The phrase "academic speaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the formal style of communication typically employed in academic settings, such as lectures, presentations, or scholarly discussions.
Example: "In academic speaking, clarity and precision are essential to effectively convey complex ideas."
Alternatives: "scholarly discourse" or "formal academic communication".
We find that most overseas students struggle with academic writing, academic reading and academic speaking.
Her narrator is Clare, a middle-aged academic speaking in the present tense.
The evidence suggests that students' problems centre on academic writing (particularly style, grammar and cohesion) and academic speaking (particularly grammar, fluency and pronunciation).
VPUE's student tutors (OCTs and writing tutors) are available to guide general conversation practice in the college classroom, providing tips on cross-cultural differences, basic skills in communicating in class or via email in common American idiom, and an introduction to academic speaking.
For the present study, the construct of academic speaking has been defined as follows: academic speaking is the ability, when communicating with others, to use oral language comprehensibly and appropriately to acquire, transit, and demonstrate knowledge (Butler et al., 2000; Fulcher, 2003; Luoma, 2004; Pearlman, 2008).
Your results indicate whether you would benefit from targeted instruction in academic speaking and writing for success at Duke and beyond.
Before 2000, less than five scientific articles a year dealt with "subjective wellbeing", academic speak for happiness and life satisfaction.
And to what extent does the often intensely private work of an academic speak to larger issues in today's world?
In my nearly two decades of reporting on higher education, I met plenty of academics who were pursuing interesting work of public importance, but they couldn't explain what they were doing without resorting to "academic speak" or in a compelling manner that would make it interesting beyond their small circle of colleagues.
Or, in academic speak, "the substantial proportion of imitation present in improvements shows that imitated guesses were often the basis for further productive exploration".
"Touched them up" was not the first unexpected phrase to crop up amongst Saleam's otherwise well-mannered academic speak (he has a PhD, after all).
