January, 2020Newsletter
This is the newsletter for January 2020.
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Updates, January 2020 |
Videos, videos, videos! Plus, some webpages in the
Writing Skills section.
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Introducing EAP Shorts
EAP Shorts
is a new series of short (2-4') videos explaining some of the basics of EAP. They are purely visual (no voice-over, just catchy soundtracks).
There will be a new video every two weeks. The first two have already been released.
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Hedging in Academic Writing
Hedging, also called cautious or tentative language, is a way of softening the language by making the claims or conclusions
less absolute. Caution is expressed using introductory verbs (such as tend to or seem to), modals (e.g. may or
could), and various adverbs, adjectives and nouns (e.g. possibly, probable, indication).
Read: Hedging in academic writing
Watch: Hedging YouTube video
Check out: Hedging infographic
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Writing numbers in academic writing
It can be difficult to know when to use words and when to use numerals in academic writing (e.g. five or 5, 1 million or 1,000,000).
To complicate matters, different systems such as MLA and APA have different requirements.
Read:
Writing numbers in academic writing
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donating on Patreon.
These funds will help to pay for website hosting, podcast hosting and video software subscriptions, so I can keep posting new pages and
adding free resources, as well as for the newsletter, so you can keep getting news about the website and EAP.
If you're not sure what Patreon is,
you can find out more in this short video.
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