ESSENTIAL LEARNING SKILLS

In criticizing (someone's, someones)

work, we should be knowledgeable
about the topic. You should
(prepare, prepares) yourself to
(state, stating) your stand to avoid
committing mistakes.
How do you criticize someone's
work?
1.Analyze the concepts of article critique.
2.Manifest intelligence in criticizing
someone's work academically in
understanding their belief, culture, and
opinions.
3.Write an article critique that shows an
understanding of the concept.
 Lesson 1
Purposeful Writing in the
Discipline:
Article Critique
PPT: Esteban Red
acedemia.edu
 Fisher and Frey (2008)
Students of the 21 century must be
st

able to locate, understand, evaluate,

and use written information in their
personal and academic lives.
PURPOSE: A Crucial Consideration in
Academic and Professional Writing

Every time you engage in writing whether

it is for academic purposes or for the
professional field, it is a requirement that
you identify first your purpose.
PURPOSE: A Crucial Consideration in
Academic and Professional Writing

The objective of your writing would

define the contents, the organization,
level of vocabulary, the language use and
even format of your written output.
PURPOSE: A Crucial Consideration in
Academic and Professional Writing

“The writer must decide what the specific

purpose of his report is and make sure
that every part of his report contributes to
that purpose”, Mills and Walter (1978)
 FEATURES OF TEXTS
ACROSS DISCIPLINE
1. Book Review or Article Critique
2. Literature Review
3. Research Report
4. Project Proposal
5. Position Paper
 BOOK REVIEW OR
ARTICLE CRITIQUE

It is a form of literacy criticism in which a

book or article is analysed in terms of its
content, style, and merit
 BOOK REVIEW OR
ARTICLE CRITIQUE
The length of the review may vary from a
single paragraph to a complete essay
which uses the personal preferences of the
writer.
 BOOK REVIEW OR
ARTICLE CRITIQUE
Three things in preparing a book review:
1. Describes
2. Analyzes
3. Evaluates
LET US TRY!
 Read the statements carefully and
determine whether it is true or false.
If false, write the word/s that make/s
it incorrect.
1.Technical writing is a type of writing
that falls within the general field of
business, science and technology. It
appeals more to readers’ mind than
to their emotions for its main
purpose is to inform.
2. John says that all written

outputs follow only one

standard format and
purpose.
3. Inwriting an article critique,
one of the must- have skills of
a critic is the ability to locate
author’s claims and its
supporting evidences/details.
4. Shean claims that it is
very important in
academic and professional
writing that you have clear
objective.
5. Zyrah said that we need to
align the content, organization,
level of vocabulary, the
language use and format of our
paper to our objective.
THANK YOU!