REVIEWER IN EAPP SBIS, Exercises of English

Download REVIEWER IN EAPP SBIS and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! Professional Purposes » Aims to develop communication skills in written and oral form. What is EAPP? 4 Provides language instruction for academic study. 4 Involves the use of language skills and academic skills. Language Skills ¢ Listening comprehension ¢ Fluency development ¢ Oral intelligibility « Reading ¢ Grammar ¢ = Writing e Vocabulary development 4 main skills 4 Writing 4 Listening 4 Reading 4 Speaking Academic Study Skills = Test taking and note taking skills = Academic vocabulary usage = Critical reading and writing = comprehending academic lectures = research and library skills = formal compositions forms and development Academic Text > written by professionals who specialized in specific fields. » Clear, direct to the point, focused has a particular structure and is always supported by evidence. » Formal and objective » Based on facts with solid basis. Non-Academic Texts >» Can be written by anyone > Fiction » Language used may contain slangs and informal. Example of Academic Writing 4 Literary Analysis >» Examines evaluates and makes an argument about a literary work. Requires careful close reading. Research Paper Uses outside information to support a thesis. 4 Dissertation A book length summarization of the doctoral candidates research #Y Academic Text Structures ¢ The Three Part Essay + Consist of introduction, body and conclusion = — Introduction: clearly tell the reader the topic, purpose and structure of the paper. = Body (heart): “whats in the topic?” = Conclusion: MIRROR IMAGE THE IMRaD Structure - Introduction, methods, results and discussion The Purpose of doing an academic writing - To inform, - To persuade and, - To argue a specific point Academic Language - Used in textbooks, in classrooms on tests, and in each discipline. What is a difference between academic language and social language? Academic Language -formal -used in textbooks Social Language -informal -uses slangs Academic Reading -is defined as reading with a specifically academic and educational purpose. -Academic reading includes reading more traditional books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and journal articles, along with a vast number of resources available online. -requires a more active, probing and recursive strategy READING - the act of looking at printed words and understanding or comprehending what they are saying, or the act of saying those words out loud or of interpreting those words. Academic reading involves layers of: e asking questions e reflecting on relationships among parts of the text e interpreting meaning e making connections with other readings e refining your topic and purpose Types of reading styles - Skimming: fast reading - Scanning: used to find particular informations. - Intensive Reading: familiarizing - Extensive Reading: used to gather general knowledge. Before Reading -Establish your purpose for reading - Speculate about the author's purpose for writing - Review what you already know and want to learn about the topic (see the guides below) - Preview the text to get an overview of its structure, looking at headings, figures, tables, glossary, etc. - Predict the contents of the text and pose questions about it. If the authors have provided discussion questions, read them and write them on a note- taking sheet. - Note any discussion questions that have been provided (sometimes at the end of the text) During Reading - Annotate and mark (sparingly) sections of the text to easily recall important or interesting ideas - Check your predictions and find answers to posed questions - Use headings and transition words to identify relationships in the text - Create a vocabulary list of other unfamiliar words to define later - Try to infer unfamiliar words’ meanings by identifying their relationship to the main idea - Connect the text to what you already know about the topic. - Take breaks (split the text into segments if necessary After Reading -Summarize the text in your own words (note what you learned, impressions, and reactions) in an outline, concept map, or matrix (for several texts) -Talk to someone about the author's ideas to check your comprehension -Identify and reread difficult parts of the text