Pointers to review in EAPP
Academic text
Academic Text-A type of text or writing that is written by professionals in a given field and
is also intended for scholarly audience
Academic Discipline
Academic discipline-are known to have their own culture which affects teaching,
learning, research and assessment as well as way of thinking. These disciplines are as
follows: Business, Humanities, Natural and Applied Sciences, Social sciences, Art etc.
Example:
Information and communication technologies have provided the society with a vast array
of new communication capabilities such as instant messaging, voice over IP and video
conferencing. The academic discipline being describe here is ICT
Academic Language
What word can be replaced to make it formal?
Reading comprehension : Getting the main idea of the paragraph
What is a good thesis statement?
Outlining text (Application of outlining .A selection/excerpt will be given)
Reaction paper
What is needed in Objective assessment
Importance of writing a critique
Parts of critique paper (What is written for these parts?: Introduction, Body, Conclusion)
Formalism approach
Feminist approach
Ways to elucidate concept: excerpt/selection were given and identify if its: Definition,
Explication, Cause and Effect, Classification
Remember:
Definition- making something definite, distinct, or clear. What does it mean?
Explication- the process of analyzing and developing an idea or principle in detail.
"this term is meaningless without further explication and analysis"
the process of analyzing a literary work in order to reveal its meaning.
"careful reading and explication of texts"
Classification -sorts information into groups that share similar characteristics.
Compare/Contrast-Shows similarities and differences between ideas, objects, concepts,
etc.
Cause/Effect-Cause tells why something happened. Effect is the result of the cause.
Purpose of concept paper
Type of Concept paper:
1.Project proposal- used to present the general plan and justification to pursue a project
2.Research proposal- Present the nature and extent of a planned or future research
3.Advertising concept paper- discusses creative advertising campaign, approach theme,
sales and other company aspects
Determine each concept paper title to the types of concept paper (Title and concepts
will be explained)
Parts of research proposal
Understanding an appropriate visual/graphic aid that can be used in presenting concepts
like: Chart, pie graph, bar graph and venn diagram
