Academic writing style – package 2 – Using appropriate grammar

Answer

1	A sophisticated adverb
2	A complex sentence structure – The first part of the sentence before the comma is the main clause, or main idea of the sentence. The second part of the sentence after the comma gives the reason for the main idea.
3	The definition of the term ESL
4	Hedging – ‘largely’ shows the reader that the author is being cautious. Without using the word ‘largely’ the reader would assume that students’ academic success depends completely* on their ability to demonstrate academic competence through written assessment tasks*.
5	Predominant use of the present tense
6	Listing
7	The passive voice
8	Full forms of words
9	A complex noun phrase – Note how the noun ‘development’ becomes more complex: The development The development of policies The development of assessment* policies* The development of departmental and institutional* assessment policies* The development of appropriate* departmental and institutional assessment policies*
10	Formal academic vocabulary

	Extracts	Linguistic Features
1	Precisely	A sophisticated adverb Ans: A sophisticated adverb
2	Precisely how lecturers assess the written work of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an important issue for Australian universities, as International and English as a Second Language (ESL) students make up a significant proportion of the student cohort, …	A complex sentence structure Ans: A complex sentence structure
3	English as a Second Language (ESL) students	The definition of the term ESL Ans: The definition of the term ESL
4	students’ academic success depends largely on their ability to	Hedging Ans: Hedging
5	The paper reports on the preliminary findings from a study investigating how lecturers assess students’ academic writing.	Predominant use of the present tense Ans: Predominant use of the present tense
6	Issues related to reliability, bias and equity ...	Listing Ans: Listing
7	Issues related to reliability, bias and equity are discussed in the paper and it is argued that …	The passive voice Ans: The passive voice
8	it is argued that …	Full forms of words Ans: Full forms of words
9	the development of appropriate departmental and institutional assessment policies	A complex noun phrase Ans: A complex noun phrase
10	precisely, issue, proportion, significant, demonstrate, cultural, preliminary, factors, deviates, bias, investigating, reliability	Formal academic vocabulary Ans: Formal academic vocabulary