EAPP

• Academic writing


  Writing that is formal, objective, and focused on a specific topic or discipline
• Reading is an integral component that plays an active role in the transformation of society
• Reading involves you in experiences that appeal to the senses and to reason
• Reading makes you more sensitive, more compassionate, and more capable of achieving the fullness of life
• When we read, we get pleasure in entering into a new world so different from our possessed world
• To analyze and explain academic texts is less joyous but still an important thing in this very modern and challenging world in the first quarter of the 21st century
• The beginning of English literature

  • Julius Caesar and his legions landed on the south-eastern coast of Britain
  • Various Celtic tribes settled in Britain and spoke the Celtic language
  • The Romans conquered Britain and prepared it for permanent settlement as a Roman province
  • The Celts fled to the mountainous regions of Scotland and Wales
  • The Germanic tribes (Jutes, Angles, and Saxons) came to occupy the land and drove away the Celts
  • The Anglo-Saxons brought with them a well-developed society organized around the family, the clan, the tribe and finally, the kingdom
  • The social system was very simple with the warrior being the most important of human beings
  • Christianity was established in Britain before 400 A.D. but did not have much impact on the Anglo-Saxons
  • In 957, Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine, a monk, as a missionary to England and Augustine christianized the country
  • Latin became the language of the courts and churches
  • The Viking Danes began to attack Britain and were defeated by the Anglo-Saxon king until the middle of the 11th century
  • In 1066, William of Normandy conquered the English forces at Hastings and instituted the Norman culture, bringing to a close the Anglo-Saxons epoch of the English history
• Warrior literature


  • Beowulf
• Beowulf is the only one-full-length epic which has survived in English literature
• Beowulf is the best example of warrior literature although its author is unknown
• Anglo-Saxons were absorbed by conquering Normans, they had produced the grim epic – "Beowulf"
• Earl


  Origin and meaning
• Cattle


  Origin and meaning
• Clan


  Origin and meaning
• Churl


  Origin and meaning
• Blood money


  Origin and meaning
• Pagan


  Origin and meaning
• Monk


  Origin and meaning
• Grim


  Origin and meaning
• Epic


  Origin and meaning
• Kingdom


  Origin and meaning
• What have you noticed about the origin, and the similarities or differences in the definition of terms?
• How does the specified context help you define the assigned terminologies?
• Why is it essential to comprehend and use language registers in various fields?
• What is the text about?
• What is the writer's goal in writing the text?
• Who is the target reader of the text?
• Special vocabulary found in the text

  • List vocabulary words
• Language features of the text

  • List grammar features
• Identify the Discipline (medicine, law, journalism, etc.)
• What words or terms helped you better understand the text?
• What made the text easy or difficult to understand?
• How were the sentences developed into paragraph or paragraphs?
• How did the English language change?
• Academic writing is a...
• Academic writing considers...
• Academic writing is backed up/supported with...
• Academic writing addresses specific...
• How do you differentiate the language used in an academic text?
• Learning Outcomes


  • Identify the basics of summarizing
  • Determine the types of summary
  • Determine the various techniques and strategies in summarizing a variety of academic texts
  • Use various techniques and strategies in summarizing a variety of academic texts