SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE OF LAGUNA

OLD NATIONAL ROAD, CITY OF BIÑAN, LAGUNA

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Grade 12 English Semester: 2nd semester
Core Subject Title: English for Academic and Professional Purposes No. of hours: 80 hours/semester

COURSE OUTLINE
Core Subject Description – The course will focus on the development of communication skills in English for academic and
professional purposes.

DATE LESSON PERFORMANCE STANDARD GRADE

Week 1-2 Outlining /15
Reading and Analyzing Academic Texts
Summarizing Texts /15
Week 3 Paraphrasing /20
Reading and Analyzing Academic Texts
Analyzing Texts /20
Week 4 Preparing Reaction Papers Identifying the Claims of the Author /10
APA for Academic Writing Writing the Critique’/Critiquing the Critique’ /20
Week 5 Elucidation of concepts using definition, /20
Structure of a Concept Paper
explication and clarification
Week 6 Presentation of a position paper (Orals) /30
Writing a Position Paper
Week 7 Writing a Research (Strand-based) Research Title /10
IMRD Format
Submission of Research Topic
Week 8 Writing the Introduction Draft of the Introduction /20
Necessity, Functionality and Practicality
Writing the thesis statement and other
preliminaries
Citing Relevant Sources
Week 9 Writing the Methodology Draft of the Methodology /20
Approach, Data Collection, Methods of
Analysis, Justifying Methodological Choices,
Citing Relevant Sources
Week 10 Writing the Discussion Draft of the Discussion /30
Explanation of Findings, References to
Previous and Similar Studies, Deduction,
Implications, Summary
Week 11 Writing the Conclusion Draft of the Conclusion /20
Restatement of the Thesis, Summarizing the
Main Points, Summary of Evidence, Final
Conclusive Statement, Suggestions and
Recommendations
Week 12 Finalizing the Research Paper Final Paper
Citing References, Filing Evidence, Clipping
Articles, Saving
Final ORAL DEFENSE/RE-DEFENSE/REVISION /100
FINAL EXAM
Week
Prepared by Miss Ness and Sir T-Jay 11/20/19
Consultation Period: M-F 11:00 – 12:00 ML 103 (Miss Ness)
Friday 1:00 – 5:00 ML 103 (Sir T-Jay)