Developing Academic Communication Skills

This presentation discusses the importance of academic communication skills and the difference between academic writing and other writing. It covers the purpose, features, and key elements of academic writing, including objectivity, precision, formality, and hedging. The presentation also includes information on clear organization, unity, tone, and citations. Types of abbreviations and references are also discussed.

Developing Academic
Communication Skills

INTRODUCTION
An effective communication skills are the fundamental key
aspects for the success in the numerous ways for an individual.
The academic learning is all about experiencing and learning
about the communication which is considered as the most
important aspect for the individual in the academic and further
in the workplace. The modern education is now focusing on
the learning and making the students professional in a specific
filed with all the communication skills sets.

Difference between academic writing
and other writing
Academic writing is the style of writing which is used in the fields of academic for
example the students are advised to make and study on the research projects, the exams
and the tests which they give, essay , reports, abstracts which all are included in the
academic writing.
The main difference in academic writing and the other writing is that academic writing is
more formal and structured.
The other writing can be used by an individual in its daily life such as email writing, letter,
newspaper articles etc. which are considered as in the form of the other writing skills
The referencing and citations is considered as the another major difference in the academic
writing and the other writing.

PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING
Academic writing basically concentrates on the clear,
concise, focussed, structured and backed up by the
evidence. The main purpose of the academic writing is
to aid the readers understanding. The academic writing
has a formal tone and style, but it is not complex and
also it does not require of the use of complicated
vocabulary and long sentences.

FEATURES OF ACADEMIC WRITING
 Objectivity- Academic writing evaluates the problems and arrives at an objective position, which is
focused on and is informed by the research and reasoning instead of personal feelings and emotions.
 Precision- The academic writing requires the meaningful sentences and it should be precisely written.
This means that the individual should a specified and detailed type of work in their academic learning
or the projects assigned to them.
 Formality- Academic writing is considered explicit and provides the reader with the accurate
information which they need to understand.
 Hedging- IT is a type of a language which is used in academic writing to express caution and avoid
strong unqualified statements that are not accurate with no meaningful sentences.

KEY ELEMENTS
Academic writing can be difficulty for some the
individual as t requires high expectation from the
individual's in the higher studies. However academic
writing is an skill which is required in today's scenario
and as well as for the professional life. Here are some
key elements of the academic learning discussed below:
 Clear organisation
 Unity
 Tone-
 Citations

TYPES OF ABBREVIATIONS
The key vocabulary issues are those list of words or phrases that can be explained by symbols or
abbreviation. This can be an issue for the reader to understand and create in misunderstanding of a
meaningful sentence in a wrong manner. Acronym are the types of abbreviations which is
pronounced as a word. They are formed by using the first letter of the word of the phrases.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that academic writing is the form where there is clear,
concise, focused and structured statements which can be understand by the reader. The
difference between academic writing and other writing is that academic writing is written in a
professional manner whereas the other writing can be impressionable or informal. The main
purpose of the academic writing is to aid the readers understanding. The main features of the
academic writing is the objectivity, formality and hedging. The key elements of the academic
writing are tone, citations, unity and clear organisation. For example the academic writing
included the tone which should not be in the form of first or the second person.

REFERENCES
 Janke, K.K., Wilby, K.J. and Zavod, R., 2020. Academic writing as a journey
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 Lindenman, H. and Rosinski, P., 2020. Writing Outside of Class: The Untapped
Potential of Students' Non-Academic Writing. WPA: Writing Program
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