Jumat, 14 September 2012

PROCEDURE TEXT

PROCEDURE TEXT

Procedure is the set of steps which should be completed in the right sequence to get the goal. In our daily life, we often have to perform some steps to make or get something done.

Social Function : to describe how to do or to make something through a sequence of actions or steps.

Generic Structure of Procedure
  1. Goal : Title of the text
  2. Materials : optional, not for all procedural texts
  3. Steps : a series steps oriented to achieving the goal
Language Feature
  1. The use of Simple Present Tense, often in an imperative from e.g. Add some sugar, prepare it.
  2. The use mainly of temporal conjunction
  • As the sentence sequencers especially in spoken text :
         - first
         - second
         - finally
  • As time sequencers, especially in written text
         - before
         - after
         - when
         - while
         - during

Example 



Goal : HOW TO MAKE A CUP OF CAPPUCCINO COFFEE

Material : 
  1. Water
  2. A teaspoonful of coffee
  3. Three spoonfuls of sugar
  4. Two spoonfuls of cappuccino
Steps :
  • First, boil some water in the kettle
  • Then, put a teaspoonful of coffee into a cup
  • Put three spoonfuls of sugar into a cup
  • Add two spoons of cappuccino
  • Fill the cup with boiling water
  • Finally, stir it and a cup of cappuccino coffee is ready to drink




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