The essentials of academic writing for international students. / Stephen Bailey.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Description: xiv, 230 p. ; 22 cm illContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138885622 (pbk)Subject(s): Academic writing | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | English language -- RhetoricDDC classification: 808/.0428 LOC classification: P301.5.A27.B35Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Process and skills: Introduction to writing -- Reading: assessing sources/ using prefixes and suffixes -- Reading: critical approaches/ argument and discussion -- Avoiding plagiarism/ giving examples -- Understanding titles and essay planning/ showing cause and effect -- Finding key points and note-making/ using abbreviations -- Summarising and paraphrasing/ finding synonyms -- References and quotations/ using verbs of reference -- Combining sources/ providing cohesion -- Organising paragraphs/ using conjunctions -- Introductions and conclusions/ giving definitions -- Rewriting and proofreading/ academic style -- Elements of writing: Academic vocabulary: nouns and adjectives -- Academic vocabulary: verbs and adverbs -- Making comparisons -- Numbers -- Passives -- Prepositions -- Punctuation -- Singular or plural? -- Time markers -- Visual information -- Writing models: Reports -- Longer essays --
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