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