English for academic and professional purposes.(Nature of Academic Text)

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Content

Clarity of the purpose & the thesis statement, relevance of the supporting points to the thesis statement, knowledge on the subject matter.

Structure

Coherence and logical sequence of ideas.

Types of Academic Text

Conference Papers, Articles, Reviews, Thesis/Dissertations, Reports, Essay, Proposal are....

Precise

Facts are given accurately and precisely.

Mechanics

Grammar, punctuations, capitalization, formatting, documentation

Three part Essay Structure

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

Academic Writing

Is a process that starts with posing a question, problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion, and ends in answering the question or questions posed, clarifying the problem, an/or arguing for a stand.(type)

Academic Writing

It also addresses a specific audience; the audience is your teacher, your peers, who will read and evaluate your work, and the academic community that may also read your work(type)

. Hedging

It is necessary to make decisions about your stance on a particular subject, or the strength of the claims you are making.

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

List references(type)

. Objective

Main emphasis should be on the information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make, rather than you.

Explicit

Make it clear to the reader how the various parts of the text are related.

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

Provide facts and evidence from credible sources(type)

. Formal

Should avoid colloquial words and expressions.

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

State critical questions and issues (type)

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

Take an objective point of view.(type)

Purposes in reading an Academic Text

To locate a main idea, To scan for information, To identify gaps in existing studies, To connect new ideas to existing ones, To support a particular writing assignment, To deeply understand an existing idea, To gain more pieces of information are....

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

Use cautious language(type)

Common Styles in Writing an Academic Text

Use precise and accurate words while avoiding jargon.(type)

. Accurate

Uses vocabulary accurately

Language & Style

Word choice, sentence construction.

Academic Writing is Thinking

Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough, and careful thought.(type)

Complex

Written language has longer words, it is lexically more dense and it has a more varied vocabulary. Written texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity, including more subordinate clauses.

Academic Writing is Thinking

You also have to consider the background of your audience.(type)

Academic Writing is Thinking

You cannot just write anything that comes to your mind.(type)

Academic Writing is Thinking

You have to make sure that you can back up your statement with a strong and valid evidence.(type)

Academic Writing is Thinking

You have to write in a language that is appropriate and formal but not too pretentious.(type)

Responsible

You must be responsible for, and must be able to provide evidence and justification for, any claims you make.

Academic Text

•Is a reading material that provides information which include concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline.


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