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Academic writing for graduate students:

essentials tasks and skills
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University of Michigan Press, 2004 - Foreign Language Study - 331 pages
The second edition of this successful guide to writing for graduate-and undergraduate-students has been modified to include updates and replacements of older data sets; an increased range of disciplines with tasks such as nursing, marketing, and art history; discussions of discourse analysis; a broader discussion of e-mail use that includes current e-mail practices.

Like its predecessor, this edition of Academic Writing for Graduate Students
" explains understanding the intended audience, the purpose of the paper, and academic genres.
" includes the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising.
" shows how to write summaries and critiques.
" features "language focus" sections that address linguistic elements as they affect the wider rhetorical objectives.
" helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.

The Commentary has also been revised and is available.

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Great book for anyone doing academic writing...It is a helpful book for writing manuscripts. Read full review

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About the author (2004)

John M. Swales is Professor of Linguistics and Christine B. Feak is Lecturer, English Language Institute, University of Michigan.

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