Academic English Vocabulary and Synonyms
Description: In today's free English lesson, learn what it means to take your English to the next level. Work on sounding more intelligent, more academic and more like a native speaker with these great tips for improving your academic vocabulary.
TRANSCRIPT: "Hi guys my name is Miqueas at SOLEX college in downtown Chicago. Today I'm going to be sharing the academic language or vocabulary which can make you sound more intelligent, more like a native speaker and it's very useful for your writing.
Let's start, so first we have this sentence: "I'm going to look at two examples of the differences between cats and dogs." That's the first sentence. The second sentence is a little bit different. "I am going to analyze and compare two case studies on cats and dogs." So, if you're looking very closely at these sentences you'll notice there are some differences in vocabulary. We've changed "look at" to "analyze". Instead of "two examples" we've used "compare". I'm comparing two examples.
Here, we've replaced words again, "two examples" to "case studies". This is just a vocabulary word that makes it sound a little bit more academic.
"I will first start by making a survey to tell the differences between the two." Let's look at our academic example. I will "commence", which means to "start", by "constructing", which means the same thing as "make".
"An informative", why do we use "informative"? Just because it's a word that gives us more detail of the survey. An "informative" survey to "differentiate" or tell the differences between the two. Now changing all of these words really makes you sound like you know what you're talking about. You are using the expansion of the English vocabulary.
Let me go ahead and next, give you some lists of these words so that you have some specific vocabulary that you can use. Ok, so here is the list of vocabulary that I've promised you in categories. First, you have "make", then "analyze", then "apply". So think about what it is you would like to do in your writing. For example, if you would like to use "make" think about using one of these words which again, will give you more of an academic edge. It's very different to say "I have made a plan" than "I have devised a plan." These words have a very similar meaning to this original word. Again, analyze you have "classify", "compare", "contrast", "differentiate", "link", and "survey". In "Apply": "carry out". "I have carried out a study", or "I have carried out a survey" sounds very different than "I have done a survey." It sounds more academic, more intelligent. "Conduct", "calculate", "demonstrate", "implement", "present". "Construct", "compose", "devise", "formulate", "integrate", "produce".
There are many words that you can find on the Internet. I definitely recommend you to look over these lists here, utilize them, look at academic texts or readings look for these words and the way that they use them. Look for words on the Internet, use them in your writing. Keep working on your English. Like and subscribe to our page and good luck."
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