× PREFACE
  CHAPTER 1
What is Academic English?
  CHAPTER 2
Academic Vocabulary
  CHAPTER 3
Useful Sentence Structures and Language for Academic Writing
  CHAPTER 4
Paraphrasing, Summarising and Quoting
  CHAPTER 5
Paragraph Structure
  CHAPTER 6
Common Academic Text Structures



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Chapter 1: What is Academic English?

1a: Academic English vs Everyday English

Academic English is different from everyday English. They can be found in different types of texts.

 Activity 1

Below is a list of text types. Match each of the text types in the word box to the appropriate type of English by putting it under either "Academic English" or "Everyday English".

Geography textbooks

advertisements

diary entries

science reports

essays

romance novels

information books

journal articles

research papers

restaurant reviews

play scripts

encyclopedias

Academic English


Everyday English



 Activity 1

Decide if Academic English or Everyday English is used in each of the following text types.

Academic English Everyday English
Geography textbooks
advertisements
diary entries
science reports
essays
romance novels
information books
journal articles
research papers
restaurant reviews
play scripts
encyclopedias