English For Academic and professional Purposes

It is an essay examines, evaluates, and makes an argument about a literary work. 

__________________uses outside information to support a thesis or make an argument. R

________is a document submitted at the conclusion of a Ph.D. program. 

It is an important feature of academic writing.

What is the sequence of an essay?

Choose three words to describe academic writing:

 It includes language used in textbooks, in classrooms, on tests, and in each discipline.

 ‘somewhat’ is more formal than ‘a bit’, ‘insufficient’ is more formal than ‘not enough’.

You need to develop a large vocabulary for the concepts specific to the discipline or specialization you’re writing for.

 For example, instead of writing ‘Language is, in my view, clearly something social’, write ‘As Halliday (1973) argues, language is intrinsically social’.