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.



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