Academic Writing

Academic English is the language we use to share ...

• Wishes

• Feelings

• Research

• Dreams

Academic Writing means that a student will have to ...

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• answer a research question or task.

• show his or her feelings.

• provide evidence or share experience.

• create a critical argument.

Academic English is used to ...

• address people who work in factories.

• express my feelings.

• show my teacher/professor that I am a good student.

• persuade a wide, general academic audience.

Different kinds of academic writing have different requirements?

• True

• False

Feelings are more important than facts.

• True

• False

Effective academic writing demonstrates:

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• Comprehensible writing

• Strong listening capabilities

• Supporting arguments with specific details

• Clear critical thinking

Academic writing must be ______. This means that there are logical connections between sentences. One way to do this is to link information back to a previous sentence.

• cohesion

• coherence

• coherent

• cohort

Paragraphs need to be unified around a single idea and all information included in an essay need to create an effective argument to answer the research question.

• True

• False

Steps in a writing process:

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• Formal proof-reading

• Analyzing the task

• Taking notes/Preperation

• Brain storming/Thinking

• Content proof-reading

Why should you learn academic writing?

• It will be useful for professional work.

• It is a requirement for the IELTS.

• It can help me to make new friends with carpenters.

• It is needed for studying at an international university.