EAPP Flashcards
The author uses a lot of details for the reader to visualize what is being described
Descriptive
The author organizes a text in a specific order that makes sense
Sequence or Process
The author uses a process to distinguish the similarities and differences between two things
Compare and Contrast
Author shows the relationship of two things in which one thing makes the other happen
Cause and Effect
Shows the development of the problem and gives one or more solutions
Problem and Solution
Is is the language used by students to do work in school, it requires discipline-specific vocabulary, punctuations, grammar, application of rhetorical conventions, and devices that are typically used and needed in a content area.
Academic Language
Five Aspects of Professional and Academic Language used in Academic Text
Formality, Objectivity, Explicitness, Structure, Caution
Reflects the dignified stance in writing as a member of the academic community
Formality
Formality Uses:
Expanded modal forms(helping verbs)
Expanded terms not contraction (do not, can not)
Avoid colloquial expression
Impersonal, and social distance is maintained
Objectivity
Objectivity avoids:
Personal pronouns Rhetorical questions
Emotive language
Uses signposts that help in articulating the structure of the text to help readers trace the relationship in the parts of the study.
Explicitness
2 Types of Structuring
Nominalization and Passivization
Type of structuring that uses nouns that are formed from adjectives or verbs
Nominalization
Type of structuring where results are highlighted
Passivization
Aspect that avoids generalization
Caution
Refers to how a piece of text is built
Text structure
A change from one idea to another in writing or speaking using transition words or phrases
Transition
Transition words in Sequence structure
First, next, later, then, finally, etc.
Transition words for compare and contrast
Similar, unlike, on the other hand, also, too etc.
Transition words for cause and effect
Cause, effect, as a result, consequently, because, etc.
Transition words for description
Spatial words such as, next to, on top of, beside, so forth, etc.
Transition words for problem and solution
Problem, solution, solve, effect, hopeful, so forth, etc.
Teaches students to discern the most important ideas in a text, ignore irrelevant information, and integrate central ideas in a meaningful way
Summarizing