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ACADEMIC ENGLISH
English Language Teaching Unit
Academic Style
Organisation
Critical Thinking
Referencing
Academic Style
Impersonal Cautious Formal vocabulary Formal punctuation Prefers nouns Prefers prepositions
Impersonal
I heated the apparatus.
In my opinion, the results do not justify a further investigation.
The apparatus was heated.
The results do not appear to justify a further investigation.
General English Academic English
Caution
Everybody knows there are people who don’t want to work.
It is often believed that some of the workforce tends to avoid work.
General English Academic English
Formal Vocabulary
Way Opinion Carry out ‘cos of
Procedure Evaluation Implement Due to
General Word list Academic Word List
The Academic Word List
Formal Punctuation
It isn’t easy to negotiate a reduction.
Nanotechnology is gonna be one of the key areas for research.
The first step was easy – just introduce the titrate slowly.
Fleming did not intend to discover penecillin!
It is not easy to negotiate a reduction.
Nanotechnology is going to be one of the key areas for research.
The first step was easy; the titrate was introduced slowly.
Surprisingly, Fleming did not intend to discover penecillin.
General English Academic English
Prefers Nouns
The government decided to investigate.
The numbers grew remarkably quickly.
A government investigation was started.
There was a remarkable growth in the numbers.
General English Academic English
Prefers Prepositions
There are a number of useful methods available. We can improve the rate of return.
There are a number of useful methods available for improving the rate of return.
General English Academic English
Examples
I conclude that a new way to improve hygiene is needed. It can be concluded that a new procedure to improve hygiene is
needed. You should not give your evaluation in the introduction!
Evaluation should not usually be given in the introduction. JLP wasn’t able to carry out the new policy successfully.
JLP was not able to implement the new policy successfully. A hierarchy is a form of organisation. It has several
graded levels – one item at the top, and many items at the bottom. A hierarchy is a form of organisation with several graded levels;
there should be one item at the top and many items at the bottom.
The In-Sessional Programme
Academic English Lecture Series Style Organisation Referencing Critical Thinking
References
Bailey. S (2003) “Academic Writing” 3rd Edition
The Academic Word List e.g.
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm