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Signpost language in presentations
A previous post on signpost language in introductions highlighted the fact that signpost language is used extensively in English academic writing and is part of the Anglo-Saxon style. Because signpost…
Signpost language in introductions
Continental writers often find the extensive use of signpost language in Anglo-Saxon academic writing surprising. Examples of signpost language include phrases such as This paper will explore how…; This study…
Creating a Research Space
Swales’ Create-a-Research-Space (CARS) model of research article introductions Just as plants compete for light and space, so writers of research papers compete for acceptance and recognition. In order to obtain…
Manchester Academic Phrasebank
The freely available online Academic Phrasebank contains hundreds of sentence templates for the rhetorical moves typically used in academic dissertations and research papers. (A ‘rhetorical move’ is realized in a…
Academic style key concepts
Some key characteristics of English academic style are as follows: formal, structured, impersonal, objective, concise, cautious, clear, objective, evidence-based, consistent, reader-oriented Academic English makes extensive use of the following: signpost…