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Unscrambl e Activity EADEMA C ACADEME XTETS TEXTS EOCIVETJ B OBJECTIV E EEDPIVITSC R DESCRIPTIV E ITIRCAL C CRITICAL  Words Formed Academ Text e Objectiv Descripti e ve Critical  ACADEMIC TEXTS: Features and Types MODULE I  English for Academic and Professional Purposes An Overview UNIT I: Reading and Analyzing Academic Text  ACADEMIC TEXTS: Features and Types MODULE I Objectives At the end of this module, you should be able to: define academic texts; identify characteristics/features of academic texts; give examples of academic text; and compare and contrast types of academic texts.  Table Of Contents 01 02 03 Definition Features Types of an Academic Text of an Effective of Academic Text Academic Text based on Purpose  01 Academic Texts What are they?  What are they? They are defined as Academic texts are critical, objective, objective. specialized texts written by experts or professionals in a given field using formal language.  What are they? Academic texts use These often take years formal words and may to publish because of contain technical terms intense writing and that are related to a review. certain field.  02 Features of Academic Text  Seven Common Features Complex Formal Precise Seven Common Features Objective Explicit Accurate Hedging  COMPLEX Written language has longer words, it is lexically denser, and it has a more varied vocabulary. Written texts are shorter, and the language has more grammatical complexity, including more subordinate clauses and more passives. FORMAL Academic texts are free of colloquial words and expressions. Formal language is less personal than informal language. It is used when writing for a professional or academic purposes such as university assignments. Formal language does not use colloquialisms, contractions, or first-person pronouns.  Informal vs. Formal Tell Say no Give Inform Reject Provide Cheap Seem Help Inexpensive Appear Assist @Escape Campus PRECISE Facts are given accurately and precisely. In academic writing you need to be precise when you use information, dates or figures. For an instance, do not use "a lot of people" when you can say “5 thousand people". Being precise means to choose the right words for the intended purpose. To be selective in an effort to clearly convey the purpose and meaning of the writing.  OBJECTIVE Academic texts are unbiased rather than personal. It has fewer words that refer to the writer or the reader. Its main emphasis is on the information that the writer wants to give and the arguments he wants to make, rather than his personal view.  EXPLICIT It is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader how the various parts of the text are related. Explicit means that there is a clear presentation of ideas in the paper. The text should have a well-organized structure and be easy for the reader to follow. One way to accomplish clarity and structure in your text is by signposts. Signposts are words and phrases that you can use in your text in order to guide the reader along.  ACCURATE According to ThoughtCo, “accuracy is how close a value is to its true value.” In academic writing you need to be accurate in your use of vocabulary. Choose words with narrow specific meaning. HEDGING The content of an academic text is written in full conviction and supports towards the claim presented in the text itself. Using hedge words and phrases in academic writing allows you to be academically cautious, to acknowledge the degrees of uncertainty in your statements and claims. HEDGING  03 Types of Academic Text  DESCRIPTIVE The simplest type of academic writing is descriptive. Its purpose is to provide facts or information. An example would be a summary of an article or a report of the results of an experiment. The kinds of instructions for a purely descriptive assignment include: 'identify', 'report', 'record', 'summarize' and 'define'.  ANALYTICAL Analytical writing includes descriptive writing, but also requires you to re-organize the facts and information you describe into categories, groups, parts, types or relationships. The kinds of instructions for an analytical assignment include: 'analyse', 'compare', 'contrast', 'relate', and 'examine'.  PERSUASIVE Persuasive writing has all the features of analytical writing (that is, information plus re-organizing the information), with the addition of your own point of view. Most essays are persuasive, and there is a persuasive element in at least the discussion and conclusion of a research article. The kinds of instructions for a persuasive assignment include: 'argue', 'evaluate', 'discuss', and 'take a position'.  CRITICAL It has all the features of persuasive writing, with the added feature of at least one other point of view. While persuasive writing requires you to have your own point of view on an issue or topic, critical writing requires you to consider at least two points of view, including your own. For example, you may explain a researcher's interpretation or argument and then evaluate the merits of the argument or give your own alternative interpretation.  Resources Features of Academic Language | lnu.se Distinguishing features of academic writing #1: Precision » Abstract (taaonline.net) 8 Characteristics of Academic Writing - HubPages https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/writing/types-of-academic-writing.html