Learning Module (EFAP Week 10)
Learning Module (EFAP Week 10)
Learning Module (EFAP Week 10)
Course Code
Course Title ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
Units 3
Module Title Writing a Position Paper
Lesson 2:
Doubts of Doublespeak Module 10.2
Lesson 3:
On the other side of Email Module 10.3
Lesson 4:
Module 10.4
MODULE DESCRIPTOR:
This module covers the knowledge, skills, and attitudes in reading academic
texts, writing a reaction paper/ review/ critique, and writing a concept paper.
Number of Hours:
80 hours
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of this module you MUST be able to:
a. define what a position paper is;
b. gathers manifestoes and analyzes the arguments used by the writer/s;
and
c. writes various kinds of position papers
Contents:
1. Pen
2. Paper
3. Learning Materials
Assessment Method:
1. Written Examination
2. Observation
“Ullyses”
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Independent Work
Based on the sonnet given. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the proposition of this selection?
2. Prepare a list of the reasons given in the selection for
using short words
3. Express yourself on the issue of using short words
whenever possible.
Concluding Activities:
a. Write your initial position on one of the following issues:
a. School Uniforms should no longer be required
b. Terror bill shouldn’t be legalized in our country
c. Oust Duterte today
1. Look for evidence to support your position.
2. Include your evidences
To support your reasons.
3. Cite your sources properly.
Motivating Introduction
Have you heard of people who work as “sanitation engineers”
or as “governesses?”
Or have you probably encountered expressions such as
“persons who are chronologically advanced in age” or “those
who are “vertically or horizontally challenged”
Independent Work:
1. What is doublespeak?
Motivating Introduction
1. Find out from students if they have an email or a facebook
account.
2. What is the purpose of your email?
3. How many messages do you usually receive/send in one
day?
4. How they took care of their communication needs before
the email was invented?
Lesson Proper
Independent Work
1. Assess their need for their e-mail or facebook account.
Motivating Introduction
Lesson Proper
Concluding Activities
1. Observe what happens in their own homes, in school, in
the community
2. Summarize the factors that affect the selection.