Report Text

Report text is type of English text that present information about something in fact. This text is a result of observation. Consist of facts that can be proven.

      Generic Structure

1.  General classification

Introducing phenomenon or things spoken in the text with general statement that explain the subject, adverb, and the classification.

2.  Description

Tells the things in detail in term of part, habit or behavior, and also the use of things itself.

      Purpose

Present information in fact, base on observation. Something that can be describe are natural and social phenomenon, surrounding, and things made by human.

      Characteristic

1.  Use general nouns

2.  Use relating verb

3.  Use action verb

4.  Use present tense

5.  Use technical term

      Example of Report Text

Ijen Crater

Ijen Crater or KawahIjen is another volcanic tourism attraction in Indonesia. Ijen Crater is a famous tourism object, which has been known by the domestic and foreign tourist because of the beautiful and charming nature. It has 5466 hectares, 2386 meters high from the depth of the sea, with 92 hectares tourism forest. Its temperature is between 2 to 8 degree centigrade and the crater area lies 2386 meters above sea level. Inside the crater, many different color and size of stones are found. Indeed, the crater of Ijen is beautiful garden of stones as well. You will also see a magnificent turquoise sulphure lake that exude flames, blue flames at night and smoky white in the day.

What else can you see there? I’ll tell you more.

There are many species of plants can be found there. For example, the edelweiss flower and casuarina junghu( cemara gunung ). Various animals can also be seen in the area are jungle fowl ( ayam hutan ) and porcupine.TheIjen Crater lies about 68 km from the town center. There are some of facilities here, such as a campground, a shelter, and Tourist Information Center. 

The best time to enjoy Ijen Crater is at night and in the morning on June to August. When the yellow sunlight glows the water and shines the surrounding mountain. See the miners hard at work is also amazing. Morning haze is creating tranquility that we don’t get at metropolitan towns. At 2 pm, the crater is closed for the reason that the thick smoke from the crater is poisonous. So, many travelers recommend to do the night hiking up to the Ijen Crater to see the magical blue flames and walk around the Ijen Crater rim.

How to reach Ijen Crater?

I’ll tell you two alternatives route to reach Ijen Crater.

1^st is from Banyuwangi – Licin – Jambu – Patulding. Its about 38 km, but the road is bad.

2^nd is from Bondowoso – Wonosari – Sempol – Patulding, about 70 km with a better road.

Visiting from Bondowoso route, the tourist will across a coffee plantation. It has beautiful view either. The green of Arabica coffee trees are really an exciting scene to enjoy.

East Java Traditional House, Joglo

Joglo traditional house is one of traditional house in East Java. It’s finds a lot in Ponorogo. Most of them, in Ponorogo, has two rooms, there are :

Front room, or usually call pendopo, can be use to accept the guest, meeting room, consist of bedrooms and kitchen or usually call pawon.

Main room in Joglodevide into three rooms, there are left room or sentongkiwo, middle room or sentongtengan, and right room or swntong tangent.

In Joglo, generally before we enter to the main roo, we will pass a door who has sulurgelung or makara ornament. This ornament is intended to refuse cruel purpuse.

In Java society, middle room is a sacred room. In this room, the owner usually providetisur place or katil complete by bolster, pillow, and a comb from a horn. This room also complete with a lamp who shining day and night and also a carve who has a meaning as spiritual education.

On the left side ( west ) there’s a dempil use for sleeping by old people and connect with back veranda ( pasepen ), use to make a handycraft.

On the right side ( east ) there’s a kitchen, pendaringan, and a place to keep an agricultural implements.

Because of Joglo traditional house is one of our culture, we must keep it well.

hope this useful yaaa :D