CONSIDERATIONS IN

WRITING AND
ACADEMIC WRITING
STYLE
FACTORS
•WRITING IS A FORM OF
COMMUNICATION.
 FACTORS
• TOPIC
• WHAT IS IT ABOUT? WHAT DETAILS ARE TO BE IMPARTED?

• ROLE
• WHAT AM I AS A WRITER?

• PURPOSE
• WHY IS THERE A NEED TO WRITE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

• AUDIENCE
• WHO WILL BE READING THIS PIECE? WHAT KNOWLEDGE DO THEY
NEED TO UNDERSTAND?
 ACTIVITY
• THINK OF AN SMS, PERSONAL MESSAGE
THROUGH YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKING
ACCOUNT OR EMAIL THAT WAS MISSENT TO
YOU. HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT THE
MESSAGE WAS NOT INTENDED FOR YOU.
ACTIVITY BY PAIR
• EXCERPT 1
Recent research on learner centered education and qualitative inquiry in student
cognition has indicated the importance of students’ processing of different concepts as
these are central in teaching and learning. In the above-mentioned case, metaphor
analysis can be attributed to the growth of applied linguistic research permeating in
different domains of society. The present investigation is anchored in metaphorical
analysis espoused by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and attempts to draw the
metaphorical images associated to different mathematical operations of grade pupils
studying in basic education institutions in the Philippines. Through systematic
sampling, the data used in the analysis are drawn from journal entries of 35 students
written in a span of three months. As will be presented, the investigation reveals the
different metaphorical images associated to the four mathematical operations.
Likewise, we intend to explore possible reasons for the aforementioned metaphorical
associations. Moreover, useful implications for dependent learning and using applied
linguistic methods in improving student cognition are forwarded. (Valdez & Villorente-
Saulo, 2014, p. 138)
• EXCERPT 2

Picture Description: Draw a comic strip that depicts two people

arguing on the technical features of the
smartphone.
• EXCERPT 3
EXAMINE THE THREE TEXTS ABOVE AND FILL
OUT THIS TABLE.
EXCERPT 1 EXCERPT 2 EXCERPT 3
ABSTRACT COMIC STRIP POSTER

PURPOSE

LANGUAGE USED
(Conversational OR
Technical)

AUDIENCE

ROLE OF THE WRITER