8. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learners are able to:
•Define academic writing and distinguish it from other
kinds of writing;
•Identify the purpose, audience, language, and style of
academic writing;
•Analyze sample texts using the standards of academic
writing; and
•Equate academic writing in the PhilippineContext.
9. “[Students] believed essays were creative writing and
research papers were a different beast altogether”
(quoted by Ballenger in Langan, Nadell, and
Comodromos 2005).
• Have you really pondered on the differences of the various writing
assignments that you have done?
• Would you know the difference between an academic essay and a personal
narrative?
• Can you distinguish a news report from an editorial?
10. What you know
1. What is the easiest writing assignment you have done so far?
2.How about the most difficult writing assignment you have
done?
3. What do you think made the writing assignment difficult or
easy?
11. Based on your answers, what do you think is the difference of
academic writing from other kinds of writing?
1. In your opinion, which of the texts is an academic texts?
2. Why did you consider it/them as an academic texts?
12. Activity 1 (Individual Work)
Read the texts given an answer the grid
found at the last page in a yellow paper.
13. Activity 2 (Group Work)
Based on the answers from your group discussion, define and give the features
of academic writing.
Academic writing is ………..
Academic writing requires…………….
Academic writing is different from creative essay, a business letter, and a legal
document in terms of………
14. EXPANDINGYOUR KNOWLEDGE
Academic writing is a process that starts with posing a
question, problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion
and ends in answering the questions posed, clarifying the
problem, and or arguing for a stand.
Purpose:
•Inform, argue a specific point, and to persuade.
15. The assumption is that your audience is composed of
people who are knowledgeable on the subject that you are
writing; thus, you have to demonstrate a thorough
understanding of your subject at hand.This makes
academic writing different from a personal narrative or a
creative essay, or a legal document, in which knowledge of
the writer is assumed to be greater than the audience.
16. Academic writing is thinking
You cannot just write anything that comes out to your mind.
You have to write in a language that is appropriate and formal but not too pretentious.
You have to consider also the knowledge and background of your audience.
You have to make sure that you can back up your knowledge and background with strong and
valid evidence.
Writing academic paper requires deliberate, thorough, and careful thought and that is why it
involves research.
17. Formal but not pretentious language is required
Misconception
Big and difficult words have to be used because ultimately the purpose of
writing is to engage the readers.
You are expected to engage the readers in a conversation by giving them
clear ideas and points to evaluate and question.
Your audience is varied and you have to make sure that when you write ,
you keep the readers in mind.
18. Ponder on the following questions:
1. What do you think are some problems that you or your classmates
encounter when you write academic papers?
2. What language do they use at home? Is it English or Filipino? Or any dialect
(Cebuano, Bikolano, Ilonggo, etc.)
3. Do you think they find it difficult to express their ideas in English if they
don’t speak the English language at home? How does this affect their
language and style?
4. Can you Identify some words that are direct translation from Filipino which
may affect the meaning of sentences? For example, saying “result to”
instead of “result in” or saying “open the lights” instead of “turn on the
lights”.
19. Output 1
Based on the results of your survey and your discussion of the features,
standards, and requirements of academic writing, write a three (3) page essay
on what you think is the state of academic writing in the Philippine context.
Use your personal knowledge, what you hear from your teachers, and on the
news, and what you have read from books to substantiate your opinion.
Consider the following areas as you write:
• Content: clarity of the purpose and the thesis statement, relevance of the
supporting points to the thesis statement, knowledge on the subject matter
• Structure: coherence and logical sequence of the ideas
• Language and Style: word choice, sentence construction
• Mechanics: grammar, punctuations, capitalization, formatting,
documentation
20. Format (Output 1)
• Short Bond Paper (Substance 18)
• Times New Roman (Text Style)
• 12 (Font Size)
• Margin (Left 1.5, Right 1, top 1, Bottom 1)
Note:Your name must be the header.
Family Name, First Name, Initial Section Date Submitted
21. ACTIVITY 2
Write set of directions to the following persons who need
to get to the entrance ofWarehouse Malita:
Starting Point: Producers Bank
•Group 1 and 5- A five year old girl
•Group 2 and 6- A man on a wheelchair
•Group 3 and 7- A deaf woman
•Group 4 and 8- A ninety-year-old woman
22. Present your output and answer the
guide questions found in your book
(Page 2).
23. ACTIVITY 2
Read the assigned article in your group and create a
mind map by identifying the following:
•Topic
•Role
•Purpose
•Audience
26. EVALUATION
•What are the four factors to be considered in
writing?
•Why is it important to identify the factors of
writing as a form of communication?
27. ASSIGNMENT
Answer the following questions in one paragraph. Each paragraph is worth
10 points. (Each paragraph must contain 3 to 6 sentences).
1. What is academic writing? What are its features?
2. What is the importance of academic writing?
3. How is academic writing different from a letter? How about from a court
order?
4. Why is academic writing equated to thinking?
5. If you use the first person point of view in writing academic papers, is it still
academic paper?
