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English For Academic and Professional Purposes

English for Academic and Professional Purposes discusses factors that affect writing and speaking for academic and professional contexts. It addresses four key factors: 1) choosing an appropriate topic that matches one's expertise and intended audience, 2) understanding how the writer's role differs between academic and professional settings, 3) writing to either help readers learn or motivate action, and 4) carefully considering the target audience to make the writing relevant and engaging to them. It also discusses maintaining formality in academic and professional writing by using formal language for unknown audiences and semi-formal language for familiar individuals.

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English For Academic and Professional Purposes

English for Academic and Professional Purposes discusses factors that affect writing and speaking for academic and professional contexts. It addresses four key factors: 1) choosing an appropriate topic that matches one's expertise and intended audience, 2) understanding how the writer's role differs between academic and professional settings, 3) writing to either help readers learn or motivate action, and 4) carefully considering the target audience to make the writing relevant and engaging to them. It also discusses maintaining formality in academic and professional writing by using formal language for unknown audiences and semi-formal language for familiar individuals.

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English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Fundamental Considerations on Text Production and Consumption


I.Factors that Affect Writing and Speaking
1.Topic There are a lot of topics that you can consider in writing academic
and professional texts. Still, the key here is customizing your material for
your audience and considering your level of expertise in choosing your
topic. Writing about “Essentials of Job Interview”could be relevant to
graduating students as they are looking toward employment. But how much
is your knowledge in this area? Can you consider yourself as a credible
source of information in this field?
2.Role of the Writer The role of the writer in academic and professional
writing intersects at some point but differs at many levels. This is affected
by the purpose of the writer, his/her knowledge of the topic, and the type of
audience he/she will have. Have you felt the difference between reporting
to your classmates and a panel of professors? What are the adjustments
that you have made to make your material suitable to the said audience?
3.Purpose of the Material The purpose of writing whether it is for the
academe or a specific field of expertise falls under two categories: (1) to
help other learn about a subject, carry out a task, or make a decision; and
(2) to reinforce or change the attitude and motivate readers to take action
(Markel & Selber, 2018).
4.Target Audience According to Nilep (n.d.), an academic paper could be
written for an instructor or a group of professors. On the other hand, a
professional paper in the form of a technical report is written for colleagues
in your field. Thinking about your audience affects what you write and how
you write your article. These are the questions to consider when you are
aiming to write for a specific audience: •Who will read the paper? •How
much do they already know about the topic? •What are the needs of the
audience? •How can you make them want to keep reading? •How are they
likely to react to the ideas that you will present?
II.Aspects of Professional and Academic Language
1.Formality According to Purdue University (n.d.), the level of formality in
“should be determined by the audience’s expectations and the writer’s
purpose. The levels of formality are formal, semi-formal, and informal. It is
advised that one should use the formal tone when writing or speaking to an
unknown audience. In contrast, a person is allowed to use a semi-formal
tone when writing to speaking with an individual that is well-known to
him/her. Lastly, one should take note that the informal tone has no place in
academic or professional writing.

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