Academic Style (Academic Writing)

The do's and don'ts of academic writing. 20 key points on how to write academically with practice activity for low-level academic international learners.

This video is for low-level International students learning how to write academically and is based on writing marking criteria on academic English courses in UK universities. More information go here: https://www.academic-englishuk.com/ac...

Disclaimer: There are many ways to write academically, this is just a basic overview. The best way is to check with what your department want. UK students are usually provided with a handbook at the beginning of their course and this will highlight the academic conventions for that particular course. It is also necessary to look closely at the language being used in the journals / books / papers you are being set to read on your course to help evaluate the academic style and language used in your discipline.

Academic Style worksheets / lessons.
1: Academic Style: 20 key features to writing
This lesson brainstorms academic style / formality in writing. Teacher conducts feedback by using visual highlighting and explaining the concepts. There are also 10x practice exercises from informal to formal

2. Academic Style 2: Paragraph analysis, comparison and discussion
This lesson compares two paragraphs on CSR (informal and formal), discusses the conventions of academic style and finishes with a sentence re-writing activity

3. Academic Style 3: Vocabulary (AWL & Nominalisation)
This lesson focuses on two key areas of academic writing: AWL and nominalisation. There are three worksheets comprising of a number of different activities to practice categorisation and reformulation at sentence and paragraph level.

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More on Academic Writing:
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Book discussed in video is:
Academic Writing Book 4th ed by S.Bailey
https://www.routledge.com/Academic-Wr...