Academic Writing: Contrasting – How to Describe Differences
Academic Writing: Comparing – How to Describe Similarities
Many students often struggle with being repetitive when they write a term paper or an essay in which they want to compare two periods/authors/novels/situations/… to one another. In order to avoid repetitiveness, it is reasonable to employ various different...
Academic Writing: How do we use gender-inclusive language in academic writing?
Language shapes the way we think. Lera Boroditsky, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at University of California San Diego, supported this statement with her contribution to the TED conference in Monterey, CA by giving several examples from languages all over...
Academic Writing: How I almost failed my bachelor’s thesis
A guest post by an anonymous student I am a procrastinator. I do not know if it is because I work best under pressure or if I am simply used to working well under pressure, the ultimate result stays the same. This is an example of doing things the wrong way.The great...
Academic Writing: How to Express Your Personal Opinion
In certain writing tasks that you are required to do for university, for example essays, you will be asked to give your opinion on the topic at hand. There are several different ways to do this: A distinction is made between expressions and phrases that emphasize your...
Creating textual cohesion
Cohesion, that sense of smooth flow from one part of a text to the next, is an essential feature of effective academic writing in English. There are a number of ways to create cohesion in your own writing. Cohesion is generally created on the higher-order level, by...Gefördert vom
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