ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL

PURPOSES
Quarter 3 – LAS 1
Differentiating language used in academic text in various
discipline

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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL

PURPOSES
Learning Area

DIFFERENTIATES LANGUAGE USED IN ACADEMIC TEXT

IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINE
Topic

Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) with code:

Differentiate language used in academic text in various discipline

Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✓ determine and analyze the language used in academic text in various discipline;
✓ differentiate language used in academic text in various discipline; ✓ illustrates
the use of the English language in different disciplines and evaluates its content in
the reading text;
✓ analyze, and determine the register of language used in the following text. ✓
appreciate the importance and uses of language in academic text and in various
discipline through reflecting or illustrating its concept
Materials:
✓A sheet of paper and ball pen

Content background:
This module includes reading articles which vary in subject matter, length, and style
of writing to give you a wide range of reading exposure. The reading materials thus
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provide exciting learning opportunities. The activities included will develop and
enhance your learning competencies as a student which will encourage you to apply
new learnings to practical situations independently.
 What is an 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.

Now that you already have an

idea about an academic text,

let’s discuss the register of

language so it will be easy for

 you to differentiate
language
used in academic texts

BAYER ASPIRIN Bayer Non-Rx C: Acetylsalicylic acid

I: Prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders, MI, transient ischemic attacks
& stroke.
D: 1 tab daily.
CI: Gastric & duodenal ulcers. Hemorrhagic diathesis. Children <16 yr. SP:
Renal disorders, G6PD deficiency. Pregnant women close to delivery, patients
with flu, chickenpox or hemorrhagic fever, GI ulceration or asthma.
Onset of persistent vomiting may be a sign of Reye’s syndrome (immediate
treatment).
AR: Gastric hemorrhage, hypersensitivity, thrombocytopenia.
DI: Anticoagulants, corticosteroids, antirheumatics, sulfonylureas,
methotrexate, spironolactone, furosemide, antigout agents. Alcohol.
P/P: Tab 100 mg x 300’s (P393.50).
US FDA Preg Cat: C; D if full dose used in 3rd trimester.

What is the easiest reading assignment you have done so far?

How about the most difficult one?
What do you think made the reading assignment difficult or easy?
Read information about the medicine called aspirin.
 Did you find the information useful? Did you encounter
difficulties in understanding the information? Who do
you think is the intended reader of this write-up about
aspirin?

When you access information, you should pay attention

on how ideas are arranged in the text. There are
instances when complex information can be better
understood if the ideas are presented in an organized
manner which is one of the characteristics of an
academic text.
Look how every piece of information about this medicine is
conveyed in the above entry taken from MIMS, 107th Edition
2006 Philippine Index of Medical Specialties. The clustering
of ideas under specific headings can facilitate understanding
of texts.
I know you find it difficult to understand some information because
of the language used.

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There are certain registers of language (types of
Language use) peculiar to specific professions such as
medical science, engineering, and business. These types
of language use may be unintelligible to people not
belonging to the same profession. Such language use is
also referred to as jargon.

In the case of aspirin, its common use as a drug

to relieve pain and reduce fever has gained popular
knowledge. The explanation given in the MIMS entry,
however, contains jargon and codes that are not
familiar to the lay reader. It is, therefore, important to
grasp the coding system. What do the initials stand
for?
MIMS explains that C stands for “Contents.”
Therefore, aspirin is acetyl salicylic acid. D is for
“Dosage,” which is 1 tablet daily. "I" stands for
“Indications” or what the medicine is recommended
for, that is, it prevents certain health threatening
conditions. The list that follows again consists of
jargon in the medical sciences. CI stands for
“contra indications.”
When these conditions are present in the patient, the
medicine should not be administered. SP stands for
“Special Precautions,” when extra care should be
taken when the medicine is prescribed. AR stands for
“Adverse Reactions” or bad or unfavorable effects or
reactions to the medicine. DI stands for “Drug
Interactions.” This means aspirin interacts with any
of the items included in the list. P/P, or Presentation
and Packing, shows how the
medicine is sold or its available packaging
Now that you already have an idea on how to
access information in a text and how academic
language plays an important role in the learning
process, let us have an additional discussion about
the register of language before you proceed to doing
a series of activities.

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ACTIVITY
Instructions: The following text in these series of activities illustrates the use of the
English language in different disciplines. Read carefully and evaluate its content by
answering the questions that follow. Write the answers in your activity notebook.

Activity 1 Reading Text

(“FROM THE AUTOPSY SURGEONS REPORT - Google Search,” n.d.)

 From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report
Death occurred from the effects of asphyxia, cerebral anemia, and shock. The
victim’s hair was used for the constriction ligature. Local marks of the ligature were
readily discernible: there were some abrasion and a slight ecchymosis in the skin.
But I found no obvious lesion in the blood vessels of the neck.
Cyanosis of the head was very slight and there were no pronounced hemorrhages in
the galea of the scalp. I should judge that very great compression was affected
almost immediately, with compression of the arteries as well as of the vein, and that
the superior laryngeal nerve was traumatized in the effect of throwing the victim
into profound shock…
The lungs revealed cyanosis, congestion, over aeration, and sub pleural petechial
hemorrhages.
Process 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:

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(“legal indictment - Google Search,” n.d.)

Legal Indictment
State of ----
--- Country
TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT
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THE GRAND JURORS of the State of --- duly impaneled and sworn, in and for ---
County in the name and by the authority of the said State upon their oath, find and
present:
That one John Doe late of --- County, on the 223rd day of January in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Four, with force and arms, in -- -
County, aforesaid and within jurisdiction of the Twenty First Judicial District Court
of ---, for the --- County, did unlawfully, feloniously, with malice aforethought kill
and slay one Porphyria Blank by strangulation.
Contrary to the form and the Statutes of the State of ---, in such cases made and
provided and against the peace and dignity of the same.
…………………………………………………..
District Attorney for the 21st
Judicial District of ---

Process 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?

Activity 3 Reading Text

(“black and white newspapers - Google Search,” n.d.)

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Local Girl Found Slain by Rejected Lover

(Newspaper Account)
Ms. Porphyria Blank, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Blank, of Barton
Park, was found strangled this morning in the cottage owned by John Doe, 25, who
was apprehended on the scene of the crime by officers Bailey and Hodge. Doe was
found holding the body in his arms, and appeared to be in stupor, his only reply to
repeated questioning being, “I killed her because I loved her.”
According to the members of the Blank family, Doe had paid attention to Miss
Blank for the last several months, though it was strenuously denied that his regards
for Miss Blank was returned. Miss Blank’s engagement with Mr. Roger Weston was
announced last month. Mr. Weston could not be reached for a statement. Mrs. Blank
was prostrated by the news of her daughter’s death.
The slain girl vanished last evening at approximately eleven o’clock from a
dinner party given at her parent’s home in honor of the approaching wedding. The
family became alarmed when it was discovered that she was not in her room and
instituted a search for her about midnight. The police, who were promptly notified,
in the course of their search knocked at Mr.
Doe’s cottage, a building some quarter of a mile from the Blank estate, at five in the
morning. Receiving no answer, they forced the door and discovered Doe sitting with
the dead girl in his lap. She had apparently been strangled, Dr. A. P. Reynolds,
Autopsy Surgeon for the county, state that, from the condition of the body, death
must have occurred at about midnight.
Process Questions:
1. Get a copy of any broadsheet/newspaper and read an article from it. Compare
this text with the article “The local girl found slain by rejected lover.” 2. What kind
of information did you get from the text? Did you notice any similarity/difference
between the two?
3. Pay attention to the words and sentences used in the news article. Are the words
and sentences difficult to understand? Why?
4. Who is narrating the event? How was the event narrated?
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Writer : IMEE S. GABION

Editors : GINA B. PANTINO
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