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Hyland's paper is a very useful read. In fact, the ESP Journal has a good many examples of papers analyzing and comparing the language of the research paper - across and within disciplines. The journal itself, by the way, is quite comfortable with the passive - in common with the field of Applied Linguistics in general, on both sides of the Atlantic. Very interesting conversation - thank you Anne. ( Bet you didn't expect such a lively response!) Catherine Richards PhD student ( Applied Linguistics) University of Swansea On 21 September 2015 at 17:43, Standring,A <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Anne > > If you're not familiar with this article, it uses corpus evidence to > discuss precisely this issue and is well worth a look: > > Hyland, K. (2001). Humble servants of the discipline? Self-mention in > research articles. *English for specific purposes*, *20*(3), 207-226. > Chicago > Best wishes > > Alison > > On 21 Sep 2015, at 14:21, Anne Wegner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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] > >