English for Specific Purposes - Lesson 1

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES  2 EPP VS EAP How these two fields in the interdisciplinary understanding of English work independently across various aspects? ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES Cultural skills [in English] for academic contexts The linguistic...

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES  2 EPP VS EAP How these two fields in the interdisciplinary understanding of English work independently across various aspects? ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES Cultural skills [in English] for academic contexts The linguistic feature is formal but academic LOOK AT THESE AREAS IN ACADEMIC ENGLISH:  STRUCTURE: format  PATTERNS: text development  FEATURES: formality, density, abstraction, objectivity, rigor, and tightly-knit  Other features include the use of hedging, impersonal language, full verbs, and formal grammar structures ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES…  INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION  LINGUISTIC FEATURE IS FORMAL BUT PLAIN KNOWING THE IMPORTANT SKILL:6 THE PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH  Business Communication at Work:  Why do we communicate?  How do we communicate?  Basics for Communicating Effectively at Work:  Determine the purpose.  Identify the audience.  What the audience need to hear?  Develop clear, concise, and logical message.  Maintain positive attitude. KNOWING THE IMPORTANT SKILL:7 THE PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH  Principles of Written Communication at Work:  Will the reader understand the message?  Is the tone of the message positive?  Will the letter do its specific job and build goodwill?  The Six Cs or Tests of Effective Communication  Courtesy  Clear  Complete  Concise  Correct  Consistent  ASPECTS ACADEMIC BUSINESS 8 CONTENT Humanities, literature, civilization Business [professional and other academic areas field] GENRES Research papers, essays and other Correspondences and English papers business reports and letters STRUCTURE Similar structure or shared structure Varies PURPOSES Writing to learn Writing to connect READERSHIP academicians Managers, employees, customers FORMAT prescribed With distinct design TONE formal Formal but conversational STYLE Complex, appropriate, concise, Condensed, simple, complete, correct consistent concise, appropriate OWNERSHIP personal Confidential LIFE SPAN limited Stored SAMPLE TEXT The academic materials for humanities and business being previously peer- reviewed by the academic panel for research and extension were published and approved by the council for mass distribution. IMPROVED TEXT The council approved the mass distribution of the published peer-reviewed materials for humanities and business. SAMPLE TEXT Consideration of your request leads us to believe that of several alternative courses of action open at the present time, the maximum effect will accrue if standard procedures are amended to permit actualization toward realization of the goals of our mission. IMPROVED TEXT We agree with you that we can best realize our mission goals by modifying our standard procedures. SAMPLE TEXT In reply to your response for the status of the new academic program in the arts, the proposal for the new program of the study for the psychology program was sent to the Board for their perusal and discussion; after which they accepted it as presented with all members voting in favor of the proposal to be implemented during the year. IMPROVED TEXT The Board unanimously accepted the proposal for the new psychology program to begin in January 2025.  ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AT WORK  13 CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORDS The fundamental element of any expression in a language system, relatively for the communication perspective, is the words