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1.  1. determine the content and style of
Academic Writing/Texts
 2. differentiate different languages used in
academic texts

2. Passage A: This book seeks to critically
examine the challenges of fragility and
security in West Africa, along with the
factors of resilience.
Passage B: Deliberation is the process by
w/c a group of people, each w/ equal voice
can via a process of discussion & debate -
reach an agreement.

3.  Is the mainstay of university and
formal academic text experience.
 It is used when we want to be
precise and when we want to explain
our ideas and report the results of
our research to other people.

4.  Some examples of what we can do
with academic languages are:
Explain, describe, define, justify, give
examples, sequence, evaluate, be
time-specific, signal cause and effect,
hypothesize, generalize, compare and
contrast, and adopt specialized
vocabulary.

5. 1. Contractions (can’t, won’t, isn’t)
2. Word shortening (cos, w8, &)
3. Slang (dude, cash, cool, yow)
4. Jargon (twitter, facebook, Kpop,
GM, GC,)
5. Colloquial (Werpa, Lodi, Petmalu,
Havey, Waley, Truelaloo, Eklavoo)

7.  ORGANIZATION
 UNITY
 COHERENCE
 COHESION
 STRICT ADHERENCE TO RULES
OF LANGUAGE USE AND
MECHANICS.

8. 1. State critical questions and issues
2. Provide facts and evidence from credible
sources
3. Use precise and accurate words while
avoiding jargon and colloquial expressions

9. 4. Take an objective point-of-view and avoid
being personal and subjective
5. List references
6.Use hedging or cautious language to tone
down their claims.

10. Write Academic if the following
sentences use academic language and
Non-academic if otherwise.

11. 1. A considerable number of participants in the
present study reported that they were uncertain of
what lecturers expected of them as graduate
students.
2. I ain’t got no money to buy those stuffs.
3. I’d love to do apple picking in Boston Garden
4. Several writers (Samuelowicz 1987; Drury &
Webb 1990; Silva 1992) have drawn attention to
the need for lecturers to make explicit
expectations for the whole course, including
assessment items and grading procedures.
5. Hey dude! Y’all have same thing in common.
C’mon yow!

12. Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if
it is false.

13. 1. Academic reading requires concentration
and comprehension.
2. Academic texts are completely different
from non-academic texts in terms of
structure, content, and style.
3. Authors of academic texts usually present
facts to support their main argument.
4. Completing academic readings appears
to be a challenge in which students fail.
5. Essentially, the language of academic
texts is precise and accurate.

14. “Intelligence plus character - that is the
goal of true education.”
----Martin Luther King