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EAPP Notes

Lesson 1
Nature of Academic Text
 It is a formal style of writing or type of text used in universities and scholarly
publications.
 It is a product of intellectual process and develops specific topics or deepen an
academic or disciplinary field in a formal way.
Academic Text vs. Non-academic Text
Academic Text Non- Academic

DEFINITION Academic Text is a formal Is an information often


and impersonal style of subjective style of writing
writing that is intended for a that aims for the mass
scholarly or academic public
audience
AUDIENCE Academia Mass public

PURPOSE Inform the readers with Inform, entertain or


solid evidence persuade the readers
STYLE Formal and impersonal Personal, impressionistic
emotional or subjective
STRUCTURE Standard structure No rigid structure

LANGUAGE Formal language and avoids Informal and casual rigid


colloquialisms structure
CITATIONS Contain citation and Often do not contain
AND REFERENCES references citation and references
EXAMPLE Research papers, Newspapers, magazine,
dissertations, scholarly letters, digital media

CHARACTERISTICS OF ACADEMIC TEXT


1. Accuracy- acquiring the careful use of paragraph and sentence structure and word
choice to describe and analyse your topic.
2. Explicitness- ensuring that the meaning of the text is clear and free from ambiguity.
3. Formality- providing the readers with all the information they need to understand the
meaning of the text. An academic text should not sound pompous.
4. Precision- including a sufficient high level of detail and specificity.
5. Complexity- academic text is more complex. It is lexically more varied vocabulary
6. Objectivity- presenting and evaluating issues and arrives at an objective position; a
position that focuses on and is informed by research and reasoning rather than personal
feelings and opinions.
7. Responsibility- seeking legitimate, relevant, reliable, and varied perspective.
8. Hedging- expressing caution an avoiding strong, unqualified statements that may be
easily disproven.
9. Organization- well- organized; it flows easily from one section to the next in a
logically fashion.
10. Planning- organizing thoughts and prioritizing the way to present information.

Factors to Consider in Writing Academic Text


1. State critical questions and issues;
2. Provide facts and evidence from credible sources;
3. Use precise and accurate words while avoiding jargon;
4. Take an objective point of view;
5. List references; and,
6. Use cautious language.

Academic Language
Academic language is the language needed by students to do the work in
schools. It includes, for example, discipline-specific vocabulary, grammar and
punctuation, and applications of rhetorical conventions and devices that are typical for a
content area (e.g., essays, lab reports, discussions of a controversial issue.) Students
who master academic language are more likely to be successful in academic and
professional settings.
Social language is the set of vocabulary that allows us to communicate with
others in the context of regular daily conversations.
Here are some of the differences between social and academic language includes:
Social Language Academic Language
In everyday interactions in In textbooks, research papers,
spoken/written form conferences
in spoken/written form
For everyday conversation Used in school/work conversations
Used to write to friends, family, or for Appropriate for written papers, classwork,
other social purposes homework
Informal, such as words like ''cool,'' Very formal and more sophisticated in its
''guy,'' ''kidding'') expressions, such as words like
''appropriate,'' ''studies,''
''implementation''
Can use slang expressions Don't use slang
Can be repetitive Uses a variety of terms
Can use phrases Uses sentences

Characteristics of Academic Language


A. Formal
- It should not sound conversational or casual. Colloquial, idiomatic, slang or journalistic
expressions should particularly be avoided.
Examples:
Use… Instead…
Consider, monitor Look at
Revise, review Go over
Solve, repair, amend Fix
B. Objective
- This means it is unbiased. It should be based on facts and evidence and are not
influenced by personal feelings.
C. Impersonal
- This involves avoiding the personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘we’. For example, instead of
writing ‘I will show’, you might write ‘this report will show’. The second person, ‘you’, is
also to be avoided.

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