Recount Text

Yuliardi Sulistio
Universitas bhinneka pgri tulungagung
Recount Text adalah salah satu dari jenis teks bahasa Inggris yang menceritakan
kembali kejadian-kejadian atau pengalaman-pengalaman di masa lampau.
Tujuan dari Recount Text adalah untuk memberikan informasi atau untuk
menghibur pembaca.
Terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri kebahasaan yang mungkin
akan teman-teman temukan ketika membaca sebuah
Recount Text. Ciri-ciri kebahasaan dari Recount Text
tersebut adalah:

• Memakai kalimat past tense. Contoh: I spent my summer in

Jakarta and I was very happy. (Kejadian lampau atau sudah
terjadi).
• Memakai action verbs. Contoh : spent, went, brought, run, eat,
go, took, dll
• Memakai adverb serta adverbial phrase untuk menerangkan
waktu, tempat serta cara. Contoh: last month, in Malang, lately,
etc.
• Fokus pada objek tertentu. Sebagai contoh saya (penulis).
• Memakai conjunction serta time connectives untuk menjelaskan
urutan kejadian/ waktu. Contoh: and, after that, or, on Monday, on
Sunday, etc.
Generic structure Teks Recount

ORIENTASION

EVENT

REORIENTASION
 Orientation (Pembuka)
 Orientation atau pengenalan yaitu memberikan informasi tentang siapa, di mana, dan
kapan peristiwa atau kegiatan itu terjadi di masa lampau.

Contoh:
Yesterday I stayed the night at my friend’s house, Delia, with my other
three friends, Amanda, Tiara and Clarisse. Delia’s house is so pretty.
It has a big garden with a lot of kind of flowers and a big swimming
pool. Right from the balcony, we can see the scenery of the whole of
Bandung city
 Events (Isi)
 Events merupakan rekaman peristiwa yang terjadi, yang biasanya disampaikan dalam urutan
kronologis, seperti "In the first day, I ... . And in the next day ... . And In the last day ..." . Di bagian
Events ini juga biasanya terdapat komentar pribadi tentang peristiwa atau kejadian yang diceritakan.

Contoh:
When we first arrived at 8 AM, Delia has welcomed us and asked us to get around
the house as she explains all the room inside her home along with its function.
After walking around the house, we gathered at Delia’s room to put our things. Then,
we go to the garden and have some tea while chatting with each other.
At 12 PM, Delia asked us to eat the lunch prepared by the chef. The food was
delicious. It was a traditional food from Korea. After lunch, we decided to go
swimming.
We had a good time.  Around 5 PM, we cleaned ourselves and prepared for a BBQ
session for the night. We ate a lot of meat and saw the city lights of Bandung City. 
Right by 11 PM, we got back to the house and sat in a circle in Delia’s room to talk
and have some discussion.
 Reorientation (Penutup/ kesimpulan)
 Pada bagian Reorientation, terdapat pengulangan pengenalan yang ada di Orientation,
pengulangan yang merangkum rentetan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan yang
diceritakan.

Contoh:
We finally go to sleep around 2 AM, it was late, but we had so much
fun. I would love to go back to Delia’s house.

 
 Jenis-Jenis Recount Text
 Personal Recount
Personal recount merupakan recount text dengan fungsi untuk menceritakan
mengenai pengalaman pribadi dari si penulis.
Sebagai contoh pengalaman liburan, menikah, dan lainnya.
 Imaginative
Imaginative merupakan jenis recount text dengan fungsi untuk menyajikan suatu
kisah imaginatif. Kemudian dituangkan ke dalam cerita peristiwa atau kejadian yang
sudah terjadi.
 Factual Recount
Factual recount merupakan jenis recount text dengan fungsi untuk menyajikan
laporan peristiwa yang benar – benar berlangsung/ fakta.
Sebagai contoh laporan ilmiah, laporan percobaan ilmu pengetahuan, laporan
kehilangan dan lainnya.
 Historical Recount
Jenis satu ini menceritakan mengenai sejarah baik itu tempat bersejarah hingga benda
bersejarah. Sebagai contoh cerita candi Prambanan.
 Contoh Personal Recount :
My Great Day of Proposing Girl
• Orientation
I woke up at about five o’clock yesterday. It wasn’t a regular day, because I was about to
propose a girl.
• Event
After praying and taking a bath, I had my early breakfast. At about nine o’clock I was in
my office but my soul wasn’t there. I was thinking about the lines that I had to say to her.
At one o’clock, I had my lunch but I wasn’t enjoying it either. So, I practiced the lines to
almost all girls I met at my lunch. Yes, I was a little bit crazy. Finally, it was three o’clock.
I remembered all my lines. I wrapped my works and got ready to pick her up and of
course proposed her.
I met her at four o’clock, took a little walk and went to a movie. At seven, we had a
romantic dinner. I thought it was the perfect time to ask her to be my wife. Then I said the
lines that I practiced the whole afternoon.
• Reorientation
She smiled. I reached my pocket to get a ring and put it around her finger. Then she said
“Yes.” After driven her home I went back to my house.
 Contoh Imaginative :
Spiderman
• Orientation
I was dreaming of being super hero when I was a teenager. I imagined myself as Spiderman.
• Event
One day, when I was fishing at the river I was bitten by a spider and luckily I was not dying.
At first I felt cold for 24 hours and I was alone in my room. Nobody knew about it. I didn’t tell my family because I
was afraid they would angry with me.
After that, something had happened in my body and I still did not recognize it. I lived as I did usually, went to
school, go home, eating, doing some activities and so on.
I realized at the first time that I had a superpower was when I was getting an accident.
I rode a motor cycle and suddenly there was a bus crashed me. I bounced out of the road and my motor cycle was
totally broken.
But at that case, I did not feel any hurt. There was no blood out of my body.
I was angry at that time because the bus did not stop and escaped. I run after it and I didn’t know why I could run
so fast and jump so high.
I jumped to the back of the bus and climbed it like a spider. I went to the front, stooped the bus and took the driver
out of the bus door.
I knew that I was no more normal human being. I did nothing more to the bus driver. I went back home and
decided the next action to do after that.
• Reorientation
I did nothing like the Spiderman at the movie that help people to catch the criminals.
I was an opportunist super hero. I was afraid of killing people so that I hide my power from anybody else. I used
my power only when I or my family and friends got into dangerous.
 Contoh Factual Recount :
Man Charged with Pushing Old Woman Down Bus
• Orientation
Singapore – The man who pushed an old woman down a bus along Upper Thomson
Road has been charged in court. Twenty-five-year-old Ong Kok Hao is accused of
hurting 76-year-old Hwang Li Lian Nee Lye on bus service number 167 at about
3pm on June 5 this year.
• Events
Ong is said to have used his right hand to push the old woman on her back, causing
her to fall on the steps of the bus. The incident was captured in a two-minute video
and uploaded on YouTube. The video shows Ong suddenly flying into a rage at
Madam Hwang for pressing the bell at the last-minute along Upper Thomson Road.
• Reorientation
A shouting match then ensued and during the heated spat, Ong threatened to slap
the woman, before pushing her down the bus. Ong’s lawyer Eddie Koh will be
making representations to the court. The case will next be mentioned in December.
 Contoh Historical Recount :
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
• Orientation
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10.00 a.m. on
Friday, 17 August 1945.
• Events
The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the
Indonesian National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands
and pro-Dutch civilians, until the latter officially acknowledged Indonesia’s
independence in 1949. The Netherlands declared that they had decided to
accept de facto 17 August 1945 as Indonesia’s independence date. The United
Nations, who mediated in the conflict, formally acknowledge the date of
independence as 27 December 1949.
• Reorientation
The document was signed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were
appointed president and vice-president respectively the following day.
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