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MODUL AJAR RECOUNT TEXT
Learning Objectives:
• Students able to design recount texts according to linguistic
elements, function and structure and can present the results of
their work.
• Students able to identify linguistic elements from recount text.
• Students able to identify the generic structure of recount text.
Learning Material
A. Definition
1. Definition and function of recount text
Have you ever read a story that retells past events in
sequence? Well, stories or texts like that are called recount texts.
Recount text is a text that lists and describes past experiences
by retelling events in the order in which they happened in
chronological order (Knapp & Watskin, 2005). The purpose of
a recount text is to retell events with the purpose of either
informing or entertaining their audience (or both). Recounts
can be found in a variety of contexts, such as news articles,
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