A lesson about Text Structures. Specifically about the two most common structures used in writing academic texts. It is the first lesson of the subject English for academic and professional purposes for senior high students. This topic would be of great help to students who is looking for an aid with the same topic and is looking for a short information about the two most common structures used in writing academic texts. It will definitely help students who are having difficulty in writing essays and does not know how to organized their ideas. By scanning into this ppt, they may somehow learn what specific structure should they used when writing a certain academic text. It would be nice to be informed specially if they are starting to write research papers of their own.

1. ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
GRADE 12 CURRICULUM
Prepared by: SONIA P. GALES
LURUGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

3. JUMBLE ME NO MORE!
Direction: Create a group of 4. Together
with your groupmates put the parts of a
common research paper into the correct
order by using numbers to represent the
sequence. Complete the task within 3
minutes and post your answer on the
board.
Good luck!

4. 4
1
7
9
3
8
10
2
5
6

5. Process Questions:
1. How do you find the activity?
2. Were you able to identify the
sequence easily and correctly?
3. Are the parts of this paper
familiar to you?

6. Were you able to write a research
paper of your own?
Do you think that a common
research paper used a certain
organization of parts? Why?

7. What is an Academic Text?
A critical, objective, specialized texts
written by experts or professionals in a
given field using formal language.
This means that academic texts are
based on facts with solid basis

8. generally quite formal,
objective (impersonal) and
technical.
Formal - avoiding casual or
conversational language, such
as contractions or informal
vocabulary.

9. Impersonal and objective -
avoiding direct reference to people
or feelings, and instead
emphasizing objects, facts and
ideas.
Technical - using vocabulary
specific to the discipline.

10. Remember!
To be a good academic writer, you
will need to learn the specific styles
and structures for your discipline, as
well as for each individual writing
task.

11. What are Examples of
Academic Writing?

12. Literacy Analysis
 examines, evaluates, and makes an
argument about a literary work
An essay that goes beyond mere
summarization.
It requires careful close reading of one or
multiple texts and often focuses on a
specific characteristic, theme, or motif.

13. Literacy Analysis
 examines, evaluates, and makes an
argument about a literary work
An essay that goes beyond mere
summarization.
It requires careful close reading of one or
multiple texts and often focuses on a
specific characteristic, theme, or motif.

14. Research Paper:
uses outside information to support a thesis or
make an argument.
written in all disciplines and may be evaluative,
analytical, or critical in nature.
Common sources include data, primary sources
(e.g., historical records), and secondary sources
(e.g., peer- reviewed scholarly articles).

15. Research Paper:
Writing a research paper
involves synthesizing this
external information with
your own ideas.

16. Dissertation:
(or thesis) is a document
submitted at the conclusion of a
Ph.D. program.
Is a book-length summarization of
the doctoral candidate’s research.

17. Dissertation:
Academic papers may be done as a
part of a class, in a program of study,
or for publication in an academic
journal or scholarly book of articles
around a theme, by different authors.

18. How do you think an
academic text is
organized?

19. An important feature of academic
writing.
A well-structured text enables the
reader to follow the argument and
navigate the text.
Structure

20. In academic writing a clear
structure and a logical flow are
imperative to a cohesive text.
Take note!

21. three-part essay structure
and,
 IMRaD structure.
Common Structures of Texts

22. 1. Three-Part Essay Structure
a basic structure
 consists of introduction, body and
conclusion
The introduction and the conclusion
should be shorter than the body of the
text.

23. 1. Three-Part Essay Structure
For shorter essays, one or two
paragraphs for each of these
sections can be appropriate. And
for longer texts or theses, they
may be several pages long.

24. Three-Part Essay Structure: Introduction
Purpose is to clearly tell the reader the topic,
purpose and structure of the paper.
might be between 10 and 20 percent of the
length of the whole paper and has three main
parts:
A. The most general information, such as
background and/or definitions.

25. Three-Part Essay Structure: Introduction
B. The core show the overall topic,
purpose, point of view, hypotheses and/or
research questions (depending on what
kind of paper it is).
C. The most specific information,
describing the scope and structure of your
paper.

26. The Body:
develops the question, “What is the
topic about?”.
elaborate directly on the topic
sentence by giving definitions,
classifications, explanations,
contrasts, examples and evidence.

27. considered as the heart of the essay
because it expounds the specific
ideas for the readers to have a better
understanding of the topic.
usually is the largest part of the
essay.

28. The Conclusion:
closely related to the
introduction and is often
described as its ‘mirror image’.
moves in the opposite
direction

29. The Conclusion:
usually begins by briefly summarizing
the main scope or structure of the
paper, confirms the topic that was
given in the introduction, ends with a
more general statement about how
this topic relates to its context.

30. The Conclusion:
take the form of an evaluation
of the importance of the topic,
implications for future research
or a recommendation about
theory or practice.

31. 2. The IMRaD Structure
Introduction, Methods, Results
and Discussion.
The Introduction usually depicts
the background of the topic and
the central focus of the study.

32. 2. The IMRaD Structure
The Methodology lets your readers know
your data collection methods, research
instrument employed, sample size and so
on.
Results and Discussion states the brief
summary of the key findings or the results
of your study.

33. APPLICATION
Construct an essay about the any topic
of your choice focusing on the “why
and how” of it.
Make use of the three part essay
structure.

34. ASSESSMENT: Reflection Questions:
1. What are/is new concept you have
learned from today’s lesson?
2. How important structure is in writing
academic and none academic writing?
3. As student, how will your learning on
basic structure in writing help you?

35. Thank you
for listening!

36. Reference:
English for Academic and Professional
Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode Quarter 1
– Module 1: Reading and Writing Academic
Texts (Region X-Northern Mindanao)