研究生学术英语写作教程Unit 1 Understanding Academic English.pdf

Unit1UnderstandingAcademicEnglish

Objectives:

-Learnthepurposeofthiscourse

-Gettounderstanddifferentvoicesthatpeopleoftenuseintheircommunication

-UnderstandfeaturesofacademicEnglish

-BuildyourlearningabilityviatheInternet

-Meetyourteacherandnewclassmates

Contents

-Teacher’sintroduction

-Readinganddiscussion:How’syourvoice?

-Languagefocus:wordchoice,andstructuralcomplexity

-Writingpractice:understandingdifferentstyles

-Rewritingpractice:consolidatingacademicEnglishwritingskills

-Classroomextension:InternetsurveyonfeaturesofacademicEnglish

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1.ReadingActivity

1.1Pre-readingTask

Doyouknowhowtowriteapapewithanacademicvoice?MostChinese

studentsuseonlythecasualvoicefortheirdailylifepurposes,whichdoesnotfitthe

academicwritingstyle.Whenyoucanlearntouseanacademicvoiceandaformal

writingstyle,youwillgainauthorityandrespectforyourselfasaresearcheraswell

asaresearchwriter.

Readthefollowingthreetextswithdifferentkindsofvoiceandtellwhatthey

differin.

1.2ReadingPassage

HOW’SYOURVOICE?

CasualVoiceConsultativeVoiceAcademicVoice

Hey,dude,nowayyouYou’renotallowedtositinThisareamustbekept

cansithere!thisarea,becauseit’saclearforfoottraffic.

safetyconcern.

Huzzah!Wewon!WebeatI’msogladforourteam,theTheFightingAardvarks

‘em!Ha!BlueVampires.greatFightingAardvarks,claimedvictoryoverthe

Theythinkthey’resogreat.andnowtogetherweBlueVampiresinthe

Weshowed‘em.Go