Pengertian Recount Text

• Recount text adalah jenis text dalam Bahasa Inggris yang menceritakan tentang suatu cerita, tindakan, atau kegiatan. Biasanya,
recount text menceritakan tentang pengalaman seseorang.

Karakteristik Recount Text

Karakteristik dari recount text meliputi:

A.Social function/purpose of the text (tujuan komunikatif dari teks ini)

B.Generic structure (struktur penulisan teks)

C.Language features (ciri kebahasaan dari teks ini)

A. Social function/purpose of the text

▪Social function/purpose of the text is to tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

▪Tujuan komunikatif dari teks recount adalah untuk menceritakan kepada pembaca kejadian atau pengalaman yang terjadi di
masa lali secara kronologis atau sesuai urutan kejadian.

B. Generic structure of Recount Text (struktur penulisan teks)

 1.Orientation
Menceritakan mengenai latar belakang informasi tentang siapa, di mana, kapan kejadian atau peristiwa terjadi.

2.Events
Menceritakan serangkaian peristiwa yang terjadi sesuai urutan kronologis.

3.Re-orientation
Merupakan penutup atau kesimpulan cerita. Untuk menutup suatu cerita, kita bisa memberikan opini kita mengenai cerita
tersebut.
C.Language features (ciri-ciri kebahasaan) Recount Text
Ciri-ciri kebahasaan dari recount text adalah:
▪ Past tense, menggunakan kata kerja bentuk lampau seperti we went, I saw, we visited, dsb.
▪ Action verbs, yakni menggunakan kata kerja aksi/tindakan, contohnya run, talked, reached, swam, dsb.
▪ Adverbs, yakni menggunakan kata keterangan, contohnya last summer, yesterday, happily, beautifully, dsb.
▪ Adjectives, yakni menggunakan kata sifat, seperti huge, great, bad, expensive, cheap, dsb.

▪ Conjunctions dan chronological connectors, yakni menggunakan kata hubung seperti then, before, and, after, dsb.
Ciri-ciri Recount Text ( Lanjutan )

1. Memiliki judul yang merangkum teks.

2. Karena menceritakan peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau, maka recount text selalu menggunakan past tense. Last week, I
went to Bali island with my family.
3. Karena berurutan (kronologis) sering menggunakan kata sambung yang menghubungkan peristiwa-peristiwa dalam waktu,
seperti<em> as next, later, when, then, after, before, first.
 4. Menceritakan menggambarkan peristiwa,sehingga banyak digunakan terbuat dari verb (kata kerja), dan kata keterangan (yang
menggambarkan secara lebih detail bagaimana verb (kata kerja) dilakukan).
Contoh Recount Text
The Most Important Thing
Jane thought she had already prepared everything for her dinner party last night.
She had sent invitations to her boss and all the people at the office. She looked through several cookbooks and found some very
interesting recipes. She had even gone all the way downtown to buy fruit, vegetables, and cheese, which she needed for her
dinner.
However, as soon as Jane’s doorbell rang and her guests arrived, she realized that she had forgotten to turn the oven on.
Jane felt foolish. She couldn’t believe what she had done. She thought he had all prepared for her dinner party, but she had
forgotten to do the most important thing.

Adopted from Side by Side International Version: Third Edition, 2003

Generic structure (struktur) dari teks diatas:
Orientation Jane thought she had already prepared everything for her dinner party last night.
Events She had sent invitations to her boss and all the people at the office. She looked through several cookbooks and found
some very interesting recipes. She had even gone all the way downtown to buy fruit, vegetables, and cheese, which she needed
for her dinner. However, as soon as Jane’s doorbell rang and her guests arrived, she realized that she had forgotten to turn the
oven on.
Re-orientation Jane felt foolish. She couldn’t believe what she had done. She thought he had all prepared for her dinner party,
but she had forgotten to do the most important thing.
Contoh Recount Text:
Our trip to the Blue Mountain
Orientation
On Friday we went to the Blue Mountains. We stayed at David and Della’s house. It has a big garden with lots of colourful flowers and a
tennis court.

(Pada hari jumat kami pergi ke Blue Mountains. Kami menginap di rumah David dan Della. Rumah tersebut mempunyai sebuah taman
yang besar dengan banyak bunga warna warnidan sebuah lapangan tenis.)

Events
On Saturday we saw the Three Sisters and went on the scenic railway. It was scary. Then, Mummy and I went shopping with Della. We
went to some antique shops and I tried on some old hats. On Sunday we went on the Scenic Skyway and it rocked. We saw cockatoos
having a shower.

(Pada hari sabtu kami melihat Three Sister dan pergi ke pemandangan jalan kereta api yang indah. Sangat menakutkan. Kemudian ibu
dan saya pergi berbelanja dengan Della. Kita pergi ke toko-toko antik dan mencoba mendapatkan beberapa topi tua. Pada hari minggu
kami pergi ke pemandangan Skyway dan berbatu. Kami melihat burung kakatua sedang mandi.)

Reorientation
In the afternoon we went home. That was very pleasent moment with my family that I ever got.

(Di sore hari kami pulang ke rumah. Itu merupakan momen paling menyenangkan bersama keluarga yang saya pernah dapatkan. )

• Untuk melengkapi pembelajaran recount text kali ini silakan dibuka video pada link youtobe di bawah ini :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVE-qB6uxA0

▪Selamat mempelajari jika kurang paham bisa ditanyakan.

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 ▪Tugas ada di bawah ini
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Biography about BJ Habibie

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie known as B. J. Habibie was born on 25 June 1936. He was the Third President of the Republic of Indonesia
(1998-1999). Habibie was born in Parepare, South Sulawesi Province to Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and R. A. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo.
His father was an agriculturist from Gorontalo, mother of a Bugis descent and his mother was a Javanese noblewomen from
Yogyakarta. His parents met while Stüdying in Bogor. When he was 14 years old, Habibie's father was died.

Following his father's death, Habibie continued his studies in Jakarta and then in 1955 moved to Germany. In 1960, Habibie received a
degree in engineering in Germany, giving him the title Diplom-Ingenieur. He remained in Germany as a research assistant under Hans
Ebner at the Lehrstuhl und Institut fur Leichtbau, RWTH Aachen to conduct research for his doctoral degree.
In 1962, Habibie returned to Indonesia for three months on sick leave. During this time, he was reacquainted with Hasri Ainun, the
daughter of R. Mohamad Besari. The two married on May 12, 1962, returning to Germany shortly afterwards. Habibie and wife
settled in Aachen for a short period before moving to Oberforstbach. In May 1963 they had their first son, Ilham Akbar Habibie, and
later another son, Thareq Kemal Habibie.

When Habibie's minimum salary forced him to work time, he found Marque Talbot's employment with the Automotive, where he
became an advisor.
Habibie worked on two projects which were received funding from Deutsche Bundesbahn. Due to his work with Makosh, the head of
train constructions offered his position to his retirement three years later, but Habibie refused.
Habibie accepted Hamburg position with Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm. There, developed theories on thermodynamics, contruction,
and aerodynamics known as the Habibie Factor, Habibie Theorem, and Habibie Method, respectively. He worked for Messerschmit
on the development of the Airbus A-300B aircraft. In 1974, he was promoted to vice president of the company.

In 1974, Suharto requested Habibie to return to Indonesia as part of Suharto's drive to develop the country. Habibie initially served as
a special assistant to Ibnu Sutowo, the CEO of the state oil company Pertamina. Two years later, in 1976,
Habibie was made Chief Executive Officer of the new state-owned Nusantara Gate Aircraft Industry companyIn 1978, he was
appointed as Minister of Research and
Technology. Habibie was elected vice president in March 1998. On 21 May 1998, Suharto publicly announced his resignation and
Habibie was immediately sworn in as president. Habibie's government has been stabilized in the face of the Asian financial crisis and
chaos of the last few months of Suharto's presidency.
Since relinquishing the presidency, Habibie has spent more time in Germany than in Indonesia. However, he has also been active as a
presidential adviser during Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency. In September 2006, he released a book called DetikDetik Yang
Menentukan: Jalan Panjang Indonesia Menuju Demokrasi (Decisive Moments: Indonesia's Long Road Towards Democracy).
The book recalled the events of May 1998. ooOoo
Tugas :

1.Tentukan Generic structure (struktur) dari teks biography diatas

2.What did you get after you read Mr Habibie’s biography ?

( sebutkan minimal 5 macam )

Kerjakan pada buku tugasBahasa Inggris / lembar kertas Semoga ALLAH memudahkan .. aamiin