This study note aims for incoming college students who are not familiar with academic writing (reports, essays, literature reviews etc.) or who wants to get prepared to college writing. The study note discusses academic language, academic writing style, common genres of academic writing, format of ...
, Learning objectives?
I. To understand Academic Writing Style
II. To distinguish between Common Genres of Academic Writing
- Reports
- Essays
- Literature Review
III. To understand the Requirements of Assignments
IV. To familiarize with Academic COnventions: Plagiarism, Referencing
Academic Writing?
- It is a type of writing used in university classes/tertiary institutions
- It is formal and different from creative or personal writing
- It is well-known structured and requires logical organization of ideas
Academic Language?
Language needed by students to do the work in schools/universities and includes:
- discipline-specific vocabulary
- grammar and punctuation
- applications of conventions and devices typical for content area (e.g., essays, lab reports,
discussions of a controversial issue)
Academic Writing Style?
1. Be concise and specific
- use specific examples to illustrate your points
- omit unnecessary/irrelevant materials
- use the terminology of your subject or discipline
- explain main ideas/terms clearly
2. Use impersonal language:
- most subject areas require you to avoid the pronoun ‘I’ (my, we, you etc.)
- most subject areas require you to avoid the pronoun ‘I’ (my, we, you etc.)
*Exception to rule: Reflection Writing
- avoid slang or colloquial language (e.g. ‘cool’, kids, a lot of /lots of) and language that is too
causla (e.g. ‘pretty awful’)
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