This subject provides language instruction for academic study. Language skills addressed include: listening comprehension, fluency development, oral intelligibility, reading, grammar, writing and vocabulary development.
Associated Departments:
Academic Track , Accountancy, Business, and Management Strand - CORE , General Academic Strand - CORE , Home Economics - CORE , Humanities and Social Sciences - CORE , Industrial Arts - CORE , Information and Communications Technology - CORE , Science, Technology, and Mathematics - CORE , Senior High School , Technical Vocational and Livelihood TrackEnglish for Academic and Professional Purposes is one of the contextualized subjects of the senior high school curriculum that focuses on critical reading, reasoning, writing, and research skills.
Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include: Reading strategies for a better understanding of academic texts, Principles and uses of a reaction paper/ review/ critique/ reaction paper, Principles and uses of surveys, experiments, and scientific observations, Languages used in academic texts from various disciplines, Techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts, Critical approaches in writing a critique, While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:, Producing a detailed abstract of information gathered from texts read, Producing a well-balanced concept paper in a specific discipline, Paraphrasing/ explaining a text using one’s own words, Outlining read texts in various disciplines, Forming opinions based on facts, Citing specific sources to support claims and more.
