EAPP Topic Guide 2019

English for Academic and Professional Purposes
COURSE GUIDE
Course Description and List of Competencies: 
The development of communication skills in English for academic and professional purposes.
TARGET DATETOPIC EXPECTED OUTPUTS
Weeks 1 – 3Reading Academic Texts* 
June 3 – 7, 20191.    Structure of Academic Texts1.       Reading Exercises / Tests
 2.    Language Used in Academic Texts 
 3.    Specific Ideas in Academic Texts 
   
June 10 – 14, 20194.    Extracting Information through Text Structure2.       Reading Exercises / Tests
 5.    Various Techniques in Summarizing Academic Texts 
 6.    Thesis Statement 
   
June 17 – 21, 2019 7.    Outlining3.       Outlined Documents
 8.    Paraphrasing 4.       Paraphrased Documents
 9.    Summarizing Academic Texts5.       Summarized Documents
 10.         Writing a Précis / Abstract / Summary6.       Collection of  Written Précis/ Abstract/ Summary of texts in the various disciplines 
Weeks 4 – 6Writing the Reaction Paper/Review/  
 Critique  
   
June 24 – 28, 20191.       Forming Opinions Based on Fact1.       Essay
 2.       Supporting Claims with Specific Sources2.       Debate
 3.       Persuasive and Appropriate Presentation of Ideas  
   
July 1 – 5, 20194.       Language Used in Specific Disciplines 
 5.       Critical Approaches 
   
July 8 – 12, 20196.       Principles of Writing Effective Reviews and Critiques3.       Assessment Paper 
 7.       Writing Reviews / Critiques4.       Review / Reaction Paper
  5.       Critique Paper 
Weeks 7 to 10Writing the Concept Paper 
   
July 15 – 19, 20191.       Concept Paper1.       Annotated Concept Papers
 2.       Uses of Concept Papers 
 3.       Types of Concept Papers 
July 22 – 26, 20194.       Text Development Strategies (Definition, Explication, Clarification)2.       Paragraph Writing Exercises
July 29 – August 2, 20195.       Writing Concept Papers3.       Concept Paper

RAWS Topic Guide 2019

TARGET DATETOPIC EXPECTED OUTPUTS
The Written Text 
June 3 – 7, 20191.    The Written Text as Connected Discourse1.       Reading Exercises
 2.    Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information 
 a.       Brainstorming list 
 b.       Graphic organizer2.       brainstorming list 
 c.        Topic outline3.       graphic organizer 
 d.       Sentence outline4.       topic outline 
  5.       sentence outline
 3.    Patterns of Text Development 
June 10 – 14, 2019a.       narration 6.       Compilation of Annotated Paragraphs & Original Paragaphs
June 17 – 21, 2019 b.       description  
June 24 – 28, 2019c.        definition  
July 1 – 5, 2019 d.       exemplification / classification  
 e.        comparison and contrast  
 f.        cause and effect  
 g.        problem – solution  
 h.       persuasion 
   
July 8 – 12, 20194.    Properties of a Well-Written Text7.       Critique Paper with focus on
July 15 – 19, 2019 a.       Organization
 b.       Coherence and Cohesion
  c.        Language Use
  d.       Mechanics
Text and Context Connections (Critical Reading)  
   
July 22 – 26, 2019A.      Critical Reading as Looking for Ways of Thinking 
 1.       Explicit and Implicit Claims in a Text 1.       Reading Exercises
 2.       Context of Text Development  
   
July 29 – August 2, 2019B.      Critical Reading as Reasoning  
 1.       Formulating Evaluative Statements2.       1000-word critique
 2.       Determining Textual Evidence