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thank you very much for your patience now if you want to speak more formally
at work or to write in a more formal manner at work or if you're studying
perhaps at a university or studying English for exams then these academic
words are going to be so helpful for you so today's lesson is 25 essential
academic English words
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loveenglish.co.uk so for each of these words guys I'm going to give you the meaning
and then the part of speech so for example noun verb adjective as well as
an example sentence okay number one number one is alternative alternative
which is a noun verb is to alternate to alternate so the stress changes there an
alternative of course means a different option so you might say there's an
alternative method instead of saying there's another method or you could say
alternatively in an essay and use the adverb rather than saying let's do it a
different way or on the other hand my example sentence is an alternative to
using petrol in cars is vegetable oil
number two an acquisition an acquisition which is a noun verb is to
acquire an acquisition is something that somebody has obtained or somebody has
got it can often be something which is considered to be important so an asset
to a company for example a new contract or a deal or a new building any of these
can be considered acquisitions example sentence is our most exciting recent
acquisition is the contract with Starbucks
number three is aspect an aspect an aspect is a part or a factor so you
could say one negative aspect of moving to another country is that sometimes you
can get culture shock number four analyse this is a verb the
noun is analysis analysis of the stress changes they're difficult words to spell
you have to remember how to spell those to analyse means to look at something in
detail or in depth and often to try and understand why something has happened so
this word is so common in academic writing so an example sentence would be
this paper will analyse the effects that climate change is having on smaller
world economies
now I have a little challenge for you guys do any of you know how you say the
plural of analysis what is the plural of analysis if you do know it then please
leave it in the comments for me below and you will definitely get a thumbs up from
me number five is a benefit or to benefit noun and verb are actually the
same same pronunciation now a benefit is something which is a good thing a good
factor a positive effect of something but we would not usually say this is a
good thing in academic writing we will say the benefits of using this approach
are or one of the benefits or a possible benefit so it's a much better way than
saying this is a good way or this is the best way or anything like that number
six is to conduct to conduct now this actually means to do or to carry out but
it's a much more formal way of saying that so if we say we have conducted
research this means we've done research so an example sentence would be recent
research has been conducted by the University of Oxford into effective
language teaching methods
number seven is consistent which is an adjective
now consistent means that something is acting or behaving in the same way over
a period of time so we would say this research is consistent with previous
research for example which would mean that the research is the same it's
revealed the same finding if we say rainfall has remained consistent
throughout the year we mean it stayed pretty much the same nothing too unusual
nothing that has varied too much from the previous pattern
number eight is context context which is a noun the adjective is contextual
now the context of something is actually what surrounds or is around a particular
thing so for example if we say different words have different meanings in
different contexts we mean that in different sentences with
different words around them a word can change meaning so the context is what
surrounds a situation who knows what the verb is guys if you know the verb then
leave it in the comments below and you'll get that thumbs up from me number
9 is consequence which is a noun we also use this frequently in the adverb which
is consequently consequently now the consequence is the result of something
or the outcome now for example if you want to say in an essay and then this
happened and then finally this happened you can change this and you can say a
consequence of this was or one of the consequences, a great example sentence
would be the consequences of this recent space phenomenon have not yet been fully
established
number 10 is to contribute which means to give , supply or even add to so you
might say losing my job contributed to my general feeling of unhappiness or
eating so much cake contributed to my weight gain a more academic example
would be the contributions from various academics have really added to the
veracity of this paper number 11 is crucial which is an adjective
this means very important if we say something is crucial we really are
emphasizing the importance of it a synonym is vital and an example sentence
would be it is crucial that we address the problem of climate change now
number twelve is to correspond to correspond now there are two meanings of
this word but one of the meanings is to have a close similarity so to almost
match actually so if you say this data corresponds with the findings from this
data you mean they almost match there is a
very close similarity between them what they are revealing is essentially the
same the second meaning of to correspond is of course to communicate we might for
example say I've correspond it with your colleague and this means I've had some
communication with your colleague but it's quite a formal way to say that now
an example sentence with the first meaning is the findings from early
archaeologists on ancient Egypt correspond with what has also been found
in the last decade
number thirteen is concept a concept the adjective is conceptual conceptual now a
concept is an idea it is something that is not in physical form yet it has been
conceived it's an idea an example sentence would be the concept of virtual
classrooms has now become a reality
number fourteen is established established there are many different
meanings of this word but essentially it means to set up or to put something in
place or something which is already matured and being accepted for example
so if we say that this research is established it means it's been around
for a little while it's accepted for example it's not something which is new
and people are not sure about but we can also talk about buildings foundations
organizations being established and this means set up or begun actually number 15
bit of a hard one this one and it is hegemony hegemony hegemony means
dominance really so if one group has hegemony over another group it means it
has dominance we often use this word when we talk about political ideologies
and social groups we might say for example that capitalism has hegemony in
many cultures at the moment means it has dominance it's the dominant ideology
really number sixteen is to indicate to indicate and this means to point towards
or to suggest very common word in academic writing much better than using
show or anything like that indicate sounds much more formal and also a
little bit more careful because it's saying it points towards this it doesn't
necessarily show it but it suggests it an example sentence would be the pattern
in these statistics has indicated that an economic boom is likely number
seventeen is impact usually in academic writing we say something has an impact
and this means an effect you'll often see something has a positive impact a
negative impact or we might say the impact of and then a noun an example
sentence would be the positive impact of modern medicine has been felt around the
world
number 18 is to identify to identify now to identify can mean to understand the
identity of something for example many people might identify particular species
of birds and insects and things like that but in academic writing we really
mean that somebody has found something or they've understood something in more
detail if we say science has identified cancer-causing genes it means they've
found these and they've understood them in a much better way so it can be used
in a much broader way in academic writing number 19 is lack a lack of
something usually we use this in the phrase a lack of now instead of writing
or saying there is not enough or a small number you can say there is a lack so
for example there is a lack of evidence on this matter it's a much more academic
way of saying not enough number twenty is perspective perspective and the verb
is to perceive perspective is a view how you view something so you might say my
perspective is or from my perspective so a lovely phrase that you could use in
your writing or speaking is one perspective on the matter is number 21
is significant significant and this means important or interesting you can
also say significantly which is the adverb and here you're really saying
importantly or something which we need to pay attention to significant can also
mean dramatic so if you say there has been a significant rise in students
studying English you mean a big rise yes you mean a dramatic rise number 22 is
phenomenon phenomenon not always an easy word to say phenomenon phenomenon manam
phenomenon a phenomenon is really a thing an occurrence something that has
happened so if you say this phenomenon you mean this thing that has happened
this fact this circumstance this thing but it's a much more academic way of
saying thing often when we talk about a phenomenon it's because there's
something interesting about it something that is perhaps
usual or that we need to pay attention to an example sentence would be many
theories have been put forward to explain this phenomenon
number 23 is potential potential means possible something that hasn't happened
yet but could happen often in academic writing and speaking we use this for
predicting or presenting what could happen for example a potential issue a
potential impact a potential benefit an example sentence would be we want all our
love English followers to reach their full potential number 24 is a variable a
variable and a variable is a changeable factor so in experiments and in science
and programming you will often hear people talking about variables and these
are the changeable factors that can be involved an example sentence would be
there are so many variables so it's difficult to know how reliable the
results will be
number 25 is veracity veracity and veracity means if something is true so
if we say the veracity of this research has been proved we mean the truth of
this research how reliable and accurate it is has been proved so we might refer
to things having veracity and things not having veracity okay everybody we've
come to the end of our 25 essential academic words I really hope those words
help to raise the standard of your writing and speaking sound more academic
and well perhaps a little bit more intelligent don't forget your homework
which I mentioned earlier in this lesson and you can also try using any of these
words in a sentence below and leave that for me in the comments and I will do my
best to check them as always thank you so much for watching and we'll see you
soon on love English bye bye