ENGLISH FOR

ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES
Quarter 1-Module 1
Language Used in
Academic Texts
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Diff erentiates Academic Texts
and Non-Academic Texts;
• Determines the structure of a
specifi c academic text;
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• Draw factors that shapes
Academic and Non-Academic
Writing
 Direction: Write
TRUTH if the
statement is true
and write LIE if
the statement is
1. Academic writing
incorrect.
is intended for a
scholarly audience.
2. The main aim of
academic writing is
to entertain the
audience.
[Link] tone of
academic writing is
objective and
formal.
4. .Contractions are
discouraged in an
academic text.
5. Newspaper
articles are some
examples of non-
academic writing.
 Learning Synapses 1
Directions: Supply the words/phrases where they belong. They are
used to describe either academic text or non-academic text.

Personal opinions Validate idea Subjective Formal

No fixed structure Informal essays Objective
Research paper Diaries Scholarly Audience
What is Academic
Text?
ACADEMIC TEXT
• It is a formal and rather
impersonal mode of
writing that is intended
for a scholarly audience.
• The main aim of
academic writing is to
inform the audience
while providing non-
biased information and
backing up the writer’s
claims with solid
evidence.
 ACADEMIC TEXTS
• written by profesionals/
scholars
• well-edited
• its main goal is to
advance understanding
• contains lists of
sources/references
• uses formal language
Examples ACADEMIC
TEXTS
• Research paper
• Essay
• Theses
• Dissertations
• Academic Journal
Article
 TYPES OF
ACADEMIC TEXTS
A . D ES C RI P T I V E
P ro v i d e s f a c ts a n d
i n f o rm a ti o n t o su ppo rt a
concept or idea.

B . A N A LY T I C A L
O rg a n i z e s f a c ts a n d
i n f o rm a ti o n i n to
c a t e g o r i e s , g r o u ps, pa rts,
ty p e s o r re l a ti o n sh ips.
 TYPES OF
ACADEMIC
C . C RI TICAL TEXTS
Re q u i re s y o u to co n side r a t
l e a s t tw o p o i n ts o f v ie w,
including your own.

D. P ERS UA S IV E
I t i n c l u d e s a rg u m e n t,
re c o m m e n d a t i o n ,
i n te rp re ta ti o n , o r
e v a l u a ti o n o f th e w o rk o f
o t h e rs w i th th e a dditio n o f
y o u r o w n p o i n t o f vie w.
 FEATURES OF
ACADEMIC
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– Written language has no longer
words, it is lexically more varied
vocabulary.
– Written texts are shorter and the
language has more grammatical
complexity, including more
subordinate clauses and more
passives.
2. FORMAL
- Should avoid colloquial words and
expressions.
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- Facts are given accurately and
precisely
 FEATURES OF
ACADEMIC
4. OBJECTIVE
-
TEXTS
has fewer words that emphasize
on the information you want to
give and the arguments you want
to make - mostly use nouns
(adjectives), rather than verbs
(adverbs)
5. EXPLICIT
- It is the responsibility of the writer
in English to make it clear to the
reader how the various parts of
the text are related.
6. ACCURATE
- Uses vocabulary accurately .Most
subjects have words with narrow
 FEATURES OF
ACADEMIC TEXTS
7. HEDGING
- It is necessary to make decisions about
your stance on a particular subject, or
the strength of the claims you are
making.
8. RESPONSIBLE
- You must be responsible for and must
be able to provide evidence and
justification for any claims you make.
9. ORGANIZE
- Well-organized.
- It flows easily from one section to the
next in a logical fashion.
 FEATURES OF
ACADEMIC TEXTS
10. PLAN
- Well-planned.
- It usually takes place after research
and evaluation, according to specific
purpose and plan.
PurPose OF reading an
ACADEMIC TEXTS
1. To locate a main idea;
2. To scan for information;
3. To identify gaps in existing studies;
4. To connect new ideas to existing
ones;
5. To gain more pieces of information;
6. To support a particular writing
assignment; and, 7. To deeply
understand an existing idea.
Factors to consider in
writing the ACADEMIC
TEXTS
[Link] critical questions and issues;
2. Provide facts and evidence from
credible sources;
3. Use precise and accurate words while
avoiding jargon;
4. Take an objective point of view;
5. List references; and,
6. Use cautious language
 W H AT I S N O N -
• CADEMIC
Non-academic T E XisT written
writing ?
for a lay audience or the mass
public.
• Published quickly and can be
written by anyone.
• Doesn’t involve research or
sources
• Uses Informal and more
conversational language
 W H AT I S N O N -
• C A Dmay
Author E M be
I C Unknown
TEXT?
• Delivers simple and basic
information
• Can be read and easily
understood by any kind of
reader
 Example of NON-
C A messages
• Email DEMIC TEXT
• Personals Opinions
• Newspaper
• Magazines
• Blog Article
Academic language
vs. social language
• Academic language is the language
needed by students to do the work in
schools. It includes, for example,
discipline-specific vocabulary, grammar
and punctuation, and applications of
rhetorical conventions and devices that
are typical for a content area (e.g.,
essays, lab reports, discussions of a
controversial issue.)
 Academic language
vs. social language
• Social language is the set of
vocabulary that allows us to
communicate with others in
the context of regular daily
conversations.
 Characteristic of
Academic language
A. Formal - It should not sound
conversational or casual.
Colloquial, idiomatic, slang or
journalistic expressions should
particularly be avoided.
Examples:
Use… Instead… Consider, monitor
Look at Revise, review Go over
Solve, repair, amend Fix
 Characteristic of
Academic language
B. Objective - This means it is
unbiased. It should be based on
facts and evidence and are not
influenced by personal feelings.
C. Impersonal - This involves
avoiding the personal pronouns ‘I’
and ‘we’. For example, instead of
writing ‘I will show’, you might
write ‘this report will show’. The
second person, ‘you’, is also to be
avoided.
 LEARNING
S Y NRead
Directions: A Pthe
S two
E Spassages,
2
then spot the difference between
the two.

structure
characteristics
tone
 LEARNING
S Y N
1. In your A P S
TextEAS 2
opinion,
which of the
texts is an
academic
text?
2. Why do Text B
you consider
it as an
academic
text?
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SYNAPS
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 GROUPWORK 1
Directions: Search for 1
example of a text from
various disciplines.

Then, Identify what

kind of text does it
belong to and assess
what factors are
present in shaping the
text.
GROUPWORK 1
CRITERIA
Objectivity------------5
Correctness----------3
Timeliness------------2
Collaborative work--3
Appeal-----------------2
TOTAL 15pts
 QUIZ
Direc ti on s : Read eac h
s tatem en t c aref u l l y an d
id en ti f y w h eth er eac h
s tatem en t
is tru e or f al s e. Wr i te T i f th e
s tatem en t i s tr u e an d F i f i t i s
f als e.

1 . Non - ac ad em i c tex t i s b as ed
on p ers on al op i n i on s an d
f eelin g s .

2 . Acad em i c tex ts ar e wr i tten

f or a l ay au d i en c e or th e m as s
 .
3 . A c ad emi c tex ts c an us e t he
fi rs t p ers on p oi nt-of-v i ew and
i nc l ud e one’ s
em o t i onal attac hment to the
topic.

4 . T he tone us ed i n ac ad emi c
w ri t i ng is us ual l y formal ,
m ea ni ng
t ha t it s houl d not s ound
c o nv ers ati onal or c as ual .

5 . A c ad emi c wri ti ng i s b as ed
o n res earc h and not on the
w ri t er ’ s own
o p i ni on ab out a g i v en top i c .
6 . Sc holarly essays,
researc h papers,
dissertations, etc . a re som e
exa m ples of non -a c a de m ic
w riting.
7 . Th e features of Ac a de m ic
la n guage are in form a l,
obje ctive, prec ise , a nd
im personal.
8 . B oth ac adem ic a n d n on -
a c a demic texts em ploy th e
u se of informal
9 . A ca demi c l a ngua ge is
i m persona l in tha t you
ge n era ll y don’t refer to
you rsel f a s the performer
of a cti ons.
1 0. The m a in a i m of
a ca demic writing i s to
i n form the a udience whi le
providing non-bia sed
i n form a ti on a nd ba cki ng
u p t he wri ter ’s cla i ms
w i t h soli d evi dence.