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ISBN: 978-621-409-078-5
Author: Rizal O. Dapat, MAT

Table of Contents
Preface………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. iii
UNIT 1 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL LITERACY…………………….. 1

Lesson 1 Understanding Academic Text…………………………………………………….. 3
Definition of Academic Text……………………………………………………….. 5
Types of Academic Text………………………………………………………………. 5

Lesson 2 C’s of Academic and Professional Communications………………………. 15
Correctness…………………………………………………………………………………. 18
Clarity ………………………………………………………………………………………… 19
Conciseness………………………………………………………………………………… 21
Consideration……………………………………………………………………………… 22
Concreteness……………………………………………………………………………….. 23
Courtesy……………………………………………………………………………………… 23
Completeness……………………………………………………………………………… 25

Lesson 3 Structures of Academic Texts………………………………………………………. 35
Argumentative Structure…………………………………………………………….. 39
Report Structure………………………………………………………………………….. 40
Other Structures………………………………………………………………………….. 45
Description…………………………………………………………………………. 45
Problem-Solution ………………………………………………………………. 46
Comparison and Contrast…………………………………………………… 46
Cause and Effect…………………………………………………………………. 46

Lesson 4 Citing and Referencing Sources…………………………………………………… 61
Reliable Sources…………………………………………………………………………… 65
Unreliable Sources………………………………………………………………………. 65
Basic Research Skills……………………………………………………………………. 67
Summary……………………………………………………………………………. 67
Paraphrase………………………………………………………………………….. 68
Copying Verbatim………………………………………………………………. 68
Writing Reference Page………………………………………………………. 69

UNIT 2 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS………………………. 85

Lesson 1 Writing Effective Reaction Paper…………………………………………………. 87
Objectives of Reaction Paper……………………………………………………….. 89
Structures of Reaction Paper……………………………………………………….. 90
Samples of Reaction Paper…………………………………………………………… 90

Lesson 2 Writing Effective Critique Paper………………………………………………….. 101
Approaches Used in Critiquing……………………………………………………. 105
4 Ways to Critique an Article………………………………………………………. 108
Sample Critique…………………………………………………………………………… 111

Lesson 3 Writing Effective Concept Paper………………………………………………….. 129
Five Components of and Effective Concept Paper ………………………. 132
Uses of Concept Paper…………………………………………………………………. 132
Sample Concept Paper………………………………………………………………… 133

Lesson 4 Writing Effective Position Paper………………………………………………….. 145
Issue Criteria……………………………………………………………………………….. 148
Developing and Supporting Arguments………………………………………. 148
Components of Position Paper……………………………………………………. 148
Types of Debate…………………………………………………………………………… 159

Lesson 5 Writing Effective Survey Report…………………………………………………… 163
Types of Survey…………………………………………………………………………… 166
Designing a Questionnaire………………………………………………………….. 166
Sample Survey Report…………………………………………………………………. 169

Lesson 6 Writing Effective Research Report……………………………………………….. 195
Benefits of Research…………………………………………………………………….. 197
Attributes of a Good Research…………………………………………………….. 197
Attributes of a Good Researcher………………………………………………….. 197
Components of Research Report…………………………………………………. 198

Lesson 7 Writing Effective Laboratory Report

and Other Technical Reports……………………………………………………….. 213
Fieldtrip Report and Its Components………………………………………….. 215
Progress Report and Its Components………………………………………….. 215
Periodic Report and Its Components…………………………………………… 215
Feasibility Report and Its Components………………………………………… 215
Laboratory Reports and Its Components…………………………………….. 216
Sample Laboratory Report…………………………………………………………… 249
References ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 235