Introduction to English for Academic and Professional Purposes

These flashcards cover the fundamental definitions, types, and characteristics of academic and non-academic texts as discussed in the introduction to English for Academic and Professional Purposes.

Academic Text

A formal type of writing produced by professionals in a specific field, which is well-edited, uses field-specific jargons, contains references, and aims to advance human understanding.

Non-academic Text

A type of text written for the mass public that is published quickly, uses informal or conversational language, and is often personal, emotional, or subjective in nature.

Jargons

Words and terms specific to a particular field that are commonly used in academic texts.

Descriptive Academic Text

A type of academic writing that provides facts and information to identify, report, record, summarize, or define a subject.

Analytical Academic Text

A type of academic writing that organizes facts and information into categories, groups, parts, or relationships through analysis, comparison, and contrast.

Persuasive Academic Text

A type of academic writing that includes an argument, recommendation, or evaluation supported by evidence to persuade the reader to a specific point of view.

Critical Academic Text

A text that requires the consideration of at least $2$ points of view, including the author's own, involving critique, debate, disagreement, and evaluation.

Audience

The specific group or individuals for whom a text is being written.

Purpose

The specific reason or goal behind why a text is being written.

Organization

The factor of academic writing concerned with how ideas are arranged or structured within the text.

Style

The specific techniques or methods used by an author to write a text.

Flow

The quality of how well an author expresses and connects ideas throughout a text.

Typhoon Carina

The specific weather system analyzed in the sample academic paper regarding precipitation volumetrics and urban drainage in Marikina City.

Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP)

A government program studied for its socio-economic impact on marginalized transport workers, involving a mandatory transition to Euro-4 compliant electronic vehicles.

Socio-Economic Assessment

A type of study that investigates economic viability and psychological stressors, as seen in the research on jeepney operators facing modernization.

Bayanihan

A concept used as an example in HUMSS descriptive texts to define community cooperation in rural areas.