Lesson Plan 1ST Sem
Lesson Plan 1ST Sem
Lesson Plan 1ST Sem
IN
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES 11
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of two-day discussion, the students are expected to:
a. Know what Reading Academic Texts is about,
b. value the importance of Reading Academic Text in our daily living,
c. performs the given activity.
III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Please all stand for the prayer (in the name of the father)
2. Good morning class
3. Kindly fix your chair before you sit down.
4. Are all present today?
5. Review
A. ACTIVITY
Let us have an activity and this activity entitled ‘Categorize Me’.
DIRECTION: Categorize the information based on their characteristics below by filling in the table to
differentiate academic text from non-academic text. Write your answer on a one whole
sheet
of paper.
Did you get it?
B. ANALYSIS
Based on the given activity the students will answer the following:
______1. Some educators suggest that the distinction between conversational and
academic language is somewhat arbitrary and that it is the situation,
community,
or context that is either predominantly social or academic.
_______2. The current study showed that COVID-19 pandemic lockdown affected the
academic performance of most participants with varying degrees.
________3. In his reverie he remembers how nature marked the season it happened.
________4. I believe they the first and last and the closest things I have to say about my
own life.
________5. The current study showed that the most popular device that students used to
access the online materials was the smart phone followed by laptop, while
the least used was the personal computer.
C. ABSTRACTION
An academic text is a written language that provide information, which contain ideas
and concepts that are related to the particular discipline. Essay, Research Paper, Report,
Project, Article, Thesis, and Dissertation are considered as academic texts.
STRUCTURE
The basic structure that is used by an academic text is consist of three (3)
parts introduction, body, and conclusions which is formal and logical.
TONE
This refers to the attitude conveyed in a piece of writing. The arguments of
others are fairly presented and with an appropriate narrative tone.
LANGUAGE
It is important to use unambiguous language. Clear topic sentences enable a
reader to follow your line of thinking without difficulty.
CITATION
Citing sources in the body of the paper and providing a list of references as
either footnotes or endnotes is a very important aspect of an academic text.
COMPLEXITY
An academic text addresses complex issues that requires higher-order thinking
skills to comprehend.
EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS
What is valued in an academic text is that opinions are based on a sound
understanding of the pertinent body of knowledge and academic debates that exist
within, and often external to a specific discipline.
THESIS-DRIVEN
The starting point of an academic text is a particular perspective, idea or position
applied to the chosen research problem, such as establishing proving or disproving
solutions to the questions posed for the topic.
ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
SOCIAL LANGUAGE
Is the set of vocabulary that allows us to communicate with others in the context of
regular daily conversations.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
INCLUDES:
Social Language Academic Language
Used to write to friends, family, or for other social Appropriate for written papers, classwork,
purposes homework
Informal, such as words like “cool,” “guy,” “kidding” Very formal and more sophisticated in its
expressions, such as words like “appropriate,”
“studies,” “implementation”
Sentences don’t follow grammar conventions Sentences begin with appropriate transitions, like,
necessarily, with phrases like, “you’re hungry?” “moreover” or “in addition”
B. Objective- this means it is unbiased. It should be based on facts and evidence and are not
influenced by personal feelings.
C. Impersonal- this involves avoiding the personal “I” and “we”. For example, instead of writing
“I will show’, you might write ‘this report will show’. The second person, ‘you’, is
also to be avoided.
D. APPLICATION
DIRECTION: Instruction: in a group of five use the Venn Diagram, to compare and contrast
the characteristics of academic texts from non- academic texts. Everyone must
cooperate because I will call random students from your group. Do it in a one
long bond paper.
Criteria:
Mastery : 20 points
Grammar : 15 points
Suitability : 10 points
Over all presentation : 5 points
50 points
IV. EVALUATION
DIRECTION: Get one 1/2 sheet of paper and answer the following. Underline all the verb/s in
the sentences below.
_____________1. this means it is unbiased. It should be based on facts and evidence and
are not influenced by personal feelings.
_____________3. it flows easily from one section to the next in a logical fashion.
_____________5. The basic structure that is used by an academic text is consist of three
(3) parts introduction, body, and conclusions which is formal and logical.
V. AGREEMENT
Study your next topics on Lesson 2 Text Structure.
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