ABSTRACT

Ideal for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, this practical writing course enables international students to meet the required standard of writing and use an appropriate style for essays, exams and dissertations. Newly revised and updated to include extra exercises and material suggested by teachers and students, Academic Writing explains and demonstrates all the key writing skills and is ideal for use in the classroom or for independent study. Useful at every stage of an academic career and beyond, this indispensable book features:

  • different styles and formats from CVs and letters to formal essays
  • a focus on accuracy
  • coverage of all stages of writing, from understanding titles to checking your work
  • essential academic writing skills such as proper referencing, summarising and paraphrasing
  • diagrams and practice exercises, complete with answers.

chapter 1|4 pages

1 Background to Writing

chapter 1|2 pages

2 Avoiding Plagiarism

chapter 1|4 pages

3 From Titles to Outlines

chapter 1|4 pages

4 Evaluating Texts

chapter 1|4 pages

5 Understanding Purpose and Register

chapter 1|4 pages

6 Selecting Key Points

chapter 1|4 pages

7 Note-making

chapter 1|3 pages

8 Paraphrasing

chapter 1|4 pages

9 Summary Writing

chapter 1|3 pages

10 Combining Sources

chapter 1|4 pages

11 Planning Essays

chapter 1|5 pages

12 Organising Paragraphs

chapter 1|4 pages

13 Organising the Main Body

chapter 1|4 pages

14 Introductions

chapter 1|4 pages

15 Conclusions

chapter 1|5 pages

16 Rewriting and Proof-reading

chapter 2|3 pages

1 Argument

chapter 2|3 pages

2 Cause and Effect

chapter 2|2 pages

3 Cohesion

chapter 2|4 pages

4 Comparison

chapter 2|3 pages

5 Definitions

chapter 2|4 pages

6 Discussion

chapter 2|3 pages

7 Examples

chapter 2|3 pages

8 Generalisations

chapter 2|4 pages

9 Numbers

chapter 2|3 pages

10 Opening Paragraphs

chapter 2|4 pages

11 References and Quotations

chapter 2|2 pages

12 Restatement and Repetition

chapter 2|4 pages

13 Style

chapter 2|3 pages

14 Synonyms

chapter 2|2 pages

15 Variation in Sentence Length

chapter 2|5 pages

16 Visual information

chapter |2 pages

Student Introduction

chapter 3|3 pages

1 Abbreviations

chapter 3|3 pages

2 Academic Vocabulary

chapter 3|3 pages

3 Adverbs

chapter 3|3 pages

4 Articles

chapter 3|3 pages

5 Caution

chapter 3|2 pages

6 Confusing Pairs

chapter 3|4 pages

7 Conjunctions

chapter 3|2 pages

8 Nationality Language

chapter 3|3 pages

9 Nouns and Adjectives

chapter 3|3 pages

10 Nouns — Countable and Uncountable

chapter 3|2 pages

11 Nouns — Umbrella

chapter 3|3 pages

12 Prefixes and Suffixes

chapter 3|3 pages

13 Prepositions

chapter 3|3 pages

14 Punctuation

chapter 3|3 pages

15 Relative Pronouns

chapter 3|2 pages

16 Singular or Plural?

chapter 3|3 pages

17 Time Words and Phrases

chapter 3|3 pages

18 Verbs — Formality

chapter 3|3 pages

19 Verbs — Modal

chapter 3|3 pages

20 Verbs — Passives

chapter 3|2 pages

21 Verbs and Prepositions

chapter 3|2 pages

22 Verbs of Reference

chapter 3|3 pages

23 Verbs — Tenses

chapter |2 pages

Student Introduction

chapter 4|2 pages

1 Formal Letters

chapter 4|2 pages

2 CVs

chapter 4|3 pages

3 Reporting and Designing Surveys

chapter 4|3 pages

4 Taking Ideas from Sources

chapter 4|2 pages

5 Comparison Essay

chapter 4|2 pages

6 Discussion Essay

chapter |3 pages

Writing Tests

chapter |55 pages

Answers

chapter |2 pages

Sources