Language used in academic disciplines - EAPP
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This document discusses how language is used differently across academic disciplines. It provides examples of words that have different meanings depending on the field, such as "account" meaning a company for call center agents but money for accountants, and "table" meaning furniture for receptionists but data for statisticians. The document also includes a quiz where students must match topics to the appropriate reference material in which to find information on that topic, such as matching food preservation techniques to "Home Economics" or diesel engines to "Mechanical Engineering".
Language used in academic disciplines - EAPP
- 1. Language Used in Academic Disciplines Mariechris M. David
- 2. First Task •Draw a picture of a profession that you wanted to be.
- 3. Account • For call center agents the word account means company while for accountants it means money.
- 4. Table • For receptionist table means simply furniture but for Statistician is a table showing numbers and results.
- 5. Vessel • For doctors, a part of body where the blood goes through on one hand it is a large kind of ship for water.
- 6. Program • For the event organizers, it is an occasion and for the IT experts it is a for the improvement of the computer system.
- 7. Syringe is a term only used by the doctors for the injection.
- 8. TELL ME WHAT YOUR WORDS , AND I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE. List down all the words that you think uniquely used on the profession you dream.
- 9. Quiz (WW no. ____) Directions: Write the letter of the title of the reading material in which one should consult for a particular topic.
- 10. 1. Reading Comprehension Skills a. Modern Guide to Health b. Introduction to Language c. Home Economics
- 11. 2. A human body’s digestive system a. Modern Guide to Health b. Introduction to Language c. Home Economics
- 12. 3. The police power of the government. a. Prose and Poetry b. Worshipping God c. Philippine Constitution
- 13. 4. Food preservation techniques a. Home Economics b. The History of Architecture c. Man’s Cognitive Faculties
- 14. 5. Lyric poem a. Prose and Poetry b. Worshipping God c. Mechanical Engineering
- 15. 6. . The 18th century buildings a. The History of Architecture b. Man’s Cognitive Faculties c. Pathway to Reading
- 16. 7. Systematic functional grammar a. Modern Guide to Health b. Introduction to Language c. Home Economics
- 17. 8. Diesel Engines a. Mechanical Engineering b. Selling Skills c. Modern Guide to Health
- 18. 9. The European protestants a. Worshipping God b. Mechanical Engineering c. Selling Skills
- 19. 10. Inductive vs. deductive reasoning a. The History of Architecture b. Man’s Cognitive Faculties c. Pathway to Reading
- 21. Answers: 1. b 6. a 2. a 7. b 3. c 8. a 4. a 9. a 5. a 10. b