Preliminaries of Reading and Writing for Academic and Professional Purposes
1. The Academic Writing Style (2T and 1E)
a. Factors of Writing 2. Aspects of Professional and Academic Language (5T and 2E) a. Formality b. Objectivity c. Explicitness d. Caution e. Structure
Unit Two
Reading and Writing for Academic and Professional Texts
1. Plagiarism and Effective Note-taking Skills (6E)
Plagiarism and Citations Plagiarism of Language a. Word-for-word b. Patchwork c. Note-taking Techniques i. Direct Quotation ii. Summarizing iii. Paraphrasing 2. Planning Essays and Presentations (11Tand 1E) a. Thesis Statement b. Topic Sentence c. Qualities of a Thesis Statement d. Outlining e. Principles of Outlining f. Steps in Planning an Essay g. Subtopics in an Outline h. Preparing References (APA Format) i. Parts of an Essay j. Presenting the essay
Unit Three
Writing the Reaction Paper/Review or Critique
1. The Structure and Language of Critique (1E)
2. Writing the Reaction Paper/ Review/ Critique (5T and 2E) a. Background Information b. Brief Summary c. Summarizing in the Final Section Unit Four
Writing the Concept Paper
1. Developing Concepts (2E)
a. Definitions i. Formal sentence ii. Informal iii. Extended b. Dos and Don’ts in Defining 2. Presenting Concepts (3E) a. Explaining and Examples b. The Body of the Concept paper c. Conclusion
Unit Five
Writing the Position Paper
1. Identifying Significant Issues in the Society (8T and 1E)
a. What is a position paper? b. Argumentative Thesis, Claims and Evidence c. Parts of a Position Paper d. Interrogative Statement and the Argumentative Thesis 2. Presenting a Position Paper (E4) a. Stating the thesis statement b. The Intro i. Background Information ii. Introduction of the Issue iii. Thesis Statement c. The Body i. The Claims 1. The Topic Sentence a. The Evidence d. The Conclusion i. The Summary ii. Restatement of the Thesis
Unit Six
Writing Technical Report
1. Preparing the Technical Report (11T and 1E)
a. What a Technical Report Is b. Introduction i. Definition of Essential Concepts ii. Research Gap iii. Methods of Data Collection iv. Methods of Data Analysis 2. Presenting the Technical Report (8T and 1E) a. Presentation and Interpretation of Data b. Presenting Data in Non-Prose Texts c. Presenting Data through Inferences d. The Conclusion