Academic Reading Analysis

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In the article “Understanding academic language and its connection to school success” by Elizabeth Brooke, Carlyn Friedberg and Alison Mitchell, (2016) the authors express the importance of proficiency in academic language for reading comprehension and academic success. The authors’ purpose is to inform educators, policy makers and to an extent, tutors of English language learners, on ways to accomplish proficiency in academic language. This is evident in the writers’ use of the expository mode of writing as the writers communicate imperative information to the reader and explain the topic in a logical manner. This commentary is a general assessment, which attempts to critique the discourse, purpose, organizational structure, technique and …show more content…

The intentions and purpose of the piece are clear as the mode of writing is obvious and strongly supports the resolution of the article. The extract is intelligible to the chosen reader and its logical presentation benefits the organization of the piece. The use of the problem solution device was utilised successfully as it produced verifiable information to the reader. Furthermore the devices used are relevant to the authors’ purpose and they are appropriate for the discourse and mode of writing presented.

In the first paragraph the writers briefly described academic language, explained its importance to students and expressed the critical need for it in the thesis statement: ‘Proficiency in these skills otherwise known as academic language, is critical for reading comprehension and overall academic success.’ This was noted as a successful opening paragraph as it highlighted the thesis statement. However the two subsequent paragraphs seemed to link with the opening paragraph to form an introduction. This was perceived, as the writers provided the purpose and audience in these supplementary …show more content…

The writers deliberately explained this by using the technical device, classification, in order to arrange the characteristics of learning academic language for different levels of students thereby enabling the reader to categorize the best methods and tools needed for teaching different levels of learners. This was utilized effectively as it explained specific needs of the students and definitive practices for the

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