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Features of academic writing

Complexity

Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language (Biber, 1988; Biber, Johansson, Leech, Conrad & Finegan, 1999; Chafe, 1982; Cook, 1997; Halliday,1989).

Written language is grammatically more complex than spoken language. It has more subordinate clauses, more \

complement clauses, more long sequences of prepositional phrases, more attributive adjectives and more passives than spoken language. Written texts are shorter and have longer, more complex words and phrases. The

Academic writing style

Here are a few general points to remember when you are writing your

assignments. As well as using appropriate language and aiming for a high level of accuracy in your grammar and vocabulary, you should also remember that you're writing for someone else, and hence the importance of punctuation, sentences, paragraphs and overall structure, all of which help the reader.

AVOID SOME ASPECTS OF INFORMAL ENGLISH

1. Don't (do not!) use contractions (e.g. it's, he'll, it'detc.): always use the full form (i

Features of academic writing

Complexity

Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language (Biber, 1988; Biber, Johansson, Leech, Conrad & Finegan, 1999; Chafe, 1982; Cook, 1997; Halliday,1989).

Written language is grammatically more complex than spoken language. It has more subordinate clauses, more \

complement clauses, more long sequences of prepositional phrases, more attributive adjectives and more passives than spoken language. Written texts are shorter and have longer, more complex words and phrases. The

Sublist 1

analysis 分析

approach 方法 靠近 area 地区

assessment 评估， 评价 assume 承担；假定 authority 权威 available有效的；可得的 benefit 利益 concept 概念 consistent 一致的 constitutional 宪法的 context 环境；上下文 create 创造 data 数据

definition 定义 derive 源于

distribution 分布 economic 经济的 environment 环境 establish 建立 estimate 估计 evidence 证据 export 出口 factor 因素

financial 金融的 formula 方程式 function 功能

identify 确定；认同 income 收入 indicate 表明

individual 个人，个体 interpretation解释 involved 涉及

issue 问题；发行物 labor 劳力 legal 合法的 legislation 法律 major 主要的 method 方法 occur 出现 percent 百分比

朗文当代5-Academic Word List

IDAcademic Words词性S-frequencyW-frequency1abandon2abandoned3abnormal4abstract5abstract6abstract7abstraction8academic9academic10academy11access12access

13accessible14accommodate15accommodation16accompaniment17accompany18accumulate19accuracy20accurate21achieve

22achievement23acknowledge

24acknowledgement25acquire

26acquisition27adaptable28adaptation29adequate30adjacent31adjust

32adjustment

33administration34administrative35adult36adult37advocacy38advocate39advocate40affect41aggregate42aggregate43aggregate44ai

Academic Word List

Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

analysis n.分析 analyze

approach n.方法, vt.接近 写作

approach后面接地点、人物和目标时是及物动词，否则是不及物动词。作及物动词时还可引申为研究，考虑，商洽等义，作名词时，可表示途径，态度等。

The time is approaching when we must be on board.

He decided to adopt a different approach and teach theBible through story-telling. area n.区域

assessment n.评估 听力

estimate暗示评价的主观性和不精确overestimate.underestimate

appraise 表示专业水准的评估 ,名词appraisal

assess 表示为确定某物的应税价值而作出的权威估价

evaluate 表示在确定价值时经过了深思熟虑，不一定是金钱价值 听力词汇

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Text 5a

Diet andsustainabilitykey to feedingthe world: A foodsecurity report

One of the greatest problems the world faces is food security. Starvation,malnutrition and

associated health andwelfare problems can best be addressed by a systematic policy of education and research. Grave concerns about food security havesurfaced for a number of reasons. Firstly,there has been

a population explosionAccording to the Royal Society, between1930 and 2010 the world's population grewfrom 2 billion to 6.8 billion now, with aprojected pe

Global security: Safer or more dangerous?

Global security is a hot topic for discussion because it is closely related to people’s daily life. Some people consider that the place we live in is more dangerous than before. Why these people have such feelings? To a large extent, it’s because the awful news is easier and faster to spread around the world than before with the rapid development of technology, and some irresponsible media tend to exaggerate the seriousness of some problems in order to attract people’s attentions and

AcademicEnglish学术英语word文档

Text 5a

Diet andsustainabilitykey to feedingthe world:

A foodsecurity report

One of the greatest problems the world faces is food security. Starvation,malnutrition and associated health andwelfare problems can best be addressed by a systematic policy of education and research.

Grave concerns about food security havesurfaced for a number of reasons. Firstly,there has been

a population explosionAccording to the Royal Society, between1930 and 2010 the world's

population grewfrom 2 billion to 6.8 billion

Text 5a

Diet andsustainabilitykey to feedingthe world: A foodsecurity report

One of the greatest problems the world faces is food security. Starvation,malnutrition and

associated health andwelfare problems can best be addressed by a systematic policy of education and research. Grave concerns about food security havesurfaced for a number of reasons. Firstly,there has been

a population explosionAccording to the Royal Society, between1930 and 2010 the world's population grewfrom 2 billion to 6.8 billion now, with aprojected pe