b. It contains some time connectives, such as ‘after a while’, ‘then’, and ’later’. c. It tells some kind of story with a beginning, middle and the end.
Moreover, other features proposed by Anderson, such as: a. The use of nouns and pronouns is to identify people, animals or things.
b. The use of action verbs is to show some activities which is doing by noun or subject
c. The use of past tense is to relate the writer’s story in an exactly time d. The use of time conjunctions is to connect the sequence of events
e. The use of adverbs and adverbs phrase f.
The use of adjectives is to define nouns
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4. Types of Recount Text
There are three types of recount: 1.
Personal recount; it is retelling an activity in the past which the writer personally involved in it.
2. Factual recount; it is a story about an accident. It is usually write by the
police, the historian, news report and etc. 3.
Imaginative recount: it is written by the writer with put himself in imaginary role.
4. Procedural recount; it means recording the steps in an investigation or
experiment and thereby providing the basis for reported results or findings. 5.
Literary recount is to retell a series of events for the purpose of entertaining.
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Here the example of recount text:
21
Mark Anderson., Text Types in English 1, South Yarra: Macmillan Education Australia, 2003, p. 50.
22
None. Engaging in and Exploring Recount Writing, Government of South Australia: A Journal of Numeracy + Literacy: 2011, pp. 1—5.
Orientation Last week, I visited my grandmother who lives in
Bumiayu, a small village in Brebes. It is not far fromTegal where I live. Though it is small, I like it because of the
quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
Event 1
Event 2 When my grandmother saw me, she ran towards me
and kissed me. She said that she really missed me. Last time I visited her was six months before
Then, she led me to the dining room. She said that she had already cooked special food that I like. We spent
C. Peer Assessment 1. Definition of Peer- Assessment
Assessment is an ongoing process of measure students’ progress in learning. As state by Brown, Assessment is an ongoing process that covers a
wider aspect.
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Whenever students give comment, answer the question, so at that time the teacher make an assessment of it.
The use of peer-assessment is widely used with self-assessment. As in the work of Sadler , the use of self-assessment was applied unsuccessfully at the first
time. Then, Sadler use peer assessment as a complement for the self-assessment. In the other word, the use of peer-assessment can be used as an important
complement in any chance.
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Thus, learning to assess students’ peers is invaluable in the process of learning interpersonal skills.
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In short, peer-assessment is a medium of the process students’ reflection on their work by looking at their peer’s
work. According to Brown, peer-assessment is simply one arm of a plethora of
tasks and procedures within the domain of learner-centered and collaborative education.
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Peer assessment appeals to similar principles, the most of obvious of which is cooperative learning. Students may go through the education from
kindergarten to graduate degree but they still did not appreciate a value of cooperative learning.
Peer-assessment is usually doing by students in evaluating the other friends’ work or performance. O’Malley stated peer-assessment is an evaluation
which is involves students in evaluating their friends’ writing
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. Student is doing his right to give some comment onto their friends’ work. Furthermore, Boud and
23
H. Douglas Brown., Language Assessment: principles and classroom practices, New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2004, p. 4.
24
Paul Balck et al., Assessment for Learning: Putting It into Practice,New York: Open University Press, 2003, pp. 49—50.
25
Julie Cotton, The Complete Guide to Learning and Assessment – Assessment, New Delhi: Crest Publishing House, 2004, p. 137.
26
H. Douglas Brown, op. cit., p. 270.
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O’ Malley and Pierce, op.cit., p. 156.
the whole day having a talk. We talked about many things like my school, my childhood and my grandmother’s
youth.
Re-orientation It was an impressive visit. I will always miss my
grandmother.
