Pointers to Review - English for Academic and Professional Purposes PDF

POINTERS TO REVIEW ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES Review/Reaction paper/Critique is a product of critical assessments, analyses or evaluations of different works. Revolving only around one’s strong emotion about the subject is not a good quality of a...

POINTERS TO REVIEW ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES Review/Reaction paper/Critique is a product of critical assessments, analyses or evaluations of different works. Revolving only around one’s strong emotion about the subject is not a good quality of a good reaction paper. Academic text is considered essential for understanding a specific discipline because it provides information, including concepts and theories, relevant to a specific field of study. The internal organization of a text, including how ideas and information are arranged and presented is a best description of a text structure. Reducing the text to about one-third or one-quarter of its original size while clearly articulating the author’s meaning and retaining the main ideas is a best description for the process of summarizing according to Buckley (2004). Discussion or analysis is a part of the text that most likely to provide a detailed explanation of these causes particularly if the situation like research article discusses the causes of declining literacy rates among high school students. Review and read the Basic Rules in Summarizing. Fair and balanced assessment of situations or events, people and things are the details used to support the view that a reaction paper/review/critique is value communicated. Elucidated phrases through definition by function states the usage of the text. Examples: “A mouse controls the motion of a pointer in two dimensions in a graphical user interface (GUI).” Academic texts use a formal and logical structure with connected parts forming a cohesive whole, unlike fiction or journalistic writing. Mastering academic language is important for students because it increases their chances of success in academic and professional settings.  Marxist criticism approach emphasizes on how power, politics, and money play a role in literary texts. Making announcements is NOT a guideline in writing a good thesis statement. 5W’s, 1 H is a technique relies on six crucial questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details and main idea. SAAC Method is a method is particularly helpful in learning the format of a summary. This includes the title and author’s name. State — The name of the article, book, movie Assign — the name of the author Action — what the author is doing (ex. Tells, explains) Complete — complete the sentence or summary with keywords and important details. “in other words” is a signal word should be chosen to present the concept through clarification.  Strong thesis statement is always specific. Formalism is critical approach focuses on the elements, structure and principles that govern a certain text, artworks, movie, book, poems, etc. Thesis statement represents the controlling idea of the essay. Outlining gives the essential features of a text. It shows how the parts of a text are related to one another as parts that are of equal importance, or sections that are subordinate to a main idea. Being Conversational is not a characteristic of academic language. Thorough and in-depth analysis and appreciation of context statement supports the idea that the presented excerpt of the critique paper has a good quality. The primary purpose of an academic text is to inform, explain, and present ideas supported by evidence. First Then Finally are a summarizing technique presents information in a Sequence or Chronological order. Describing and comprehend complex ideas and abstract concepts best distinguishes academic language from everyday social language. Making false evidences is not a good suggestion to improve the review and make it more academic. Value communicated is a guideline in writing review/reaction paper/critique to emphasizes a fair and balanced assessment of situations or events, people and things. Best presents the precise characteristic of academic language. Example: “The researcher found out the leading factor of student’s absenteeism.” “75% of the group agreed to join the symposium.” Statements such examples of semantic history are: “The word " school" comes from the Latin word " scholē," meaning "leisure."  If you are writing a research paper and has just completed your introduction. You need to explain the significance of your study to the readers, to address this effectively we need to focus on the background or rationale section, where you clarify why the study is important. You are asked to write a research paper about the effects of social media on students' academic performance, we should demonstrate the appropriate language for your Introduction. Example: "This study explores the impact of social media usage on students' academic performance, providing evidence-based analysis and insights." Language and structures do not focus in feminist criticism. Formalism is used to o analyze a text based on its elements, technical aspects, words used etc. since it concentrates on the structure of the text. The purpose of using critical approaches in writing a review/reaction paper/critique is to provide a structured evaluation of a work. In sentence outline, all elements are written as complete sentences; while in a topic outline, elements are written as single word/phrases. Topic Outline shows an organized list of related ideas in complete sentences to express specific and complex details. Body is not a part of the conventions of an outline Reading Outline is used if you need to understand how a writer connects and sequences the information in a text Sentence Outline is a type of outline will you use if you need to understand how a writer connects and sequences the information in a text. Informal outline is a type of outline should you consider for a timed short essay Reader-response criticism is a critical approach focuses on the audience interpretation of the work.  Historical criticism is a critical approach asserts that every literary work is the product of its time and its world. To provide personal feedback is not a purpose of a critical approach. Subdividing the topics by a system of numbers and letters, followed by a period is the best presentation for reading outline. Follows a logical sequence of the main ideas, supporting evidence and explanation