English for Academic and Professional Purposes, Exercises of English

Download English for Academic and Professional Purposes and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! English for Academic and Professional Purposes QUARTER 1– MODULE 3: Summarizing Academic Texts English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode Quarter 1-Module 3: Summarizing Academic Texts First Edition, 2020 Republic Act 8293. Section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties. Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names, trademarks, etc.) included in this learning resource are owned by their respective copyright holders. 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We do hope that in using this material, you will gain ample knowledge and skills for you to be fully equipped and ready to answer the demands of the globally competitive world. We are confident in you! Keep soaring high! Oskar Schindler, a German businessman, saved 1,100 Jews in Krakow, Poland, during the World War II. He grew to care about his Jewish workers an, particularly those with whom he came in contact on a daily basis. His connections helped Schindler protect his Jewish workers from deportation and death in Nazi concentration camps. He also had to give Nazi officials ever larger bribes and gifts of luxury items obtainable only on the black market to keep his workers safe. 5 State, Assign, Action, Complete (SAAC) Somebody Wanted But So Then First Then Finally 5 W’s and 1 H Outlining Directions: Read the passages below and complete the crossword puzzle below by identifying the text structure used in each passage. ACROSS 1.Bicycles are an excellent choice when it comes to transportation. Biking is healthy and faster than walking, but it is also dangerous. Each year tens of thousands of people are killed or injured while riding a bicycle. This is because our roads are designed for motorists 1885 – Chain Driven Bicycle and not cyclists, but we can change the landscape. Each time a road is built or rebuilt, we should put in bike lanes. Clearly marked bicycle lanes will give cyclists a safer place to ride. Our cyclists deserve this little bit of consideration. In fact, their very lives are depending on it. 2. Have you ever wondered how mountain bikes can ride so smoothly on rough 3 4 surfaces? The reason for this is that mountain bikes have suspension systems. Suspension systems keep the wheels in continuous contact with the ground. This improves control and insulates the rider from changes in the surface. Suspension systems also reduce vibrations and make the ride more comfortable. Just don't get too comfortable and put your feet up because you still need those for peddling. 3. How do you know which kind of bike is right for you and the riding you’ll do? Well, that’s what this guide is for. Road bikes are lightweight, efficient bikes with drop handlebars and narrow tires for recreational riding on pavement. Mountain bikes are rugged machines with flat handlebars and wide, knobby tires for riding narrow dirt trails. Utility bikes are bikes designed for utility , such as commuting or errands, including some that haul kids or cargo. DOWN 1. Congratulations on your purchase of the Flag Master 5000! You'll find this state of the art system will allow you to display your bicycle flag higher than ever, and installation is a snap. Just attach the Flag Master carrier unit to the rear axle of your bicycle frame with the provided clamps. Once the carrier is secure, drop the base of your flag into the flag carrier and you're ready to ride. Your heart will swell with pride as you navigate the streets of your neighborhood waving the flag of your favorite sports team, nation, state, or maybe your flag will just be a solid color. Enjoy your breathtaking rise to the heights of popularity with this fashionable bicycle accessory. 2. Bicycles are a pretty old innovation when compared to something like a mobile phone. Some say a Scottish blacksmith named Kirkpatrick MacMillan invented the first self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, or bicycle, in 1839. MacMillan's design connected the pedals to the wheel with rods. J. K. Starley improved on this design in 1885 when he created the first chain driven bicycle. Starley's work was so good that most bicycles today have similar designs. Some important features have been added since then: cable brakes were introduced in the 1890s, which gave bicycles greater stopping power, and derailleur systems, which allowed the rider to change gears, were invented in 1905. Today's bicycles have lightweight frames, precision manufactured parts, and are more affordable than ever, yet surprisingly little has changed since Starley’s original design. I guess that it's hard to improve upon perfection. 3.Buying a bicycle is exciting and rewarding, but choosing the right bicycle requires some thought. One of the major considerations is whether to get a mountain bike, a racing bike, or a BMX bike. All of these have the parts that you would expect from a bicycle: a frame, pedals, two wheels, a chain-- but mountain bikes and racing bikes have multiple gears while BMX bikes have only one gear. Multiple gears give the rider the ability to increase or decrease the 5 force required to push the pedals. This can be an advantage when you are travelling over a variety of surfaces. Racing bikes and mountain bikes both have multiple gears, but mountain bikes tend to have thicker, more rugged tires that allow the cyclist to travel off of the path more smoothly. Racing bikes may go faster than mountain bikes on streets, but they are pretty much limited to riding on paved roads. Like mountain bikes, BMX bikes are built for off-roading. BMX bikes even have a popular off-road race culture associated with them, but if you plan on riding great distances, you would probably find a mountain bike to be more comfortable. When it's time to make that big purchase, you should weigh these considerations. 4. A bicycle is a mechanism that has transported man for many decades. Nowadays, bicycling is a great way to move from one place to another in short distances. Bicycles should be used for short distances to protect the environment as well as your health. By riding a bicycle, people can decrease gasoline consumption, improve the quality of their lives, and protect the environment. 8 Assign—the name of the author Action—what the author is doing (ex. Tells, explains) Complete—complete the sentence or summary with keywords and important details. 4. 5W’s, 1 H. This technique relies on six crucial questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details and main idea. Your summary may not necessarily follow this order as long as it contains all of these information. Who is the text about? What did he/she do? When did it happen? Why did he/she do it? How did he/she do what he/she did? 5. First Then Finally. This technique helps summarize events or steps in chronological order or in sequence. First– What happened first? Then– What key details took place during the event/action? Finally– What were the results of the event/action? Directions: Read the following texts. Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the following text using the assigned technique. HEALTHY EATING It is important to enjoy the food you eat. And eating in a healthier way may even be cheaper! Some traditional beliefs of what makes up a healthy diet may be really good, such as eating home-preserved vegetables, but other traditional beliefs are disease-promoting, e.g. eating large quantities of fatty meat daily. Recent evidence has shown that eating too much meat with animal fat is risky to our health. Only very small amounts of lean meat are needed – and not every day. In fact, the less meat and animal fat we eat the better! Eating too much animal fat is a main cause of ill health. Our bodies need very little but most of us eat too much. You may have heard of SATURATED FATS. These are found mainly in the meat of cows, pigs and sheep and in Write the summary using the outlining technique: The Hacksaw Ridge Movie In Lynchburg, Desmond Doss and his brother Hal are raised by a dysfunctional family since their father Tom Doss is an alcoholic war veteran of World War I that beats their mother Bertha. After a naughty fight with his brother Hal turns awry, Desmond Doss reads the Bible and vows not to harm another human in his life thereafter. Desmond then saves the life of a worker, experiencing a wholesome satisfaction in the process. In the hospital, he is smitten by a nurse, Dorothy Schutte, whom he then dates. After the United States enters the Second World War, both sons enlist, adding to the ire of the father who despises his sons joining the Army. The rigorous regimen of training in the Army requires Desmond to clear his firearms training, but after a huge tiff with his seniors, his father, an old corporal, intervenes to save Desmond from being court-martialed and serve with the Army as a medic. Then, got posted to Hacksaw Ridge, Okinawa. Desmond saved 75 men during the battle without firing a single shot. As an army medic with a strong desire to save lives, Desmond single-handedly evacuated wounded near enemy lines despite his own wounds. He was awarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor. 9 products which include their meat and fat, such as sausages, meat pies and beef burgers. Eating too much saturated fat can lead to coronary heart disease and being overweight. UNSATURATED FATS, however, are found in oily fish, chicken, eggs, turkey, duck, beans and lentils and foods made from these. Unsaturated fat may be better for you, but eating TOO MUCH FAT of any type can increase your weight. It is better to buy a small amount of lean meat rather than fatty meat or solid fat. It is even better to EAT MORE FISH of all kinds. And don’t forget to increase your IRON intake by eating liver. Traditional meals using peas, beans and lentils provide good nourishment. Remember to cut down on any animal fat used in cooking, e.g. in soups do not add fat and do not fry food for. Where FAT is involved, LESS IS BEST. Write the summary using the 5 W’s, 1 H technique: 10 Coronavirus in the Philippines: The COVID-19 risk, impact and measures By Praveen Duddu (an excerpt) Preventive measures by the Philippine government The Philippine government is taking several steps to control the spread of the virus, including travel restrictions, closure of schools and colleges, as well as training schools of the Philippine National Police. Educational institutes in the country are announced to be closed from March 9 to March 15, whereas in Metro Manila the classes will be suspended until April 12. Stringent social distancing measures will be in place in the National Capital Region (NCR) for 30 days from March 15. The government announced earlier on February 2, 2020 that all persons except Filipino citizens and permanent resident visa holders were temporarily barred from entering the country. A temporary ban on Filipinos from traveling to China or its special administrative region was also imposed. A mandatory 14-day quarantine for Filipinos returning to from China or its special administrative region was announced. Write the summary using the SAAC technique: What for you is the importance of learning to summarize academic texts? Directions: Summarize your personal experience during the quarantine period in this time of pandemic into a one-paragraph only. You may use the technique that you think best fits the nature of your summary. I. Directions: Read the text below. Using your chosen technique/s, write a 5-8 sentence summary of the given text. If you are reading this right now, you are taking part in the wonder of literacy. Because of printed words, people can send information across both time and space. Ideas are put in writing and sent to readers across thousands of miles and years. Because of writing, the words of distant people can influence events, offer knowledge, and change the world. Much of the credit for the development of this phenomenon can be attributed to one man. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, better known as 13 14 Johannes Gutenberg, was born in the German city of Mainz. Though most of Gutenberg’s early life is a mystery, historians believe that he studied at the University of Erfurt in 1418 and spent much of his young adult life practicing the profession of his father: goldsmithing. Gutenberg borrowed money from investors in 1439 and found himself in financial trouble. In the year 1439 the city in which Gutenberg lived was planning to exhibit its large collection from Emperor Charlemagne (a famous ruler who had united much of Western Europe around 800 AD). The exhibit was expected to bring many visitors to the town, so Gutenberg took investments and create polished metal mirrors which were to be sold to the visitors (it was a common belief at that time that mirrors were able to capture holy light from religious relics). The mirrors which Gutenberg produced probably would have sold well, but due to severe flooding the event was delayed by one year. The impatient investors demanded that Gutenberg return their investments, but he had already spent the money on producing the unsaleable mirrors. He was trapped in a difficult situation. Gutenberg decided to share his greatest secret with them. This secret would forever change the world, all of history, and even the process of keeping history. It’s been argued that Gutenberg’s idea was one of the greatest of all mankind. This one idea would lead to the spread of countless others. It would play a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the Scientific Revolution. This idea would bring learning to the masses. Gutenberg had created the mechanical printing press with movable type. Before the spread of Gutenberg’s idea, literature was handwritten. That means that each copy of the bible and all of its 73 books were tediously hand scribed, and this was done before the invention of the ballpoint pen. Given the amount of detail that went into each text, creating a single copy of a bible could take years. Because of the effort that went into producing them, books were extremely rare and valuable. Because of the value of books, there was little reason for common people to learn to read or write since it was unlikely that they would ever handle a book in their lifetimes. Gutenberg’s invention would change that. His printing press allowed literature to be produced on a mass scale. His movable metal type could be arranged once to form a page, and he could print the page again and again The first major text that Gutenberg produced was a 42 line copy of the bible. Scholars estimate that Gutenberg produced between 165 and 185 of these bibles, which sold out almost immediately. Most copies went to churches and universities, though one was sold to a private individual. Copies are known to have sold for 30 florins (about three years of wages for a clerk at the time), which may seem expensive but was much cheaper than a hand produced copy. 1. What is a thesis statement? 2. How do you outline a text? 15 Purchasing a Gutenberg Bible in the 1450s would have been a good investment if you and your descendants were able to maintain it. Only twenty one complete Gutenberg Bibles exist today and the last one traded hands in 1987 for 4.9 million dollars, the highest price ever paid for a book at the time. Gutenberg’s brilliant idea would soon change the world, but in the short term he bungled a large and risky investment. He found himself in financial trouble once again and was sued by one of his investors, who accused Gutenberg of mismanaging money meant for the production of books. The courts ruled against Gutenberg and he lost the shop that he had created. He was effectively bankrupt. Though he had failed as a businessman, the technologies that he had created spread rapidly. As these printing technologies spread, news and books began to travel much faster than previously possible. The world has not been the same since. Though Gutenberg was financially unsuccessful in his own lifetime, he made the world a much richer place.