English Academic Writing - Summary
Use textbooks 1. Academic Vocabulary in Use 2. Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts, etc. 3. others Use web resources and tools 1. General web tools: word lists, phrase banks, AWL exercises, etc. 2. Specific tools that enable you to make your own questions, example sentences, etc.: AWL Highlighter, AWL Gapmaker, Compleat Lexical Tutor. Read a lot 1. Native speakers build their (generally unconscious) knowledge of phrases through leisure reading. 2. Read papers in your field, fiction, magazines, etc. 3. Sometimes shift your focus to form .