LESSON 1: DIFFERENT

LANGUAGES USED IN
ACADEMIC TEXT FROM
VARIOUS DISCIPLINES
WHAT IS AN ACADEMIC LANGUAGE?
- refers to the oral, written, auditory, and
visual language proficiency required to learn
effectively in schools and academic
programs
-  it’s the language used in classroom lessons,
books, tests, and assignments

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WHAT IS AN ACADEMIC LANGUAGE?

- it’s the language that students are expected

to learn and achieve fluency in
- includes a variety of formal-language

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Roles of
Academic
Language
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1.To Describe Complexity
Academic language enables us to describe
complex concepts in clear and concise
ways

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2. To Describe Higher Order Thinking
Academic language enables us to describe
complex thinking processes that are used
to comprehend, solve problems, and
express ideas

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3. To Describe Abstraction
Academic language enables us to
describe ideas or relationships that
cannot be easily acted out, pointed to, or
illustrated with images

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 SOCIAL
LANGUAGE
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 SOCIAL LANGUAGE
• IN EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS IN
SPOKEN/WRITTEN FORM
• USED TO WRITE TO FRIENDS, FAMILY,
OR FOR OTHER SOCIAL PURPOSES
• INFORMAL, SUCH AS WORDS LIKE
''COOL,'' ''GUY,'' ''KIDDING'')
• CAN USE SLANG EXPRESSIONS
• CAN BE REPETITIVE
• CAN USE PHRASES
• SENTENCES DON'T FOLLOW GRAMMAR •
CONVENTIONS NECESSARILY, WITH
PHRASES LIKE, ''YOU'RE HUNGRY?''
ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
• IN TEXTBOOKS, RESEARCH PAPERS,
CONFERENCES IN SPOKEN/WRITTEN
FORM
• APPROPRIATE FOR WRITTEN PAPERS,
CLASSWORK, HOMEWORK
• VERY FORMAL AND MORE
SOPHISTICATED IN ITS EXPRESSIONS,
SUCH AS WORDS LIKE ''APPROPRIATE,''
''STUDIES,'' ''IMPLEMENTATION''
• DON'T USE SLANG
• USES A VARIETY OF TERMS
• USES SENTENCES
SENTENCES BEGIN WITH APPROPRIATE
TRANSITIONS, LIKE, ''MOREOVER'' OR
''IN ADDITION'')
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