Language Used in Academic Texts

1. This refers to the method of human communication consisting the use of words in a structured and conventional way.

• vocabulary

• texts

• language

• academic

2. This is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts and relatively formal in structure and style.

• academic text

• language

• comprehension

• structure

3. The following are characteristics of academic text, except;

• direct

• figurative

• exact

• researched

4. Which of the following characteristics of language is NOT true?

• systematic

• conventional

• arbitrary

5. The following are functions of language, except;

• communication

• expression of identity

• emotional release

• respiration

6. The following suggest the ways in determining the language used in academic text from various discipline, except:

• Identify the text and then analyze the genre, academic structure and academic vocabulary

• Identify and analyze the explicit instruction/deconstruction concerning the text; consider multiple models if necessary

• Bring academic language to the surface: identify its usage to a particular discipline.

• Consult immediately an expert of language

7. Academic text is usually written by:

• poet

• experts or professional in a given field

• well-known official

• anonymous individual

8. Academic language includes language used in, except:

• textbooks

• textbooks

• each discipline

• elsewhere

9. Academic texts include, except:

• research paper

• critique

• lyrics

• review paper

10. Language may be used as..

• spoken

• written

• spoken and written

• none of the above