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Types of Academic Texts Explained

Academic texts include textbooks written for higher education students, scholarly journal articles presenting new research findings, conference papers, and theses/dissertations. They aim to further existing ideas, provide information to support writing assignments, and connect new ideas to existing knowledge in the academic community. Common types are textbooks, articles, conference papers, and theses/dissertations.

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Types of Academic Texts Explained

Academic texts include textbooks written for higher education students, scholarly journal articles presenting new research findings, conference papers, and theses/dissertations. They aim to further existing ideas, provide information to support writing assignments, and connect new ideas to existing knowledge in the academic community. Common types are textbooks, articles, conference papers, and theses/dissertations.

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ACADEMIC

TEXTS
a text that is specifically written
for use by teachers of higher
learning of students.
ARTICLES
published in scholarly journals,
this type of academic text offers
result of research
and development that can either
impact the academic community
CONFERENCE
PAPERS
these are papers
presented in scholastic
references
Reviews
provide evaluation or
reviews of works
published in scholarly
journals
Theses, Dissertations
these are personal
research written by a
candidate for college or
university degree
General Purposes for
reading academic text
1. To better understand an
existing idea
2. To get ideas that can support
a particular writing assignment
3. To gain more information
4. To connect ideas to existing
ones

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