EAPP

• Academic language


  Language used in textbooks, in classrooms, on tests, and in each discipline. It is different in vocabulary and structure from the everyday spoken English of social interactions.
• Linguistic register


  Certain registers of language (types of language use) peculiar to specific professions such as medical science, engineering, and business.
• Medical language


  Language used to describe components and processes of the human body, medical procedures, diseases, disorders, and pharmacology.
• Legal language


  Language used by the persons connected to the legal profession, such as lawyers, jurists, and legislative drafts people.
• Journalistic language


  Language that helps understand how journalists create their stories or reports, shape points of view, deliver expected news and how media language is different from other languages.
• Literary language


  Register of a language that is used in literary writing.
• Jargon


  Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
• Legal indictment


  A formal accusation of a felony, issued by a grand jury based upon a proposed charge, witnesses' testimony and other evidence presented by the public prosecutor.
• Sob Story


  A sentimental story.
• Autopsy


  A surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury.
• MIMS


  The Monthly Index of Medical Specialties, a pharmaceutical prescribing reference guide published in the United Kingdom.
• Academic text is typically used for textbooks, tests, in classrooms, and any other discipline related to the field of academics. It is very different from the structure of vocabulary and structure from everyday conversations through social interactions.
• Content and Style of Academic Texts

  • Include concepts and theories related to the specific discipline
  • Have clearly structured introduction, body, and conclusion.
  • Include information from credible sources that are properly cited.
  • Include concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline they explore.
  • Usually exhibit all properties of a well-written text --- organization, unity, coherence, and strict adherence to the rules of language and mechanics.
• The specific ideas in various academic texts are dependent on the field of academic text one is reading in. For example, Humanities texts discuss more about the various human expressions, such as art and languages, while the sciences contain the scientific method that discusses the objective result of an experiment or the specific research methodology.
• Registers are simply a rather special case of a kind of language being produced by the social situation.
• Linguistic register


  A set of specialized vocabulary and preferred (or dispreferred) syntactic and rhetorical devices/structures, used by specific socio-professional groups for special purposes.
• Stylistic Variation: Degrees of Formality in Language Usage


  • Registers are marked by a variety of specialized vocabulary and turns of phrases, colloquialisms, and the use of jargon.
  • A register can be considered a unique way a speaker uses language in different circumstances.
  • Registers encompass all the ways in which humans communicate to one another in specific parameters.
• Some of the Language Registers


  • Language of medicine/medical science (medical terminologies)
  • Law (legal language)
  • Journalism (journalistic language)
  • Literature (literary language)
• The basis of existing Philippine and other languages. Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system.
• Official languages of the Philippines

  • Filipino
  • English (until otherwise provided by law)
• Regional languages


  • Auxiliary official languages in the regions
  • Auxiliary media of instruction therein
• Other languages to be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis

  • Spanish
  • Arabic
• This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish.
• Duterte's SONA: A mix of attack, warning, plea, wish list, promises
• Unlike his late arrival for last year's SONA, Duterte's helicopter landed on time at the Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City with some members of Congress and the Cabinet waiting inside the plenary hall.
• Duterte stood at the rostrum—at his back were Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano—as he delivered his speech that lasted for more than an hour and 30 minutes.
• In the second to the last of his SONA, Duterte touched on the pandemic the country is facing, endorsed the passage of several priority bills, laid out government achievements, while from time-to-time slamming his critics—most notably Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
• Duterte likewise addressed various controversial issues such as the revival of the death penalty and the West Philippine Sea.
• SARS virus


  An infectious agent belonging to the virus family Coronaviridae, which causes severe respiratory illnesses in humans and animals
• SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus (CoV) is a novel member of this family that causes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is associated with high mortality rates.
• Criminal trial


  1. Prosecuting attorney presents evidence and witness testimony to try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime

  2. Defendant's attorney may present evidence and witnesses to show that the defendant did not commit the crime or to create a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt

  3. Defendant is considered innocent of the crime charged until proven guilty
• Questioning a witness


  1. Prosecution questions the witness

  2. Defense cross-examines the witness

  3. Prosecution may do redirect examination

  4. Defense may do re-cross examination
• When the prosecution has called all the witnesses for its side of the case and presented all its evidence, it rests its case.
• The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday said it has made the adjusted version of K to 12 curriculum and guidelines for distance learning available online.
• "We have made the MELCs available for free download at DepEd Commons to help our teachers focus on what is most essential given the challenge in learning delivery this school year," DepEd Undersecretary Alain Pascua said.
• "We are trying to make everything as accessible as we can, through DepEd Commons and our other available channels. It is upon us to make sure our teachers and learners have everything they need in order to continue learning."
• These were prepared by the Bureau of Curriculum Development (BCD) under Director Jocelyn Andaya and approved by Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio.
• Structure


  How you organize and emphasize all the important points that you want to say in your composition. It is what allows for the logical flow of ideas in a cohesive text.
• Academic texts


  Formal written materials that provide information and/or professional opinion related to specific discipline or profession.
• Non-academic texts


  Written with friends, family, and general readers as target audience. Informal tone, conversational content, simple and compound sentences.