Procedure Text Part 4

Procedure text is a text that explains or helps us how to make or use something. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of steps. The communicative purpose of this text is to describe how something is made through a sequence of actions or steps. There are three generic structures in the procedure text. The first is goals or purposes. The second is the materials or tools. The third and the last are steps or methods. To know the text that we read is a procedure or not is so simple. You can read the title if the title is started with ‘how to make…’ or ‘how to use…’ it can be certainly defined that the text is procedure text.

Definition of Procedure Text

There are three definitions of procedure text :

(1)Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction/operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.

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

(3) Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g how to live happily, how to succeed

Generic Structure of Procedure Text

# Goal : (e.g: How to make …………..)

# Material or Ingredient : (e.g: the material to cook omelet are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. )

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

Purpose of Procedure Text

– To explain/tell (the reader) how to make/operate/do something through a sequence of actions or steps.

– To explain steps/instruction to make/operate/do something

Language Feature of Procedure Text:

– Use adverbial of sequence / Using temporal conjunction (e.g: first, second, third, the last)

– Use command / imperative sentence (e.g: put the noodles on the . . ., cut the onion. . ., wash the tomatoes.

– Using adverbials (Adverbs) to express detail the time, place, manner accurately, for example, for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.

–Using action verbs, e.g: make, take, boil, cook

– Using Simple Present Tense

Example :

How to Make Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

- 2 eggs

- Milk

- 1 teaspoon of butter

- A pinch of salt and water

Steps:

1. First, crack the eggs into a small bowl and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Whisk until all is well blended.

2. In a frying pan, add butter and let it melt.

3. Pour in the eggs and milk, and wait for around 20 seconds, do not stir it.

4. After that, fold the eggs to the center and stir it with a spatula.

5. Repeat the previous step until all the eggs are mostly cooked.

6. Remove the eggs from the heat, and continue to fold and stir the eggs for around a minute.

7. Last, lift the eggs, and put them on a serving plate. Your scrambled eggs are ready.

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