Learning About Recount Text

Introduction

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the readers. There is no complications among the participants and that differentiates from narrative text. A recount text has an orientation, a series of events in chronological order, personal remarks on the events, and a reorientation that “rounds off” the sequence of events.

The generic stucture of recount text is:

  1. Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.
  2. Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.
  3. Re-orientation :A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.

Language Features of the recount text:

  • Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc
  • Using chronological connection; then, first, etc
  • Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc
  • Using action verb; look, go, change, etc
  • Using simple past tense

When writing the recount text you should:

  1. Focus on individual people i.e. use the words, I or we, my group, my family etc.
  2. Use words which indicate when (e.g. after lunch) and where the events took place (e.g. in the shed) 
  3. Write in the past tense e.g. had, visited 
  4. Use action words e.g. went, helped   

Task

Student read the example of recount text “my holiday in Bali” in http://britishcourse.com/contoh-recount-text-my-holiday-in-bali-beserta-terjemahannya.php

Identify the generic structure of the text and make one recount text about their holiday with at least 10 sentence.

Process

  1. teacher explaining about recount text.
  2. teacher giving an example of recount text
  3. student identifying the generic structure of the text
  4. with the example given, student make recount text about their holiday with at least 10 sentence.

Evaluation

  4 3 2 1
Correct grammar        
Correct generic structure content form        
Language knowledge        

 

Conclusion

The student will be able to distinguish recount text and identify the generic structure in order to correctly make a recount text by themselves.

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