Educational

1. ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC
AND PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES

2. Academic Writing
• Academic writing is clear, concise, focused, structured and backed up
by evidence. Its purpose is to aid the reader’s understanding.
• It has a formal tone and style, but it is not complex and does not
require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary.

3. NATURE OF ACADEMIC WRITING
• Academic text/writing - An academic text is a kind of text
that is commonly characterized with being formal, studied,
researched, objective, exact, direct, and has the ability to
influence its readers.

4. Characteristics of
Academic Writing

5. Planned and focused

6. Evidenced

7. Structured

8. Formal in Tone and Style

9. FEATURES OF ACADEMIC
WRITING

10. Academic writing in English is linear.
Its objective is to inform rather than entertain.
There are ten main features of academic writing that
are often discussed.

11. There are ten main features of
academic writing that are often
discussed.

12. 1. Complexity (elaboration)
Written language is relatively more complex
than spoken language.
It uses more noun-based phrases than verb-
based phrases.

13. 2. Formality
Academic writing is relatively
formal.

14. 3. Precision
In academic writing, facts
and figures are given
precisely.

15. 4. Objectivity
Written language is in general objective rather than
personal.
It has fewer words that refer to the writer or the
reader.

16. 5. Explicitness
Academic writing is explicit about the
relationships in the text.

17. 6. Accuracy
Academic writing uses vocabulary
accurately.

18. 7. Hedging
A technique common in certain kinds of
academic writing is known by linguists as a
‘hedge’.(barrier)

19. 8. Responsibility

20. 9. Organization
Academic writing is well organized.

21. Planning