Daily conversational style versus academic writing
In our daily conversations, we usually use an informal language while in academic writing, formal language must be used. In most conversations, I have noticed that the language used is simple. This is because most of the time; we find ourselves talking to either family members or friends; hence no need to use complicated wording (“Conversational vs. Academic English: What Are the Differences?”, 2020). In other times slang abbreviations or expressions are applied, unlike in academic writing, where one is not allowed to use slang expressions. Also, regular conversations do not have to follow grammar rules because people keep on repeating words and the vocabulary used is also of high frequency. Academic writing requires some writing skills for it to be exceptional, while in daily conversations, one does not need some special skills, especially if they are speaking to friends.
Besides, when doing academic writing, research must be conducted, either from books, papers, and conferences, among many others. It is mostly used in professional and academic environments. It uses a variety of words that are more sophisticated than in conversational language, and the frequency of its vocabulary is usually low. Academic writing sentence structure must be well organized. The sentences are supposed to begin well and followed by an appropriate transition. (French, 2018). There should be no grammar and spelling errors. Again, academic writing does not allow the usage of fragments while in conversations, fragments are used.
Furthermore, the language used in academic writing aims at describing and comprehending some complex ideas and processing high order thinking to understand a particular concept. On the other hand, daily conversations are used in daily interactions, mostly in spoken form, and the ideas expressed are not complicated. Also, in everyday conversations, there is the usage of facial expressions that cannot be found in academic writing.
References
Conversational vs. Academic English: What Are the Differences?. E2 TALK. (2020).
Retrieved 14 May 2020, from https://blog.e2.com.vn/conversational-vs-academic-english-differences/.
French, A. (2018). Academic writing: anxiety, confusion, and the affective domain. Journal Of
Academic Writing, 8(2), 202-211. https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v8i2.487