Academic writing : a practical guide for students

✍ Scribed by Stephen Bailey

• Publisher: Nelson Thornes Ltd
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A practical guide that allows international students who attend English-medium schools to meet the required standard of writing, focusing on all writing styles and formats.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover Academic Writing Acknowledgements Contents Introduction 1. --
The Writing Process Student Introduction 1. --
Background to Writing 2. --
Developing Plans from Titles 3. --
Evaluating a Text 4. --
Understanding Purpose and Register 5. --
Selecting Key Points 6. --
Note-Making 7. --
Paraphrasing 8. --
Summary Writing 9. --
Combining Sources 10. --
Planning a Text 11. --
Organising Paragraphs 12. --
Organising the Main Body 13. --
Introductions 14. --
Conclusions 15. --
Re-reading and Re-writing 16. --
Proof-Reading 2. --
Elements of Writing Student Introduction 1. --
Cause and Effect 2. --
Cohesion 3. --
Comparisons 4. --
Definitions 5. --
Discussion 6. --
Examples 7. --
Generalisations 8. --
Numbers 9. --
References and Quotations REFERENCES 10. --
Style 11. --
Synonyms 12. --
Visual Information 3. --
Accuracy in Writing Student Introduction 1. --
Abbreviations 2. --
Adverbs 3. --
Articles 4. --
Caution 5. --
Conjunctions 6. --
Formality in Verbs 7. --
Modal Verbs 8. --
Nationality Language 9. --
Nouns and Adjectives 10. --
Nouns: Countable and Uncountable 11. --
Passives 12. --
Prefixes and Suffixes 13. --
Prepositions 14. --
Prepositions after Verbs 15. --
Punctuation 16. --
Referring Verbs 17. --
Relative Pronouns 18. --
Singular/Plural 19. --
Tenses 20. --
Time Words and Phrases 4. --
Writing Models Student Introduction 1. --
Formal Letters 2. --
CVs 3. --
Designing and Reporting Surveys 4. --
Comparison Essay A COMPARISON OF CLASSROOM LEARNING WITH INTERNET-BASED TEACHING 5. --
Discursive Essay EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ' DISCUSS Writing Tests WRITING TEST 1 (Cohesion) SPEAKING AND WRITING WRITING TEST 2 (Accuracy) (WRITING TEST 3 (Accuracy) WRITING TEST 4 (Comparison) Answers Part 1: The Writing Process Part 2: Elements of Writing Part 3: Accuracy in Writing Part 4: Writing Models Writing Tests Sources.
Abstract: A practical guide that allows international students who attend English-medium schools to meet the required standard of writing, focusing on all writing styles and formats