[Prelim] Xy English Flashcards
requires full concentration and comprehension are required for you to understand the key ideas, information, themes, or arguments of the text.
Academic Texts
which are easily published by anyone, and are not all the time formal, factual, mostly for entertainment purposes only.
NON- ACADEMIC TEXTS
Published in scholarly journals, this type of academic text offers results of research and development that can either impact the academic community or provide relevance to nation-building.
ARTICLES
These are papers presented in scholastic conferences, and may be revised as articles for possible publication in scholarly journals
CONFERENCE PAPERS
These provide evaluation or reviews of works published in scholarly journals
REVIEWS
These are personal researches written by a candidate for a college or university degree.
THESIS/ DISSERTATIONS
typically formal. They have a clearly structured introduction, body, and conclusion. They also include information from credible sources which are, in turn, properly cited. They also include a list of references used in developing the academic paper
STRUCTURE OF ACADEMIC TEXTS
include concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline they explore. It usually exhibits all the properties of a well written text, like unity, organization, coherence, and cohesion.
CONTENT AND STYLE OF ACADEMIC TEXTS
helps you to identify the key arguments presented by the author and analyze
concepts presented in the text.
CRITICAL READING (reflective reading)
- Writing that is being practiced in the academe (universities, workplaces, and higher institutions)
- Refers to style of expression that researchers use to define the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines and specific areas
ACADEMIC WRITING
- Clarity of purpose, thesis statement, the relevance of its supporting details, knowledge on the subject matter.
CONTENT
Coherence and logical sequence of ideas
STRUCTURE
Word choice, sentence construction
LANGUAGE AND STYLE
Grammar punctuations, capitalization, formatting, documentation.
MECHANICS
- The first stage
- Where the topic is decided
- Writer does the formulating of idea, outlining, researching, and identifying the
target readers
Pre-writing
The process of free thinking and generating ideas without being bound by restraints such as “is this a good or bad idea”
Brainstorming
A prewriting technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without worrying about anything.
Free writing
A tool we use in the writing process to help organize our ideas, visualize our paper’s potential structure, and to further flesh out and develop points.
Outlining
- The stage where you start transforming your thoughts into written texts.
- You start writing
Writing
- Proofread, edit, and revise your paper till you are totally satisfied with the final copy
Post Writing
- Something to do with the organization of ideas or thoughts
- Adding sentences, removing words/sentences you don’t need, move a word,
substitute words for new ones
Revise
- More on the technical aspect like grammar and other technicalities in writing
- Capitalizations, usage of correct verbs and nouns, punctuations, spelling
Edit
FUNDAMENTALS OF READING ACADEMIC TEXTS
Academic texts
Non-Academic texts
Academic texts
Articles
Conference Papers
Reviews
Thesis/Dissertations
Academic Writing:
Content
Structure
Language and Style
Mechanics
STAGES OF WRITING PROCESS:
Pre-writing (Plan)
Writing (Write)
Post-writing (Post-writing)
Pre-writing:
Brainstorming
Free writing
Outlining
