Writing: Style, Tone & Register C1 - Lesson 8: Achieving a Professional & Academic Tone

C1 Writing: Academic Tone

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The Academic Lens

Objective & Precise

Academic writing acts as a filter. It removes personal feelings, casual speech, and ambiguity to leave only facts and arguments.

1. No Contractions Can't / Don't → Cannot / Do not

2. No Personal Pronouns ("I") I think... → It is argued that...

3. No Phrasal Verbs Look into → Investigate

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Vocabulary Matrix

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Get

Help

Need

Bad

Show

Look at

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The Editor

Fix the highlighted errors

Many people say that technology is changing education.

However, it's got bad effects on attention spans.

Therefore, we must look at what happens carefully.

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Mission

Rewrite & Refine

Original Text:

"I think that we can't ignore climate change. It's getting really bad, and we need to come up with a plan to fix it."

Your Task: Rewrite in your notebook.

• Remove "I think" (Use "It is evident that...").
• Change "can't" to "cannot".
• Change "getting really bad" to "becoming severe".
• Change "come up with" to "devise/formulate".