ACTIVITY 1 Directions: Translate each social language into academic language in context. Observe the use of the different features of an academic language. SOC AL LANGUAGE Example: Can be repetitive 1. A lot of people are unhappy with their doctors who only seem to care about how much money they make, and not about giving their patients good care 2. You can easily forget how different life was 50 years ago. 3. The research assistant checked out the incident and got back to him the next day. 4. In 2001, the bridge was built. This was good politically. Two coun ries united 5. There are certainly cases where this would seem to have been the only possible method ACADEMIC LANGUAGE Uses a variety of terms​