2. 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 :
3. 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.
4. 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
5. RETORIKA
• Identification
• Definition Tell one object
• Classification Tell two object or more
• Description
• Physic
• Food
• Behavior
• Special Feature
6.
7.
8. 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
9.
10. 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.
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 nouns
Use of relating verbs
Some use of action verbs when describing behavior
Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness
Use of technical terms
11. 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. Qualities
c. Habits or behavior, if living: uses, if non-natural
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The lexicogrammatical features of report text
1. 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 tense
5. Use of adjectives
6. 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 )
