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LEARNING GOALS

Identify the main idea of a particular paragraph in the Report text.

Find specific, explicit and implicit information in the Report text.

Determine the reference words of the sentence in Report text.

Identify generic structure and language features of the Report text.

Produce Report text.

At the end of learning, students are able to :

WHAT IS REPORT TEXT ?

• The first point we should be aware of is the general definition and the classification of each subject that we intend to write in the form of reported text. But , do not forget that a report text is different from a descriptive text. Descriptive text has a function to give an explanation about a specific subject.

DEFINITON

• Report Text is one of the 13 types of English text (Types of Text) which presents information about something like nature, animals, plants, humans work and social phenomenon as it is. The information presented in the Report Text is the result of systematic observation and analysis.

• Report Text is one of the 13 types of English text (Types of Text) which presents information about something like nature, animals, plants, humans work and social phenomenon as it is. The information presented in the Report Text is the result of systematic observation and analysis.

SOCIAL FUNCTION

RETORIKA

• Identification• Definition Tell one object• Classification Tell two object or more

• Description• Physic• Food• Behavior• Special Feature

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Example Of Report Text

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.

Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and very strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weight over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.

Report Text : Kangaroo

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Parts Of Report Text

 GENERIC STRUCTURE OF REPORT TEXT

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.

Kangaroos usually eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and very strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.

General Classification

Description

Language Features :

Use of general nounsUse of relating verbsSome use of action verbs when describing behavior

Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness

Use of technical terms

NOTE

• The text KANGAROO is a report text

• A report text is used to provide factual information and to classify and describe the phenomena of our world. We use it when we talk about a whole class of things.

• The generic structure of report text consist of two main things.1. General classification: tells what the phenomenon under discussion is.2. Description: tells what the phenomenon under discussion like in terms of:

a. Parts ( and their function )b. Qualitiesc. Habits or behavior, if living: uses, if non-natural

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The lexicogrammatical features of report text1. Focus on generic participants ( a whole class of things ).2. Use of action verbs, especially when describing behavior.3. Use of linking verb ( is , are , have , belongs to )4. Use of simple presents tense5. Use of adjectives6. Descriptive language: factual and precise.

a) what they look like ( color , shape , size , etc )b) what they have ( body parts , component, etc )c) What they do ( habits , behaviors , funtion , uses , etc )

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