Recount Text

The aim of Recount text is to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
The Generic Structure of recount Text is as follows;
- Orientation: provides the setting and introduce participants.
- Events: tell what happened in what sequence. e.g; next, then, etc...
- Re-orientation: Optional-closure of events.
The Lexicogrammatical Features of Recount text:
- Focus on specific participant
- Use of material procssess
- Circumstance of time and place
- Use of past tense
- Focus on temporal sequence, e.q; next, then, after that, etc...

Here is example of recount text:

Earthquake
Orientation
I was driving along the coast road when the car suddenly lurched to one
side.
Event 1
At first I thought a tyre had gone but then I saw telegraph poles collapsing
like matchsticks.
Event 2
The rocks came tumbling across the road and I had to abandon the car.
Event 3
When I got back to town, well, as I said, there wasn’t much left.

Note that young writers often indicate temporal sequence with ‘ and then,
and then, and then’, Alternatives can be modelled and used when the teacher
and students jointly construct Recounts.

(Source is taken from Pusat Kurikulum, Badan Penelitian
dan Pengembangan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Kompetensi Dasar Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris SMA & MA, - Jakarta: Pusat Kurikulum, Balitbang Depdiknas: 2003)

Regards

  Mr.Ian

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  1. alfianAugust 3, 2011 at 11:21 PM

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