Procedure text is a text that explains or helps us how to make or use something. Its social function is to describe how something is completely done through a sequence of steps. Communicative purpose of this text is to describe how something is made through a sequence of actions or steps.
Definition of Procedure Text.
1.Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals, e.g. How to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.
2.Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity, e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules
3.Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g. tips how to live happily, how to succeed.
Purpose of Procedure Text.
1. To explain / tell (the reader) how to make / operate / do something through a sequence of actions or steps.
2. To explain steps / instruction to make / operate / do something.
