Academic Writing

One of the most important things in Academic Writing is to be precise and specific, something that normally we don’t do. We have to try focusing on one thing at the time instead of talking about everything. Academic writing involves thinking, to be reflective and critical about the topics at study.
Academic writing also is based in having an Argument, in other words, knowledgeable information. One argument needs a strong thesis statement. Academic way looks to prove something through examples and analyses. By examining the argument, and backing it up, it’s easy to see the way your mind works.
Just like we read in one of the articles, academic writing is centred on questions of interest to the academic community (from scholars to scholars). Sometimes it’s very improbable that you can get away with general and almost meaningless topics. That’s why the academic community expects that you fully analyze the texts you read.
For me, other crucial difference between Academic Writing and High School Writing is the professor expectations because the papers are judged by a much higher standard. You will not just be judged on the quality of your ideas alone, but also on your presentation of those ideas, so you will be expected to have perfect grammar, spelling, and structure. It may sound difficult, more for foreigners like us, but I think that being forced to write in an academic environment is one of the best methods to learn how to think.
I’m sure that after our own Masters and after living immersed in an Academic environment, writing and critical thinking will improve, I’m conscious it means hard work and a lot of frustration but I hope with a happy ending.