Features of academic writing style

Features of academic writing style

Academic writing is a style of presenting scientific papers. It represents the ability to express thoughts in scientific papers in a concise and accessible form. This style is distinguished by:

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  the presence of certain requirements for the structure of the text and its design;
  
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  the use of a scientific or journalistic style of presentation;
  
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  the ability to argue and paraphrase;
  
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  the ability to correctly insert links and draw up a list of references.
  

Academic writing is characterized by a concentration on the problem being described, and not on the expression of personal opinion. Instead of the first person, it is preferable to use the third, to avoid using colloquial vocabulary, abbreviations, phraseological units. Unlike other styles, here it is allowed to repeat the same words for a better understanding of the material, less often synonyms are used. The academic style of storytelling is used in higher education institutions to maintain educational and scientific ties between countries. With its help, students, graduate students and more experienced scientists write reports, term papers and develop research activities outside their native state. The principles of this style of writing are guided by editors of international scientific journals, so it is necessary to master its skills for every scientist who wants to succeed in the world of science and publish scientific works abroad. Researchers from foreign countries have long been using academic writing. In addition, English-speaking scientists also make a major contribution to its development. In our country, knowledge of the academic style is not so actively disseminated, although scientists from various fields - philologists, linguists, sociopsychologists, information technology specialists - are engaged in solving the problem. When writing any text within the framework of academic writing, its peculiarities should be taken into account. So, a scientific text as a basic model of academic writing should have a simple structure, consisting of an introduction, a main part and a traditional conclusion.

The introductory part briefly reveals the topic, introduces the reader to the course of the matter. In the main part, the author refers to scientific research on the topic and presents his own vision of the problem under study. In the conclusion, conclusions are drawn, further prospects are outlined in the issue under study, forecasts are made. When constructing sentences, using special terminology and professional abbreviations of terms, the author must understand for which audience he is writing. When reading, there should be no questions left, the topic should be fully disclosed and understandable. It is important to study the academic style for graduate students, teachers and novice scientists engaged in science and submitting their works to international journals, and the acquired skill will be useful not only in science, but also in work. Great importance is attached to the consistency and consistency of the narrative; the presence of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors is unacceptable. When studying English academic writing, regular practice, teaching grammar and stylistic rules is important.