RECOUNT TEXT

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RECOUNT TEXT


“Good morning, students. How are you today? I hope all of you are fine. Today, we are going to learn about one very important kind of text in English. The name of the text is Recount Text. Have you ever told your friend about your holiday? Or maybe you shared your experience about yesterday’s activity? That is what we call a recount.”


Definisi Recount Text

“Recount Text is a text that retells past events or experiences. Jadi, recount adalah teks yang menceritakan kembali pengalaman atau kejadian di masa lampau. Tujuannya untuk memberi informasi atau hanya sekadar hiburan bagi pembaca.”


Jenis-jenis Recount Text

“There are several types of recount text. At least three common types are:”

  1. Personal Recount → menceritakan pengalaman pribadi.
    Contoh: menceritakan pengalaman liburan ke pantai.

  2. Factual Recount → menceritakan peristiwa nyata berdasarkan fakta.
    Contoh: laporan kunjungan ke museum, laporan perjalanan studi.

  3. Imaginative Recount → menceritakan pengalaman yang bersifat imajinasi.
    Contoh: pengalaman seolah-olah bertemu tokoh terkenal atau masuk ke dunia dongeng.


Ciri-ciri Recount Text

“The characteristics of recount text are:”

  • Menceritakan kejadian masa lampau.

  • Menggunakan Past Tense.

  • Biasanya memakai kata penghubung waktu: then, after that, finally, yesterday, last week.

  • Disusun secara kronologis atau urutan waktu.


Tata Bahasa (Grammar) dalam Recount

“The language features of recount text are:”

  • Menggunakan Past Tense (Verb 2).
    Contoh: go → went, see → saw, play → played.

  • Menggunakan action verbs (kata kerja tindakan): played, visited, went, watched.

  • Menggunakan time connectives: first, then, after, finally.

  • Menggunakan adverbs of time and place: yesterday, last year, in 2022, at the beach, in the park.


Fungsi Sosial Recount Text

“The social function of recount text is to retell past events for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Jadi fungsi sosial recount adalah untuk menceritakan kembali pengalaman atau peristiwa masa lalu agar pembaca tahu dan kadang juga terhibur.”


Generic Structure of Recount Text

“There are three main parts of recount text, namely:”

  1. Orientation → memberikan informasi awal: siapa, kapan, di mana.

  2. Events → menceritakan rangkaian peristiwa secara kronologis.

  3. Re-orientation → penutup atau komentar pribadi dari penulis (opsional).


Contoh Teks Recount

My Holiday in Bali

Orientation:
Last year, my family and I went to Bali for a holiday.

Events:
First, we visited Tanah Lot. The view was very beautiful. Then, we went to Kuta Beach. I swam and played with the waves. After that, we went shopping at Sukawati market. I bought some souvenirs.

Re-orientation:
It was a very fun holiday. I hope I can go there again someday.



“Okay, students. Today we have learned about recount text: the definition, the types, the characteristics, the grammar, the social function, and also the generic structure. Next meeting, we will practice writing your own recount text about your last holiday. Please prepare your story and try to write it in English using Past Tense.” Ok. See you

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