The most useful academic collocations Part 1

The most useful academic collocations Part 1

1. Accurate assessment –  correct and precise evaluation of something or someone

 

E.g. “Accurate assessment of head motion can be a useful tool in clinical studies”.

 

۲٫ Address the issue - consider or deal with the matter at hand

 

E.g. “To help address this issue, we have extended our previous study and examined in detail the…”.

 

۳٫ Adversely affect - change in a negative way

 

E.g. “A literature search was performed to determine whether non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) adversely affect the healing of stress fractures”.

 

۴٫ Become apparent - to be suddenly clear or obvious

 

E.g. “They become apparent, however, when a new molecular species is introduced into the atmosphere…”.

 

۵٫ Brief overview - a non-detailed look at the subject as a whole

 

E.g. “This paper offers a brief but broad overview of the field of individual of language learning”.

 

۶٫ Broad range - of extensive scope

 

E.g. “The colour produced from this reaction is stable and increases in a proportional fashion over a broad range of increasing protein concentrations”.

 

۷٫ Causal link - one thing being responsible for another

 

E.g. “A causal link between high need for achievement and small business ownership is not found”.

 

۸٫ Characteristic feature - a feature which distinguishes or defines something or someone

 

E.g. “The characteristic feature of the book is the effort to explain the mathematical origins of the most widely used statistical formulas in terms that persons with comparatively little mathematical training can easily follow”.

 

۹٫ Deeply rooted - firmly implanted or established

 

E.g. “This book describes efforts to develop an approach to teaching and teacher education that is deeply rooted in the study of practice”.

 

۱۰٫ Detailed analysis - an in-depth study

 

E.g. “The major difference between my book and others at this level is its coverage of the detailed analysis of experiments”.

 

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