L5: Academic and Professional Writing

• academic writing

  produced by students; its main purpose is to inform and persuade
• components of academic and professional writing

  • context
  • message
  • language
  • purpose
  • audience
  • product
• context


  the situation where professional writing is performed
• message


  refers to the content
• language

  the channel used to convey the message
• purpose

  the reason or motive for writing
• audience

  the receiver of the message
• product

  the output you intend to produce
• professional writing

  done specifically in a professional context. this is most often applied in business and technical writing