What we read
In "Common Features of All Academic Writing" (2013), Sandra Cottrell introduces nine features that typically make academic writing distinct from other forms of writing. There are:
- the use of sources
- comparing and contrasting options
- the use of criteria to evaluate
- showing awareness of complexities
- following an argument
- making a decision (taking a stand)
- following a set structure
- being discursive
and - being emotionally neutral
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My questions
- Which of the nine elements that Cottrell introduces do you think is the biggest problem in your culture? Why?
- Which one do you think you need to work on more in your own writing?
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Reference
- Cottrell, S. (2013). Common features of all academic writing. In L. Rogers & J. Wilkin. Skillful Reading & Writing: Student's Book 2 (p. 46). Oxford: Macmillan Education
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