Academic writing skills for international students. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Siew Hean Read.
• Authors: Read, Siew Hean
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Essential features of academic writing -- Appropriate writing style -- Correct conventions for using sources -- Clear structure and layout -- Coherent flow of ideas -- Accurate use of language -- Part II: Types of university written assignments -- Essays -- Case studies -- Reports -- Literature reviews -- Research proposals -- Part III: Developing your writing -- Aspects of development -- Methods of organisation -- Introductions and conclusions -- Paragraph structure and construction -- Techniques for developing your writing -- Part IV: Presenting a point of view: argumentation -- The elements of argumentation -- The issue and thesis statement -- Structuring the argument -- Building the argument -- Argumentative essays for study -- Part V: Putting it all together -- Essay 1: Analytical: comparison and contrast -- Essay 2: Analytical response -- Essay 3: Analytical and discursive -- Essay 4: Analytical -- Essay 5: Discursive -- Essay 6: Case study -- Essay 7: Discursive -- Appendix A: Answers to practice activities -- Appendix B: Language charts -- Appendix C: A glossary of grammatical terms.
• Publisher Details: London : Macmillan International Higher Education Red Globe Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 223 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 428.24; Academic writing; English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers; English language -- Study and teaching; English language -- Examinations, questions, etc; English language -- Problems, exercises, etc; Academic writing; English language; English language -- Study and teaching; Electronic books; Examinations; Problems and exercises; Textbooks -- for foreign speakers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781352003765; 1352003767
• Related ISBNs: 9781352003758; 1352003759
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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