Lesson 1 Academic and Professional Writing.pptx

Academic and Non-Academic Texts  Academic Texts written by professionals in the given field well edited and often takes years to publish uses formal language contains words and terms specific to the field (jargons)  Academic Texts contains list of sources a...

Academic and Non-Academic Texts  Academic Texts written by professionals in the given field well edited and often takes years to publish uses formal language contains words and terms specific to the field (jargons)  Academic Texts contains list of sources and references main goal is to advance human understanding in a particular discipline  Academic Texts can be challenging for novice/ beginner readers informative, argumentative, or objective in nature  Examples of Academic Texts school books and textbooks journal articles research proposals and papers some newspapers and magazine articles thesis and dissertations  Types of Academic Texts Descriptive: These texts provide facts and information to support a concept or idea. They use keywords such as identify, report, record, summarize, and define.  Types of Academic Texts Analytic: These texts organize information and facts into categories, themes, and different parts. They aim to identify relationships among the information presented. Keywords for analytical texts include analyze, compare, contrast, relate, and examine.  Types of Academic Texts Persuasive: Include arguments, recommendations, interpretations, or evaluations of another work with the addition of your own point of view. It needs to be supported by evidence. Keywords: argue, evaluate, discuss, and take a position.  Types of Academic Texts Critical: These texts require considering at least two points of view, including the reader's own viewpoint. They are often argumentative in nature. Keywords for critical texts include critic, debate, disagree, and evaluate.  Non-Academic Texts written for the mass public published quickly and can be written by anyone often doesn’t involve research or sources uses informal and more conversational language  Non-Academic Texts author may be unknown usually delivers simple and basic information can be read and easily understood by any kind of reader personal, emotional, impressionistic, or subjective in manner  Examples of Non-Academic Texts blog posts fiction books letters personal journals and diaries  Type Structure Purpose Tone Sentences and paragraphs Third person, objective, Academic factual, research-based, To inform Formal opinions of educated To educate impersonal scholars Sentences and paragraphs, verses, first person, Informal Non- subjective, To entertain Personal Academic creative/imaginative, To persuade Emotional personal experiences and opinions  Factors in Academic Writing audience – to whom are you writing for? purpose – why are you writing?  Factors in Academic Writing organization – how will you arrange your ideas? style – what techniques/s will you use?  Factors in Academic Writing flow – how well will you express ideas? presentation – is your output ready for publishing?  Examples of Academic Texts Articles – published in scholarly journals, this type of academic text offers results of research and development that can either impact the academic community or provide relevance to nation-building.  Examples of Academic Texts Conference Papers – these are papers presented in scholastic conferences, and may be revised as articles for possible publication in scholarly journals.  Examples of Academic Texts Thesis and Dissertations – these are personal researches written by a candidate for a college or university degree.  Content and Style of Academic Texts  Content and Style of Academic Texts they state critical questions and issues they provide facts and evidence from credible sources they use precise and accurate words for clarity while being mindful that jargon is not used excessively and inappropriately.  Content and Style of Academic Texts they avoid using colloquial expressions they take an objective point-of-view and avoid being personal and subjective they list references they use hedging or cautious language to tone down their claims. Reading  Reading Goals Before you read an academic text, ask yourself the following questions. 1. Why am I reading this text? 2. What pieces of information do I need? 3. What do I want to learn?  Reading Goals The following are some general purposes for reading an academic text. 1. to better understand an existing idea 2. to get ideas that can support a particular writing assignment 3. to gain more information 4. to identify gaps in existing studies 5. to connect new ideas to existing ones  Critical Reading Strategies  Before Reading determine which type of academic text you are reading determine and establish your purpose for reading identify the author’s purpose for writing predict or infer the main idea or argument of the text based on its title. identify your attitude towards the author and the text  Before Reading state what you already know and what you want to learn about the topic determine the target audience check the publication date for relevance check the reference list while making sure to consider the correctness of the formatting style use a concept map or any appropriate graphic organizer to note your existing ideas and knowledge on the topic.  During Reading annotate important parts of the text  After Reading reflect on what you have read react on some parts of the text through writing discuss some parts with your teacher or classmates link the main idea of the text to what you already know Other Reading Strategies a. SQ3R Method – Survey Question Read Recite Review Other Reading Strategies b. KWL Method  Performance Task 1 Write a 3-paragraph persuasive speech about the topic “Is work immersion important to Grade 12 students?” Fundamentals of Reading Academic Texts