ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC

AND PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES (EAPP)

Prepared by:
Ms. Cristine Joy M. Vergara
Teacher
 ACTIVITY #1
A. Answer the following questions.

1.What characteristics should a text or an article

possess for it to be considered an academic text?

2. Between essay and journalistic articles, which one

is considered to be an academic text? Why?

3. Objective or subjective? Which one should an

academic text be?
 STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE
OF ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL TEXTS
• ACADEMIC TEXTS
• Structure of Academic Texts
• Language used in academic texts
from various disciplines
 ACADEMIC TEXTS
It is a critical, objective, and
specialized text that is written by
professionals or experts in a
particular field. They are written in
formal language and have a formal style
and tone. Since these are objective
texts, they are based on facts.
Structure of an
Academic Text
Academic texts are
characterized by
having a clear
structure. On a general
level, this means that
the texts have an
introduction, the main
body, and an end.
INTRODUCTION
In the introduction, you
present to the reader what
the text will be about.
INTRODUCTION
In the introduction, you
present to the reader what
the text will be about. You can
do this with phrases such as:

• The purpose is to discuss…

• In the text I will argue for…
MAIN BODY
The main body of a
text consists of paragraphs
that describe and develop
the topic introduced in the
introduction.
CONCLUSION
In the conclusion,
summarizes what you have
done in the text.
CONCLUSION
In the conclusion,
summarize what you have done
in the text. Remind the reader
what the purpose of the text was
by using phrases such as:

• The purpose was to ...

• In this text I have described
and discussed…