Lessons on eng

• Academic writing - Is a formal mode of writing
• Complexity - Tends to be more complicated and has longer words
• Formality


  • Correct use of grammar, accurate use of vocabulary, more objective style
  • Avoid colloquial words and expressions
  • Avoid abbreviated forms
  • Avoid two-word verbs
• Accuracy

  Use a lot of technical language and carefully select the correct word
• Objectivity

  • Concerned with facts rather than personal feeling or biases
  • Clear and evidence-based information should be the focus
• Precision

  Be specific especially in dealing with facts, figures and dates
• Conversation/Dialogue

  Natural part of life in which people can exchange information and maintain social relationships
• Communication

  The art of exchanging messages between two or more people
• Strategies for effective conversation/dialogue


  1. To repair breakdowns

  2. To express insufficient knowledge

  3. To acknowledge the idea

  4. To clarify

  5. To show active listening

  6. Backchanneling to express you follow and understand
• Narrative genres/Fiction genres


  • Novel
  • Short stories
  • Diaries
  • Biography
  • Songs
  • Dramatic monologue
  • Plays
  • Narrative films
  • Poems
  • Myth
  • Legends
  • Fairytales
• Nonfiction genres


  • History
  • Biographies
  • Autobiographies
  • Memoirs
  • Travel guides
  • Travelogues
  • Academic text
  • Philosophy and insight
  • Journalism
  • Guidelines
  • Manuals
• Viewing


  Active process of attending and comprehending visual media
• Truth


  Quality of being honest and not containing or telling any lie
• Accuracy


  Fact of being exact or correct