PatriciaWong
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I've been studying in the US for two years. My spoken English is fine, I can participate in class, and I understand the readings. But writing a 20-page research paper in academic English feels like climbing a mountain. I'm scared my grammar will be clunky, my sentence structures will be repetitive, and my professor will just think I'm dumb. I spend hours on a single paragraph, and it still sounds wrong. I know the content—I understand the theories—but I can't express them elegantly.
Does anyone have resources for non-native speakers trying to tackle American academic writing? Are there specific tools or websites that help with academic phrasing without crossing into 'cheating' territory? I'm not trying to plagiarize; I just need help sounding like I belong here.
Does anyone have resources for non-native speakers trying to tackle American academic writing? Are there specific tools or websites that help with academic phrasing without crossing into 'cheating' territory? I'm not trying to plagiarize; I just need help sounding like I belong here.