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It has been designed by the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre and is targeted at undergraduate students currently studying at the University of Toronto Mississauga.  \nIn this video, you will be exposed to the difficulties many students face when making the transition from conversational language to academic language. There are a few key things to remember when thinking about expanding your academic vocabulary. First, it doesn’t happen overnight. Building up an academic word bank takes time and you must be willing to accept the learning curve and be willing to put in the effort. Second, academic vocabulary isn’t universal. It is often very discipline specific and there are countless technical terms that go along with each subject. For example, science students are going to need words like equilibrium, homeostasis and phylogenetic but humanities students are not likely to come across this vocabulary, instead, they may focus on words like pedagogy, assemblage, and ethnicity. Knowing these differences is important, but it’s just one step in the process.  \nAs a student, you will be expected to adopt an academic tone when you write and speak. This tone is more than just knowing the discipline specific terms. It’s about making the transition from conversational language, which is the language we use everyday, to an academic language. You are, essentially learning another language, or at the very least, learning more about language. If English isn’t your first language, this can be an even bigger challenge. This is because English Language Learners have usually spent their lives learning conversational English, so using academic jargon means additional translation work, which means more time, and more effort.  \nIn developing your academic vocabulary you may need to think of things in a more abstract way.  \nConversational vocabulary might include concrete words like money, fighting and police. In an academic  \nsetting these might become capitalism, violence and law enforcement. It might seem like a small difference, but it can be significant in an academic paper.  \nBut!  \nDon’t despair just yet, as there are ways that you can improve your academic vocabulary.  \nFirst…READ. This should be fairly obvious and something you are doing already, but by reading academic journals, or essays, or reports in your discipline, you will start to get an idea of how the academic vocabulary works in your field. The more exposure you get to academic vocabulary, the more likely you are to remember it. It’s important to think about the format and structure as well as about the words. As you read, highlight or circle any words that you don’t understand…But, circling these words is not enough, you also have to be able to understand them and to remember them…which is sometimes the hard part. So, in addition to circling those difficult terms, you also might want to keep a word journal.  \nA word journal is like your personal dictionary. A helpful tip might be to write down your own definition of a word rather than using the dictionary one. Using your own words helps reinforce the information, as dictionary definitions can sometimes be difficult to understand. If English isn’t your first language, you may also want to include the translation in your word journal to your first language, as that may make it easier to remember. You can organize your word journal any way you want. Some students have a page for each letter of the alphabet, some students write down the words as the go, it doesn’t matter how you structure a word journal, just that you keep it, and not just keep it, but review it. You will never be able to remember a word unless you see it more than once… If you don’t like the idea of a word journal, maybe consider keeping flash cards with academic terms on them. 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