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English For Academic and Professional Purposes: Written Work 1
English For Academic and Professional Purposes: Written Work 1
For items 11 to 15, identify the discipline on which the following descriptions of term belong.
11. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.
a. Chemistry b. Biology c. Law d. Politics
12. Order is an authoritative mandate, command, or direction issued by a court under its seal.
a. Law b. Politics c. Business d. Finance
13. Process is a summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court.
a. Politics b. Business c. Law d. Biology
14. Data are known or assumed as facts which serve as the basis of calculation.
a. Law b. Philosophy c. Politics d. Statistics
15. This refers to the method of human communication consisting the use of words in a
structured and conventional way.
a. vocabulary b. texts c. language d. academic
Performance task 1
Now, it’s about time for you to use your knowledge about language used in academic texts. In
the space provided, write a two-paragraph text on the topic that interests you. Please be guided
by the suggested criteria for scoring.
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Features 10 7 5 3
Gives some new
Quality of Very informative and well- Somewhat informative and Gives no new information
information but poorly
Writing organized. organized. and very poorly organized.
RUBRICS
organized.
So many spelling,
Grammar, Virtually no spelling, Few spelling and A number of spelling, punctuation and
Usage & punctuation or grammatical punctuation errors, minor punctuation or grammatical grammatical errors that it
Mechanics errors. grammatical errors. errors. interferes with the
meaning.
- Sir Kervz