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Dear Colleagues, Two days after I set this ball rolling, I have produced the promised summary of the answers so far received. I have tried to put some order into the huge number of contributions to the debate and attached the resulting file. I admit to the order being one that most suits me and to using a lot of copy and paste, but perhaps some of you will find it useful. The file has been attached in two versions, both identical from their content. I personally consider that the contents are creative commons texts and can be used freely (which is why I have produced a .docx file). If anyone disagrees with this, they should let the listserv know. If anyone needs the file as an open source (.odt), then let me know. Many, many thanks for all your contributions. I have really enjoyed the discussion, and it has certainly provided much food for thought for future workshops on the topic. Kind regards Anne Zitat von Anne Wegner <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear colleagues > Two questions for you. I teach academic writing, mainly to PhD > students from difference scientific areas at various German > universities. One of the things I teach is that it is generally ok > to use “we/I” in academic texts, while pointing out that its use > does slightly depend on the area in which one is working or the > journal for which one is writing. However, my daughter said that > during her recent Bachelor studies (Durham University, political > sciences), she was mainly writing, and being expected to write, in > the passive voice, avoiding we/I. I have two main questions related > to this: > > 1) Am I the only one getting my workshop participants to use we/I in > an English academic text? If so, I'd better stop! > 2) What do academic texts in other European languages generally > contain - we/I or passive voice? In a German academic text, the use > of we/I is generally frowned upon. > > I would appreciate any comments and am happy to put together a > summary of any answers I receive. > > Many thanks > Anne Wegner > > [log in to unmask]