People in China
People in China have long been interested in paying attention to the difference between academic writing at a British university and China which is due to the increasing number of people go to study in the UK. It is perception that these two writing styles are totally different and many kinds of difficult can be met when a Chinese write academic essay in British university. Both of the differences and difficulties will be carefully discussed in the following essay.
One of the main differences between academic writing at a British university and China is language. To begin with, common knowledge is that English grammar is different from our mother tongue’s. For example, there is no conception of countable noun, uncountable none and tense in Chinese. Consequently, Chinese students may feel difficult to acquire knowledge about English grammar and make a lot of mistakes about the tense which would confuse others. In addition, speaking and listening are also challenge for students form China. As the students are not native speakers and lack of chance to talk with Englishman, there must be a communication gap caused by accent. In other words, students may be unable to understand what their teacher said correctly because they are not familiar with the personal accent, which may leads to failing in their academic writing assignment because of the misunderstanding of requirements.
Meanwhile, culture plays a significant role in academic writing. Common knowledge is that every country has its own culture which affects the public’s value and behavior. With the presence of different culture between British and China, people from these two countries must have different logic, writing style is included. If a student want achieve high score in academic writing in a British university, then the essay should be written in UK logic rather than Chinese. By contrast, a student is at the risk of failing the writing subject when he or she writes in Chinese