COMMUNICATION FOR
ACADEMIC PURPOSES
CHAPTER 8:
OBEJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
A). explain the communication for academic purposes;
B.) shoot a video explaining the importance of
communication in
academic set up.
C.) write a term paper regarding communication in
academic world.
WHAT ARE COMMUNUCATION FOR
ACADEMIC PURPOSE?
Many people intuitively know the proper way to
communicate in different settings; for instance, the way
you speak to your friends is usually different from the way
you speak to your parents.
BASIC SKILLS IN ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION:
-Advanced vocabulary
- Proper grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Verbal Expressions
COMMUNICATION IN ACAEMIC PAPERS
Academic papers are scholarly written materials that follow
the requirements of tone, diction, style, voice, etc.
appropriate to a target audience or culture. Academic
papers include but not limited to term papers, thesis,
dissertations, case studies, and research paper.
STYLE IN ACADEMIC PAPERS
Diction –diction is word choice. When writing, use vocabulary
suited for the type of Academic papers.
EXAMPLES:
Formal Diction: She is not dismissed.
Casual Diction: She is not fired.
Slang (very informal): She ain’t kicked out.
Besides the level of formality, also consider positive or
negative connotations of the words choses.
EXAMPLES:
Positive: Cutting the grass
Negative: Slashing the grass
TONE- The tone may be objective, or subjective, logical
or emotional, intimate or distant, serious or humorous. It
can consist mostly of long, intricate sentences, of short,
simple ones, or of something in between.
TONE VS VOICE anything you write should still
have your voice: something that makes your
writing sound uniquely like you.
EXAMPLES:
From Miles Davis: “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not
there.”
From Arthur Schnabel: “The notes I handle, no better than
many pianists,But the pauses between the notes –ah, that is
where the art resides.
Style –when writing a term paper, the one thing you have to
remember is to use authoriatative source.These are the vital if
the paper is to persuade the intended audience.
CONVEYING IDEAS THROUGH ORAL
PRESENTATION
1. Know your audience.
2. Be organized
3. Practice your presentation
4. Be professional
5. Be aware of technical problems.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ORAL PRESENTATION
Oral presentations are excellent means of communicating,
basic science or clinical research.
GENERAL GUIDELINE IN DESIGN ORAL
PRESENTATIO
Here are some general guidelines to keep in mind when designing
your presentation.
1. Title (include authors and affiliations)
2. Introduction (Background, Purpose,Hypothesis)
3. Method (A brief introduction to the methodology without too much technical
Jargon.
4. Results (Use graphs / charts/ table/, provides an extra slide / transparency with
summary of the results.)
5. Conclusions/discussion (clear explanation of the results, Clinical implications
6. Future work
7. Acknowledgement
