FOCUSED PRACTICE

THE PURPOSES OF ACADEMIC WRITING

The most common reasons for writing:

•         to report on a piece of research the writer has conducted

•         to answer a question the writer has been given or chosen

•         to discuss a subject of common interest and give the writer’s view to synthesize research done by others on a topic

Common types of academic writing:

•         Notes

•         Reports

•         Projects

•         Essays

•         Dissertations/Thesis

•         Papers

The most common written sources:

•         Textbooks

•         Websites

•         Journal articles

•         Official reports (e.g. from government)

•         Newspaper or magazine articles

•         e-books

The most common requirements to your academic text:

•         your should give reasons for your initial hypothesis

•         you should obtain more well-rounded data

•         you should show the logic of your experiments

•         you should present clear, consistent logical argument to somebody else involved in the research of this field.