Quarter 3 – Week 1: Module 1

Language of Academic Texts

from Various Disciplines

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Redemption C. Guinto
Editor: Maria Elizabeth M. Morales
Reviewer: Alvin R. Lim

Management Team Zenia G. Mostoles EdD, CESO V, SDS

Leonardo C. Canlas EdD CESE, ASDS
Rowena T. Quiambao CESE, ASDS
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, CID Chief
Arceli S. Lopez PhD, SGOD Chief
June D. Cunanan EPS- English
Ruby M. Jimenez PhD, EPS-LRMDS

Published by: Department of Education, Schools Division of Pampanga

Office Address: High School Boulevard, Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Telephone No: (045) 435-2728
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Language of Academic Texts from Various Disciplines. This module was
collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public institutions to
assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to
12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.

For the Learner:

English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Language of Academic Texts from Various Disciplines. This module aims to offer an overview
of different topics within the field of academic writing within and across various disciplines.
There will be academic readings to provide materials for academic writings and several text
structures and conventions in writing.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

What I Need to Know

For the Learner

You are often asked to read a narrative, an essay or just about anything with
information on it. Most of the time you were asked to read academically for class
discussions, quizzes and other assessments, thus, academic reading and writing
different structures in different disciplines is a vital component of your academic life
and this will surely help you in facing challenges beyond those that you will encounter
in school.

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 When you read a recipe, an infographic, a pamphlet or even the labels of food
items you are buying, you are applying the skill that is discussed in this module.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Distinguish various academic texts;
2. Craft a well-write academic text.

What I Know

All your other outputs for this module will form your portfolio of learning so make
sure to answer them as carefully and honestly as possible.
On a separate sheet of paper, write your ideas about Academic Writing. Please
follow the format below. The first letter is done for you.

A All essays read about subjects learned in school.

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 Lesson
Language of Academic Texts from
1 Various Disciplines

You should be able to distinguish different languages used in different kinds of

texts from various disciplines to make you ready for the professional world.

What’s In

Write words to complete the three-way Venn Diagram showing the similarities
and differences of an essay, a poem and a story. Write your answers on a separate
sheet. You will need this in the succeeding activities.

STORY

ESSAY
POEM

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 What’s New

Arrange the following words and place them where they should belong either under
Academic or Non-Academic. Use a separate sheet for your answers.

Samples are given.

Entertain Research-based Targeted Audience Blog

Informal Formal Mass Audience Theses
Leisure Formal Knowledge More Verifiable Sources Magazine
Case Study Textbooks Scholarly

ACADEMIC NON-ACADEMIC
Scholarly Entertain

What is It

The Difference between Academic and Non-Academic Texts

What is the difference between academic text and non-academic texts?

Academic text is more on content associated with formal learning or gaining such
knowledge while non-academic is more on content of extra-curricular and leisurely
activities.

Both texts may be written with the goal to persuade, to entertain, or to inform. They
are different in their approaches to these goals, though, with academic texts relying
far more formally on research-based, factual and verifiable materials for their content.
Non-academic texts may also include research or verifiable material, but are less likely
to include references to any source material, and may be published in a rather informal
setting.

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Academic and non-academic texts are both written for a particular audience. While
non-academic texts are intended more for mass, public consumption than scholarly or
academic texts, they may be targeted towards special interests or occupations in
society.

When it comes to formatting, both texts may be found in print, periodical, and digital
forms.

Six Main Text Types of Academic Texts

1. Textbook - These are specifically designed to help the learners for specific
subjects or disciplines. They have highly set languages depending on the
discipline to which the textbooks will be used for.

2. Essays – Essays usually help you show how deep you have learned a topic or
lesson. Student essays vary in length and formality, but they always contain
three parts: Introduction, Main Body, Conclusion. They usually need to include
citations of sources.

3. Theses - You will probably have to write longer texts when and if you decide to
enroll in a post graduate course in the future. Longer texts include Master's level
and theses (typically 60,000 to 80,000 words) and Doctor's level (Ph.D.)
dissertations (typically 10,000 to 20,000 words).

4. Research Articles - Research articles are written mainly for a specialist

audience, meaning other researchers, academics and postgraduate students.
They usually contain the following parts:

5. Case studies – These may be found in any discipline, though they are most
common in disciplines such as humanities, example business, sociology, and
law. They are primarily descriptive. They are in-depth studies into the lives of
particular individuals/subjects.

6. Reports – This does not mean the report that you usually do in front of your
classmates. The purpose of reports is to describe what happened and discuss
and evaluate its importance. Reports are found in different disciplines, such as
science, law, and medicine.

Difference of Language Used in Academic Texts from Various Disciplines

Academic text or language is typically used for textbooks, tests, in classrooms

and any other discipline related to academics. It is very different from the structure of
vocabulary and everyday conversations through social interactions. Academic text is
a formal way to present words and terms typical for the field.

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Specific Ideas Contained in Various Academic Texts

The specific ideas in various academic text are dependent on the field of
academic text one is reading. Humanities texts discuss more about the various human
expressions, such as art and languages, while the sciences contain the scientific
method that discuss the objective results of an experiment or the specific research
methodology.

Examples of Non- Academic Texts are the following:

● Email messages – Simple and informal. They are sent or received over a computer
network and can be sent to multiple recipients and carry multiple attachments at
the same time.
● Personal opinions - are examples of non-academic texts that can be
communicated through essay writing or in any other form. You can express your
own opinion on the subject. Your own opinion may be non-factual or baseless thus,
anything that has no reference is considered non-academic.
● Newspapers – are non-academic texts simply because the content is not intended
for academic use. Sometimes, you need to verify the content before accepting the
statement in the newspapers, especially with the proliferation of fake news. Some
writers are not realistic and are relying on fictitious, sensationalized stories so that
their newspapers will sell.
● Magazine – is another kind of non-academic text which is usually used for leisure
time. That is why magazines are usually placed in a noticeable area in the office
for visitors to browse or read while waiting to be called in for their appointment or
for employees who are taking a break.
● Blog articles or social media posts – are non-academic reading or writing. Blogs or
social media contents can add more ideas about a particular thing but it’s not good
to be a source of research, like for a thesis, except if your topic is about social
media. Bloggers or social media personalities are very popular when it comes to
website content writing.

Point of View of Non-Academic Texts

● Subjective and personal – It is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than
on facts that come from reliable sources like research papers do.
● Asking rhetorical questions – Non-academic texts may not necessarily answer any
question it has though it may give an obvious answer. Usually, the writer simply
lays the answer to be discovered by the reader.
● Rule Breaker – rules in spelling, grammar and other writing mechanics need not
be followed by non-academic writers.

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 What’s More

Independent Activity 1

Read the following characteristics and write AT beside those which can be
classified as Academic Texts and write NAT for those which can be classified as Non-
Academic Texts. Use a separate sheet of paper for this. Remember that all your tasks
will be compiled in your Learning Portfolio.

1. Opinionated and based on personal feelings.

2. Should be backed up by credible sources.
3. May be about possibilities of starting a business in a particular place.
4. These are usually found in books.
5. Typically composed of 10,000 to 80,000 words.
6. Uses more formal choice of words.
7. May be about everyday struggles and one’s feelings about it.
8. Should have set questions which the writer will be answering with data.
9. Used for more important reasons than leisure.
10. Read when we are bored.

Independent Assessment 1

Read the following titles and write AT beside those which can be classified as
Academic Texts and write NAT for those which can be classified as Non-Academic
Texts. Use a separate sheet of paper.

1. Effects of Mobile Legends in the Academic Performance of Grade 8 in

TNHS
2. How to Sew a Washable Cloth Face Mask
3. Study of Efficacy of Music Therapy in Pain Relief
4. Why Men Love Women with Long Hair
5. HUGOT Lines About Social Amelioration Program of the Government

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 6. DIY Haircut for Men
7. COVID Meal Plan: Tipid and Healthy Meals During Quarantine
8. On-Line Selling and Its Benefits to Housewives
9. An Analysis of the Readiness of SHS Students for On-Line Learning
10. How to Use Facebook Messenger for On-Line Learning

Independent Activity 2

Analyze the poster and answer

the following questions about it. Use
another sheet of paper to write your
answers.

1. Does communication
happen only between
humans?
2. Can we communicate with
animals? How?
3. What feelings can be
communicated by animals to
us humans?
4. How do they communicate
these feelings to us?

Independent Assessment 2

Fill-in the missing words in the paragraph below by choosing from the pool of
words inside the box. Words may be repeatedly used. Use a separate sheet of paper
for this activity.

adults communicate communicated communication

distinct distinction features generation labels unique

Animal and Human Communication

The study of language as a means of expression or communication necessarily

includes the study of gestures and sounds. Considering that animals gesture and
create sounds, do animals just like humans, have language? It seems clear that many
species (1) ; human as (2) from animal (3) , however, has
been characterized by some scholars as (4) in having the following seven

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(4) : (5) Human languages have separate, interrelated systems of grammar
and of sound and gesture. They allow new things to be (6) all the time. (3)
Humans make a (7) between the content that is (8) and their
(9) for that content. In human (10) , spoken language is interchangeable
with language that is heard. Human languages are used for special purposes; intent
lies behind what is (11) . What is (12) can refer to the past and the future.
(7) Human language is learned by children from (13) and is passed down from
(14) to (15) .

Independent Activity 3
Create a word web by writing words which you can associate with the topic at the
center. Do this in your notebook or a separate sheet of paper.

Independent Assessment 3

Use the words in Independent Activity 3 to write/type a short paragraph.

Encode your answer on a short bond paper, use double-spaced Times New Roman
or Arial and 12 font size. Create your own title. Your work will be graded with the
following rubric.

Grammar - 5
Word Usage - 5
Mechanics - 5
Content - 5

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 What I Have Learned

Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by completing the
chart below in 2-3 sentences. Write your answer in your notebook.

I thought…
What were your
thoughts or ideas
about academic
texts?

What new or
additional ideas I learned that…
did you learn after
taking up this
lesson?

How did you I applied…

apply the things
you have learned
about academic
texts?

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 What I Can Do

Write words associated with the topic at the center. Then write an informative
essay about the topic. Encode your answer on a short bond paper, use double-spaced
Times New Roman or Arial and 12 font size. Create your own title. Your work will be
graded with the following rubric.
Grammar - 5
Word Usage - 5
Mechanics - 5
Content - 10

Assessment

Identify what is being described or defined. Use a separate sheet of paper for your
answers.

1. Should have three parts: Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion but does not
need citations of sources.
2. This should have contents associated with formal learning or gaining such
knowledge.
3. Texts written intended for mass, public consumption.
4. These usually have 10,000-80,000 words and should be based on verifiable
facts.
5. Written mainly for a specialist audience meaning other researchers, academics
and postgraduate students.

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 6. These are usually reading materials used for browsing during break or for
guests.
7. This pertains to a point of view where writing standards are not followed by non-
academic texts.
8. Texts which are based on personal opinions like blogs and social media posts.
9. Found in different disciplines and discusses and evaluates what happened.
10. These should be narrowed down so that they can be answered within a
particular semester.

Additional Activities

Choose any essay or article and re-write/paste it on a separate sheet of paper.

Determine whether it is academic or non-academic and explain your answers by
including lines as evidences.

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 Answer Key

15. Generation
ACADEMIC 14. Generation
under 13. Adults
words fall 10. NAT 10. NAT 12. Communicated
All other 9. AT 9. AT 11. Communicated
8. AT 8. AT 10. Communication
Magazine 7. NAT 7. NAT 9. Labels
Blog 6. AT 6. NAT 8. Communicated
Audience 5. AT 5. NAT 7. Distinction
Mass 4. AT 4. NAT 6. Communicated
Leisure 3. AT 3. AT 5. Features
Informal 2. AT 2. NAT 4. Unique
Entertain 1. NAT 1. AT 3. Communication
2. Distinct
NAT Answers
Activity #1 #1 1. Communicate
What’s New Independent Assessment Independent Assessment #2
Individual

References
Barrot, Jessie and Sipacio, Phillippe John. Communication Today: English for Academic and Professional
Purposes. Quezon City: C&E Publishing, Inc. 2016

Mendoza, Remilyn G. English for Academic and Professional Purposes. Makati: Diwa Learning Systems, In, 2016.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text. Accessed May 31, 2020.

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https://pixy.org/download/4301341/

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