Grade 11: English for Academic and Professional Purposes
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Grade 11: English for Academic and Professional Purposes
QUARTER 1 WEEK 1
Content Standard The learner acquires knowledge of appropriate reading strategies for a better
understanding of academic texts.
Performance Standard The learner produces a detailed abstract of information gathered from the various
academic texts read.
Learning Competencies Differentiates language used in academic texts from various disciplines.
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Topic 1: Academic Text Structures
What is an Academic Text?
Academic text is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or professionals in a given
field using formal language. Academic writing, therefore, is generally quite formal, objective (impersonal) and technical.
Some examples of academic writing are as follow:
1.) Literary Analysis: A literary analysis essay examines, evaluates, and makes an argument about a literary
work.
2.) Research Paper: A research paper uses outside information to support a thesis or make an argument.
Research papers are written in all disciplines and may be evaluative, analytical, or critical in nature.
3.) Dissertation: A dissertation (or thesis) is a document submitted at the conclusion of a Ph.D. program.
Structure is an important feature of academic writing. These are the two common structures of academic texts
that you need to learn which depends on the type of assignment you are required: the three-part essay structure
and the IMRaD structure.
Three-Part Essay Structure
1.) Introduction. Its purpose is to clearly tell the reader the topic, purpose and structure of the paper.
2.) Body. It develops the question, “What is the topic about?”. It may elaborate directly on the topic sentence by
giving definitions, classifications, explanations, contrasts, examples and evidence.
3.) Conclusion. The conclusion is closely related to the introduction and is often described as its ‘mirror image’.
This means that if the introduction begins with general information and ends with specific information, the
conclusion moves in the opposite direction.
IMRaD Structure (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion)
1.) Introduction usually depicts the background of the topic and the central focus of the study.
2.) Methodology lets your readers know your data collection methods, research instrument employed, sample
size and so on.
3.) Results and Discussion states the brief summary of the key findings or the results of your study.
What is an Academic Language?
Academic language represents the language demands of school (academics). Academic language includes language
used in textbooks, in classrooms, on tests, and in each discipline. It is different in vocabulary and structure from the
everyday spoken English of social interactions. Each type of communication (both academic and social) has its purpose,
and neither is superior to the other.
Academic writing is generally quite formal, objective (impersonal) and technical as illustrated in the diagram below.
1.) Formal – avoid casual or conversational as contractions and informal vocabulary.
2.) Objective – avoid personal or direct reference to people or feelings
3.) Technical – use vocabulary specific to the discipline
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Grade 11: English for Academic and Professional Purposes
LEARNING TASK 1: Directions. Choose the letter that best answers the given question. Encircle the letter that
corresponds to your answer.
1. Who are the target readers of an academic essay? c. The topic sentence, the body and the
a. Parents, workers, teachers conclusion.
b. Teachers, students, academic community d. None of the above
c. Students, out-of-school youth, government
officials 6. What is the purpose of the topic sentence?
d. None of the above a. To give coherence to the paragraph.
b. To help with the flow of sentences.
2. What are the purposes of doing an academic writing? c. To help the reader understand what the
a. To settle, to negotiate and to inform paragraph will be about.
b. To defend, to challenge and to question d. None of the above
c. To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific
point 7. What is 'academic writing'?
d. To guess, to hypothesize and to make a. A technique to write balanced, accurate and
conclusions professional assignments
b. An old-fashioned way of writing.
3. Writing academic papers requires deliberate, c. How university professors write.
thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should d. The writing you find in textbooks
one do to achieve a well-crafted academic essay?
a. One must depend on his/her own opinions 8. Choose three words to describe academic writing:
alone. a. Talented, stylish, inspiring
b. One must conduct a research on the topic at b. Precise, clear, objective
hand. c. Decisive, divisive, derisive
c. One must not consult the Internet for unsure d. Subjective, obscure, vague
sources.
d. One must depend highly on the Internet for 9. What is true of the introductory paragraph?
easy information access. a. ends with the thesis.
b. introduces the big idea of the essay
4. An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary c. starts with a hook
words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. d. all of these
Which among these words is the simplified version of
the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"? 10. What is the sequence of an essay?
a. beautiful; pretty a. Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body
b. exquisite; one-of-a-kind Paragraph, Conclusion
c. extraordinarily good; wonderful b. Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion,
d. hardworking; industrious Body Paragraph
c. Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion,
5. What are the three main parts of an essay? Body Paragraph
a. The hook, the main idea and the conclusion. d. Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph,
b. The introduction, the body and the conclusion. Body Paragraph
LEARNING TASK 2: Differentiate the Pair of Sentences.
Rubrics for Spotting the Difference of the Sentences
5 4 3 2 1
Criteria Outstanding Very Adequate Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Rating
Satisfactory
Difference A correct and Almost correct A partially A relevant No relevant
between complete and complete correct explanation is explanation is
Sentence 1 explanation is explanation is relevant presented, but provided.
and clearly presented. explanation is it is illegible
Sentence 2 presented. presented. and
incoherent.
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Grade 11: English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Pair 1
Sentence 1: It was raining cats and dogs.
Sentence 2: It was raining very heavily.
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Pair 2
Sentence 1: We believe the practice is unsustainable.
Sentence 2: It is believed the practice is unsustainable.
Spot the difference!
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Reference:
Oral Communication in Context ADM
Sabay, K.G. & Salipande, F.P. (2016). Oral Communication in Context (1st ed.). Philippines: C & E Publishing, Inc.
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