Academic Style學術英語特點

).FeaturesofAcademicEnglish2021/5/91Accordingtotheinvestigation,…canneverhappen…Feature1:Makingtentativestatements(不要太絕對，話不要太滿）Why?Youdon’twanttosounddogmatic(武斷,固執(zhí)己見).Evenifyouhavealotofevidenceinsupportofyourargument–youwanttodemonstrateyourawarenessthatotherinterpretationsorconclusionsareplausibleorthatfutureresearchmightrefuteyourthesis.Howcanwemaketentativestatements?modals(could,may/might),Verbs

(indicatethat,suggestthat,itseemsthat,Itappearsthat)adverbs(maybe,perhaps,possibly,probably,mostly)Adjectives(possible,probable,likely,unlikely)2021/5/92Fromtheaboveanalysis,wecanseetheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Feature2:Objectivity(客觀)Why:Sincetheemphasisofacademicwritingisonintellectualideasandfactualinformation

ratherthanonemotionsorindividualexperiences,youshouldavoidexpressingpersonalopinionsarisingoutofintuition,feeling,prejudiceoryourownexperience.How:Fromtheaboveanalysis,itcanbeinferredthat……TheaboveanalysisseemstoindicatethattheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Accordingtotheaboveanalysis,……2021/5/93Weconductedresearchonthebreeding(繁殖)habitsofmarsupials(有袋目動物)inthenorth-westregionofVictoria.

Feature3:UseofpassivevoiceWhy:AcademicwritingtraditionallyusesthepassivevoicesothattheuseofWE,Iandotherpronounsisminimized.How:Researchwasconductedonthebreedinghabitsofmarsupialsinthenorth-westregionofVictoria.2021/5/94GermanyinvadedPolandin1939.ThiswastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar.Feature4:Nominalisation名詞化Why:Anothercommonfeatureofacademicwritingisnominalisation,wherebyactions/processes(verbs)becomethings(nouns).ThispracticeenablesmoreinformationtobeCompacted(壓縮)intoasinglesentence.How:….,whichwastheimmediatecauseof….Germany’s1939invasionofPolandwastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakof

theSecondWorldWar.2021/5/95Feature5:Formality(正式）

HowUseoflongandcomplexwords.eg.alotof;plentyof-considerable;numerousmoreandmore -increasing,increasinglythink -maintain,state,accordingtoso -therefore,consequently,hence,thus2.Thesentencesarealwayslongandcomplex,insteadofbeingsimpleandshort.

(nominalclauses,relativeclauses,participles)3.Havefewabbreviations,e.g.,Itis4.Havefewomissions,e.g.,“that”asanobjectclausemarkerisseldomomitted.2021/5/96Feature5:Discipline-specificvocabularyAnotherfeatureofacademiclanguageistheuseofabstractandtechnicalterms.Itisimportantthatyoubecomeawareofthecommontermsandspecificlanguageofyourdiscipline.2021/5/97Exercises:Translation:我們對詞匯教學越來越有興趣。人們對詞匯學習作了很多研究2021/5/98我們對詞匯教學越來越有興趣。

We’remoreandmoreinterestedinvocabularyteaching.We’vemoreandmoreinterestinvocabularyteaching.Weareincreasinglyinterestedinvocabularyteaching.Therearegrowinginterestsinvocabularyteaching.Vocabularyteachinghasattractedincreasinginterests.Increasinginterestshavebeendirectedtovocabularyteaching.2021/5/99人們對詞匯學習作了很多研究。

We’vedonealotofresearchaboutvocabularylearning.Thereismuchresearchaboutvocabularylearning.Muchresearchhasbeendoneaboutvocabularylearning.

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Considerableresearchhasbeenconductedregardingvocabularylearning.2021/5/910Pleaserevisethefollowingsentences:MoreandmorestudentsinChinathinkit’sveryimportantforthemtolearnEnglishwell.AnincreasingnumberofstudentsinChinamaintainthatitis

ofgreatsignificanceforthemtocommandtheEnglishlanguage.TheInternethasbothadvantage