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ACADEMIC WRITING

FOR
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(LLG-309)

P K PANDA
PREREQUISITE
Proficiency in the language
 We are supposed to have a required
level of language skills
 Ifone does not have the basics, it is not
possible to achieve academic writing
skills
 English being the language of
academic research in most of the
countries we have no choice but to
develop this language as our medium
in the academic communications.
ESP (English for special
purpose)
 EAP

• English for academic purpose


 EOP

• English for occupational


purpose
q Academic writing is a specialisation
under English for academic
purpose
q Further it is required on the basis of
your discipline
Influences and obstacles in
Academic Writing
§ Since you have come across different
kinds of writing in your life so far,
you tend to retain many practices
from each of them.
§ This is a varied practice for individuals
depending on their experience of
reading and idiosyncrasies.
§ In academic writing classes we will find
out what is essential and what is not
for academy.
On the Basis of Practice

 Formany decades people concerned


with academic writing tried to see
which practices are suitable and why
they are to be followed in academy.
 Many features which enriches the
experience of writers as well as
readers have been coded for the
purpose of training students.
Why Writing in the academy
is important

 If you plan to stay in academy, it will be


the defining feature of your academic
life
 Most of the important communications
in the academy are conveyed to the
concerned people though writing
 Such communications are mostly kept
on record for a longer time
Writing is not easy

 All will agree that writing is never easy.


 Not even for the prolific ones
 Making it easier for the academy is
essential
 Because writing is a part of all kinds of
academic work including research
 Planning a research needs some kind of
writing skill
•
Planning to save time
 All
the skills lead to do something easily
and quickly
 Planning helps in doing something as it
is required to
 Timeis an important aspect of all
academic life
 Since
academy is a professional set up
we need to keep time
Writing needs thinking skills

 Creative thinking
• Ability to think and develop ideas to
solve or create something new
• Think independently
• Provide original perspective on
previous research
•
Critical thinking

• Ability to process existing information


in a different and required(newly
generated) way to solve a problem
• Provide original perspective on
previous research
• Make connections between
ideas/between your work and other
research
•
Use of creative and critical
thinking
 Itis easy to differentiate for the
beginners
 But in academic writing one has to be
capable of an easy transition
 The situation demands which one to start
with and where to make the
transgression
 That is the beginning of a mind map for a
planned writing
Thinking is An important
prerequisite of writing

 All important thinking is recorded in


writing
 Only the recorded thinking in a particular
way becomes fit for intellectual property
 Thinking and writing are the most
important aspects of all kinds of higher
academic efforts
 The future of an academician is highly
dependant on his or her writing to
express
achievements/discoveries/innovations
Knowledge
• Content knowledge
• Disciplinary knowledge
• Intertextuality
• Background & experiences
Meaning
• Layers of meaning
• Purpose
• Concept
• complexity
Structure
• • Text features
• • Genre
• • Organization
Language
• Vocabulary
• Sentence length and structure
• Figurative language
• Regional/historical usage (dialects)
Thank you

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