ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND

PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
THESIS DISSERTATION

LESSON 1: READING AND WRITING LENGTH 50 - 100 pages 100 - 400 pages
ACADEMIC TEXT
DEGREE Master’s degree Ph.D. degree

RESEARCH Based on existing Offers novel,

Academic Text research and original research
- defined as critical, objective, specialized literature
texts written by experts or professionals
in a given field using formal language. HYPOTHESIS Introduces a stance Presents a
on an existing topic hypothesis that
- means that academic texts are based on
and defends it with needs to be proven
facts with a solid basis. analysis
- varies from different styles and
structures of writing depending on the DATA Scholarly books, Scholarly books,
discipline. SOURCES academic academic
periodicals, periodicals,
scientific scientific
magazines, magazines,
TYPES OF ACADEMIC TEXT government government
sources, official sources, official
Textbooks statistics, previous statistics, laboratory
- standard work for a particular branch of studies experiments,
study. surveys, interviews
- design to help the learner.
- vary in style, tone, and level depending
on their audience.
STRUCTURE OF
Essay
- short literary composition on a particular DISSERTATION THESIS
theme or subject, usually in prose and
I. Introduction I. Introduction
generally analytic, speculative, or
interpretative. II. Methods II. Background of the study
- vary in length and formality.
- citation of resources. III. Results III. RRL

IV. Discussion IV. Methodology

STRUCTURE OF ESSAY
● Introduction V. Results & Discussion
● Body
● Conclusion VI. Recommendation &
Conclusion
Dissertation & Thesis
- a long period of reading, research, and
reflection.
Research Articles ● Conclusion
- reports the result of original research.
- assesses its contribution to the body of
knowledge in a given area. TYPES OF LANGUAGE OF ACADEMIC
- normally published in a journal. TEXT
- written mainly for specialist audiences.
Formal
STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH - has unique characteristics such as direct,
ARTICLES objective, and respectful.
● Introduction - opposite of how one would speak or
● RRL write casually to a friend.
● Background of Research and
Method Objective
● Results and Discussion - uses research as the basis of language
● Recommendations usage; impersonal language is
● Conclusion Bibliography disregarded.
- interpret findings.
Case Study - evaluate a theory.
- report about a person,group, or situation - develop an argument.
that has been studied. - critique the work of others.
- most common disciplines such as
business, sociology and law. Technical
- uses vocabulary in a technical term used
STRUCTURE OF CASE STUDY in the field of discipline. (e.g. Jargon)
● Context (Focus, When, and - Jargons
Where?) - subsistence - poverty (below
● Description (Person or Place) the line of poverty)
● Account (Was there a change) - robust - boosting of (sales,
● Headings (What is the economy)
perspective of the reader?) - worksheet - paper used as a toll
in preparing financial statements
Reports
- written account of something that one
has observed, heard, done or TYPES OF WRITING SKILLS
investigated.
- describe what happened and discuss and Summarizing
evaluate its importance. - synthesis of the key ideas from the text.
- makes use of one’s own words to
.STRUCTURE OF REPORT express their idea.
● Context - words should not exceed 250.
● Introduction
● Methodology STEPS IN SUMMARIZING
● Findings/Main Points 1. Read the text
● Discussion/Evalutation 2. Find the Main idea or Subject
 3. Identify the needed information COMMON FORMAT
4. Write your summary
1. Introduction
Thesis Statement - title, author, date published, and
- serves as the summary of the main other basic information about
argument. the text.
- controls the flow of the text. 2. Body
- the interpretation—not the subject itself. - summary (explain the subject or
- a single sentence. purpose; contents and details)
- evaluation (present your
STEPS IN CREATING THESIS judgment of the subject;
STATEMENT significance and critical
1. Choose a subject approaches)
2. Pick your argument 3. Conclusion
3. Express it in one sentence - overall impression of the work,
4. Assert your conclusion final judgment on the subject’s
value.
Outlining
- visually organize the ideas.
- connects an idea to another idea easily, DIFFERENTIATING REACTION PAPER,
specially the thesis statement. REVIEW PAPER, AND CRITIQUE PAPER

TYPES OF OUTLINING
REACTION REVIEW CRITIQUE
1. Topic Outline
2. Sentence Outline Reasonable Highlights good and Most academic
response to bad points and elevated
anything seen, evaluation
heard, read, or
experienced
LESSON 2: WRITING A REACTION,
REVIEW, AND CRITIQUE PAPER Made by anyone Made by Made by experts
knowledgeable
people of a field
Reaction, Review, and Critique Papers
Personal Objective judgment Analyzing and
- specialized forms of academic writing in
preference evaluating the
which a reviewer or reader evaluates: components of a
- scholarly work work
- work of art
- graphic designs Personal Gives audience Made to provide
- industrial and fashion designs expression and informed judgments directions for
judgments about the subject future
improvements

Associated with
term paper or book
review
STEPS IN WRITING

1. Read and study the material.

2. Annotate the text.
3. Ask questions as you read.
4. Freewrite - no format
5. Decide on your angle and determine
your thesis statement.
6. Organize your paper
7. Gather quotations
8. Structure your paragraph

CRITICIZE VS. CRITIQUE VS. CRITIC

Critic - persons who do critiques.

Critique - papers/outputs done by critics.

Criticize - a way on how we do critique papers.