Academic Writing Skills for International Students
eBook - ePub

Academic Writing Skills for International Students

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Academic Writing Skills for International Students

About this book

Are you a non-native English speaker studying or preparing to study at an English-language university? If so, this book is for you. This engaging guide equips students with the tools and confidence to respond effectively and appropriately to written assignments at university. It will help you to develop essential writing skills, such as structuring paragraphs and building an argument, and provides practical guidance on adhering to the conventions of academic writing. It guides the reader systematically through a series of text analyses which bring out key linguistic and rhetorical features, making complex textual issues manageable and understandable for learners of all abilities. Reorganised to allow for easier navigability and revised for greater accessibility, the new edition now includes: - An expanded introduction to show students how to use the book successfully
- A writing checklist to review the key principles of skills covered in the book
- A broader range of examples
- More practical activities
- More on plagiarism This is an ideal self-study aid for non-native English speakers, both on pre-sessional language courses and on degree programmes, who need to get to grips with the conventions of academic writing.

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Information

Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781350427877
eBook ISBN
9781350427907
Edition
2
Subtopic
Study Guides

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Imprint
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I Essential features of academic writing
  9. Part II Types of university written assignments
  10. Part IV Techniques for developing ideas
  11. Part V Putting it all together
  12. Appendix A: Answers to practice exercises
  13. Appendix B: Language charts
  14. Appendix C: A glossary of grammatical terms and other words used in the book
  15. Index