ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSION

Lesson 1: Language used in academic texts

Delos Reyes, Adrian M, Date:

HUMSS 11 – Abueva Mr. Leo Coloma

Pre-Test

Task 1:

Direction: Write T if the statement is true and write F if the

statement is incorrect.

1. Academic Writing is intended for a scholarly audience.

-T
2. The main aim of academic writing is to entertain the
audience. - F
3. The tone of academic writing is objective and formal. -
T
4. Contractions are discouraged in an academic text. - T
5. Newspaper articles are some examples of academic
writing. – F
Task 2:

Solve, repair, amend Demonstrate, illustrate,

indicate
Commence, initiate, A great deal of, many an
undertake abundance
Confirm, determine, verify Revise, review
Consider, monitor, analyze Somewhat, fairly, quite
Satisfactory, positive, Excellent, perfect,
favorable accurate

1. Look at – satisfactory, positively, favorable

2. Go over – Consider, monitor, analyze
3. Show – Demonstrate, illustrate, indicate
4. Begin – Commence, initiate, undertake
5. Good – Excellent, perfect, accurate
6. A lot of – A great deal of, many an abundance
7. A bit – Somewhat, fairly, quite
8. Fix – Solve, Repair, Amend
9. Make sure – Confirm, determine, verify

Task 3:
Academic Text Non Academic Text
Formal Informal essays
Research paper Personal Opinions
Validate idea No fixed structure
Scholarly audience Diaries
Objective Subjective

Task 4

Post Test

Directions: Read each statement carefully and identify

whether each statement is true or false Write T if the
statement is true and F if it is false.

1. Non-academic text is based on personal opinions and

feelings.

-T

2 Academic texts are written for a lay audience or the mass

public.

-T
3 Academic texts can use first person point-of-view and
include one's emotional attachment to the topic

-F

4. The tone used in academic writing is usually formal, meaning

that it should not sound conversational or casual

-F

5 Academic writing is based on research and not on the

writer's own opinion about a given topic
-T