English for Academic and Professional Purposes Activities Portfolio

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CONTENTS:

Part 1: Title Page

Part 2: Acknowledgment

Part 3: Dedication

Part 4: Table of Contents

Part 5: Introduction

Part 6: Content (Answer the following questions, and do the activity on the Challenge)

Part 7: References (APA 7TH EDITION)

A. WRITING A REVIEW
a. Refresher
1. Explain the process of writing a review.
2. Why should a reviewer take down notes when at a restaurant or while
watching a movie?
3. What important considerations should be taken in writing the first
draft?
4. Explain the difference between revision and editing.
b. Challenge
1. Write your own restaurant or film review.

B. READING AND WRITING A CRITIQUE OF AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

a. Refresher
1. What is a critique of an industrial design? How would you differentiate
it from other types of review?
2. Describe the characteristics of an effective critique.
3. Describe the process of writing a critique of an industrial design.
4. What knowledge should a writer possess in order to produce an
effective critique of an industrial design?
b. Challenge
 1. Identify a gadget that has been released in the past few months, and
write a critique about it. Paste a picture of it below.
C. READING AND WRITING A CONCEPT PAPER
a. Refresher
1. What is a concept paper? What is its main purpose?
2. How are the ideas in a concept paper presented?
3. What steps should you undergo in order to present a clear and
coherent concept paper? Explain each step.
4. How can you ensure that you have given enough elaboration or
discussion of your subtopics? When do you need to stop inserting more
ideas?
b. Challenge
1. Write your own concept paper.
D. READING AND WRITING AN EDITORIAL
a. Refresher
1. What is an editorial? What is its main function?
2. Describe the structure of an effective editorial?
3. Why do editorials often make use of imperative sentences?
4. What are the characteristics of a good editorial? Why should an
editorial bear these characteristics?
b. Challenge
1. Write an editorial about a social problem that your community faces
today.
E. Reading and Writing an Argumentative Essay
a. Refresher
1. What is an argumentative essay? What purpose does it aim to
accomplish?
2. Enumerate some techniques that you may employ in the art of
argumentation.
3. What are fallacies? Why should they be avoided?
4. Why an argumentative paper does makes use of authoritative academic
sources?
5. What are pros and cons? How is writing the pros and cons of a
particular motion helpful in writing an argumentative essay?
6. Describe the process of writing an argumentative essay.
b. Challenge
1. Write an argumentative essay about an issue your school, community,
or country is currently facing.
F. READING AND WRITING A REPORT
a. Refresher
1. What is a report? What are its functions?
2. How important are observations in a report? Cite some ways by which
these observations can be done.
3. What is field work? Describe the steps in conducting field work.
4. Explain the process of writing a report.
5. What is an assumption? How can a report writer avoid including
unwarranted assumptions in his or her paper?
b. Challenge
1. Using what you learned in this chapter, write a report on a
phenomenon of your choice.
G. RESUMES, BUSINESS LETTERS, AND MEMOS
a. Refresher
1. What is a resume? What are its different parts?
2. In what ways can a resume be arranged? In your opinion, which order
of presentation of job-related facts is more effective? Why do you say
so?
3. Describe the characteristics of an effective resume.
4. What is a business letter? What purposes does it serve?
5. What are the different parts of business letter? Describe each of them.
6. Describe the characteristics of an effective business letter.
7. What is a memorandum? What is its primary purpose?
b. Challenge
1. Ask for resumes, letters, and memos from family and friends who are
already working. Examine these documents thoroughly. You may also
offer suggestions to improve the way they are written.