UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS-LEGAZPI

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

S.Y. 2022-2023

Structure of Academic Texts

Content and Style of Academic
Texts
Reading Strategies

Ms. Jean Pauline Trilles-Pocaan

 How will I easily determine an academic text?
 What are the fundamental content and
structure of academic text?
 How will I gather information from an
academic text?
Before you read an
academic text, ask
yourself the
following
questions:
 Why am I
reading this
text?
What information
or pieces of
information do I
need?
What do I want
to learn?
 Here are some
general purposes
for reading an
academic text.

• To better understand an
existing idea
• To get the ideas that can
support a particular writing
assignment
• To gain more information
• To identify the gaps in
existing studies
• To connect new ideas to
existing ones
 clearly structured
formal Structure
introduction, body,
and conclusion
of
Academic
include Texts
information from include a list of
credible sources references
(properly cited)
 Content and Style of
Academic Texts

• concepts and theories are

related to the specific
discipline they explore; and
• exhibit all the properties of
a well-written text
In general, authors observe
the following when writing
academic texts:

precise and
state accurate
provide facts
words while
and evidence critical
avoiding
from credible questions jargon and
sources and issues colloquial
expressions
Readin
g
Goals
 Critical Reading
Strategies

• reading academic texts requires

focus and understanding
• help identify the key arguments
presented by the author and
analyze concepts presented in
the text
Before
Reading
Determine which type of
academic text (article, review,
thesis, etc.) you are reading.
Determine and establish your
purpose for reading.
Identify the author’s purpose
for writing.
Predict or infer the main idea
or argument of the text based
on its title.
Identify your attitude towards
the author and the text.
State what you already know
and what you want to learn
about the topic.
Determine the target
audience.
Check the publication date
for relevance. It should have
been published at most five
years earlier than the current
year.
Check the reference list while
making sure to consider the
correctness of the formatting
style.
Use a concept map or a
graphic organizer to note
your existing ideas and
knowledge on the topic.
During reading
Write key words or phrases
on the margins in bullet
form.
Write something on the page
margin where important
information is found.
Write brief notes on the
margin.
Write questions on
information that you find
confusing.
Write what you already
know about the ideas.
Write the limitations of the
author’s arguments.
Write notes on the reliability
of the text.
Comment on the author’s
biases.
Use a concept map or any
graphic organizer to note down
the ideas being explained.
Underline important words,
phrases, or sentences.
Underline or circle meanings or
definitions.
Mark or highlight relevant/
essential parts of the text.
Use the headings and transition
words to identify relationships
in the text.
Create a bank of unfamiliar or
technical words to be defined
later.
Use context clues to define
unfamiliar or technical words.
Synthesize author’s arguments
at the end of chapter or section.
Determine the main idea of the
text.
Identify the evidence or
supporting arguments presented
by the author and check their
validity and relevance.
Identify the findings and note the
appropriateness of the research
method used.
 After
Reading
Reflect on what
you learned.
React on some
parts of the text
through
writing.
Discuss some
parts with your
teacher or
classmates.
Link the main
idea of the text
to what you
already know.
ACTIVITY ON ARALINKS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer “Reading

Strategies Activity”. Read and follow the
directions provided.

•The task is good for less than 20

minutes.
REFERENCES
 
 
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Sarza-Barrot, J. et al. (2016). Communicate today english for professional
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Valdez, P.N. (2016). English for the globalized classrooms series English
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