A procedural text is a text which is intended to tell the reader how to do, operate, or make something. The information in a procedural text is usually written in the present tense and is arranged in a logical sequence of events which is broken up into several sequenced steps.
Based on its purpose, a procedural text may explain how things work or how to operate things (how to use the scanner, the computer, the camera, etc.), give instrucions on how to do an activity (installating software, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules, etc), or give advice concerning human behavior (how to be a good secretary, how to live healthily, etc).
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· Sosial Function
Ø To inform the readers or listeners how to make or do something...
Ø A procedure text aims at describing how something is done or
made through a sequence of actions or steps.
- Goal
Gives information based on the text goal and purpose.
- Materials
list of materials needed to achieve the goal
- Steps
The steps or instructions to reach the goal through the correct ordinal steps.
· Language Features
- Using imperative, negative and positive sentences.
- Using action verbs
- Using connectives sequences
- Using utterances and vocabularies commonly used in manual and tips
example of procedural text :
How to create your first scribe
Once you have registered for a free trial on the VideoScribe website, downloaded and installed the software, you can launch the application on your system:
1. At the Login screen, enter the same email address and password you used to register
2. Then click the Login button
This brings you to the Project screen where you will see all your locally saved projects.
The first item in the list (with the + symbol) is used to Create a new scribe. The second item in the list allows you to access your Online account (we’ll be looking at this a bit later on). If you have made any folders, these will be displayed next. After this, you will see all the local projects you have saved in your base folder.To sort your projects, use the Sort buttons in the lower left part of the screen. If you have a large number of projects in the base folder, use the Page buttons under the list of projects to view more projects.
3. Next click on the Create button to create a new project.
This takes you into the main Edit screen and a new blank project. Along the top of the window you will see the Toolbar with various buttons. Along the bottom you will see the Timeline, which is empty for now. The central Canvas is your main workspace, it is part of a very large whiteboard canvas area, which stretches out in all directions. You are only seeing a small portion of it here. As you build your scribe project, you add elements to the canvas. You can move and zoom to new areas of the canvas as you need to, and use different effects to build an engaging, appealing video.
4. Click the Add image button on the left of the Toolbar
5. Edit animate time
6. Next click the Add text button in the Toolbar
7. Reorder the events
8. Save and export option.
In this section we will demonstrate how to save your projects locally and online. We will also show you how to import and export .scribe files. The first thing we’ll look at is how to take a snapshot of your project.
Adapted from : VideoScribe v2 Core Tutorial 4 (https://www.videoscribe.co/)
Task : 1. Compete the table by reading the text above!
2. what is the social function of the text?
3. what kind of tools used in videoscribe?
4. what should you do to add the text in videoscribe?
5. write down 5 commands used in the text!
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