English for Academic and Professional

Purposes
Legua, Krizlyn O. STEM 12-Apollo August 25, 2022

Reading Academic Text

What I know:
Test I.

Characteristics Academic Text Non-academic Text

Audience Scholarly audience Public
Purpose To inform and/ or validate idea To entertain
Structure Introduction-body-conclusion No fixed structure
Language Formal Contains colloquialism
Style Objective Subjective
Source of content Related literature Everyday events
Examples Research paper or reports Informal essays and diaries

Test II.
1. f
2. d
3. e
4. b
5. c

Test III.
 The sky occasionally glows with bands of color. The links may begin as cloud forms and later
expand across the entire sky. These lights are known as the aurora borealis or northern lights.
Scientists are unsure what causes them. old beliefs that these lights were dragons on fire

Lesson 1: Academic Language used from Various Discipline

What’s In:
1. A
2. A
3. N
4. N
5. A

What’s More:
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. T
6. T
7. F
8. F
9. T
10. T

What I can do:

Test I.

Characteristics of academic A B C D E
language
Does the text use a formal Yes yes No yes No
language? (yes/no)
Is the choice of words Yes Yes No Yes No
appropriate for an academic
text? (yes/no)
Does the text use technical Yes Yes No Yes No
terms? ( if yes, write 1 term
in the text,/no)
Is the academic text Yes casual No Yes Yes No
objective? (yes/ if no, write 2 relationship maternity phototactic
phrases that indicate leave
subjectivity)
yes Yes No I think I Yes No. I
strongly want/ I
urged have

Test II.

ACADEMIC TEXT NON-ACADEMIC TEXT

-It is a written -uses research -Written for

language that - has a wide the mass
delivers audience public
information Require citing
factual sources
containing
ideas and
concepts
relevant to a
Lesson 2: Text Structure

Activity 1:
1. go over- review, revise
2. show- indicate demonstrate, illustrate
3. begin- undertake, commence, initiate
4. good- positive, favorable, satisfactory
5. look at- consider, analyze, monitor
6. a lot of- a great deal of, many
7. a bit- somewhat, fairly
8. fix- solve, repair, amend
9. make sure- confirm, determine
10. quite good- reasonable

Activity 2.

Narrative sequence Cause & Problem / Compare / Definition or

effect solution contrast description
Important Since Since Because However For instance
powerful Finally So that So that Although Such as
Later Due to

What’s More:
Activity 3.
1. comparison and contrast
2. description
3. cause and effect
4. problem and solution
5. chronological/ sequence
6. comparison/ contrast
7. chronological/ sequence
8. cause & effect
9. compare and contrast
10. narrative

Lesson 3: Techniques in Summarizing Variety of Academic Texts

What’s In:
1.c
2.f
3.a
4.g
5.d
6.e
Activity 4.
COVID- 19 Pandemic Journey

COVID- 19 is an acute coronavirus-caused human disease marked mostly by fever and cough and
capable of escalating to severe symptoms and, in some cases, death, particularly in the elderly and those
with underlying health issues. The epidemic was found in November 2019 in Wuhan. Human-to-human
transmission may have occurred prior to the discovery. According to a retrospective review, the number of
cases in Hubei rapidly climbed beginning in December 2019, reaching 60 by 20 December and at least 266
by 31 December.

It was year 2022, I was in grade 9 when I first heard about the COVID virus, and I didn't think it would
last or have any effect on the economy or schooling. We're all worried and want the epidemic to end; I didn't
leave the house because I was afraid of becoming infected. Then, a few months later, I developed an interest
in cooking and sewing various sorts of clothing, and it became my hobby, as well as my coping mechanism
when things did not go well. I am pleased that the situation is not as bad as it was before; we were able to
hold face-to-face sessions and go anyplace because it is no longer as risky.

Everything is achievable as long as we follow the policies that will assist us avoid the worst-case scenario.
Wear a face mask, avoid social situations, get vaccinated, and be aware of the factors that can cause you to
become contaminated.