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Definition of Recount

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative

Generic Structure of Recount

1. Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time

2. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past

3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story

Language Feature of Recount

• Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc

• Using chronological connection; then, first, etc

• Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc

• Using action verb; look, go, change, etc

• Using simple past tense

Example of recount text "Vacation to Gumul Monument": download here

Title

The Teaching of EFL Reading In the Indonesian Context: The State Of The Art

Author

Bambang Yudi Cahyono, Utami Widiati

Number of pages

23 pages

Genre

The genre is a teaching method

Publication date

It published in February 2006

Reaction

This journal actually is very useful for me, it contained about reading skill, reading process, theory, etc. but the vocabulary used, too difficult to understand.

Level of difficulty

This journal has a high level difficulty in my reding skill. There some word still new for me. And it can help me to find in other resources such like using dictionary. And about the subject is rather familiar for me but its still easy to understanding.

A Summary of Journal :

THE TEACHING OF EFL READING IN THE INDONESIAN CONTEXT: THE STATE OF THE ART

My journal that titled “The Teaching Of EFL Reading In The Indonesian Context: The State Of The Art (36-58)” This article has reviewed the history of ESL/EFL reading methodology in brief, models of the reading process, theories underlying reading instruction, and pedagogical activities in EFL reading instruction.

For the process of reading, there are three models of reading are widely known: the bottom-up model, the top-down model, and the interactive model (Silberstein, 1987). According to the bottom-up model, reading is a process of manipulating phoneme-grapheme relationships as described by a structural linguist Leonard Bloomfield (Dubin & Bycina, 1991). The top-down model views reading as a process of reconstructing meaning, and it stresses comprehension of units of meaning larger than words and phrases. The proponents of this model include Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith (Dubin & Bycina, 1991). The interactive theory acknowledges the role of previous knowledge and prediction, but, at the same time, reaffirms the importance of rapid and accurate process of the actual words of the text (Carrell, Devine, & Eskey, 1988; Dubin & Bycina, 1991).In this doesn’t compare with the minor ways to get the main things surely its this small-scale study of three educated readers aims to contribute to the exploration of the process of reading literary texts in a foreign language.

For the theories underlying reading instruction there are three models: The Text Structure Theory, The Schema Theory, And the Metacognitive Theory.

Reading activities can be viewed from the perspective of the student (learning) and that of the teacher (instruction). The two perspectives on reading are based on the conviction that reading activities can be divided into three phases: pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading.

The model of independent and instructional learning activities is supported by the schema and metacognitive theories of reading. The model implies the need for practice in both in bottom-up and top- own strategies, more particularly when reading instruction involves ESL/EFL learners.

According to the 2004 English curriculum, the objectives of English instruction at the two levels of secondary school (junior and senior high) are as follows (Translated from Depdiknas, 2004: 9 and Depdiknas, 2003: 7, originally written in slightly different Indonesian wordings):

• Developing communicative competence in spoken and written English language which comprises listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Raising awareness regarding the nature and importance of English as a foreign language and as a major means for learning.
• Developing understanding of the interrelation of language and culture, as well as cross-cultural understanding.

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