The Use of Academic Language and Linguistics Register When Writing a Linguistics Essay.

Abstract

The overall aim of the present research is to evaluate students’ writings in terms of using features of academic language, appropriate linguistics register variables, and the structure of an essay. In addition, this research develops a definition of academic language and its features, presents the notion of linguistics register variables, and tackles the linguistics essay in generale as well as its structure. The research methods in this dissertation include the collection and analysis of a sample of the written data, i.e, students’ exam papers and a questionnaire deliverd to the students . The findings from this analysis show that students in the English Department at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret, do not employ features of academic language and the appropriate linguistics register in their essays. So, this dissertation recommends that there should be explicit instructions and practice provided by teachers about the nature of academic language and its features.