Constructing sentences

In the last GWC class, we practiced constructing sentences. As a review of earlier class, we did practice of stress position, use of passive voice, and old-new flow. Each techniques are used in academic writing in order to make sentences more clear and persuasive.
In addition to those constructing skills, I was advised to divide one long sentence into two sentences, when I was writing essay about culture. For example,
Wa is harmony, Kei is respect, Sei is purity, and Jaku is tranquility, and those postures derive from~
can be changed as
~Jaku is tranquility. Those postures derive from~.
I think this is connected to the principal of reducing clause in one sentence.

Old to New Movement

In the class, we dealt with old to new movement. Old to new movement means organising a structure of sentences in order of old or known information to new or unknown information. For example, the sentences "I read a book. A winner of Nobel Prize in Literature wrote the book. Many textbooks adopt his works." can be reorganized as "I read a book. The book is written by a winner of Nobel Prize in Literature. His works are adopted in many textbooks. " The latter sentences are  more comprehensible and well structured, because information is stated in order.

I has never heard this method before, but I think this is crucial in order to writing fluently. So I'd like to pay attention to it when I writing something from now on.

Nominalization

In the last GWC class, we learnt deference between speak language and written language, and nominalization.
Nominalization means transforming the structure of a sentence by using a preposition.
For example; the trial was successful →　success of the trial

By using this technique, one can reduce clauses in one sentence and make the text more suitable for academic writing.
I think this nominalization is very important in written language and can be adopted right away, so I want to make use of it when I write an essay.

Use of articles

In the last GWC class, we reviewed countable and non-countable phrases, and use of "the."

I learned that "the" can be used to refer the specified term that is mentioned before or after in the sentence, but if the word is general one or sentence is an obvious fact, an article can be omitted; for example, "Beauty is relative to each person."