Academic Language

Academic language is grammar used to express complex ideas.

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Academic language is formal language.

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Academic language is focused on multiple forms of communication and is broader than just a focus on "correct" usage.

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The key function tells us what students will do in order to understand the Central Focus of your lessons.

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A function is the language focus of learning tasks that tend to be represented by action verbs within learning outcomes.

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Language demands are the structures necessary for students to use the language.

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Syntax can be defined as grammar.

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Discourse can be defined as the structures of written and oral language, as well as how members of the discipline talk, write, and participate in knowledge construction.  It has to do with how meaning is conveyed.

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An example of syntax is a math formula.

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An example of discourse is an argument.

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