Narratives

(Subject: A Discourse Approach in Reading)

          This morning, I learned about narratives and today the 

weather very cold for me. The narratives is to entertain, i.e. to 

gain and hold the reader’s interest in a story. But Narratives 

may also seek to teach or inform, to embody the writer’s 

reflections on experience, and- perhaps most important- to 

nourish and extend the reader’s imagination. Next, I learned 

example of narrative and secrets, it made me understand about 

types of narratives and so on. I learned secrets in the last, my 

friends and I read about story of kylie and teachers describe it 

for everyone understand. I feel relaxed in this class but in learned

I have a problem about difficult vocabulary.

Recount (next from yesterday) ^__^

(Subject: A Discourse Approach in Reading)

       This morning, I learned about recount again. First, Teacher

 describe about the matter of An excursion to the Botanic 

Garden, it tell about to inform about the experience of trip to the

 Botanic Garden and teacher to give us made exercise and 

answer the question such as; Who went to the Botanic Garden?,

answer: Year three and Year four went to the Botanic Garden. 

Second, teacher asked about next exercise, it talks about Events

 of traveler in air and The disappearance of a dog. Then, we 

made exercise and the last, teacher check the answer about 

exercise. Today, I think learning and exercise it easy and I can 

understand more this. I feel happy and enjoyed. I think teacher 

happy in this class too. ^__^  ^__^   ^__^   ^__^    ^__^  ^__^

Recount ^___^

      This morning, I learned A Discourse Approach in Reading

with Dr.Usa Noytim and I learned about recount. I don’t know

about this the matter and I try to learned more understand. 

In a recount we reconstruct past experience. A recount is the 

unfolding of a sequence of events over time. We are using 

language to keep the past alive and help us to interpret 

experience and recount tells us about something that has 

happened. It is written for someone who wants to know was

happened and the types of recount as follow;1.Personal recount– 

retelling an activity that the writer has been personally involved 

in and may be used to build the relationship between the writer 

and the reader e.g. anecdote, diary journal, personal letter. 2. 

Factual recount – reporting the particulars of an incident by 

reconstructing factual information e.g. police reconstruction of an

accident, historical recount, biographical and autobiographical 

recounts. 3. Imaginative recount– applying factual knowledge to 

an imaginary role in order to interpret and recount events e.g. A

Day in the Life of a Roman Slave, How I Discovered Radium. For 

exercise about “My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja”, IT difficult for 

me because I don’t know about vocabulary but this exercise it 

interested. It made me know culture about funeral of Toraja in 

Indonesia and I feel good in learned this class too.

Discourse markers  

(Subject: A Discourse Approach in Reading)

           Yesterday, I learned about  discourse markers. I don’t know

more about this but it is interesting. I feel happy in this class 

because teacher very kind and friendly with students. By, the 

discourse markers are a word or phrase that is relatively syntax-

independent and does not change the meaning of the sentence, 

and has a somewhat empty meaning. Examples of discourse 

markers include the particles "oh", "well", "now", "then", "you 

know", and "I mean", and the connectives "so", "because", "and", 

"but", and "or". In Practical English Usage Michael Swan defines a 

'discourse marker' as 'a word or expression which shows the 

connection between what is being said and the wider context'. 

For him, it is something that a) connects a sentence to what 

comes before or after, or b) indicates a speaker's attitude to what

he is saying. He gives three examples: on the other 

hand; frankly; as a matter of fact. I think this subject it difficult 

for me because I don’t have a basic about this. However, I want to

learned more and more and teacher taught students very good 

about discourse marker. It made me more understand and know 

about new word in this subject.