RECOUNT TEXT
By
: Nickyta N.A
There are many genre texts that learned in English. One
of them is Recount text. Sometimes, people write a recount text to retell their
experiences in holiday, in vacation, or unforgettable experiences. But, what is
exactly a recount text? There are some definition of recount text :
1. Definition of
Recount Text
According to Wardiman
et.al (200), A
recount text is a text
that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to
entertaining or informing the reader.
According
to Joko Priyana et.al (200), A recount text is a text which tells ‘what
happened’. The purpose of the texts is to document a series of events and
evaluate their significance in some way. It focuses on a sequence of events,
all of which relate to the occasion. It also has expression of attitude and
feeling, usually made by the writer about the events.
2. The
Purpose of Recount text :
A recount has social
function. Recount “tell what happened”. The purpose of a social recount is to
document a series of events and evaluate their significance in some way. It is
also to give the audience a descriptions of what occurred and when it occurred.
The purpose of the literary / story recount is to tell a sequence of events so
that it entertains. The story recount has expressions of attitude and feeling,
usually made by narrator about the events.
3. The
Generic Structure of Recount Text :
·
Orientation tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took
place, and when it happened.
Example : Last night, I read an article about adolescence in a
magazine.
·
Events
(event 1 and 2) tell what happened and in what sequence.
Example : After I finished reading the article, I
remembered my own adolescence;
To divert my emotions, I took many
extracurricular activities.
·
Reorientation
consists of optional-closure of
events/ending.
Example : I was able to control my emotions and to have a place
where I could express my creativity in positive ways.
4. Languages Features in a Recount Text
·
Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals or things
involved.
·
Use of past action verbs to refer the events.
·
Use of past tense to located events in relation to speaker`s or
writer`s time.
·
Use conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the event.
·
Use of adverb and adverbial phrases to indicate place and time.
·
Use of adjectives to describe nouns.
5. Significant of Lexical Grammatical Features
·
Focus on specific participant.
·
Use of material process or action verb.
·
Circumstance of time and place.
·
Use past tense and focus on temporal sequences.
6.
Example of Recount
Text
Last Saturday I woke
up early, but I didn’t get up because there was no school. Suddenly, my
telephone was rung. It was my friend Fanny, she asked me to go out at 10.00 o
clock. She wanted to buy something in traditional market.
Finally, we were out.
In the street, I saw a piece of pink coupon. Interested with its colour, I took
it, then Fanny and I read this out. We were fully shocked, it was a receipt of
a four nights tour to Lombok !! The expired date was that day. To our
surprised, the name was Fanny Fenita and the birth date was exactly the same
like Fanny my friend, and it was also valid for two persons. My God!! We were
thinking that maybe the coupon just fell from the sky and it was there for us.
We were in hurried to
the address of the tour agency that issued the coupon. The tour agency took care
of everything. We went home and still could not believe what was going on. Two
days later we were on the Senggigi Beach, lied in the warmth sun. Moreover, we
had long public holiday, so we could enjoy the “gift” happily. We also bought
some presents for our family and friends.
References :
1.
Wardiman, A., Jahur, M.B., Djusma, M. S., English in Focus For Grade VIII. Jakarta, Pusat Perbukuan
Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.
2.
Priyana, J., Irjayanti, A. R., Renitasari, V., Scaffolding Grade VIII. Jakarta, Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan
Nasional.
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