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These slides are meant for the students of the Lingua inglese 1 module (502SL-1) at the University of Trieste. No part of these slides may be duplicated, distributed or made publicly available in any form.

Lingua inglese - 1

CIAPG academic year 2024/2025

https://xkcd.com/2421/

Oct, 24th

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what's your special word in English?

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understand, synthesize, write texts on a range of topics using academic English

- main features of short essay genre - focus on essay types (compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem-solution etc.) - academic vocabulary (key nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, fixed phrases) - collocations and colligations

Academic English

What is academic English?

According to doctor Karen Ottewell [...], at its most basic, Academic English is the variety of the English language that we use to share research. Research refers to the process of answering a research question by creating an argument that is supported through critical analysis and the use of evidence. We use Academic English to reach a wide general academic audience in an attempt to persuade them that the argument we have created to answer our academic question is an effective one.

According to doctor Karen Ottewell [...], at its most basic, Academic English is the variety of the English language that we use to share research. Research refers to the process of answering a research question by creating an argument that is supported through critical analysis and the use of evidence. We use Academic English to reach a wide general academic audience in an attempt to persuade them that the argument we have created to answer our academic question is an effective one.

According to doctor Karen Ottewell [...], at its most basic, Academic English is the variety of the English language that we use to share research. Research refers to the process of answering a research question by creating an argument that is supported through critical analysis and the use of evidence. We use Academic English to reach a wide general academic audience in an attempt to persuade them that the argument we have created to answer our academic question is an effective one.

According to doctor Karen Ottewell [...], at its most basic, Academic English is the variety of the English language that we use to share research. Research refers to the process of answering a research question by creating an argument that is supported through critical analysis and the use of evidence. We use Academic English to reach a wide general academic audience in an attempt to persuade them that the argument we have created to answer our academic question is an effective one.

According to doctor Karen Ottewell [...], at its most basic, Academic English is the variety of the English language that we use to share research. Research refers to the process of answering a research question by creating an argument that is supported through critical analysis and the use of evidence. We use Academic English to reach a wide general academic audience in an attempt to persuade them that the argument we have created to answer our academic question is an effective one.

Expert user of a language?

  • a brief definition
  • broad, general features
  • relevance
  • collocation types

Collocations

more open

fixed/very strong

combinations of words which tend to occur together

Collocations

  • more accurate use of language (e.g. avoid interference from other known languages)
  • more natural use of language (e.g. establish your credibility, state your authority)
  • alternative ways to say/write something
  • better understanding of spoken/written texts
  • appreciation of creative, meaningful departures from expected language patterns
  • to craft better translations

Collocations

adjective+noun (by far the most common type, e.g. idle threat, vain hope) verb+noun (the second most common type, e.g. withstand pressure/scrutiny) noun+noun (e.g. a stroke of luck, background information) adverb+adjective (e.g. ridiculously expensive, broadly similar, virtually impossible) adverb+past participle (e.g. closely connected [to/with], highly recommended) adverb+verb (e.g. briefly describe, closely resemble, strongly agree) verb+adverb (e.g. communicate effectively, think differently, vary significantly) verb+adjective (e.g. become aware, make available, prove useful, seem unlikely)

Collocations

Creating a collocation bank

on/into

Units 29, 31, 32

Academic Vocabulary in Use

Units 1, 2, 4, 5

English Collocations in Use

Assignment

L4

01:15 - 03:45

Oct, 31st