English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Reading
Academic Texts
 Objective/s:

At the end of the lesson, the students are

expected to:
a. determine the structure of a specific academic
text
b. differentiate language used in academic texts
from various
c. explain the specific ideas contained in various
academic texts
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 LET’S LEARN!
A. The texts you read in school are different
from the texts you read during your leisure
time.
 Academic texts need to be chewed and
savored for a long time before their
meanings can be fully digested

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 Examples of Academic Texts

A.ARTICLES- published in scholarly journals,

offers results of research and
development

B.CONFERENCE PAPERS- presented in

scholastic conferences, and may be revised as
articles for possible publication in scholarly
journals.
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 Examples of Academic Texts

C. REVIEWS- provide evaluation or reviews of

works published in scholarly journals

D. THESES, DISSERTATIONS- researches

written by a candidate for a college or
university

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 ACADEMIC TEXTS
 have a specific structure and language
 Typically formal
 Have clearly structured introduction, body,
and conclusion
 Include credible sources which are
properly cited

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 THEREFORE...

 In academic reading, full concentration and

comprehension are required
 Key Ideas
 Information
 Themes
 Arguments of the text

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My Face when I needed to read!
 ACADEMIC READING

READING- is a decoding process (breaking

down of written works)
- a comprehension process (Lapp&Flood 1978)
 It is a process of involving the readers into
an interaction with the text and enables
them to use the reading strategies in
getting the meaning of the printed text. It
is a SKILL.
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 ACADEMIC READING

Note: Students of the 21st century must be

able to locate, understand, evaluate, and use
written information in their personal and
academic lives.

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 ACADEMIC READING

 A strategic reader is capable of

establishing connection between academic
texts across text types to own knowledge
and experiences

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 PRACTICALLY...

Be careful little eyes what you

read….
Be careful little ears what you
hear….
(video)
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 Academic Text
vs.
Non- Academic Texts
Directions: Using a graphic organizer, identify
the descriptions and differences of academic
and non- academic text.
 3 Descriptions of academic texts
 3 Descriptions of non- academic texts
 2 similarities of both texts

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 Class Dismiss

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