5. The Example of Recount Text
Generic Structure Visiting Glendi Festival
Language Features Orientation
Yesterday, I went to the Glendi Festival with nine other kids from my class to take part in the
dancing and to have a good time. This festival is held in March each year in a big city park.
Individual participant: I,we I and nine other
kids
Italic
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
At first, we went together to eat in one of the tents. We bought souvlakia, yiros, chips,roast
corn on the cob and drinks. Everything was so tasty.
Afterwards, we visited the school tent where we viewed
the student projects from many schools.
Later, we gathered in front of the large stage. The announcer was calling the school teams one
by one to dance Greek dances. Our turn came We danced two dances, a kalamatiano and a
hasapiko. The crowd gave us a great applause. Past
Tense material
processes:
Bold
Re-orientation At the end of the day, we were all tired but
happy because we had a wonderful time. Temporal sequence of
events:
Underlined
Adapted from 1
st
grade of Senior High School of English text book.
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C. Picture
1. Definition of Picture
Picture is a drawing object. It is one of visual aids that are very useful in teaching, especially for English teaching. As stated before,
English is a foreign language for Indonesian students, so they have to know the English words when they want to use it. Pictures can help the
learners to ease them in understanding the meaning of a word, a sentence or event a paragraph. By using pictures, the learners can get the
imagination about the objects or the situations that happens.
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Th. M. Sudarwati, Eudia Grace. Look Ahead 1 for Senior High School Year X, Jakarta: Erlangga, 2006, p.34
Written by W.F. Mackey in his book Language Teaching Analysis, he said that, “The use of pictures in language teaching is as ancient as the
Orbis Pictus of Comenicuss 1658, written in Hungary between 1653 and 1654. For Comenius, it was above all the picture which could be most
easily impressed upon the mind, giving the most real and lasting of impressions”.
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It is clearly stated that the existence of picture has been a long time ago to give the most real and lasting of the idea. It can be said to
concrete the thought of something or somebody. Based on Webster New World dictionary of American English,
“Pictures are an imagine or likeliness of an object, person or scenes on a flat surface, especially by painting, drawing or photograph
y”.
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It is stated that picture is a painting, drawing or photography of something or
somebody on a flat surface based on Webster dictionary. “Pictures are not just an aspect of method, but through their
representation of places, objects and people they are an essential part of the overall experiences we must help our students to cope with.”
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, stated by Andrew Wright.
This statement tells that picture can help the students to understand something or somebody through its representation. It gives the students
easier way in learning their material. According to Raja T. Nasr, he said that:
What a person sees and does he remembers much longer than what he hears. The use of the eyes speeds up learning in all
fields including language. Language must be based upon experiences, and experiences involve situations. As visual aids,
pictures provide both the situations which make the use of language possible and the subjects on which language is used.
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W.F. Mackey, Language Teaching Analysis, London: Longman, 1965, p.245
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Noah Webster’s, Webster New Dictionary, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994, p. 67
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Andrew Wright, Pictures for Language Learning Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 2
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Raja T. Nasr, Teaching and Learning English, London: Longman Group Limited, 1975, p.114