Procedure Text Part 2

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 Iron a Shirt

Things what you need to press a shirt are :

1. Iron board, 

2. Iron cover, 

3. Iron, 

4. Hanger, 

5. Needle, 

6. Thread, 

7. Splint, 

8. Button, 

9. Handkerchief, 

10. Sprayer, and 

11. Dry-mat foot

The Steps of Pressing Shirt :
1. Use protector for safety
2. Plug in the electricity
3. Choose the suitable temperature for the clothes material
4. Make wet the 100% cotton clothes if it is necessary
5. Start to iron the shirt from the collar, sleeve then body
6. Iron by following line if there is a fold
7. After completely done, hang the shirt
8. Check the result and do it again if it is necessary
9. After completely ironing, put back the equipment and chemicals
10. And don't forget, clean working area

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