ACADEMIC ENGLISH English Language Teaching Unit Academic Style Organisation Critical Thinking Referencing.

ACADEMIC ENGLISH

English Language Teaching Unit

Academic Style

Organisation

Critical Thinking

Referencing

Academic Style

Impersonal Cautious Formal vocabulary Formal punctuation Prefers nouns Prefers prepositions

Impersonal

I heated the apparatus.

In my opinion, the results do not justify a further investigation.

The apparatus was heated.

The results do not appear to justify a further investigation.

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Caution

Everybody knows there are people who don’t want to work.

It is often believed that some of the workforce tends to avoid work.

General English Academic English

Formal Vocabulary

Way Opinion Carry out ‘cos of

Procedure Evaluation Implement Due to

General Word list Academic Word List

The Academic Word List

Formal Punctuation

It isn’t easy to negotiate a reduction.

Nanotechnology is gonna be one of the key areas for research.

The first step was easy – just introduce the titrate slowly.

Fleming did not intend to discover penecillin!

It is not easy to negotiate a reduction.

Nanotechnology is going to be one of the key areas for research.

The first step was easy; the titrate was introduced slowly.

Surprisingly, Fleming did not intend to discover penecillin.

General English Academic English

Prefers Nouns

The government decided to investigate.

The numbers grew remarkably quickly.

A government investigation was started.

There was a remarkable growth in the numbers.

General English Academic English

Prefers Prepositions

There are a number of useful methods available. We can improve the rate of return.

There are a number of useful methods available for improving the rate of return.

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Examples

I conclude that a new way to improve hygiene is needed. It can be concluded that a new procedure to improve hygiene is

needed. You should not give your evaluation in the introduction!

Evaluation should not usually be given in the introduction. JLP wasn’t able to carry out the new policy successfully.

JLP was not able to implement the new policy successfully. A hierarchy is a form of organisation. It has several

graded levels – one item at the top, and many items at the bottom. A hierarchy is a form of organisation with several graded levels;

there should be one item at the top and many items at the bottom.

The In-Sessional Programme

Academic English Lecture Series Style Organisation Referencing Critical Thinking

References

Bailey. S (2003) “Academic Writing” 3rd Edition

The Academic Word List e.g.

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm