English for Academic and

Professional Purposes
Ms. Gracelyn Rivas
What is Academic Text?

•  A language that must be formal and contain

words and terms specific to the field.
•  Its purpose is to aid the reader's
understanding.
• It has a style but does not require a long
sentences and complicated vocabulary.
 What is the different between
academic text and non-academic
text?
Common Examples

• Reports
• Research papers
• Essays
• Reaction papers
• Thesis paper
• Academic Journals
 The structure of a academic texts

• Introduction

• The main body (broken down paragraphs)

• conclusion
 Language Used in Academic Texts from
various Disciplines
• LANGUAGE – includes using textbooks, in classrooms and on tests.

• VOCABULARY - used in all academic disciplines to teach about the content

of the discipline e.g. a water table is different from a periodic elements
table in chemistry.

• STRUCTURE - includes the established ways of organizing writing in a

discipline. Different genres, paragraph/sentence structure, level of text
difficulty, purpose, intended audience, overall organization, and knowledge
of outside resources for the text all affect how one writes and reads in that
discipline.
Questions:

•What is the importance of

knowing the language various
disciplines in the classroom?
 Assignment:

• Read any short stories and then make a reaction paper

on the stories that you selected. Make sure that the
structure of a academic texts will be followed.