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Developing an Academic Identity
Growing up in Argentina, I struggled to fit in with the rest of my peers. ... Such experiences, situations, and moments gradually mold our personal identity. In other words, as we grow in life, we develop a style or an identity that determines who we are. ... Well, developing our personal identity is key when we stumble upon academic writing. According to the Academic Senate, Academic writing is similar to learning a new language, where “ultimate fluency comes through trial and error, a process requiring practice over time” (qtd. in "Introduction to Academic Writing" 4). ... Academic writing requires us to have an academic voice, or an academic identity, which differs in terms of vocabulary, syntax, structure and other writing techniques. Therefore academic writing is an empowering and valuable way that not only cultivates students’ minds but also introduces them into the intellectual community; however, instead of just writing academically, we must develop an academic identity and incorporate it along with our own personal experience, feelings, and emotions into our academic writing in order to write an effective argument.
According to the Academic Senate, academic writing is expected to be one of college students’ basic skills because its importance is not merely on improving students’ writing abilities; moreover, it actually lets the students learn the essential skills needed to write “academic arguments” that are appropriate to all the disciplines across the university curriculum” (qtd. In “Introduction to Academic Writing” 5). ... ” As I have mentioned before, incorporating an academic identity is key in writing an effective argument using academic writing.
Approximate Word count = 1253
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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