GROUP 3

LANGUAGE USE IN ACADEMIC TEXT

Names:
Sophia Bianca R. Tagala
Donna Katherine B. Canubida
G – 12 Our Lady of Victory

Academic text is generally quite formal, objective (impersonal) and

technical. It is formal by avoiding casual or conversational language,
such as contractions or informal vocabulary. It is impersonal and
objective by avoiding direct reference to people or feelings, and instead
emphasising objects, facts and ideas.
Academic language refers to the oral, written, auditory, and visual
language proficiency required to learn effectively in schools and
academic programs—i.e., it's the language used in classroom lessons,
books, tests, and assignments, and it's the language that students are
expected to learn and achieve fluency in.
Meta-language is the language teachers and learners use to talk
about the English language, learning and teaching. Words and phrases
such as 'verb', 'noun', 'present perfect continuous', 'phrasal verb' and
'reported speech' are all examples of common classroom meta-language.
The following are the important features of language use in writing an
academic text.
 Replace informal words that are associated with 'chatty' spoken
styles ( such as contractions) with more formal vocabulary.
 Avoid rhetorical questions the reader cannot answer.
 Use full words instead of contractions.
 Avoid unspecified categories.
 Avoid colloquial language.