Covid-19 is a hot topic in today’s world, and Omicron has health systems everywhere under the cosh. I think a global lockdown is the only way out.

• This is very casual language.

• This is written in an academic style.

Covid-19 remains a serious problem across the globe, and the emergence of the Omicron variant has left health systems under pressure. Medical professionals in a variety of countries have called for lockdowns as a possible solution to the latest surge in infections.

• This is very casual language.

• This is written in an academic style.

While peer-review in academic publishing focuses primarily on content, it is also necessary to review one another’s work in relation to the writing style.

• True

• False

The citation style for APA 7^th edition is parenthetical. This means that you use brackets in the text to cite a source, mentioning the author’s second name and the year that the text is written.

• True

• False

Good academic writing is concise and precise, which means that unnecessary and vague words are always used where possible.

• True

• False

It is important to ______ the sources of your ideas in academic writing.

• ignore

• acknowledge

• plagiarise

• falsify

The University Library has made available some online tutorials to help students with research and essay writing.

• True

• False

If you are uncertain about how to develop your academic vocabulary further,

• that's just too bad.

• ...there are plenty of additional resources online.