PROCEDURE TEXT

PROCEDURE TEXT

Procedure is the set of steps which should be completed in the right sequence to get the goal. In our daily life, we often have to perform some steps to make or get something done. For example, early in the morning, you help your mother prepare cups of tea for all members of your family. In making cups of tea, you have to follow certain procedure in order to get a nice drink. Most of our daily activities are related with procedures. That is why, you should understand what a procedure text is, how to make and use it.

Generic Structure of procedure
1. Goal : Title of the text (especially for a recipe)
2. Materials : Optional, not for all procedural texts
3. Steps : a series steps oriented to achieving the Goal

Generic Features
1. The use of Simple Present Tense, often in an imperative form e.g. Add some sugar, prepare it,.
2. The use mainly of temporal conjunction (or numbering to indicate sequence especially in written text)

As the sentence introducers (sequencers) especially in spoken text:
First … Firstly …
Second … Secondly …
Then … Thirdly …
After that … Afterwards …
Finally … Lastly …
e.g. Firstly, prepare some water!

As time introducers, especially in written text
… before …
After …
When …
While …
… until …
During …

Example:

How To Make Ice Tea

Materials needed:

• Water
• Dye-Tea
• Sugar
• Ice cube
  
  

Procedure to make ice tea

1.    Boil water.

2.   Put the boiling water into a glass.

3.   Dip a dye tea into the glass.

4.   Put a spoonful of sugar into the glass.

5.   Mix well.

6.   Put 3 small ice cubes into the glass.