Estos ejercicios te ayudarán a consolidar el vocabulario académico en inglés estudiado en el curso, con especial atención a los reporting verbs, conectores formales y estructuras en voz pasiva. Ponlos en práctica para expresarte con precisión en contextos universitarios y científicos.
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Exercice 1 — Reporting verbs: elige el verbo correcto
Elige el reporting verb más adecuado para cada enunciado académico. Ten en cuenta el matiz semántico de cada verbo.
- The authors ___ that the results may have been influenced by external variables, acknowledging a potential limitation of their study.
- Several researchers ___ that traditional models fail to account for socioeconomic factors, challenging long-standing assumptions in the field.
- The report ___ that further longitudinal studies are necessary before any definitive conclusions can be drawn.
- The committee ___ that the new policy had significantly reduced research funding in public universities.
Correction
- B) concede — 'The authors concede that the results may have been influenced by external variables, acknowledging a potential limitation of their study.'
- A) contend — 'Several researchers contend that traditional models fail to account for socioeconomic factors, challenging long-standing assumptions in the field.'
- B) stipulates — 'The report stipulates that further longitudinal studies are necessary before any definitive conclusions can be drawn.'
- C) acknowledged — 'The committee acknowledged that the new policy had significantly reduced research funding in public universities.'
Exercice 2 — Conectores formales: relaciona el conector con su función
Asocia cada conector formal con la frase académica que mejor ilustra su función discursiva. Guíate por el matiz lógico de cada conector.
- Conector: 'Nevertheless'
- Conector: 'Furthermore'
- Conector: 'Consequently'
- Conector: 'Notwithstanding'
Correction
- 'Nevertheless' introduce una concesión formal: 'The sample size was relatively small; nevertheless, the findings remain statistically significant and warrant further investigation.'
- 'Furthermore' añade información que refuerza el argumento: 'The intervention reduced dropout rates by 15%; furthermore, it improved overall academic performance among at-risk students.'
- 'Consequently' expresa una relación de causa-efecto: 'Funding for the project was withdrawn in the third year; consequently, the research team was unable to complete the final phase of data collection.'
- 'Notwithstanding' introduce una reserva formal: 'Notwithstanding the methodological limitations outlined above, the study offers a valuable contribution to the existing body of literature on climate adaptation.'
Exercice 3 — Voz pasiva académica: completa las estructuras
Completa cada oración académica con la forma correcta de la voz pasiva. Escribe la oración completa y presta atención al tiempo verbal y al contexto formal.
- The data ___ (collect) over a period of five years using a standardised longitudinal methodology across twelve research institutions.
- It ___ (widely / acknowledge) that peer review processes, while imperfect, remain essential to maintaining academic integrity.
- The hypothesis ___ (put forward) by Zhang et al. (2018) ___ (subsequently / challenge) by several independent replication studies conducted in different cultural contexts.
- A new theoretical framework ___ (propose) in order to account for the anomalies that ___ (observe) during the second phase of the experiment.
Correction
- The data were collected over a period of five years using a standardised longitudinal methodology across twelve research institutions.
- It is widely acknowledged that peer review processes, while imperfect, remain essential to maintaining academic integrity.
- The hypothesis put forward by Zhang et al. (2018) was subsequently challenged by several independent replication studies conducted in different cultural contexts.
- A new theoretical framework was proposed in order to account for the anomalies that had been observed during the second phase of the experiment.
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