tirto.id - Recount text merupakan salah satu jenis teks dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris yang digunakan untuk menceritakan kembali mengenai suatu peristiwa yang telah lampau atau masa lalu. Recount text bisa berupa pengalaman pribadi, sejarah, atau biografi seseorang.
Recount text biasanya digunakan dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di jenjang SMP dan SMA sederajat. Jenis teks ini diajarkan agar siswa dapat memahami dan menyusun cerita yang telah lampau dengan urutan yang jelas.
Dalam strukturnya, recount text umumnya memiliki tiga bagian dalam yaitu orientation (pengenalan), events (rangkaian peristiwa), dan reorientation (kesimpulan atau penutup).
Tata penulisan recount text meliputi penggunaan past tense (masa lampau), conjunctions (kata hubung kejadian seperti then, after that, before), dan action verbs.
Dalam proses pembelajaran mengenai recount text, siswa akan diberi materi mengenai beberapa contoh mengenai teks tersebut, dan berikut adalah beberapa contoh teks, pertanyaan dan jawabannya:
Contoh Historical Recount (Sejarah) 1
Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within sevenhours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung wasdeliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the aireverywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village nameDayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In thisbattle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.
The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was notcomparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo HaloBandung”. To remember what they did and struggled, they built the Bandung Lautan Api monument.
1. Whats is the text about ?
- a. about the story of Brigade MacDonald
- b. about was a fire that occurred in Bandung
- c. about the residents of bandung
- d. about the history Local people of Bandung
- e. about the history of Bandung as Sea of Fire
2. Where did the Bandung as Sea of Fire?
- a. in the city of Bandung
- b. in the villages of Bandung
- c. in the Government of Bandung
- d. in the the air of Bandung
- e. in the sea of Bandung
3. What can we learn?
- a. The strong army
- b. The comfort of living in Bandung
- c. The wise of local people
- d. The beauty of Bandung landscape
- e. The spirit of never giving up
4. How was the Bandung as Sea of Fire!
- a. It was deliberately burned
- b. It was built by local people
- c. It was announced by Brigade MacDonald
- d. It was supported by NICA
- e. It was struggled by militia
5. Why did people build the BLA monument?
- a. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of July 24th, 1946.
- b. To commemorate Indonesian awakening day.
- c. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of March 24th, 1946
- d. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of March 24, 1944.
- e. To amuse the reader
6. What’s kind of text that you have already read?
- a. Historical recount
- b. Personal recount
- c. Imaginative recount
- d. Fantastic recount
- e. Lame recount
7. What is the social function of the text …
- a. To entertain the reader about fairy tale
- b. To explain the process of how the people get the freedom
- c. To inform about last historical story
- d. To tell the reader about a historical event
- e. To review about historical movie
Kunci Jawaban:
1: e
2: a
3: e
4: a
5: c
6: a
7: d
Contoh Personal Recount (Pengalaman)
On Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel whichis not far from Malioboro.On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, theBrahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahmanaand Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temple is being renovated.On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We werelucky because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey toBorobudur. We arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the announcement thatBorobudur gate would be closed.In the evening we left for Jakarta by wisata bus.
1. The text above mainly discusses about...
- a. the writer’s trip to Yogyakarta
- b. the writer’s first visit to Prambanan
- c. the writer’s impression about the guide
- d. the writer’s experience at Yogya Kraton
- e. the writer’s impression about Borobudur
2. The text is written in the form of a/an…
- a. recount
- b. narrative
- c. report
- d. anecdote
- e. spoof
3. The purpose of the text is to….
- a. tell past events
- b. entertain readers
- c. describe the smugglers
- d. report an event to the police
- e. inform readers about events of the day
4. What are the big temples in Prambanan?
- a. angkor wat, syiwa, and sudra temples
- b. paria, brahmana, and temples
- c. brahmana, syiwa, and wisnu temples
- d. wisnu, syiwa, and borobudur temples
- e. borobudur, syiwa, and brahmana temples
5. When did they go home?
- a. On Saturday morning
- b. On Friday evening
- c. On Thursday evening
- d. On Friday afternoon
- e. On Saturday evening
6. Why did they only visit Brahmana and Syiwa temples?
- a. because there was no wisnu temple
- b. because wisnu temple was amazing
- c. because wisnu temple was too small
- d. because wisnu temple was being repaired
- e. because wisnu temple was being destroyed
Kunci Jawaban:
1: a
2: a
3: a
4: c
5: b
6: d
Contoh Historical Recount (Sejarah) 2
The Supersemar, the Indonesian abbreviation for “Surat Perintah Sebelas Maret” ( Order of March theEleventh), was a document signed by the Indonesian President Sukarno on 11 March 1966.It is said that it was giving the army commander Lt. General Soeharto authority to take whatevermeasures he ”deemed necessary” to restore order to the chaotic situation during the Indonesian killings of1965-1966.The abbreviation of “Supersemar” is a play on the name of Semar, the mystic and powerful figure whocommonly appears in Javanese mythology including wayang puppet shows. The invocation of Semar waspresumably intended to help draw on Javanese mythology to lend support to Soeharto’s legitimacy duringthe period of the transition of authority from Soekarno to Soeharto
1. What is actually Supersemar?
- a. Agreement between Soekarno and Soeharto in 1966
- b. Soekarno’s legal order to give Soeharto authority in 1966
- c. Official letter from Soeharto to take the immediate action
- d. Formal decree of Soeharto to President in March 1965
- e. The official decree from Soekarno to Soeharto in 1959
2. It is said that it was…..(second paragraph line 1). What does the word “it” refer to?
- a. Authority
- b. Document
- c. Instruction
- d. Supersemar
- e. Chaotic situation
3. What does the last paragraph tell us about?
- a. The origin of word supersemar
- b. The history of supersemar
- c. The spirits of supersemar
- d. The effect of supersemar
- e. The expectation of supersemar
4. How long was the chaotic situation happened?
- a. One month
- b. Three months
- c. Six months
- d. Eight months
- e. One year
Kunci Jawaban:
1: b
2: d
3: a
4: e
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