English for Academics

1. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ACADEMIC AND NON-
ACADEMIC TEXTS
English for Academic and
Professional Purposes

2. ACADEMIC NON-ACADEMIC
Audience - Academic / Particular Public / General
Content - Serious ideas The personal or general
interest of all
Style - Variety of construction of
sentences must be complex
- The use of colloquial
expressions are prohibited,
and formal language is
recommended.
- The conjunctions “and” or
“but” were being added in a
simple sentence.
- Acceptance in the use of
colloquial words such as
“stuff,” “sort,” or “thing.”

3. ACADEMIC NON-ACADEMIC
Structure - The process must be logical,
explain politely and vividly
Seldom organized and express
a complete thought
Grammar - Free of mistakes Seldom in a complete sentence
and unrestricted in grammar
Vocabulary -Accurate used of language
and application of specific
terms in disciplines
- Regular conversations and
vocabulary were used.
- Allowed to use the slang
language, idioms and short
form of a story

4. EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC TEXT
Academic Texts Description
Articles
- A scholar commonly publishes this in
journals
- A type of academic text that can be
helpful to the needs of the society/nation-
building or gives an impression to the
academic community in terms of its results
and development.
Conference Papers - In scholarly journals, this may be revised
as articles that possibly be put into
publication.

6. EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC TEXT
Academic Texts Description
Reviews - These are being published in
scholarly journals that provide
evaluation or assessments of a
specific works
Theses, Dissertations These are written personally by
college students or university degree
who belongs to the graduating class.
Also known as college personal
researches as a central requirement
before graduation

8. ACADEMIC
LANGUAGE TEXT

9. Academic Texts Description
Mathematics Texts - It is easy to recognize
because of the use of
symbols for operations,
special meanings, notations,
numbers and formulation
- Used in the comparison,
problem, and solution
sentence
Business Text - It is present in conventions or
established practices like
different letters that use polite
communication

10. Academic Texts Description
Social Science
Texts
- It has its jargon from different
disciplines such as executive branch,
profits, social class, and depression -
Knowing the jargon for easy
understanding. Knowing how to
interpret graphic data is a great
advantage. Used in definition,
recounting, cause effect, and
comparison and contrast in political
matters
Natural Science
Texts
-Drawings and diagrams are
characteristics of science text use for
further explaining the concept being
used It contains information and

11. Academic Texts Description
Literature and the
Arts Texts
-It has its content-specific
terms or jargon; it also uses
connotative language and the
figures of speech
- The use of language and
structure is critical in the
author’s work style
- It has multiple
correspondences that we
need to know its context
or meaning and violate