ATS1340 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES WORKBOOK 1 ISSUE 2 | Page 5

24. Good academic writing should adopt a formal, understated tone. T F DK
25. “Nowadays” is an unwelcome term in academic writing. T F DK
26. Never use the verb ‘happen’ in academic writing. T F DK
27. A key requirement of academic writing is to engage with the positions of a range of
experts in the field of discussion. T F DK
28. ‘However’, ‘yet’ and ‘alternatively’ are all useful transitions of consequence. T F DK
29. ‘Indeed’, ‘in fact’ and ‘obviously’ are excessively rhetorical and best avoided in
academic writing. T F DK
30. The application of hedging is a sufficient condition for effective academic writing.
T F DK
31. Too much hedging can detract from the reception of a student’s academic writing.
T F DK
32. Indicating the conceptual relationships between the authors your discussing
(contrast, addition) is a very high level feature of advanced academic writing. T F DK
Six sentence types that could constitute an effective introduction:
1. Program sentence (the structure of your essay 1st, 2nd, 3rd….)
2. Methodology sentence (how you will obtain evidence to support your argument (case studies, statistics)
3. Narrow topic sentence (where you specify the exact issue of problem you will analyse)
4. General topic sentence (where you scope the broad area of debate/analysis with which you are
engaging)
5. Thesis sentence (where you state the argument you will be developing in your critical discussion)
6. Issue sentence (What’s the problem? What are the contrasting positions that make the debate?)
Read the following sentences and identify each sentence according to the types listed above.
This essay will consider a number of scholarly explanations for the so-called “baby crash” as well as
statistical evidence. Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
The best explanation, I believe, is to be found in the condition of increased economic insecurity faced by
the young. Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
Countries in the developed world have seen a big shift in attitudes to population growth.
Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
Nowadays, however, the concern is the reverse – that birth rates are falling too low and that urgent action is
needed to encourage people to have more children.
Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
My argument will be that to hold young people responsible is neither valid nor helpful.
Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
But what are the causes of this trend? And how much are the attitudes and lifestyles of young people to
blame? Sentence type: _____________________________________________________
Several generations ago, it was generally believed that too many babies were being born, and that societies
should try to reduce their populations.
Sentence type: _____________________________________________________

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