Developing Academic Communication Skills: Key Elements, Features, and Vocabulary

This presentation for LDT3101 covers the fundamental differences between academic and other writing, the purpose and features of academic writing, key elements of academic writing, and vocabulary issues and abbreviations. It emphasizes the importance of clear, concise, and structured writing backed up by evidence.

Developing Academic
Communication Skills

Table of content
 INTRODUCTION
 Highlight the differences between academic and other writing
 Purpose of academic writing
 Features of academic writing
 Briefly discuss some key elements of academic writing with the help of examples
 Explain key vocabulary issues and types of abbreviations
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
Writing is an activity that involves in regular life of an individual. As there are
several sort of the style in writing like technical writing, creative writing, academic
writing and so on.

Highlight the differences between academic
and other writing
The fundamental difference among academic writing and other writing is that
academic writing is effectively formal, objectives and brief as compare to another
styles of writing.

Continue…
Academic writing Other writing
 Academic writing is utilised in research report,
conference paper, essays, abstracts, project and so
on.
 Other writing is utilised in letters, emails,
newspaper articles, diary and journal entries and so
on.
 Apply formal, objectives, concise language  Apply informal and as well as semi – formal
language.
 Does not use slang and informal language  Can apply slang and as well as informal language
 Does not use contractions  Can use contractions
 Always uses referencing and as well as citations  Does not basically use referencing and as well as
citations

Purpose of academic writing
Purpose Definition Example
To inform Communicate the thought of ideas and source of information to
others.
Journalism writing, lab reports, research, economics projects, organisational report
To entertain Use language in a humorous manner that are basically connected
with describing, informing, or arguing.
Briefly informal manner, newspaper column, television or podcast script, internet
home page, websites
To explain Collection of fact that combine experiences to classify who or what
something is that how it happened. It is also termed as the
“expository writing”.
Definition essay, procedure cost, cause effects explanation
To persuade Utilise appeals of logic, emotion and as well as character to prove a
point. Might not be fairly presented.
Advertisement, debate
To argue Special sort of arguments, that are fairly and accurately asking for
the logic, emotions, and characters and utilisation of evidence in
starting view point.
Problem solving research
To evaluate Certain sort of arguments that argues for the advantages of a topic
and demonstrates evidence for support
Books, movies, hospitality and as well as music events
To express Ideas and orientation of writer on a certain subject topic. It will be
frequently informal.
Journal or diary entry, letter, poetry, personal narration

Features of academic writing
 Complexity
 Formality
 Objectivity

Briefly discuss some key elements of
academic writing with the help of examples
 Unity
 Tone
 Citations

Explain key vocabulary issues and types of
abbreviations
 A strong vocabulary will covers both written and spoken need more than a
dictionary.
 Abbreviations and acronyms are shortened form of word or phrases. It will help in
developing manuscripts effective to read and understand.

CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that, academic writing is
clear, concise, concentrated, structured and backed up by proofs.

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