Work together to give advice on these aspects of academic writing:
Culture
Influence
Interest/ Readability
Language (grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, etc)
Objectivity
Organisation
Originality
Persuasiveness/ Strength of arguments
Process (planning etc)
Publication
Readership
References/ Using sources
Style
Time management
Topic
Use the ideas under the fold to help extend your discussion.
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Possible subcategories
Culture
British academic English/ American academic English
Vocabulary
prefixes/ suffixes
terminology/ jargon
Punctuation
single quotation marks/ double quotation marks
full stop/ period
comma/ semi-colon
semi-colon/ colon
semi-colon/ dash
dash/ hyphen
dash/ brackets
round brackets/ square brackets
round brackets/ parentheses
Spelling
British spelling/ American spelling
Objectivity
claims/ statements
Organisation
plan/ first draft
introduction/ abstract
chapter/ section
paragraph/ section
diagrams (e.g. graphs and charts)/ figures
conclusion/ summary
list of references/ bibliography
list of references/ further reading
footnotes/ appendices
Process (planning etc)
brainstorm/ mind map
editing/ proofreading
Publication
article/ (academic) paper
(academic) (peer-reviewed) journal/ magazine
Readership
essay/ (academic) paper
Style
academic writing/ semi-academic writing
academic vocabulary/ informal vocabulary
bullet points/ numbering
abbreviation/ acronyms/ contractions
title/ heading
quotes in quotation marks/ quotes as indented paragraphs
quoting/ paraphrasing
“One”/ “You”
“I”/ “The author”
questions/ rhetorical questions
italics/ bold/ underlining
blank line/ indent
using sources/ plagiarism
Ask any questions you like about the vocabulary and issues above.
Most of the words and expressions next to each other are different in some way. Discuss together:
1. How similar or different they are
2. What the differences are
Useful language
absolutely/ almost identical
exactly/ almost exactly/ practically the same
surprisingly/ very/ quite similar
totally/ completely/ almost completely/ surprisingly/ very/ quite different
the most obvious/ most striking/ most important/ biggest/ only difference/ similarity
an obvious/ a striking/ an important/ a substantial/ a slight difference/ similarity
slightly/ a little/ considerably/ substantially/ quite a lot/ a great deal/ much/ far …er/ more…
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Try to remember or think of at least two ways of filling each of the gaps below
_____________________________________________________________ identical
_____________________________________________________________the same
_______________________________________________________________similar
______________________________________________________________different
The _________________________________________________difference/ similarity
A/ An __________________________________________________difference/ similarity
__________________________________________________________… er/ more…
Check your answers with the previous worksheet.
Ask your teacher about any expressions above which you don’t understand.
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