How to Write for University: Academic Writing for Success (Smarter Study Skills)

✍ Scribed by Kathleen McMillan, Jonathan Weyers

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Undertaking a writing project for assessment can be a challenging prospect for students of all disciplines and especially those new to academic writing in higher education. The unique 12-step approach in this book leads students through the different stages that apply to any form of academic writing - gathering relevant information, processing that information through effective planning, creating the text and developing writing for future assignments including exam writing. The authors follow their tried-and-tested Smarter Student series approach to deliver timely, practical, hands-on guidance based on real-life experience from teaching and assessing students’ writing.

 

How to write for university – academic writing for success is an invaluable tutorial and reference for any student approaching university writing assignments.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
About the authors
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: The importance of writing at university
ESSENTIALS FOR GETTING STARTED
Chapter 2: University writing in context
Chapter 3: Lectures, listening and academic writing
Chapter 4: Researching information for writing assignments
Chapter 5: Reading effectively
Chapter 6: Notes from lectures and reading
Chapter 7: Speaking, thinking and academic writing
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXTS AND PRACTICES REKATING TO ACADEMIC WRITING
Chapter 8: Organising yourself for writing
Chapter 9: The format of academic writing
Chapter 10: Following the expected academic style in your writing
Chapter 11: Information-processing and critical thinking for writing
Chapter 12: Referring to source material in your writing
Chapter 13: Presentation of academic assignments
Chapter 14: What markers look for when assessing written work
DEVELOPING FUTURE ACADEMIC WRITING
Chapter 18: Acting on the feedback on your coursework
Chapter 19: Academic writing in exams
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Speed-reading techniques
Appendix 2: Examples of note-creation styles
Appendix 3: Fallacies and logic: Examples of weak thinking
Appendix 4: Sample plan for a student writing task
Appendix 5: Introductions and conclusions - weak or strong?
Appendix 6.1: Outline for citing sources using Harvard style
Appendix 6.2: How to list different types of source following Harvard style
Appendix 7: Simplified rules of punctuation
Appendix 8: Basic spelling rules
Appendix 9: Definitions of grammar terms
Appendix 10: How to solve common errors in grammar
Glossary
References and further reading