This document discusses the differences between academic and non-academic texts. It defines academic texts as being critical, objective texts written by experts using formal language. Academic texts are intended for specialized audiences and aim to inform, while non-academic texts can entertain and are less formal. The document provides examples of different types of academic texts such as textbooks, essays, research articles and reports that are used across various disciplines like sciences, humanities and differ in their structures and language. In contrast, non-academic texts include emails, opinions, magazines and social media posts which can be subjective and less structured.