Scholarly Situation
A scholarly situation is the combination of subject, purpose, audience, genre, and writer position that determines what an appropriate academic contribution looks like.
学术情境是 subject、purpose、audience、genre 与 writer position 的组合；它决定一份学术表达应该选择什么内容、证据、结构和语气。
The Five Questions
- Subject - What am I writing or speaking about?
- Purpose - What should this contribution accomplish?
- Audience - Who will use or evaluate it, and what do they already know?
- Genre - What recurring form answers this kind of situation?
- Writer position - What authority, responsibility, or limitation do I have here?
Why It Matters
Good writing changes when the situation changes.
同一个观点写给 friend、professor、engineering client 或 scholarly journal 时，所需背景、术语、证据和语气都会改变。因此 academic writing 不是一套可脱离环境使用的固定句型。
Connection
- Academic Writing provides the broad practice.
- Academic Conversation explains the ongoing exchange within the situation.
- Reader-Centered Writing develops the audience side of the situation.
- Source module: AE26 Module 1-Welcome to the University