Recount Text

RECOUNT TEXT

Social function/ Purpose (Tujuan Komunikatif):

To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining, To retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past event. (Melaporkan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan dengan tujuan memberitakan atau menghibur).

Generic Structure/ Struktur Teks:

1. Orientation: provides the setting and introduces participants (memberikan informasi tentang apa, siapa, di mana dan kapan)
2. Events : tell what happened, in what sequence (kegiatan yang terjadi, yang biasanya disampaikan secara berurut)
3. Re-orientation: optional – closure of events (komentar pribadi dan/atau ungkapan penilaian (jika ada))

Dominant language features:

1. Using past tense
2. Using action verb
3. Using adjectives

Example:

GOING TO SANUR BEACH

Orientation

Last holiday our family went to Bali to have a picnic. We went there by plane. We were in Bali for six days, so we had to stay in a hotel because we didn’t have any relatives there. We stayed in Bali Beach Hotel near Sanur Beach.

Event 1

When we came to the hotel, we didn’t come to our room directly, but we have to check in first. We were received by the receptionists who were friendly and kind, and then we were helped by a room boy who took us to our rooms.

Event 2

On the second day we visited Sanur Beach. We just took a walk, because the beach is in front of the hotel. We walked along the seashore, played water and sand. Actually we also wanted to swim in the beach but the lifeguard didn’t allow us.

Event 3

Besides doing many activities we also watched some foreign tourists activities. Some tourists were lying on the beach, while others were having message or surfing.

Re-Orientation

When we felt tired, we took a rest to have some meals and drinks. And at 2 p.m. we went to the hotel. It was tiring but we were happy.

Adapted from: English exercise book for Junior High School

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Narrative Text

NARRATIVE TEXT

SOCIAL FUNCTION/ PURPOSE:

To amuse/ entertain the readers and to tell a story, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution. (Menghibur pendengar atau pembaca dengan pengalaman nyata atau khayal. Ciri naratif adalah adanya unsur konflik (masalah) dan resolusi (penyelesaian masalah). Jumlah masalah atau penyelesaiannya mungkin hanya satu, mungkin juga lebih.  

GENERIC STRUCTURE/ STRUKTUR TEKS

1. Orientation (Pengenalan latar: Tokoh, Waktu, dan Tempat)
2. Complication (Pengembangan Konflik)
3. Resolution (Penyelesaian Konflik)

DOMINANT LANGUAGE FEATURES:

1. Using past tense
2. Using action verb
3. Chronologically arranged

Example:

MARGARET DALE

Orientation

Margaret Dale is twenty four and a nanny. She is the daughter of a well known surgeon. When she was young, Margaret and her sister, Barbara, had a nanny. She dressed them and took them to school in the morning. She prepared their breakfast and their lunch box, to take to school. She met them after school and took them home. After tea, she used to read to them in bed. On Barbara’s birthday she organized a fantastic party. It was then Margaret decided that she too would be a nanny.

Complication

Her farther was furious when she wanted to become a nanny. Like most parents he wanted Margaret to go to university and hold a good position in society.

Resolution

But Margaret decided to go to college after leaving secondary school. There she studied all the subjects necessary to look after children. She got her certificate and she has been working for four years as a nanny. The main thing is she is enjoying herself. She gets a lot of personal satisfaction in her job. And her father sees a young, happy girl with a lot of enthusiasm for life.

 Adapted from: Informational English for Senior High School 

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