Aaron Justine Juco

Pharmacy 1A

ARTS AND HUMANITIES ELECTIVES

What is Academic Literacy?

(Weideman, 2014) emphasized that Academic literacy is described as the ability to

understand the communicative role of different forms of speech in academic language,
such as arguing and providing examples to articulate the sentence aforecited. It is also
the capacity to distinguish the essential and non-essential information.

What is Academic Language?

According to (PACT "Making Good Choices", 2006) Academic language refers to the
discipline-specific vocabulary. This vocabulary is used frequently by effective educators
when introducing fresh material and throughout the learning time. It is what learners will
see in evaluations and textbooks, but it is also the vocabulary that they are likely to see
and hear in college and career.

What is Information literacy?

(ALA,2000) stated that Information literacy is a set of skills that requires individuals to
recognize when information is needed and be able to assess, locate and use data
efficiently. A person learns how to evaluate the credibility and validity of sources, and
give proper credit.
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ALA. (2000). Retrieved from Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher
Education:
https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/7668/ACRL%20Information%20Litera
cy%20Competency%20Standards%20for%20Higher%20Education.pdf?sequenc
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PACT. (2006). Academic Language - Defined by PACT. Retrieved from
https://www.csun.edu/science/ref/language/pact-academic-language.html
Weideman, A. (2014). What is academic literacy? Retrieved from What is academic
literacy?: https://albertweideman.com/what-is-academic-literacy/