2.

OBJECTIVITY
- Academic writing requires special knowledge and use of more complex
language and objectivity. This means that the writing must be impersonal
and maintains a certain level of social distance.
- It can be achieved by:
- 1. Avoiding the use of personal pronouns such as I, YOU, and WE.
- Poor example: You need to conduct the experiment.
- Improved version: The researchers need to conduct the experiment.
- 2. Avoiding rhetorical questions as it marks “closeness” with the reader,
and constantly seeks his/her attention.
Poor example: How can these problem be solved?
Improved version: Certain measures must be discovered to solve
the problems.

3. Avoiding emotive language that shows biases and lessens

objectivity.
Poor example: The investigators were very shocked to see the
outcome of the tests.
Improved version: The investigation did not expect the results.
TASK : Improve the text below by rewriting
it into a more objective, impersonal version.
I believe that incidence of drug overdose has indeed become a
prevalent nowadays. When people are faced with difficult
problems, I think that they can no longer bear the problem and
that is why they get into drugs. That’s why if you are the
psychologist, you should treat your patients in a way that helps
them to understand their problems and ways to deal with them.
Yeah I know it can be very difficult but hey, that’s what you
specialized, right?