PROCEDURE TEXT

JULSYAWIAH NOVTHALIA

MUTHIA AFIFAH

X AKSEL A

1) DEFINITION

2) SOCIAL FUNCTION

3) GENERIC STRUCTURE

5) EXAMPLE

4) GRAMMATICAL

The definition of procedure text :• Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction /

operation manuals e.g. how to use computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax etc.

• Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules. 

• Texts that deal with human behaviour, e.g how to live happily, how to succeed. 

So :

Procedure text  is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps.

Definition of Procedure Text

Social function/communicative purpose:

to describe something which is accomplished through a sequence of action or steps.

Social Function of Procedure Text

Become

1) Goal : It is containt the purpose of the text.

(e.g : How to make spagheti)

2) Material or Ingredient : it is containt of the materials that used in the process.

(e.g : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc)

3) Step : it is containt of the steps to make something in the goal.

(e.g : first, wash the tomatoes,onion,.. second cut the onions becomes slice... )

Generic Structure of Procedure Text

Significant Lexicogrammatical Features :

1) Use of imperatives (e.g.: cut, don’t mix)

2) Use of action verbs (e.g.: turn, put, mix)

3) Use of connectives (e.g. : first, then, finally, …)

4)  Use of adverbial phrases (e.g. : for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)

5) Use Simple Present Tense

Significant Lexicogrammatical Features

The Example of Procedure Text

Example 1“ How To Make Fried Rice “

Ingredients:2 plate of rice 1 Clove of garlic 1 TableSpoon of tomato sauce 1 egg, beaten 100 grams of chicken meat 1 tablespoon cooking oil Salt

Steps :1) First Heat oil and saute garlic until the smell of the garlic comes out. 2) After that Add chicken, stir briefly until slightly cooked. 3) Next Add the eggs, stir until cooked egg cracked. 4) And Then Enter the white rice, tomato sauce, and salt, stirring until

blended with herbs. 5) Finally, Served with decorated accordingly.

Example 2

“How to Use ATM Card”Material :

1) ATM card

2) ATM Machine

Steps :

3) First, insert your card to the slot.

4) Second, dial your password.

5) Third, choose how much money you want to take by pressing select button on the left and the right of the monitor.

6) Fourth, pick your card from the slot.

7) Fifth, take your money.

8) Sixth, take the receipt

THANK YOUEdit by :

Julsyawiah and Muthia