ppt 1

• Academic Language is a written language that provides information, which contain ideas and concepts that are related to a particular discipline.
• Precise and accurate words should be used while avoiding jargon in academic text.
• Facts and evidence from credible sources should be provided in academic text.
• References should be listed in academic text.
• An academic text should take an objective point of view.
• Critical questions and issues should be stated in academic text.
• Cautious language should be used in academic text.
• Essay, Research Paper, Report, Project, Article, Thesis, and Dissertation are considered as academic texts.
• The basic structure that is used by an academic text consists of three (3) parts: introduction, body, and conclusion, which is formal and logical.
• This kind of structure enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate the text.
• In academic writing, a clear structure and a logical flow are imperative to a cohesive text.
• Citing sources in the body of the paper and providing a list of references as either footnotes or endnotes is a very important aspect of an academic text.
• It is essential to always acknowledge the source of any ideas, research findings, data, or quoted text that have been used in a paper as a defense against allegations of plagiarism.
• It is important to use unambiguous language.
• Clear topic sentences enable a reader to follow your line of thinking without difficulty.
• Formal language and the third person point of view should be used.
• Technical language appropriate to area of study may also be used, however, it does not mean using “big words” just for the sake of doing so.
• An academic text addresses complex issues that require higher-order thinking skills to comprehend.
• The starting point of an academic text is a particular perspective, idea or position applied to the chosen research problem, such as establishing, proving, or disproving solutions to the questions posed for the topic.
• Features of Academic Texts: Complex, Formal, Precise, Objective, Explicit, Accurate, Hedging, Responsible, Organized, Planned.
• Purposes in Reading an Academic Text: To locate a main idea; To scan for information; To identify gaps in existing studies; To connect new ideas to existing ones; To gain more pieces of information; To support a particular writing assignment; and, To deeply understand an existing idea.