“You can make

anything by writing.”
—C.S. Lewis
 Lesson 1:
Nature of
Academic Texts
 Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

a. determine the difference between

creative writing and academic writing
b. distinguish the purpose of an academic
text
c. identify the styles used in an academic
text
 01
Kinds of Writing
 Kinds of Writing

Creative Academic
Writing Writing
Creative Writing
It is any form
of writing which
is written with
the creativity
of mind.
Creative Writing

The purpose is to
express something,
whether it be
feelings, thoughts,
or emotions.
Creative Writing
- It is informal way of
writing.
Examples:
fiction writing, poetry writing and
creative nonfiction writing (short
stories, novels, poems and etc.)
 Academic Writing

Academic writing refers to a

style of expression that
researchers use to define the
intellectual boundaries of
their disciplines and their
specific areas of expertise.
 Academic Writing

It is structured
and it follows a
specific pattern.
 Academic Writing

You cannot just

write anything
that comes to your
mind.
 Academic Writing

You have to
abide by the set
of rules and
practices in
writing.
 Academic Writing
You have to
write in a
language that is
appropriate and You also have to
consider the
formal but not
knowledge and
too pretentious. background of
your audience.
 Academic Writing

You have to make

sure that you
can back up your
statement with a
strong and valid
evidence.
 Academic Writing
It requires
deliberate,
thorough, and
careful thought
and that is why It’s a formal
it involves way of
research. writing.
Examples of Academic Writing
Textbooks Longer Student texts:
dissertations and theses

Shorter Student texts:

essays
Research Article
 Examples of Academic Writing
Case Studies Reports
 02
Specific Purpose of
Academic Writing
Specific Purpose of
Academic Writing
To
inform To
argue a
specific
point To
persuade
 03
Specific Audience of
Academic Writing
Specific Audience of Academic Writing

Teachers Peers Academic

(For the Community
(Read and
most part) (Read your
evaluate
your work) work)
 04
Style of Academic
Writing
 Style of Academic Writing

Formal Impersonal Precise

Cautious Unemotional
Thank you for
listening!
Test your knowledge!
Why Do They Say Our
English is Bad?
(An Excerpt)
Grace M. Saqueton
English Teachers in the Philippines often
find themselves in a very frustrating
situation – no matter how hard they try to
teach the rules of written English to their
students, the students still commit errors in
word order, word choice, subject-verb
agreement, tenses, prepositions articles,
punctuations, and the like.
Teachers get frustrated when they hear or
read sentences such as “They decided to got
married,” “What did the students watched?”
or “Ana go to the canteen.” it is also
alarming because the rules that apply to
these sentences are supposedly simple rules
that the students should have learned in
grade school. Yet, here they are in college,
still committing those same errors.
Questions:
• What is the text about?
• What is the writer’s goal
in writing the text?
(purpose)
• Who is the target reader
of the text? (audience)
 Questions:
• How did the writer organize
the text? (style)
• Did the writer write in
formal or informal manner?
(tone)
• What kind of text? Academic
or Creative? Explain.
• Summarization of the Text
Reading Activity
 Read:
Mother Tongue
(an excerpt)
Amy Tan
I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot
give you much more than personal opinions on
the English language and its variations in this
country.
I am a writer. And by that definition, I am
someone who has always loved language. I am
fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great
deal of my time thinking about the power of
language – the way it can evoke an emotion -
A visual image, a complex idea, or a
simple truth. Language is the tool of my
trade. And I use them all – all the
Englishes I grew up with.
Questions:
• What is the text about?
• What is the writer’s goal
in writing the text?
(purpose)
• Who is the target reader
of the text? (audience)
 Questions:
• How did the writer organize
the text? (style)
• Did the writer write in
formal or informal manner?
(tone)
• What kind of text? Academic
or Creative? Explain.
• Summarization of the Text