2. Different targets: General English targets a wide range of targets, everyone can learn English, and there is no requirement for English proficiency. For example, primary and secondary school students, shopping mall sales and so on. Academic English is aimed at academic people, such as college students, professors and experts. Most of them are English related to science, engineering and technology.
3. Different English expressions: Academic English needs rigorous and logical English expressions to describe a phenomenon, a process or how something is formed and operated, or to explain an academic concept.
Most academic English is used to express and explain the relationship between ideas. Although words and language may be more complicated than everyday English, the goal of a good scholar is actually to explain a problem or concept as clearly, accurately and simply as possible.