Academic Writing: A Practical Guide for Students

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Psychology Press, 2003 - Education - 192 pages

Ideal for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, this practical writing course enables international students to meet the required standard of writing and use an appropriate style for essays, exams and dissertations. Newly revised and updated to include extra exercises and material suggested by teachers and students, Academic Writing explains and demonstrates all the key writing skills and is ideal for use in the classroom or for independent study. Useful at every stage of an academic career and beyond, this indispensable book features:

  • different styles and formats from CVs and letters to formal essays
  • a focus on accuracy
  • coverage of all stages of writing, from understanding titles to checking your work
  • essential academic writing skills such as proper referencing, summarising and paraphrasing
  • diagrams and practice exercises, complete with answers.

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Contents

Part
3
Developing plans from titles
6
Nouns and adjectives
9
Understanding purpose and register
12
Punctuation
15
Paraphrasing
21
Planning a text
29
Organising the main body
36
Cohesion
55
Discussion
62
Numbers
70
Style
76
Visual information
83
Singular plural
123
Part
131
Survey reports and questionnaire design
137

Conclusions
42
Proofreading
48

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