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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 :

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

Kangaroos eat grass and plants. Theyhave short front legs, but very long and verystrong back legs and a tail. These are used forsitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos havebeen known to make forward jumps of overeight meters, and leap across fences morethan three meters high. They can also run atspeeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

Kangaroo

Can you guess, what are we going to discuss in this

chapter?

REPORT TEXT

Definition of report text

Social Function of report text

Generic Structure of report text

Language Feature of report text

Report text is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as

a result of systematic observation and analysis

Sebuah teks yang menggambarkan tentangsemua hal yang berkaitan dengan sebuah benda

secara umum. Teks ini biasanya dirujuk darisebuah hasil penelitian dan analisis yang

sistematis.

DEFINITION

SOCIAL FUNCTION

The purpose of a report text is to present information about something generally. It generally describes the way things are with reference to arrange of natural,

man- made and social phenomenon in our environment, such as: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants, countries of region, cultures, transportations,

and so on .

Tujuan report text adalah untuk menyampaikaninformasi tentang sesuatu secara umum. Informasiyang dijelaskan dalam report text, biasanya bersifat

umum, baik itu alamiah ataupun buatan. Seperti; binatang mamalia, planet, batu, tumbuhan, negara,

budaya, transportasi dan lain sebagainya.

GENERIC STRUCTURE

General ClassificationA general classification is a part that state classification of general aspect of things, such as: animals, public places, plants, etc. It will be discussed in general.

DescriptionThis part gives describing of the things which will be discussed in detail, in terms of: parts (and their function), qualities, habits and behavior.

LANGUAGE FEATURE

• Use of general nounsex : animal, vertebrates

• Use of relating verbsex : is, are, has

• Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualnessex : cow usually eat grass and plants

• Use of action verbs when describing behaviorex : emus can not fly

• Use of technical termsex : kangaroos are marsupials

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has asmaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island ofTasmania 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 forsitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forwardjumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than threemeters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

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

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo hasan external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tinywhen it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends itsfirst five months of life.

Example of Report Text

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

A tornado is a violent rotating column of airextending from a thunderstorm to the ground. Themost violent tornadoes are capable of tremendousdestruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. Theycan destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurlvehicles hundreds of yards. They can also drive strawinto trees. Damage paths can be in excess of one milewide to 50 miles long. In an average year, 1000tornadoes are reported nationwide.

Tornadoes can happen at any time of the yearand at anytime of the day. In the southern states, peaktornado season is from March through May. Peaktimes for tornadoes in the northern states are duringthe summer. A few southern states have a secondpeak time for tornado outbreaks in the fall. Tornadoesare most likely to occur between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Tornadoes

REPORT TEXT VS DESCRIPTIVE TEXT