Academic Vocabulary

6 Minute Vocabulary

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Hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

.

I'm

Neal

.

And

I'm

.

Today's

program

is

all

about

academic

English

.

If

you

are

going

to

study

or

you

are

studying

at

an

English

speaking

university

,

you

might

be

wondering

how

you'll

cope

with

understanding

lectures

and

academic

texts

and

writing

essays

.

Yes

,

academic

English

is

different

to

the

English

.

People

speak

and

write

every

day

.

It's

more

formal

and

uses

higher

level

words

.

So

in

today's

program

,

we'll

give

you

ideas

for

understanding

words

and

phrases

that

you'll

come

across

.

And

some

advice

for

writing

essays

and

giving

presentations

will

also

give

you

for

studying

in

English

.

But

first

,

let's

look

at

three

main

features

of

academic

English

,

difficult

English

vocabulary

,

specialist

subject

,

vocabulary

and

language

for

organizing

essays

and

presentations

.

Now

,

when

you

come

across

a

word

you

don't

know

in

an

academic

text

or

lecture

,

you

can

try

to

guess

its

meaning

by

looking

at

the

context

or

by

seeing

if

the

word

looks

like

a

word

in

your

own

language

.

This

is

a

particularly

useful

strategy

if

your

own

language

has

lots

of

words

from

a

Greek

or

Latin

,

as

many

of

the

words

used

in

academic

English

come

from

those

languages

.

Words

,

for

example

,

like

microscopic

,

which

means

tiny

or

analysis

,

which

means

study

or

regeneration

,

which

means

renewal

.

Another

strategy

for

working

out

the

meaning

is

to

look

at

how

a

word

is

constructed

.

Academic

English

words

often

have

prefixes

and

suffixes

.

Remember

,

a

prefix

comes

before

the

main

part

of

the

word

and

can

change

words

.

Meaning

,

for

example

,

the

prefix

D

spelt

d

e

means

removing

something

or

reversing

something

.

So

D

population

means

a

reduction

in

the

number

of

people

somewhere

and

deforestation

means

clearing

of

trees

from

an

area

.

Suffixes

are

attached

to

the

end

of

words

.

A

common

suffix

in

English

is

spelled

i

.

S

e

examples

of

words

with

eyes

or

stabilize

characterize

and

specialize

.

And

these

words

are

spelled

with

a

z

e

in

American

English

.

That's

right

.

They

are

now

another

common

suffix

is

eight

spelt

a

t

e

words

with

this

suffix

differentiate

and

duplicate

specialist

subject

words

may

also

cause

difficulty

.

Now

you

can

help

yourself

in

two

ways

.

Firstly

,

prepare

yourself

before

lectures

Yes

,

and

to

help

yourself

with

this

get

hold

of

an

English

English

dictionary

and

an

English

subject

dictionary

,

for

example

,

of

medicine

or

law

or

linguistics

.

And

secondly

,

listen

to

English

radio

and

watch

TV

.

Now

there

are

lots

of

specialist

features

which

can

help

improve

both

your

general

and

specialist

English

.

And

of

course

,

the

BBC

website

has

sections

which

have

stories

on

technology

and

science

and

arts

,

which

can

also

help

when

writing

your

academic

piece

or

giving

a

presentation

.

You'll

need

to

structure

and

organize

your

writing

or

presentation

by

using

signposting

language

.

You

use

signposts

to

indicate

important

parts

of

your

essay

,

such

as

stating

its

purpose

,

its

structure

,

your

views

,

the

main

points

and

the

direction

of

the

argument

and

the

conclusions

at

the

end

as

well

.

Linking

words

and

phrases

show

connections

between

sentences

and

paragraphs

.

Yes

.

So

let's

give

some

examples

of

signposts

,

firstly

,

for

starting

a

piece

of

writing

.

The

aim

of

this

study

is

to

this

essay

argues

that

.

Yes

.

And

how

about

for

ending

it

finally

in

conclusion

and

some

examples

of

linking

words

and

phrases

are

firstly

,

secondly

,

finally

and

for

adding

something

you

could

write

in

addition

.

Furthermore

,

and

if

you

want

to

show

contrast

,

you

might

write

.

However

,

nevertheless

,

on

the

other

hand

,

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for

some

tips

for

getting

the

best

out

of

studying

in

English

.

OK

,

here's

a

good

one

.

Have

a

study

buddy

.

That's

someone

you

can

study

with

.

You

can

test

each

other

and

support

each

other

.

And

another

one

set

aside

time

for

regular

language

study

in

addition

to

your

academic

study

.

Time

for

a

quiz

.

Complete

the

sentences

,

No

one

,

many

words

in

academic

English

come

from

a

Latin

word

,

the

American

words

or

see

newspapers

.

It's

a

Latin

words

,

Now

question

to

a

good

way

to

start

an

essay

is

A

,

for

example

,

B

,

in

conclusion

,

or

C

,

this

essay

argues

that

and

it's

C

,

this

essay

argues

that

.

And

the

last

question

is

a

good

way

to

end

an

essay

is

a

on

the

other

hand

,

B

in

conclusion

or

C

in

addition

.

And

the

answer

is

B

in

conclusion

.

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