Recount Text Material

1.        Purpose:

to tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events (in order in which the events occured). Usually recount is about an experience. It can be what the writer has done, heard, read, and left. Recount presents the past experience in order of time or place. It summarizes the introduction and close with the writer’s subjective feeling concerning the events.

2.        Generic Structures:   

·       Orientation (Telling the participants who were involved, the setting  where the event took place and when it happened).

·       Events (Telling what happened / the events in chronological order).

·       Reorientation (Summarizing the events or closing statement).

3.        Language features:    

·      Use of simple past tense. E.g. went, took, etc.

·      Focus on temporal sequences, e.g. on Sunday, Monday

·      Focus on specific participants, e.g. I (the writer)

·      Use of action verbs, e.g. went, stayed