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Academic Literacy
What is academic?
Academic is used to describe work, or a school, college, or university, that places emphasis on studying and reasoning rather than on practical or technical skills.
What is literacy?
Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.
Basic kinds or genre of communication (literacy)
Information
How to
Encourage
Comfort
Challenge
Persuade
Adding the spice to communication
Narrative
Metaphor
Simile
Illustration
Compare and/or contrast
Problem solving
Treasure hunting
The Importance of words
What is a word?
In linguistics, a word of a spoken language can be defined as the smallest sequence of phonemes that can be uttered in isolation with objective or practical meaning.
Words are often grouped under fields of study, trades, careers, hobbies, sports, cultures.
The more words you know the more you will be able to think, engage in conversation, and understand complex concepts, ideas, and points of view.
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