features of academic writing academicwriting complexity written language relativelymore complex than spoken language (biber, 1988; biber, johansson, leech, conrad finegan,1999; chafe, 1982; cook, 1997; halliday,1989). written language grammaticallymore complex than spoken language. hasmore subordinate ...
Thefollowingfeaturesarecommoninacademicwrittentexts:1.Complexity 1.Noun-basedphrases;2.subordinateclauses/embedding;3.complement(补充，补足)clauses;4.sequencesofprepositionalphrases;5.participles;6.passiveverbs;7.lexicaldensity(词汇密度);8.lexicalcomplexity;9.nominalization;10.attributiveadjectives;11.adjectival...
Features of Academic Writing (1)FEATURESOFACADEMICWRITING(1)FEATURESOFACADEMICWRITING Complexity*Formality*Explicitness* Academicwritingisexplicitabouttherelationshipsinthetext.Theseconnectionscan bemadeexplicitbytheuseofdifferentsignalwords.PrecisionandAccuracy Wewillspendtimetodayexploringandpracticingthefeatures...
Academicwritinghasonecentralpointorthemewhichissupportedbyexamples,statistics,orillustrations,withoutdigressionsorrepetitions.Itsobjectiveistoinformratherthanentertain.Thereareeightmainfeaturesofacademicwritingthatareoftendiscussed.Academicwritingistosomeextent:complex,formal,objective,explicit,hedged,andresponsible.Ituses...
are generally categorized as spoken text types, an academic presentation is a compromise between spoken and written text types: on the one hand, it is given in a classroom as an oral text; on the other hand, it is thoroughly prepared as a home assignment in the form of a written text....
ideasthathistimeprofferedhim,feelingnoinner compulsiontoopenoutnewpaths. 4.Objectivity Academicwritingisexplicitabouttherelationshipsinthe text.Furthermore,itistheresponsibilityofthewriterin Englishtomakeitcleartothereaderhowthevariousparts ofthetextarerelated.Theseconnectionscanbemade explicitbytheuseofdifferent...
1.Itisexplicitinitssignpostingoftheorganisationoftheideasinthetext(Biber,Johansson,Leech,Conrad&Finegan,1999,pp.880-882).AsawriterofacademicEnglish,itisyourresponsibilitytomakeitcleartoyourreaderhowvariouspartsofthetextarerelated.Theseconnectionscanbemadeexplicitbytheuseofdifferentsignalingwords,forexample:9 5....
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第一节课Featuresofacademicwriting.ppt,Academic English Writing Lectured By Cui Hua cumtcuihua@163.com Tel :13852153599 Overview of the course Objectives: To acquaint students with how to write an academic paper in English. To prepare students for publish
Academicwritingisrelativelyformal.Ingeneralthismeansinanessaythatyoushouldavoid:a.colloquialwordsandexpressions;""stuff","alotof","thing",etc.b.abbreviatedforms:"can't","doesn't","shouldn't"c.twowordverbs:"putoff","bringup"d.sub-headings,numberingandbullet-pointsinformalessays-butusetheminreportse...