RECOUNT
PRE-LISTENING
TASK 1
Have you ever experienced something horrible? Or something embarrassing? Or something frightening? Try to recall one of those experiences of yours, and then answer the following questions.
1. What happened at that time?
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2. Who was involved?
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3. When did it happen?
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4. Where did it happen?
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LISTENING
Recount Text
What is it?
It is a text that tells us about what had happened in series of events in sequence.
What is the function?
To tell an event in the past time chronologically
What is the generic structure of recount text?
-Orientation
-Series of events
-Reorientation
What is in Orientation?
In orientation the writer at least introduces the main character(s), the location and the time. To make it easier we can answer the questions:
*Who involved in the story?
*Where it happened?
*When it happened?
What are in series of events?
In series of events the writer writes the events chronologically. It begins from the first event, followed by the second event to the last event. The sum of events depends on the creativity of the writer.
What is in reorientation?
In reorientation the writer draw a conclusion or gives comment about the story. Not all recount text closed by reorientation. It is optional.
It is a text that tells us about what had happened in series of events in sequence.
What is the function?
To tell an event in the past time chronologically
What is the generic structure of recount text?
-Orientation
-Series of events
-Reorientation
What is in Orientation?
In orientation the writer at least introduces the main character(s), the location and the time. To make it easier we can answer the questions:
*Who involved in the story?
*Where it happened?
*When it happened?
What are in series of events?
In series of events the writer writes the events chronologically. It begins from the first event, followed by the second event to the last event. The sum of events depends on the creativity of the writer.
What is in reorientation?
In reorientation the writer draw a conclusion or gives comment about the story. Not all recount text closed by reorientation. It is optional.
Here is the exampleMy Rush Time as a Journalist
I usually woke up at 8 am and went to the press center to check the daily schedule of briefings and press conferences. Usually held by the united nation official or disaster mitigation team chief Alwi sihab. It was challenging to visit different refuge camps to find soft stories. Human interest stories. Then I went back to the press center in between to cover the press conferences of the day. It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing. which they said were limited and inadequate. Emerging to glaring. full noon, it was time to go back to the press center to write the stories and race against time. I was always fearing that the internet connection work come crushing down. And after everything was done, only then I remembered to eat. Most time, I only ate once a day because you always had to rush and it was difficult to find food. You had to travel quite far about 30 to 45 minutes trip by car to find fresh food.
>>Here I provide you the audio Recount text>>My Rush Time as a Journalist
>>Now, you’re going to listen to the audio Recount text once again. After you listen to it, complete the following recount text generic structure analysis of My Rush Time as a Journalist.
1. ORIENTATION
Who : ________________________________________________________________
What : ___________________________________________________________________
When : ___________________________________________________________________
Where : ___________________________________________________________________
2. EVENTS
Event 1 : ___________________________________________________________________
Event 2 : ___________________________________________________________________
Event 3 : ___________________________________________________________________
3. RE-ORIENTATION
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POST-LISTENING
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