What is academic writing?

What is academic writing?

February 22, 2022










In the first meeting in the academic writing course, I think that this course would be complex because when I read "academic" it's absolutely riskier about the rules. As we know that writing is used to communicate one's knowledge in the form of writing or text so that other people who are fluent in the language can read and understand the ideas conveyed (Naglieri J.A, 2011). Meanwhile, academic writing is a formal style used in colleges and universities. As defined by Andrew Kemp (2007)  academic writing is the writing style found in scholarly writing in education. Unlike many content areas, educational writing can cover any area from biology to economics, from literature to history, and from curriculum to instruction. 

Academic writing also has some characteristics or rules to write on. Because in education, both students and researchers have to follow the rules to publish their work. Some of them are; clear, concise, focused, structured and backed up by evidence, has a formal tone and style like APA style, but it is not complex and does not require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary.  Academic writings are “written and printed” reports (Day, 2005, p. 9) that describe “original research results”, “with a strongly structured intellectual system” (Bayat, 2014: 157), that requires “logic, clarity, truth” (Aceto, 2003, p. 8). In addition, “In academic writing, it is necessary to produce logically structured ideas with well-thought-out, verified points and to consider different opinions” (Gillet, Hammond & Martala, 2009, p. 88). 
 
Besides that, there are many problems in writing both in the process and even in the beginning. Like topic selection, “In academic writing, it is necessary to produce logically structured ideas with well-thought-out, verified points and to consider different opinions” (Gillet, Hammond & Martala, 2009, p. 88). Swarni (2016) said that some urgent things should be paid attention to in writing such as grammar, choice of words, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, vocabulary, and unity among the paragraph. According to, Alfaki (2015) university students have various writing problems: language problems at the levels of morphology and syntax, usage errors, mechanical mistakes, that is, spelling, punctuation and capitalisation, lack of several writing development skills, cognitive problems and graphomotor problems. 
Nowadays writing is not only with pen and paper but we also use technology, which is called " digital writing". Digital writing is the art and practice of preparing documents primarily by computer and often for online delivery. Peterson-Karlan (2011) discusses some of the benefits of digital writing: Technology-supported writing can advance all phases of writing planning, transcribing, editing, and revising using tools. But technology also enables writing in new ways. Technology provides new sources for and means of obtaining information (e.g., the Internet, search engines) and enables sharing, editing, and collaboration among writers, teachers, and peers  



Komentar

  1. Juwita Melinda Bauty28 Mei 2022 pukul 20.27

    Clear explanation, keep it up!

    BalasHapus
  2. Nurul Habibatur31 Mei 2022 pukul 02.16

    i am agree with your argument, easy to understand!

    BalasHapus
  3. Elda Nabila31 Mei 2022 pukul 02.51

    Seems like you enjoy the first meet of academic writing class!!^

    BalasHapus

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