Functional Text

What do you know about :

※Notice/ caution
※Greeting card
※Short message
※invitation
※Announcement
※Advertisement
※letter
Before we discuss about
some kinds of functional
text, do you know what is
the definition of functional
text?
 Functional text is ………

a text used for

specific purpose
 notice
• written or printed
news or information
for the public
For example:

Keep out the reach of the children

Keep silent Drive thru
Fasten your seatbelt
Kinds of functional text
1.Procedure
Do you still remember it ?
 1. Procedure
Purpose: to describe how something is done
through some steps.
Generic Parts: * aim/purpose
* materials/ingredients
* steps
Language Features: present tense
imperative
Example: - how to make fried rice
 How to make fried rice

• Ingredients:
a plate of rice 1 egg
2 spoonful of oil garlic, onion, tomato sauce
Chilli sauce lettuce

. Steps
- Pour the oil on the frying pan, wait a minute then
grind the spicy and take on it.
- add rice, chilli sauce and tomato sauce, mix them
- Serve the fried rice with boiled egg and lettuce.
2. Announcement
A text used to
inform the
readers about
recent events.
Example:
Audience, I'm Cut Tari with breaking
news for you. Simpang Lima is flooded
and the vehicles is congested every
street.
Please avoid the area to save your
journey.
Good evening, thank you.
 Falcon
companies

We would like to announce the expansion

and relocation of our offices from suite 352
to suite 225.

All other contact information remains the

same.
Falcon Development and Construction
Company
1600 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 225
Dallas, TX 75248
 3. Advertisement

A text used to persuade people to

do something.
Kinds of advertisement:

*Job Vacancy
*Brochure
 Vacancy
A fast progressing foreign company is looking for
a female typist for its branch office in Jakarta.
Applicants should fulfill the following
requirements:
1. Good command of English
2. Minimum typing speed: 50 words/minute
3. Education : Diploma
4. Age : 22-27 years old
Letters with complete resume and references
should be sent to no.2235 DDM
Brochure/pamphlet

A text used to give

details of a service.
4. Memo

 A short message used to inform someone

about something or ask someone to do
something

Generic Part:
Opening segment
Purpose
Closing segment
Dear Velmy,
Please, don`t forget to return my
English book. I really need it.
Bring it to the school tomorrow!

Yanuar