, and he’s looking for his parents. He’s about five years old. He’s wearing a black shirt, trousers, and a blue cap. The boy is with us now at the check-out counter at the main exit.

Thank you.

Written Announcement

The characteristic are:

1. Use the title/type or event, date/time, and contact person.
2. We can find the announcement on television, radio, newspaper, billboard, magazine, etc.
3. The information is long and detail.

Example: