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understandingdifferentstyles

-Rewritingpractice:

consolidatingacademicEnglishwritingskills

-Classroomextension:

InternetsurveyonfeaturesofacademicEnglish

1.ReadingActivity

1.1Pre-readingTask

Doyouknowhowtowriteapaperwithanacademicvoice?

MostChinesestudentsuseonlythecasualvoicefortheirdailylifepurposes,whichdoesnotfittheacademicwritingstyle.Whenyoucanlearntouseanacademicvoiceandaformalwritingstyle,youwillgainauthorityandrespectforyourselfasaresearcheraswellasaresearchwriter.

Readthefollowingthreetextswithdifferentkindsofvoiceandtellwhattheydifferin.

1.2ReadingPassage

HOW’SYOURVOICE?

CasualVoice

Hey,dude,nowayyoucansithere!

Huzzah!

Wewon!

Webeat‘em!

Ha!

BlueVampires.Theythinkthey’resogreat.Weshowed‘em.GoAardvarks!

Yuck!

Ihatebroccoliwiththosenasty,stinkin’mushrooms.Whydowegottahavethesethingsagain,man?

!

www,wegottacanceltheparty‘causeit’stotallyraininglikecrazy!

Sweeeet!

IlovethoseIndianaJonesmovies!

They’reawesomewiththewhipandthebugsandstuff.Everyonelovesthoseflicks!

ConsultativeVoice

You’renotallowedtositinthisarea,becauseit’sasafetyconcern.

I’msogladforourteam,thegreatFightingAardvarks,andnowtogetherwecelebratethisvictory.

I’dprefernottohavethisparticularvegetableagain,ifit’spossible.Doesanyonereallyenjoythiscombinationofmushroomsandbroccoli?

It’spossiblethatourpartymighthavetobepostponedorcanceledbecauseofthebadweatherthat’sthreaten-ingourlocation.

IndianaJonesfilmsarereallyverypopularwithyouragegroup.Criticscan’tdecidewhysuchanoldcharacterissoappealing.

AcademicVoice

Thisareamustbekeptclearforfoottraffic.

TheFightingAardvarksclaimedvictoryovertheBlueVampiresinthefinalroundtonight.Bothteamscompetedwellandthefansareenthusiastic.

Veryfewpeopleenjoythisbroccoliandmushroomdish.Therefore,itwillnotbeservedagainwithinthiscalendaryear,ortheserverswillbekilled.

Duetotheinclementweather,theAnnualTattooPartywillnottakeplacethisThursdayatFinsterPark.Theplanningcommitteewillrescheduletheeventandreleaseinformationassoonaspossible.

HollywoodisperplexedatthereasonsthatIndianaJonesissofavoredbysuchyoungaudiences.Theanswerremainsamystery.

1.3ReadingComprehension

1.3.1Doyouknowinwhichsituationthesevoicesareappropriatelyused?

Andwhy?

Voice

Forwhatpurposes

Casual

Consultative

Academic

1.3.2Readthepassagecarefullyagainanddecidethedifferencesamongthem.

Casualvoice

Consultativevoice

Academicvoice

2LanguageFocus

2.1WordChoice

Academicvoicecanbewellexpressedbychoosingwords.Herearesomewordstoacquire:

poignant,provocative

compelling,striking

proposal,objection

insight,discourse

investigate,disapprove

Herearesomewordstoavoid.

very,just

truly,such

fortunately,frankly,

turndown,lookinto

go,get

2.1.1Canyoumatchtheformalandinformalwordsandphrases?

Verify

Examine

Demonstrate

Intend

Investigate

Survive,penetrate

Discover

Eliminate

Conclusion

Numerous,myriad

Trytofindout

Lookatcarefully

Makesuresomethingistrue

Show

Getridof

Getthroughit

Mean

Lookinto

Alotof

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2.2Structuralcomplexity

‘Syntax’isthetechnicalwordthatisusedtodescribesentencestructure.Itisextremelyimportantthatwell-arrangedsentencescarryanacademicvoice,whereaschoppy,simplesentencessoundoralandcolloquial.Sentencesthataretooshortandpoorlyconnectedcanbeirritatingtoread.Conversely,sentencesthataretoolongandramblingaredifficulttofollowandarelikelytobeconfusing.Useasentencelengththatallowsyourthoughtstoflowclearly.Rewritethefollowingsentencesintoatextwithwell-orderedsentencesandstructuralcomplexity.

Aconjunctionconnectswords,phrases,orclauses.Itindicatestherelationshipbetweentheelements.Theseelementsconnect.Weoftenfindthefollowingthing.Inonlyonesinglesentenceaconjunctioncontainsoneormoreideas.Theseideasmaybeequalorunequalinimportance.Ideasareequal,andwecallthemcoordinateideas.Forexample,Johnstudieselectronics.HelenstudiesComputing.Thesetwosentencescanbecomeacompoundsentence.Itshowstherelationshipbetweenthetwoideas.Wewanttomaintaintheequalityoftheideas.Wecalltheclausesinthenewsentencecoordinateclauses.

3.WritingPractice

3.1Understandingdifferentstyles

Readthefollowingtextsanddecidewheretheycomefrom.

1

AtAT&

BellLaboratoriesinfraredlasersarebeingusedtocapturelivemicrobes.Workinglikeopticaltweezers,thepressureofthelaserlighttrapsminuteobjectsinitsfocuspoint.Researchersareusingthedevicetomovearoundvirusesbacteria,andothercellstheyarestudyunderthemicroscope.Afterseveralhours,however,thefocuslightwillheatupthemicrobestoaboilingpoint.

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2

AllweaskisthatyouspendtwohoursofyourtimeattendingaBarrattSalespresentation.There,you’lldiscoverthebenefitsoftimeshare.AtBarrattwecallitHolidayOwnershipbecausethat’swhyitreallyis.You’llbeundernoobligationtopurchase,butwethinkyoumaybetempted.

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3

TherewereonlytwoAmericansstoppingatthehotel.Theydidnotknowanyofthepeopletheypassedonthestairsontheirwaytoandfromtheirroom.Theirroomwasonthesecondfloorfacingthesea.Italsofacedthepublicgardenandthewarmonument.Therewerebigpalmsandgreenbenchesinthepublicgarden.Inthegoodweathertherewasalwaysanartistwithhiseasel.Artistslikedthewaythepalmsgrewandthebrightcolorsofthehotelsfacingthegardensandthesea.

4

Althoughmanystudieshavealreadybeendone,morestudiesareneededtodeterminetheeffectsofmicrocomputer-assistedinstructioninvariousteachingsituations.

5．Theparentsofaseven-year-oldAustralianboywoketofindagiantpythoncrushingandtryingtoswallowhim.TheincidentoccurredinCairns,Queenslandandtheboy’smother,Mrs.Drydensaid:

“itwaslikeahorrormovie.Itwasahotnight.Hesuddenlystartedscreaming.Werushedtothebedroomtofindahugesnaketryingtostranglehim.”Mrs.Drydenandherhusband,Peter,triedtostabthecreaturewithknives,butthepythonbittheboyseveraltimesbeforeescaping.

3.2.Choosingappropriatestyles

Nowyouaregoingtowriteanessayinclassforyourteacher’sassignments.Whichofthefollowingsentencesyouwouldliketouseforyourwriting?

1.Hecouldn’tfinishhisworkinthetimegiven.

2.Thefirstsetofresultswerecompiledandpresentedbytheothergroupofstudents.

3.Iwouldliketofocusonthefollowingareasofresearch:

…

4.Theyarguedthatthismethodologywasunreliable.

5.Inaddition,thedatawasusedtofocusonthefollowinghypothesis.

6.IenjoyedmyEnglishclasswithyouandamhavingagoodexperiencethissemester.

7.AtabouttwelvepmonAugust21,1984,shetoldus,Icameoutofthekitchentotossoutsomewater.

8.We,atanyrate,willcontinuetokeepanopenmind.

9.IsthemenuatthattheFrenchrestaurantgivingyoutrouble?

ThenyoumightneedtheVoice,ahand-heldcomputerthattranslatesspokenEnglishintoFrench,Spanish,GermanorItalian.

10.Thereisanemergingconsensusthataconcertedeffortonanationallevelwillberequiredtocapturetheglitteringprizesthatanewtechnologyoffers.

No.

Y/N

Reason（s）foryourdecision

5

6

7

8

9

10

3.3.RewritingPractice

Rewritethefollowingpassageintoanacademicone.

Whyaretheresomanyjamsontheroadsthesedays?

Onethingisthatpublic

transportationliketrains,buses,etc.,issodear.Alongtimeagocarscostalotbutnow,unfortunately,they’vegotalotcheaper.Anotherthingisthatdrivingisalotnicerthanwaitingforabus.Thetroubleisthatifeveryonebuysacartheroadsgetpacked.

4WritingProject

ThefollowingisachecklistforwritinginacademicEnglish.Itisnotcomplete.UsetheInternet,books,textbooksandlecturers'

expertisetofindoutwhatotherconventionscouldbeappliedtousingacademicEnglish.Andmakealistoftheseconventionsandkeepthisforfuturereference.

WritingacademicEnglish

●Useacademicvoice

●Writewithstructuralcomplexity

●Avoidcasualstyle

●Distinguishformalandinformalwordsandphrases

●…

5.FinalChecklist