Procedure Text

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In this session I would like to explain about procedure text.

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Procedure text is a text that tells the readers how to do or make something. The information is presented in logical sequences of event.

Procedure text berisi tentang cara melakukan sesuatu atau membuat sesuatu.

There are three types of procedure text:

1. Text that explains how something works or how to use instruction or operation manual, for example: how to use a video game, a computer, etc.
2. Text that instructs how to do a particular activity, for example: games, science experiment, etc.
3. Text that explains how to make something, for example: recipe.

Untuk membuat sebuah procedure text, kita harus mengikuti struktur teks (generic structure) procedure text ; yaitu:

1. Title or goals or purpose; It is the goal or outcome of the activity, for example: How to make Bakso, How to operate computer, etc.
2. Ingredients or materials; It is the list and amount of things and materials required.
3. Steps or methods; It is the step-by-step description of how to complete the task.
4. Tips; It is the final comment.

Adapun unsur kebahasaan (language features) yang biasa digunakan dalam procedure text adalah sebagai berikut:

• Using noun phrases; for example: 2 teaspoons brown palm sugar
• Using imperative sentence; for example: Cut the orange into halves.
• Using adverbs; for example: You should press the button gently. 
• Using action verbs; for example: cut, put, wash, press, etc.
• Using temporal conjunctions; for example: first, then, after that, finally, etc.

Untuk mengenali procedure text sangatlah mudah. You can read the title, if the title is started with ‘how to make…’ or ‘how to use…’ it can be certainly that the text is procedure text.

Example of Procedure text

How to Make Meatballs

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo of very fine minced meat.
• 2 eggs.
• 300 grams of tapioca-flour.
• 4-8 cloves of garlic.
• 1 red onion.
• 1 teaspoon of white pepper.
• 2 teaspoons of salt.

The steps:

1. First of all, mix garlic, red onion, salt, and white pepper in a mortar or mixer.
2. Second, mix the spice-mixture with the eggs, the tapioca-flour and the minced meat.
3. After that, use your fingers, add a cup of water, and keep on working until the mixture feels soft and smooth.
4. Then, boil some water in a rather large pot, at least about 2 liters.
5. Next step, start rolling the mixture into small meatballs.
6. Finally, lower the meatballs into the boiling water. When they float up to the surface, the meatballs are ready to serve.

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