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First steps in academic writing

, Volume 1
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3 Reviews
Longman, May 1, 1996 - Foreign Language Study - 212 pages
This best-selling series takes the mystery out of the composition process as it helps college-bound and college-level ESL students quickly improve their ability to write effectively in English. Addressing organization, rhetoric, grammar and mechanics, and sentence structure, these texts offer clear steps, numerous models, and many opportunities for writing practice.

Features include:
-- Extensive practice in prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.
-- Clear, step-by-step approach to the conventions of paragraph and essay organization and rhetorical expression.
-- Rigorous development of sentence structure, grammar, and mechanical skills.
-- Extensive appendices with relevant reference materials for students and teachers.

Teaches basic composition skills through paragraph writing. A systematic treatment of simple, compound, and complex sentence structure addresses common trouble spots for students. Extensive models and writing practice are included.

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Review: First Steps in Academic Writing (The Longman Academic Writing Series, Level 2) (2nd Edition) (Longman Academic Writing: Level 2)

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A textbook assigned for teaching writing classes, level 2 (low-intermediate) in my institution. It's not bad. The structure of the book is interesting, and the material provided is suitable for my ...

Review: First Steps in Academic Writing

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Used as the writing text for a low-intermediate writing class at a community college. On the whole, my students didn't find this text as useful as its predecessor (Weaving It Together, Book 2 by ...

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Contents

Introduction
Prewriting Taking Notes 2
Grammar and Mechanics
Copyright

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