A Compendium of Academic Phrases / Akademinių frazių sąvadas

2018-2020

Students

Accounting
Business & Communication
Engineering
Journalism & multimedia

Autonomous learning

Lithuanian

Lithuanian

C1
C2

Reference resources (online Dictionaries/ grammar guides/phrasebooks)

Vocabulary
Grammar
Pragmatics

Writing

The resource contains a glossary of academic phrases, it is intended primarily for students writing their first scientific papers in Lithuanian as their mother tongue (or their second language). The compendium ( ( an interactive phrase bank) consists of set phrases (stable compounds or slightly longer phrases) commonly used in research papers and in academic context in general. The phrases are used to present the structure of the written text ( main parts of a paper) , to express the author's position and highlight the most important aspects and ideas.

I recommend this resource as a reference material when students work on their course and graduation papers. The subdivision of the glossary into typical parts of a scientific work ( introduction, theoretical review, practical research etc) help focus on acquisition of relevant phrases for stating the aims and objectives of the research, raising questions and hypotheses, drawing conclusions and providing reference. Students find it useful not only in terms of perfecting their language skills ( academic writing) but also in terms of organizing and adequately presenting the content of their research.

The resource is recommended for students who start working on their course or graduation papers, also on other assignments ( academic articles, research progress reports etc). The navigation includes five parts: introduction, theoretical overview, research, conclusions and functional language phrases ( presenting similarities and differences, expressing cause-effect relations, introducing another argument, giving examples, paraphrasing etc. ). The search tool of the resource is very effective and meets users‘ needs .
The compendium serves as a useful tool to assist students of various study cycles and study programs in writing in Lithuanian.