EAPP

• Our Lady of Fatima University's mission is to improve individuals through a legacy of excellent education and compassionate value formation
• Reading is a cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at meaning, an active process of constructing meanings of words, a thinking process, and a receptive skill
• The 3 stages of the reading process are:

  • "Pre-Reading": allows the reader to activate background knowledge, preview the text, and develop a purpose of reading
  • "During Reading": the reader makes predictions as they read and then confirms or revises the predictions
  • "After Reading": allows the reader to retell the story, discuss the elements of a story, answer questions, and compare it to another text
• Reading comprehension is the level of understanding of a text or message, coming from the interaction between the written words and external knowledge
• Strategies/Techniques in Improving Reading Comprehension:

  • "Skimming": speedy reading for general meaning
  • "Scanning": reading quickly to find specific words relevant to the task
  • "Detailed Note Taking": taking notes after selecting useful information
• Inferences are made when we figure out something based on an experience, foreseeing and unraveling meanings between, behind, and beyond words that we read
• A conclusion is the end part of something, a statement drawn from all the ideas and analysis of what you have read, and a decision reached after careful thought
• A thesis statement is a complete sentence containing the main idea that controls the content of the entire essay, helping the reader interpret the significance of the subject matter
• Types of Thesis Statements:

  1. Analytical Thesis Statement: states the topic, what was analyzed, and the conclusions reached

  2. Explanatory/Expository Thesis Statement: states the topic and key aspects to be discussed

  3. Argumentative Thesis Statement: states the topic, the writer's position, and the reasons for that position
• Effective Strategies and Techniques for Reading:

  • Predict, Visualize, Question, Connect, Identify, Infer, Evaluate
• Academic writing is nonfiction writing produced as part of academic work, clear in all levels, and organized in a specific manner
• Text Structure is how ideas, facts, and information within written text are organized, aiding in better comprehension
• Organizational Patterns in academic text include:

  • Definition, Classification, Chronological Order, Process, Order of Importance, Spatial Order
• Most academic texts in science utilize the IMRAD model, which stands for Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion
• The IMRAD model should be complemented with sections for aims and research questions, which often appear towards the end of the introduction
• Aim in academic writing encapsulates what you intend to achieve in your study
• Research questions are specific questions that enable you to reach your aim and can be arranged according to importance or logical order
• The introduction of an academic text must start with something more general than your research questions and gradually zoom in on your specific topic
• The body of an academic text discusses ideas, concepts, and results in a unified, coherent, and cohesive manner
• In the Methods and Materials section, discuss what you have done to accomplish your aim and address the research questions
• Results in academic writing should be presented objectively without interpretation, using graphical aids like tables and charts to aid understanding
• The Discussion section of academic writing involves in-depth analysis, assessment, and explanation of the results obtained from the study
• Summarizing is taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points, involving techniques like selection, rejection, and substitution
• Paraphrasing is using your own words to express someone else's ideas while still preserving the main ideas of the original source
• APA Format of Citing References: Follow the guidelines for capitalization, italics, and quotation marks when citing sources in academic writing
• Research is the systematic investigation and study of materials, sources, etc., to establish facts and reach new conclusions
• The Conclusion in academic writing is an expression of the fulfillment of your aim and what you have found in your study, not a brief repetition of results
• Paraphrasing and summarizing involve taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within your writing while giving credit to the original source
• Reading is a cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at meaning, an active process of constructing meanings of words, a thinking process, and a receptive skill
• Reading involves recognizing words, leading to the development of comprehension, and according to research, reading is a process that negotiates the meaning between the text and its reader
• Reading Comprehension is the level of understanding of a text or message, coming from the interaction between the written words and how they trigger knowledge outside the text or message
• Strategies/Techniques in Improving Reading Comprehension:

  • "Skimming": speedy reading for general meaning
  • "Scanning": reading speedily over a section of text to find relevant words
  • "Detailed Note Taking": provides useful aid to reading once useful information is selected
• Inferences are made when we try to figure out something based on an experience, foreseeing and unraveling the meaning between, behind, and beyond words that we read
• A conclusion is the end, finish, close, or last part of something, drawn from all the ideas and analysis of what you have read, and a decision reached after careful thought
• Conclusion vs Inference:

  • A conclusion comes at the end of the reading process, involving developing a summary of what you have gone through so far
  • Inference requires moving from information to a generalization, helping to understand the text but not representing a final opinion
• Thesis Statement:

  • A complete sentence containing the main idea that controls the content of the entire essay
  • It helps control the ideas within the paper, tells the reader how to interpret the significance of the subject matter, and serves as a map for the paper
• Types of Thesis Statement:

  1. Analytical Thesis Statement: states the topic, what was analyzed, and the conclusions reached

  2. Explanatory/Expository Thesis Statement: states the topic and key aspects to be discussed

  3. Argumentative Thesis Statement: states the topic, your position, and reasons for that position
• Effective Strategies and Techniques for Reading:

  • Predict, Visualize, Question, Connect, Identify, Infer, Evaluate
• Academic Writing is nonfiction writing produced as part of academic work, clear in all levels, and organized in a specific manner
• Text Structure is how ideas, facts, and information within written text are organized, aiding in better comprehension