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Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION XI CABANTIAN SENIOR

Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION XI CABANTIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Km. 10.5 Cabantian, Buhangin, Davao City Learning Competency: Determine the specific structure of an academic text. Learning Objectives: Identify the features of academic text. Concept Notes: Academic Texts Description Articles Published in scholarly journals, this type of academic text offers results of research and development that can be either impact the academic community or provide relevance to nation- building. Conference papers These are papers presented in scholastic conferences, and may be revised as articles for possible publication in scholarly journals. Reviews These provide evaluation or reviews of works published in scholarly journals. Theses, Dissertations These are personal researches written by a candidate for a college or university degree. Before you read an academic text, ask yourself the following questions: 1. Why am I reading this text? 2. What information or pieces of information do I need? 3. What do I want to learn? Below are some general purposes for reading an academic text?  To better understand an existing idea.  To get ideas that can support a particular writing assignment.  To gain more information.  To identify gaps in existing studies.  To connect new ideas to existing ones. Academic Text are typically formal. They have a clearly structured introduction, body, and conclusion. They also include information from a credible sources which are, in turn, properly cited. They also include a list of references used in developing the academic paper. Academic texts include concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline they explore. They usually exhibit all the properties of a well- written text i.e., organization, unity, and cohesion, as well as strict adherence to rules of language use and mechanics. In general, authors observe the following when writing academic texts.  They state critical questions and issues.  They provide facts and evidence from credible sources.  They use precise and accurate words while avoiding jargon and 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. Questions/ Problems/ Exercises: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false. ___________1. Academic reading requires concentration and comprehension. ___________2. Academic texts are completely different from non- academic texts in terms of structure, content and style. ___________3. Authors of academic texts usually present facts to support their main argument. ___________4. Completing academic readings appears to be a challenge in which students fail. ___________5. Critical reading strategies lead the readers to a full understanding of the text. ___________6. Essentially, the languages of academic texts is precise and accurate. ___________7. One has to determine his/ her purpose of reading. ___________8. Reading strategies differ from one person to another. ___________9. Successful readers of academic texts generally integrate valuable information or ideas from one source to another. ___________10. Through writing annotations, readers are guided on important ideas presented in the text. Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION XI CABANTIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Km. 10.5 Cabantian, Buhangin, Davao City Learning Competency: Determine the specific structure of an academic text. Learning Objectives: Use critical reading strategy in reading academic texts. Concept Notes: Reading academic texts requires focus and understanding. You have to interact with the text by questioning its assumptions, responding to its arguments, and connecting it to real life experiences and applications. Critical or reflective reading helps you identify the key arguments presented by the author and analyse concepts presented in the text. Before Reading  Determine which type of academic text ( article, review, thesis etc.) you are reading.  Determine and establish your purpose for reading.  Identify the author’s purpose in writing.  Predict or infer the main idea or argument of the text based on its title.  Identify your attitude towards the author or the text.  State what you already know and what you want to learn about the topic.  Determine the target audience.  Check the publication date for relevance. It should have been published at most five years earlier than the current year.  Check the reference list while making sure to consider the correctness of the formatting style.  Use a concept map or graphic organizers to note your existing ideas and knowledge on the topic. During Reading  Write key words or phrases on the margins in bullet form.  Write something on the page margin where important information is found.  Write brief notes on the margin.  Write questions on information that you find confusing.  Write what you already know about the ideas.  Write the limitations of the author’s arguments  Write notes on the reliability of the text.  Comment on the author’s biases.  Use concept map or any graphic organizer to note down the ideas being explained.  React on the arguments presented in the text.  Underline the important words, phrases or sentences.  Underline oe circle meanings or definitions.  Mark or highlight relevant/ essential parts of the text.  Use the headings and transition words to identify the relationship in the text.  Create a bank of unfamiliar or technical words to be identified later.  Use context clues to define unfamiliar or technical words.  Synthesize author’s arguments at the end of chapter or section.  Determine the main idea of the text.  Identify the evidence or supporting arguments presented by the author and check their validity and relevance.  Identify the findings and note the appropriateness of the research method used. After Reading  Reflect on what you 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. Questions/ Problems/ Exercises: 1. Academic text is__________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________. 2. What is the role of reading in writing academic texts? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________. Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION XI CABANTIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Km. 10.5 Cabantian, Buhangin, Davao City Learning Competency: Determine the specific structure of an academic text. Learning Objectives: Identify strategies in locating thesis statement and topic sentences. Concept Notes: Thesis statement presents or describes the point of an essay. In academic text, the thesis statement is usually presented in the abstract or executive summary or found at the last part of the introduction. It is written in declarative sentence. In some cases, in academic text, the thesis statement located at the last part of the introduction is replaced with a purpose statement. The purpose statement is introduced by the signal phrases that announce the purpose, the scope or direction of the text as well as its focus. Strategies in Locating the Thesis Statement  Read the title of the text and make inferences on its purpose.  If the text has no abstract or executive summary, read the first few paragraphs as the thesis statement is usually located there.  In other cases, you may also check the conclusion where authors sum up and review their main points. The topic sentence presents or describes the point of the paragraph; in other words, it is the main idea of the paragraph. It can be located in the beginning, middle or last part of the paragraph. Strategies in Locating the Topic Sentence  Read the first sentence of the paragraph very carefully because most authors state their topic sentence in the beginning of the paragraph.  Browse the sentences in the paragraph to identify what they describe. The sentence that best describes the topic of the paragraph is the topic sentence.  Find the concept or idea being tackled, which in colloquial term is the big word in the paragraph. The sentence hat defines the big word is usually the topic sentence.  Identify the purpose of the paragraph. The sentence that presents or describes the purpose of the topic sentence.  Observe the writing style of the author. Focus specifically on where he/she usually places his/her topic sentence. Questions/ Problems/ Exercises: Write T if the statement is true. Otherwise, write F. __________1. A paragraph can consist of two or more topic sentences. __________2. The abstract presents the thesis of the text. __________3. By observing the writing style of the author, you can determine the location of the topic sentence. __________4. Locating the thesis statement or topic sentence while reading a text can save time. __________5. Most of the time, the author begins the paragraph with a topic sentence. __________6. Sometimes, the main idea is presented at the end of the paragraph. __________7. The main idea is always started in the first paragraph. __________8. The thesis of the text is in question form. __________9. When an abstract is not provided, the thesis statement is not evident in the text. __________10. You don’t have to read the full text if you know how to spot its main idea. Republic of the Philippines Department of Education uploads/Philosophie/ eapp-las-new-sept-11.pdf