Academic Writing Style
Academic Writing Genres
Academic Writing Features
what is Academic Writing?
reader
process
Purpose
to dispute or support existing theories
to display knowledge
to provide evidence to support your ideas
to write for a degree
to develop and express your ideas on a topic
Choose title
Work independently
Receive support and guidelines
To interpret question
To meet the criteria
Planning the text
Drafting and redrafting the text
Organizing the information
where to get information
Gathering information
how to plan the text
Journal papers
Magazine papers
Books
Dissertations
Conference papers
Create fresh understanding and your own conclusions
Main text
End matter
Preliminaries
Abstract
Table of contents
title page
Course
Title
Name
Lecturer
Development
Conclusion
Introduction
References
Appendices
IMRD
Dissertation/thesis
report
case study
Proposal
Review
Research proposal
Reflective writing
Essay
tyle or kind
short essays: 600 words
extended essays: 3000 words
To outline a possible research plan and justify why research should be carried out
Research Methodology
Plan of Work and Time Schedule
Research Question
References
Background and Rationale
Carry out the research
Explain methods and describe result
Analyze it
Evaluate findings
Identify a problem
Justify conclusions
To apply for a university degree
Education
Psychology
Applied linguistics
To study one specific example either at onepoint in a time or over a period of time
Form part of a larger work
Stand alone
Critical review
To evaluate articles or researches
To recall what you have learned
Academic writing is more complex
Academic writing has a more formal structure
Academic writing is more objective
Academic writing uses more referencing
I think there are four main areas where I can see bis defferences between standard writing and academic writing
Generally speaking, there are four main areas where differences between standard writing and academic writing can be seen...
should do this
complex grammatical structures
don't do
complex: difficult, challenging ideas
Academic writing
Other writing
most significant distinction
big differences
noun phrases
relative clauses
passive voice
difficult grammatical structures
make strong statements
long, difficult words
the same length
Paragraph structure
three parts
Topic sentence
Outline of argument
supporting evidence
Short conclusion
Transition
Main body
Conclusion
Introduction