Pemahaman Singkat Teks Recount

 

recount textRecount text adalah jenis teks yang digunakan untuk menceritakan pengalaman, peristiwa-peristiwa yang sudah terjadi pada masa lampau, pengalaman berlibur, sejarah, atau sejarah hidup seseorang. Recount text juga digunakan untuk menceritakan pengalaman seseorang yang lucu.

Jadi, tujuan komunikatif teks recount adalah to tell the past event.

Karena digunakan untuk menceritakan the past event, recount text menggunakan simple past tense. The simple past tense adalah bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menceritakan kejadian yang sudah lewat.

 Contoh:

Last week I went to Bali for holiday

Yesterday my brother bought a new laptop computer

My father rode his new schwinn recumbent bike yesterday

 Perhatikan kata kerja yang bercetak merah. Kata itu adalah verb (kata kerja) berbentuk past tense.

 Generic Structure (Kerangka/struktutur Teks)

  1. Orientation
  2. Events
  3. Re-orientation

 Contoh

Orientation

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London.

 Events

They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight.

They slept part of the way. On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk.

They arranged the transfer to a hotel. The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had a variety of food.

 Re-orientation

 The two weeks in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.

Orientation membahas who(siapa), what (apa), when (kapan waktunya), dan where (di mana waktunya). Siapa yang pergi berlibur. Siapa melakukan apa. Siapa melakukan apa  di mana dan kapan waktunya. Orientation merupakan pijakan pertama dan sekaligus menjadi pengantar cerita.

Events adalah peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi dalam peristiwa itu. Kalian dapat menempatkan satu event untuk setiap paragraf.

Re-orientation berisi kesimpulan, atau ungkapan perasaan penulisnya, atau tanggapan personal, atau pendapat penulis tentang peristiwa yang diceritakan.

Untuk siswa SMP contoh teks recount yang paling sering digunakan adalah menceritakan kembali pengalaman pergi berlibur (holiday).

Silakan latih kemampuan anda dengan soal-soal latihan berikut.

Diberikan sebuah teks monolog berbentuk recount tentang suatu event, siswa dapat menentukan informasi rinci tersurat dengan benar.  

Last month SLTP Utama team entered for a tug-of-war contest with SLTP Bangsa. Two weeks before the contest, the boys of SLTP Utama team started practicing hard. “We must learn to pull the rope together at the same time,” said Amin, their team leader. “Only then will our team be strong.”

           On the day of the contest, the team from SLTP Bangsa arrived at SLTP Utama in a bus. Everyone was surprised to see that these boys were much taller and bigger than the boys of SLTP Utama. “We’ll surely lose,” said Rano, a member of SLTP Utama.

           “Don’t give up so easily,” said Amin. “We must try our best.” Soon the contest began. Which team do you think of the winner of the contest? It was SLTP Utama. It was too strong for the SLTP Bangsa team. Why was that so? You see the SLTP Utama boys pulled the rope together at the same time. SLTP Bangsa boys, on the other hand, were not united at all.

  1. When did SLTP Utama team enter for the tug-of-war contest with SLTP Bangsa?

             a. Last month

             b. Two weeks ago

             c. Two months ago

             d. One day of the week

 Diberikan sebuah teks monolog berbentuk recount,  siswa dapat menentukan gagasan utama  dengan benar.

 2. What does the second paragraph tell us about?

       a. The winner of the contest

       b. The participants of the contest

       c. The team leader of the contest

       d. The place and time of the contest

Diberikan text berbentuk recount , siswa dapat menentukan informasi rinci tersurat dengan benar.

 3. Why did the SLTP Bangsa team lose the contest?

      a. They gave up easily.

      b. They were not united.

      c. They were taller and bigger.

      d. They pulled the rope at the same time.

Disajikan sebuah teks monolog pendek berbentuk recount tentang suatu bencana , siswa dapat menentukan makna kata  dengan tepat.

 4. ” Which team do you think of the winner of the contest? It was SLTP Utama.”

    The underlined word has the similar meaning with ….

       a. loser

       b. enemy

       c. champion

       d. participant

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