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STEM FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER TFUCS > English for Academic and Professional Purposes > Flashcards

English for Academic and Professional Purposes Flashcards

1
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_______ is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or professionals

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Academic Text

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Generally quite formal, objective (impersonal) and technical

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Academic Text

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What are the 2 types to avoid in Academic Text?

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Casual or Conversational Language
Contraction or Informal Vocabular

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It is _______ and ______ by avoiding direct reference to people or feelings, and instead emphasizing objects, facts, and ideas.

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Impersonal and Objective

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3 examples of academic writing are as follows :

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Literary Analysis
Research Paper
Dissertation

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A ________ essay examines, evaluates, and makes an argument about literary work.

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Literary Analysis

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A _______ uses outside information to support a thesis or make an argument.

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Research Paper

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________ are written in all disciplines and may be evaluative, analytical, or critical in nature.

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Research Paper

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A _________ is a document submitted at the conclusion of a Ph.D. program.

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Dissertation

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The ___________ is a book- length summarization of doctoral candidate’s research

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Dissertation

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is an important feature of academic writing.

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Structure

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A well - structured text enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate the text.

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Structure

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The three- part of essay structure

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Introduction
The body
Conclusion

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Its purpose is to clearly tell the reader the topic, purpose, and structure of the paper.

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Introduction

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The most general information, such as background and/or definitions.

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Introductions

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Where you show the overall topic, purpose, your point of view, hypotheses, and/or research questions ( depending on what kind of paper it is.)

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Introduction

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The most specific information describes the scope and structure of your paper.

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Introduction

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18
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It develops the question, “What is the topic about?.

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The body

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It may elaborate directly on the topic sentence by giving definitions, classifications, explanations, contrasts, examples, and evidence.

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The body

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The ________ usually begins by briefly summarizing the main scope or structure of the paper, confirms the topic that was given in the introduction, and ends with a more general statement about how this topic relates to its context

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Conclusion

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What is the structure of IMRaD?

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Introduction
Methods
Results
and Discussion

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The introduction usually depicts the background of the topic and the central focus of the study.

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The IMRaD structure

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The _______ lets your readers know your data collection methods, research instrument employed, sample size, and so on.

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Methodology

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_________ and __________ states the brief summary of the key findings or the results of your study.

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Results, Discussion

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_____________ represents the language demands of school (academics).

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Academic Language

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26
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__________ includes language used in textbooks, in classrooms, on tests, and in each discipline

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Academic Language

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27
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Academic Writing is generally ________,___________, and __________ ?

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Quite Formal
Objective (Impersonal)
Technical

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Avoid personal or direct reference to people or feelings

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Objective

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29
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Use vocabulary specific to the discipline

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Technical

30
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Avoid casual or conversational such as contractions and informal vocabulary

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Formal

31
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What are the 6 purposes of reading?

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1.) to scan for specific information
2.) to skim to get an overview of the text
3.) to relate new content to existing knowledge
4.) to write something (often depends on a prompt)
5.) to critique an argument
6.) to learn something for general comprehension

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Is this before/during/after reading?

Establish your purpose for reading

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Before Reading

33
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Is this before/during/after reading?

Annotate and mark (sparingly) sections of the text to easily recall important or interesting ideas

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During Reading

34
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Is this before/during/after reading?

Check your predictions and find answers to posed questions

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During Reading

35
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Is this before/during/after reading?

Review what you already know and want to learn about the topic

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Before Reading

36
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Speculate about the author’s purpose for writing

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Before Reading

37
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Preview the text to get an overview of its structure, looking at headings, figures, tables, glossary, etc.

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Before Reading

38
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Predict the contents of the text and pose questions about it. If the authors have provided discussion questions, read them and write them on a note- taking sheet.

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Before Reading

39
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Note any discussion questions that have been provided ( sometimes at the end of the text )

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Before Reading

40
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Use headings and transition words to identify relationships in the text.

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During Reading

40
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Use headings and transition words to identify relationships in the text.

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During Reading

41
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Try to infer unfamiliar words meanings by identifying their relationship to the main idea.

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During Reading

42
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Connect the text to what you already know about the topic.

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During Reading

43
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Take breaks ( split the text into segments if necessary )

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During Reading

44
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Summarize the text in your words (note what you learned, impressions, and reactions) in an outline, concept map, or matrix (for several texts)

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After Reading

45
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Talk to someone about the author’s ideas to check your comprehension

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After Reading

46
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Identify and reread difficult parts of the text

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After Reading

47
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Is this Before/During/After Reading?

Define words on your vocabulary list and practice using them

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After Reading

48
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According to __________, in her popular writing text fit to print, Summarizing is reducing text to one-third or one-quarter of its original size, clearly articulating the author’s meaning, and retaining the main ideas.

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Buckley (2004)

49
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_____________, in a Canadian Writer’s Reference, explains that summarizing involves stating a work’s thesis and main ideas “Simply, briefly, and accurately.”

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Diane Hacker( 2008)

50
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From dictionaries, it is defined as taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points; and expresses the most important factor ideas about something or someone in as short and clear form.

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Summarizing

51
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What are the 9 Various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts?

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1.) Read the work first to understand the author’s intent.
2.) Present information through facts, skills, and concepts in visual formats.
3.) know the main points and the supporting details
4.) Analyze the text to save time in thinking about what you will do
5.) Be sure to cover the main points and arguments of the document.
6.) Restating the words into a different one
7.) Organize all ideas
8.) Write down all information in a coherent and precise form.
9.) Paraphrasing is one of the skills you can do in writing a summary.

52
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What are the 5 easy techniques in summarizing various academic texts :

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1.) Somebody Wanted But So Then
2.) SAAC method
3.) 5 w’s, 1 H
4.) First, Then, Finally
5.) Give me the Gist

53
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Technique for summarizing any kind of text (story, article. speech, etc.)

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SAAC method

54
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The meaning of SAAC method

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State
Assign
Action
Complete

55
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In the Technique “Somebody Wanted But So Then”?
What is Somebody?

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Who is the story about?

56
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In the Technique “Somebody Wanted But So Then”?
What is Wanted?

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What does the main charter want?

57
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In the Technique “Somebody Wanted But So Then”?
What is But?

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Identify a problem that the main character encounter.

58
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In the Technique “Somebody Wanted But So Then”?
What is So?

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How does the main character solve the problem

59
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In the Technique “Somebody Wanted But So Then”?
What is Then?

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Tell how the story ends

60
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When someone asks for the ___ of the story, they want to know what the story about. In other words, they want a summary— not a retelling of every detail.

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The Gist

61
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_______ is useful in many types of writing and different points in the writing process.

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Summarizing

62
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_______ is used to support to an argument, provide context for a paper’s thesis, write literature reviews, and annotate a bibliography.

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Summarizing

63
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The benefit of summarizing lies in showing the ______, which allows the reader to contextualize what you are saying.

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“Big Picture”

64
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Written language had longer words, it is lexically more dense and it has a more varied vocabulary.

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Complex

65
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Facts are given accurately and precisely.

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Precise

66
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It is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader how the various parts of the text are related

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Explicit

67
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Uses Vocabulary accurately.

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Accurate

68
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Most subject have words with narrow specific meanings.

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Accurate

69
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has fewer words that refer to the writer or the reader

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Objective.

70
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Main emphasis should be on the information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make rather than you.

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Objective

71
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What are the 6 features of Academic Language?

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Complex
Formal
Precise
Objective
Explicit
Accurate

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