Academic Writing & Professional Writing

1. ACADEMIC WRITING &
PROFESSIONAL WRITING

2. WHAT IS ACADEMIC WRITING?
•It is any writing done to fulfill a
requirement of a school or
college/university.
•It also includes any writing assignment
given in an academic setting.

3. LIST OF DOCUMENTS WHERE ACADEMIC WRITING
IS USED:
• Books and Book report *Conference paper
• Translations *Academic journal
• Essays *Dissertation and
Thesis
• Research paper

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF ACADEMIC WRITING
• Planning – there is certain amount of planning before starting the paper.
• Outline – it will help you determine the pertinent information to be
included in your paper.
• Tone – a formal tone must be used.
• Language – it needs to be clear, and words need to be chosen for
precision.
• Point-of-view – it must be in third person.
• Approach – deductive reasoning is a big part

5. WHAT IS PROFESSIONAL WRITING?
•It is writing done in a workplace
context to enable and support the
work of a company (i.e, buying,
selling, and making profits).

6. PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE TYPICALLY WRITE TO:
•Inform – share information with the
audience.
•Persuade – build goodwill with or enlist
the help of the audience.

7. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC WRITING AND
PROFESSIONAL WRITING:
Academic writing is used in most cases
to teach someone how to write or to teach
someone how to write and expand their
writing. While professional writing already
taking you have learned and applying it to real
life scenarios.

8. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC WRITING AND
PROFESSIONAL WRITING:
Academic writing tends to be longer, with
complete sentences and paragraphs. That’s because
you need to demonstrate the breadth (extent) and
depth of your understanding of a topic. Conversely,
professional/technical writing tends to be shorter
and more straightforward, especially when a boss
releases a memorandum instructing people what to do.

9. THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING
ACADEMICALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY:
• Know your purpose for writing. Are you writing to
inform people? To educate? To make them follow and take
action? Or simply to narrate? To entertain? You need to be
clear with what you want to do in order to begin writing.
• Base everything you write on facts. This is non-fiction,
so you must base your ideas on reality and factual
information. If you don’t, your work and you, by extension,
will lose credibility.

10. THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING
ACADEMICALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY:
• Do not be very wordy. People, especially those in the
workplace, do not have a lot of time, so a short but meaningful
text will be helpful. Also, wordiness can cause confusion to
readers, so avoid it.
• Avoid using idioms and poetic language. While literary texts
and personal conversations allow you to use idioms and poetic
language, academic and professional writing do not. Instead,
writers must use direct and straight-to-the-point language.