ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

I. Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. understand the importance of text structure in gathering information from texts.
2. determine the structure of a specific academic text.
3. discuss the text structure and its impact on understanding the information.

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Introduction to Text Structure
References: English for Academic and Professional Purposes- Module 1
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, chart, textbooks, smartTV, laptop

III. Procedure:
A. Preliminary Activities: 
1. Review
Review last week’s lesson.
2. Motivation:
- Display a short passage or article with a clear text structure (e.g., cause and effect,
compare and contrast, problem and solution).
- Ask students to read the passage individually and identify the text structure used.
3. Unlocking Difficulties:
- text structure
- narrative
- chronological structure

B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity
 Provide students with a set of passages or articles that represent various text
structures.
 In small groups or individually, students should read the texts and identify the text
structure used.
 Discuss the answers as a class and ask students to explain how they determined the
text structure.
2. Analysis
o Define text structure as the organization and arrangement of information in a text.
o Explain the different types of text structures commonly used in academic and
nonfiction texts (e.g., chronological, descriptive, sequential, problem-solution).
3. Abstract
 In pairs or small groups, students should discuss the text structure and its impact on
understanding the information presented.
4. Application
 Students should create an outline or visual representation that highlights the main
components of the text structure.

IV. Evaluation:
 Provide students with a variety of texts (e.g., articles, essays, excerpts) and ask
them to identify the text structure used in each.
 Students should justify their answers and provide evidence from the texts to support
their reasoning.
V. Assignment
Give students a longer passage or article and ask them to identify the text structure on their
own.