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Academic Texts

This document defines academic texts as forms of expository and argumentative prose used in university settings to convey information on a particular subject. Examples of academic texts include position papers, business letters, reviews, bibliographies, theses, project proposals, articles, book reports, abstracts, academic essays, and manuals. The document also distinguishes between academic language, which is formal and used to describe complex ideas, and social language, which is more informal and used for everyday communication. Both types of language are used to teach academic lessons.

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Academic Texts

This document defines academic texts as forms of expository and argumentative prose used in university settings to convey information on a particular subject. Examples of academic texts include position papers, business letters, reviews, bibliographies, theses, project proposals, articles, book reports, abstracts, academic essays, and manuals. The document also distinguishes between academic language, which is formal and used to describe complex ideas, and social language, which is more informal and used for everyday communication. Both types of language are used to teach academic lessons.

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I.

Academic Texts

Definition Examples
 Refers to the forms  Position paper
of expository and argumentative prose  Business letters
used by university students, faculty,  Reviews
and researchers to convey a body of  Bibliography
information about a particular subject  Thesis
 Any writing done to fulfill a  Project Proposal
requirement of a college or university  Articles
 include any writing assignment given in  Book Report
an academic setting  Abstract
 Used for publications that are read by  Academic Essay
teacher and researchers or presented  Articles
at conferences  Manuals
 Expected to be precise, semi-formal,  Bionote
impersonal, and objective  Minutes of the meeting
 Memorandum
 Literary Critique
 Dissertation

II. Academic Language vs. Social Language

 Formal language  Informal language


 The vocabulary students
or adults must learn to  The language of
succeed in the everyday
classroom or in the Both are communication in oral
workplace used to and written forms
 Used to describe and teach
comprehend complex ideas, academic  Used to communicate
process higher-order lessons. feelings, needs, and
thinking, and understand wants
abstract concepts.
 Does not use slang  Uses contemporary
terms or slang terms

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