Academic Style学术英语特点.pptVIP

). Features of Academic English According to the investigation, …can never happen… Feature 1: Making tentative statements ( 不要太绝对，话不要太满） Why? You don’t want to sound dogmatic(武断, 固执己见). Even if you have a lot of evidence in support of your argument – you want to demonstrate your awareness that other interpretations or conclusions are plausible or that future research might refute your thesis. How can we make tentative statements? modals (could, may/might), Verbs (indicate that, suggest that, it seems that, It appears that) adverbs (maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, mostly) Adjectives (possible, probable, likely, unlikely) From the above analysis, we can see the Internet plays a significant role in our daily life. Feature 2: Objectivity (客观) Why: Since the emphasis of academic writing is on intellectual ideas and factual information rather than on emotions or individual experiences, you should avoid expressing personal opinions arising out of intuition, feeling, prejudice or your own experience. How: From the above analysis, it can be inferred that…… The above analysis seems to indicate that the Internet plays a significant role in our daily life. According to the above analysis, …… We conducted research on the breeding (繁殖) habits of marsupials( 有袋目动物)in the north-west region of Victoria. Feature 3: Use of passive voice Why: Academic writing traditionally uses the passive voice so that the use of WE, I and other pronouns is minimized. How: Research was conducted on the breeding habits of marsupials in the north-west region of Victoria. Germany invaded Poland in 1939. This was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Second World War. Feature 4: Nominalisation 名词化 Why: Another common feature of academic writing is nominalisation, whereby actions/processes (verbs) become things (nouns). This practice enables more information to be Compacted (压缩) into a singl