Chapter 1

Procedure Text; Manu

al
Are you familiar with the pi
cture?
 1. Do you know what the picture is called?
Discuss the following questions! 2. Where do you usually find that kind of

picture?

3. What is the purpose of the picture?

4. Can you understand the information

contained in the picture?

Procedure Text; Man
ual
- What is it?

- What are its language features?

- How is its generic structure?

- What are its social function?

- How do we make it?

What is a manual?
- It is a part of procedure text.

- It is a book or pamphlet that contai

ns

explanation about how something

should be done in sequenced step

s.
Generic Structure of PROCEDURE TEXT:
Manual

Goal/aim  It contains the purpose of doing or

operating something.
Materials This part describes the tools we need to do, make or
operate something.
Steps  This part describes the set of instructions.
 - Using simple present tense.
Language Featu
- Using adverbial of sequence o
res
r - Using temporal adjective.

- Using imperative sentences o

r

command.
Language Featu
res - Using action verbs.

- Using conjunctions to link a

process to another process.

- Using adverb of time to express

details of time.

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 - It is used to describe how

something is done in

sequenced steps.

- It provides a series of steps in

Social Function sequence that explain the

readers how to do something.

- The communicative purpose of

the text is to tell the steps of

making or doing something.

Here’s the example of
procedure text: manual