English Week 1 and 2

• Academic Writing


  A formal style of writing used in universities and scholarly publications, which communicates ideas, information, and research to widen the academic community
• Features of Academic Writing

  • Uses formal and objective words
  • Avoids colloquial, idiomatic, or slang language
  • Uses full words instead of contractions
  • Based on facts and evidence, not personal emotions
  • Avoids personal statements and judgments
  • Avoids emotional language
• Formal writing


  1. Avoid using colloquial, idiomatic, or slang

  2. Use full words instead of contractions
• Objective writing


  1. Avoid personal statements and judgments

  2. Avoid emotional language

  3. Include facts or evidence to prove your point
• Graphic organizer


  A visual format that allows you to see facts, concepts, or ideas
• Conversation


  An exchange of thoughts, opinions, and information with family, friends, neighbors, or acquaintances
• Conversation Strategies


  • Properly express thoughts and opinions, whether verbal or nonverbal
  • Keep a conversation going and solve possible communication issues
• A.C.T.I.V.E strategies


  Strategies to use in a conversation
• Nonverbal cues


  Facial expressions, eye contact, and hand and body gestures that communicate additional information and meaning in any interaction