What resources can help you acquire new language?

English-only dictionary

Advantages: Reading the definition of a word in context (and in the target language), makes it more likely to be remembered in future.

Disadvantages: Definitions can be difficult to understand; it is not always clear what you need to look up.

Electronic/online dictionaries

Advantages: They are quick and easy to use

Disadvantages: Students can become over reliant on them. They may also simply insert the longest/most complicated word they find, rather than the word which is most appropriate.

Online corpora

Advantages: Can help you to see if the word is commonly used in academic or political English.

Disadvantages:Can be challenging to use if you are unfamiliar with them.

Activation

Using some of the strategies, rewrite the following passage using less repetition of the same language

Reusing identical language in academic writing is considered bad style by most academics. Reading identical language gives the impression that your knowledge of subject is also poor, whereas you might actually know quite a lot. A range of language will make your academic writing sound more professional and interesting.

How can you avoid using vague and unnecessary words?

“Good prose is like a window pane”

George Orwell

Reflection

Look at these statements and decide if you agree or disagree.

1 I think that longer phrases sound more ‘academic’.

2. I use lots of extra words in order to reach the word count.

3. I often translate phrases into English word-for-word.

4. Sometimes I do not know the word I need, so I use a vague word instead (e.g., thing).

Contextualization

Read through the following passage and underline any language you think is vague or unnecessary.

Rewrite the passage accordingly

Thus, with regard to introduction, the general consensus of opinion is that a number of factors have to be concluded. Questions still remain, as to what the appropriate length of an introduction should be. Yet, taking all this into account, despite the fact that students are often able to use language well, until such a point in time as they are able to avoid using an excessive number of words, they will in no way be able to write good introduction.

Thus, regarding introductions

What common redundancies and tautologies exist in academic English?

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