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Professor Megan Bruce's Outputs (4)

"Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing (2022)
Book Chapter
Bruce, M. (2023). "Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing. In Teaching English with Corpora - A resource book. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833-61

This chapter aims to identify common areas of informality in academic writing and suggest alternatives that are more appropriate. Focusing particularly on extended writing in the sciences, but with applicability to a wider range of contexts, it help... Read More about "Don't write like that!" Avoiding contractions in academic writing.

Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing (2022)
Book Chapter
Bruce, M. (2023). Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing. In Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833-68

This chapter explores how nominalizations (the use of noun forms) can operate alongside other techniques to increase the overall formality of a text. Drawing on searches using the Durham University FOCUS corpus, it guides students through some search... Read More about Finding your academic voice: Use of nominalisations in academic writing.

Language issues facing non-traditional students: some problems and solutions (2016)
Book Chapter
Bruce, M., Rees, S., & Wilson, J. (2016). Language issues facing non-traditional students: some problems and solutions. In C. Marshall, S. Nolan, & D. Newton (Eds.), Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students: Supporting Transitions through Foundation Programmes. Palgrave Macmillan