English for Academic and

Professional Purposes

Online Distance Learning Modalities

Section: 11 – Ingenious
English for Academic and
Professional Purposes
Module 1, Quarter 1

Academic texts from various

discipline
Picture Analysis:

Process Questions:
1. What is the picture all about?
2. What is the common term that you
analyze from the 3 pictures?
3. How it is related with our topic to
be discussed today?
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What is Academic Text?
Academic text is typically used for textbooks, tests,
in classrooms, and any other discipline related to
the field of academics. It is very different from the
structure of vocabulary and structure from
everyday conversations through social interactions.
Academic text is a formal way to present words and
terms typical for the field.
Content and Style of Academic Texts

⮚ Include concepts and theories related to the specific

discipline
⮚ Have clearly structured introduction, body, and conclusion.
⮚ Include information from credible sources that are properly
cited.
⮚ Include concepts and theories that are related to the
specific discipline they explore.
⮚ Usually exhibit all properties of a well-written text ---
organization, unity, coherence, and strict adherence to the
rules of language and mechanics.
The specific ideas in various academic texts are
dependent on the field of academic text one is
reading in. For example, Humanities texts discuss
more about the various human expressions, such
as art and languages, while the sciences contain
the scientific method that discusses the objective
result of an experiment or the specific research
methodology. The specific ideas in various
academic text can be understood after skimming
and closely reading the text.
PROCESS QUESTIONS:
1. What is the easiest reading assignment you have done so
far?
2. How about the most difficult one?
3. What do you think made the reading assignment difficult
or easy?

Read information about the medicine called aspirin:

4. Did you find the information useful? Did you encounter
difficulties in understanding the information?
5. Who do you think is the intended reader of this write-up
about aspirin?
Some of the Language Registers are as follows:
● Language of medicine/medical science (medical terminologies)
● Law (legal language
● Journalism (journalistic language)
● Literature (literary language)
PRACTICE TASK 1: From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report (page 10 – 11)
Answers the Questions:
1. Did you encounter difficulties in understanding the text? Why?
2. List down words that you found difficult to understand and look for its definition in the
dictionary.
3. How was the report structured?
4. What did you learn from each sentence in the report? Begin with a simple grid like the
one below:
PRACTICE TASK 2: Legal Indictment (page 12)
Answers the Questions:
1. Did you encounter difficulties in understanding the text? Why?
2. List down words that you found difficult to understand and look for its
definition in the dictionary.
3. Discuss the text focusing on the type of language that is used in the
selection. Is this language commonly used in ordinary communication?
4. In plain language that can be understood by an ordinary reader, share
the findings of the Great Jurors.
5. What does the last paragraph of the District Attorney’s statement
means?
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