Academic Style学术英语特点

1、,). Features of Academic English,According to the investigation, can never happen Feature 1: Making tentative statements ( 不要太绝对，话不要太满） Why? You dont want to sound dogmatic(武断, 固执己见). Even if you have a lot of evidence in support of your argument you want to demonstrate your awareness that other int

2、erpretations or conclusions are plausible or that future research might refute your thesis. How can we make tentative statements? modals (could, may/might), Verbs (indicate that, suggest that, it seems that, It appears that) adverbs (maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, mostly) Adjectives (possible,

3、probable, likely, unlikely),From the above analysis, we can see the Internet plays a significant role in our daily life.,Feature 2: Objectivity (客观) Why: Since the emphasis of academic writing is on intellectual ideas and factual information rather than on emotions or individual experiences, you sho

4、uld avoid expressing personal opinions arising out of intuition, feeling, prejudice or your own experience. How: From the above analysis, it can be inferred that The above analysis seems to indicate that the Internet plays a significant role in our daily life. According to the above analysis, ,We co

5、nducted research on the breeding (繁殖) habits of marsupials( 有袋目动物)in the north-west region of Victoria. Feature 3: Use of passive voice Why: Academic writing traditionally uses the passive voice so that the use of WE, I and other pronouns is minimized. How: Research was conducted on the breeding hab

6、its of marsupials in the north-west region of Victoria.,Germany invaded Poland in 1939. This was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Second World War. Feature 4: Nominalisation 名词化 Why: Another common feature of academic writing is nominalisation, whereby actions/processes (verbs) become thin

7、gs (nouns). This practice enables more information to be Compacted (压缩) into a single sentence. How: ., which was the immediate cause of . Germanys 1939 invasion of Poland was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Second World War.,Feature 5: Formality (正式）,How Use of long and complex words. eg

8、. a lot of; plenty of -considerable; numerous more and more - increasing, increasingly think - maintain, state, according to so - therefore, consequently, hence, thus 2. The sentences are always long and complex, instead of being simple and short. (nominal clauses, relative clauses, participles) 3.

9、Have few abbreviations, e.g., It is 4. Have few omissions, e.g., “that” as an object clause marker is seldom omitted.,Feature 5: Discipline-specific vocabulary Another feature of academic language is the use of abstract and technical terms. It is important that you become aware of the common terms a

10、nd specific language of your discipline.,Exercises:,Translation: 我们对词汇教学越来越有兴趣。 人们对词汇学习作了很多研究,我们对词汇教学越来越有兴趣。,Were more and more interested in vocabulary teaching. Weve more and more interest in vocabulary teaching. We are increasingly interested in vocabulary teaching. There are growing interests in

11、 vocabulary teaching. Vocabulary teaching has attracted increasing interests. Increasing interests have been directed to vocabulary teaching.,人们对词汇学习作了很多研究。,Weve done a lot of research about vocabulary learning. There is much research about vocabulary learning. Much research has been done about voca

12、bulary learning. 4. Considerable research has been conducted regarding vocabulary learning.,Please revise the following sentences:,More and more students in China think its very important for them to learn English well. An increasing number of students in China maintain that it is of great significance for them to command the English language. The Internet has both advantages