Genre is..

Many of us may have the experinces of not being able to define the word 'genre" though we know well that the example of genre itself. Here I quote the definition of Genre written bY Hyland (2003) in the book Second Language Writing. I do write this, to inform both my self and you who need to understand the meaning and types of genre. Hyland (2003: 18) writes that genre is abstract, socially recognized ways of using language for particular purposes. The purposes can be to get things done, to tell a story, request an over draft, craft a love letter., describe a technical process and so on. Next,Martin (1992) in Hyland (2003: 19) defines genre as a goal- oriented, staged social process. Genres are social processes because members of a culture interact to achieve them; they are goal oriented because they have evolved to achieve things; and staged because meanings are made in steps and it usually takes writers more than one step to reach their goals. Here are some factual genres taken from But et al (2000); and martin (1989) in Hyland (2003: 20. First,Recount, the purpose is to reconstruct past experiences by retelling events in original sequence. Second, Procedure, the purpose is to show hw processes or events are accomplished - how something is done. Third, Description, is used to give an account of imagined or factual events and phenomena. Fourth, Report, is used to present factual information about a class of things, usually by classifying them and then describing their characteristics Fifth, explanation, used to give reasons for a state of affairs or a judgement. For more information, we can read the book " Second Language Writing " by Hyland, Ken (2003) published by Cambridge University Press.