DEVELOPING ACADEMIC

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC WRITING
AND OTHER WRITING
Academic writing is a sophisticated style of writing that is employed at schools and scholarly articles. One
can see it in academic journals and publications, and one will be required to write major papers, research
papers, and dissertations in academic style.Academic writing utilises the same writing process as other sorts of
documents, but it adheres to specified topic, organisation, and style norms (Astika et al, 1993).

The forms of writings or generally known as non-academic writing are generic in nature and does not follow any particular
discipline or structure. Other writings can have slang languages, grammatical errors, non-factual data and even no no reference
or source of evidence to support a fact discussed in the writing. It's just like writing to a friend or a family member. It is casual
writing and is not considered to be professional. It can be personal where as academic writing is not personal (King, G., 2004) .

Academic Writing Other Writing

 BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMEROUS SORTS AND
STYLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING, CREATED FOR A
NUMBER OF PURPOSES, A CLEAR ACADEMIC
WRITING DEFINITION IS DIFFICULT TO COME BY.
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF STYLES OF ACADEMIC WRITING:
ACADEMIC
WRITINGS
 FEATURE OF ACADEMIC
LANGUAGE
• FORMAL TONE - IN ACADEMIC WRITING, A PROFESSIONAL TONE IS ALWAYS EMPLOYED. THE
ATTITUDE IS NOT CHEERFUL OR CHATTY. IN THIS KIND OF WRITING, SLANG AND CLICHÉS HAVE
NO PLACE.
• EXACT LANGUAGE - IN LINE WITH THE STRICT WAY, PRECISE WORDING THAT CLEARLY
EXPRESSES THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IS ESSENTIAL. POINT-OF-VIEW
• (POV) - ACADEMIC WRITING IS FREQUENTLY WRITTEN IN 3RD PERSON POV SINCE THE GOAL IS
TO TEACH RATHER THAN TO SUPPORT OR PROVIDE COUNSEL.
• RESEARCH ORIENTED- AS MOST ACADEMIC WRITING INCLUDES REPORTING RESEARCH
FINDINGS, IT TENDS TO CONCENTRATE ON THE RESEARCH TOPIC QUESTION UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
• ORGANISATION - ACADEMIC WRITING SHOULD BE RATIONALLY ORDERED IN A LINEAR,
FACTUAL MANNER. EACH MAIN SECTION SHOULD BE DELINEATED USING HEADERS.
• SOURCE CITATIONS - SECONDARY RESEARCH SOURCES ARE USED IN ALMOST ALL ACADEMIC
PAPERS. MAKE SURE TO REFERENCE ALL OF YOUR SOURCES CORRECTLY AND INCLUDE A
BIBLIOGRAPHY.

SINCE MOST ACADEMIC WORK INCLUDES REPORTING RESEARCH FINDINGS, IT CONCENTRATES

ON THE SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTION(S) UNDER CONSIDERATION.

(TANG, R. 2012) & (KING, G. 2004)

 PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING
• TO INFORM: 
THE PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING TO INFORM IS TO DISSEMINATE FACTS AND OTHER DATA. REPORTS AND OTHER
INFORMATIONAL TEXTS MAKE COMMENTS THAT ARE BACKED UP BY FACTS AND RELIABLE PROOF.
• TO EXPLAIN:
THE GOAL OF ACADEMIC WRITING IS TO CONVEY WHAT, HOW, AND WHY ABOUT A SUBJECT. EXPLAINING HOW TO DO
OR MANUFACTURE ANYTHING IN WRITING IS AN EXAMPLE. EXAMPLE OPERATION MANUAL OF A MACHINE.
• TO NARRATIVE:
ANOTHER PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING IS THE NARRATION. IT'S UP TO YOU IF THE TALE IS TRUE OR NOT. THERE IS
A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END TO MOST TYPES OF SUCH WRITING, IT IS STRUCTURED.
• TO CONVINCE:
ACADEMIC WRITING WITH A PERSUASION OBJECTIVE EXPRESSES A VIEWPOINT OR GOAL AND BACKS IT UP WITH
EVIDENCE AND FIRM BASIS IN ORDER TO PERSUADE THE READER TO ACCEPT, RESPOND, OR BOTH.
• TO TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE:
ACADEMIC WRITING IS USED TO TRANSFER SCIENTIFIC AND NON-SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND FINDINGS. BOOKS,
JOURNALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS ARE EXAMPLES.
(MAAMUUJAV, U. ET AL. 2021) )
 KEY ELEMENTS OF ACADEMIC WRITING WITH
EXAMPLE.
ACADEMIC WRITING IS VERY
PRECISE, THE TONE IS VERY
FORMAL AND THERE IS A
PROPER ORGANIZATION AND
STRUCTURE IN THE CONTENT.

The above example is the abstract of an academic scientific journal paper. It can be seen clearly that it is
well written in academic writing and have all the features of academic writing. The content is nicely
arranged and organized starting with the basics of the scientific work and ending with the output of the
research conductor. It provides facts and figures substantiated with qualitative and quantitative data. It
clearly states the importance of the work in an organized fashion and the type of research that has been
carried out post office. it can be seen in the above example academic writing that nothing is written in
slang words. everything is factual and there is no fiction or fantasy written in it . The language is also very
professional, formal and the tone is serious.
 VOCABULARY ISSUES
• WHEN IT COMES TO SKILLS OF WRITING, VOCABULARY IS CRUCIAL. NOVICE WRITERS MUST RELY ON
THE WORDS THEY HEAR OR READ IN PRINT, SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. ACADEMIC
WRITING RELIES HEAVILY ON VOCABULARY. WRITERS CAN'T COMPREHEND WHAT THEY'RE WRITING
UNLESS THEY KNOW WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORDS SIGNIFY.
• MUCH OF THE WORK ON SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AS A WHOLE PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION TO
VOCABULARY LEARNING. OF COURSE, A FOREIGN LANGUAGE'S VOCABULARY IS NOT OPTIONAL OR
INSIGNIFICANT. WORDS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THERE IS
NO LANGUAGE WITHOUT THEM. RECENT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORY PROPOSES THAT
LEARNERS' VOCABULARY SIZES SHOULD BE REDUCED. POOR WRITING ABILITIES MIGHT BE CAUSED
BY A LACK OF VOCABULARY. VOCABULARY IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF ANY TYPE OF
EXCELLENT WRITING, WHETHER ACADEMIC OR OTHERWISE. THE QUALITY OF THE CONTEXT AND THE
REFLECTION OF IDEAS AND THOUGHTS MAY BE CLEARLY DEFINED IN ACADEMIC WRITING BY
EMPLOYING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE (DUY VAN VU ET AL, ELKE PETERS, 2021) .

Trouble with Language in

Little Exposure to Words Reasons of General
Vocabulary
Issues
Trouble With Reading Development Delay
 TYPES OF ABBREVIATIONS
Acronym - This is a term made out of the first letters or components of a name. ABBA, MADD,
and OPEC, for instance, are all acronyms that combine the initial letter of each word to
generate a new term. Scuba and laser are two lesser-known acronyms. The later instances
demonstrate that acronyms do not always need to be capitalized.

Initialism- also known as alphabetism, is a collection of letters that are each spoken
independently and are used as an abbreviation for a name or term. CD, TV, and the United
Kingdom are just a few examples.

Truncation - An abbreviation that only contains the first portion of a term. Commonly used to
refer to legitimate titles such as week days, for example, Mon., Fri., Apr.

Aphesis - In this situation, the unstressed vowel at the start of the word has been omitted.
These are frequently unintended and unintentionally uttered variants of the phrase. The finest
example is the usage of the word "cause" instead of "because.

Portmanteau - A portmanteau is created by combining two or more words. , for example

brunch (breakfast and lunch) etc
(Lee, A., 2012)
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