Recount text is a text that is used to retell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.
Social Function : To retell past event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
GENERIC STRUCTURE
ORIENTATION
It’s about who was involved, what happened, where this event took place and when it happened.
EVENT (S)
It’s about what happened in chronological order.
RE-ORIENTATION
The conclusion of the experience.
SIGNIFICANT GRAMMAR FEATURES
Focuses on individual participants.
Use of material process.
Circumstances of theme and places.
Use of the past tense.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
Use of past tenses
(Ex: went, spent, played)
Use of time conjunctions
(Ex: and, but, after, then)
Use of adverbs of time in the past
(Ex: yesterday, last week, two days ago)
Use of personal pronoun
(Ex: I, we)
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Social Function : To retell past event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
GENERIC STRUCTURE
ORIENTATION
It’s about who was involved, what happened, where this event took place and when it happened.
EVENT (S)
It’s about what happened in chronological order.
RE-ORIENTATION
The conclusion of the experience.
SIGNIFICANT GRAMMAR FEATURES
Focuses on individual participants.
Use of material process.
Circumstances of theme and places.
Use of the past tense.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
Use of past tenses
(Ex: went, spent, played)
Use of time conjunctions
(Ex: and, but, after, then)
Use of adverbs of time in the past
(Ex: yesterday, last week, two days ago)
Use of personal pronoun
(Ex: I, we)