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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES LESSON 1: Features and Aspects of Academic and Professional Language GIRLIE A. CABRILLAS Subject Teacher Source: Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Pro...

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES LESSON 1: Features and Aspects of Academic and Professional Language GIRLIE A. CABRILLAS Subject Teacher Source: Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for SHS. Quezon City: C&E Publishing, Inc. PPT by Roy S. Capampangan, SHS T-II of Banquerohan National High 1 School Aspects of academic and professional language: 10 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for  11 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for  15 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for Principles in Academic Writing 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38  Let’s Learn! Sample of Hedging Expressions used in Academic Texts: AS USED IN THE TYPES EXAMPLES SENTENCE The measure might Modal Auxiliary Verbs May, might, can, could have negative effects on would, should the patients health. Modal lexical verbs To seem, to appear The discussion appears doubting and evaluating (epistemic verbs), to to have a positive rather than merely believe, to assume, to implications. describing suggest, to estimate, to tend, to think, to argue, to indicate, to propose, to speculate 39 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for  Let’s Learn! Sample of Hedging Expressions used in Academic Texts: AS USED IN THE TYPES EXAMPLES SENTENCE Possible, probable, A number of significant Probability adjectives un/likely changes are possible. Assumption, claim, There are a number of Nouns possibility, estimate, claims pertaining to the suggestion possibility of divorce. Perhaps, possibly, probably, practically, The proposal is Adverbs likely, presumably, practically an answer to virtually, apparently the confusion. 40 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for  Let’s Learn! Sample of Hedging Expressions used in Academic Texts: AS USED IN THE TYPES EXAMPLES SENTENCE Approximately, roughly, Indicators of degree, about, often, quantity, frequency and occasionally, generally, Fever is present in about time usually, somewhat, a lot a third of cases. of Believe, to our The committee believes Introductory phrases knowledge, it is our view that the issue needs to that, we feel that be explored. If anything, the opinion “If” clauses If true, if anything holds a number of truth 41 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for  Let’s Learn! Sample of Hedging Expressions used in Academic Texts: AS USED IN THE TYPES EXAMPLES SENTENCE Double hedges: seems reasonable, looks probable, it may This probably indicates Compound suggest that, it seems likely that, it that the assigned Hedges would indicate that, this probably personnel is indicates misinformed. Treble hedges: it seems reasonable to assume that Quadruple hedges: It would seem somewhat unlikely that, it may appear somewhat speculative that 42 Barrot & Sipacio. (2017). Communicate Today ENGLISH for Academic & Professional Purposes for 43 44 45 46 47 48 Aspects of Academic and Professional language: 49