Academic Writing for University Students (Paperback, 1)

Academic Writing for University Students ? Contents Acknowledgements Introduction for Tutors and Lecturers Introduction for Students Academic Writing Quiz Part 1 The Writing Process 1.1 Writing Basics 1. The purposes of academic writing 2. How is academic writing different from other writing genres? 3. Common types of academic writing 4. The format of written assignments 5. Common text features 6. Writing clear sentences 7. Writing in paragraphs 8. Practice 1.2 Understanding Essay Questions and the Planning Process 1. The planning process 2. Analysing essay questions 3. Practice: key words 4. Evaluation criteria 5. Brainstorming 6. Essay length 7. Outlines 8. Practice 1.3 Reading: Finding Suitable Sources 1. Types of text 2. Academic resources 3. Assessing texts 4. Using reading lists 5. Searching library catalogues 6. Using library websites to search journals and bibliographic databases 7. Reading abstracts 8. Practice: varying search terms 9. Assessing text features 10. Reading strategies 11. Practice 1.4 Reading: Developing Critical Approaches 1. Critical thinking 2. Fact and opinion 3. Assessing internet sources critically 4. Domain name suffixes 5. Practice A 6. Practice B 1.5 Finding Key Points and Note-making 1. Why make notes? 2. Finding key points 3. Finding relevant points 4. Practice A 5. Effective note-making 6. Practice B 7. Practice C 1.6 Avoiding Plagiarism 1. Acknowledging sources 2. What is plagiarism? 3. Basic plagiarism 4. Degrees of plagiarism 5. Avoiding plagiarism by summarising and paraphrasing 6. Avoiding plagiarism by developing good study habits 7. Practice A 8. Practice B 9. Research Progress Check A 1.7 References and Quotations 1. Why give references? 2. Citations and references 3. Reference verbs 4. Practice A 5. Referencing systems 6. Using quotations 7. Practice B 8. Abbreviations in citations 9. Secondary references 10. Internet references 11. Organising the list of references 1.8 Summarising and Paraphrasing 1. What makes a good summary? 2. Stages of summarising 3. Practice A 4. Practice B 5. Practice C 6. Paraphrasing 7. Practice D 8. Techniques for paraphrasing 9. Practice E 10. Practice F 1.9 Contrasting Sources 1. Referring to sources 2. Practice A 3. Contrasting sources 4. Balancing different sources 5. Practice B 1.10 Organising Paragraphs 1. Paragraph structure 2. Practice A 3. Practice B 4. Practice C 5. Introducing paragraphs and linking them together 6. Practice D 7. Practice E 1.11 Introductions and Conclusions 1. Introduction components 2. Introduction structure 3. Opening sentences 4. Conclusions 5. Conclusion structure 6. Practice 1.12 Editing and Proofreading 1. Editing 2. Practice A 3. Practice B 4. Proofreading 5. Practice C 6. Practice D 7. Practice E 8. Practice F 9. Summary Progress Check B 　 Part 2 Writing Types 2.1 Argument and Discussion 1. Discussion vocabulary 2. Organisation 3. Practice A 4. The language of discussion 5. Argument and counter-argument 6. Practice B 7. Providing evidence 8. Practice C 9. Practice D 2.2 Cause and Effect 1. Causes and effects 2. The language of cause and effect 3. Practice A 4. Practice B 5. Practice C 6. Practice D 2.3 Problems and Solutions 1. Vocabulary 2. Paragraph structure 3. Alternative structure 4. Practice A 5. Practice B 6. Practice C 7. Practice D 2.4 Case Studies 1. Using case studies 2. Planning a case study 3. Background research 4. Model case study 2.5 Literature reviews 1. What is a literature review? 2. Examples of literature reviews 3. Writing a literature review 4. Model literature review 2.6 Writing Longer Papers 1. Introduction 2. Planning your work 3. Formatting the paper 2.7 Reports 1. Essays and reports 2. Writing reports 3. Scientific reports 4. Practice 2.8 Reflective Writing 1. The purpose of reflective writing 2. Example 3. Structure 4. Style 5. Practice A 6. Practice B Progress Check C Part 3 Writing Tools 3.1 Cohesion 1. Reference words 2. Practice A 3. Preventing confusion 4. Practice B 5. Implied language 6. Practice C 7. Practice D 8. Practice E 3.2 Comparison 1. Comparison structures 2. Practice A 3. Using superlatives 4. Practice B 5. Forms of comparison 6. Practice C 7. Practice D 8. Practice E 9. Practice F 3.3 Definitions 1. Simple definitions 2. Category words 3. Complex definitions 4. Practice A 5. Practice B 3.4 Examples 1. Using examples 2. Phrases to introduce examples 3. Practice A 4. Practice B 5. Restatement 3.5 Generalisations 1. Using generalisations 2. Structure 3. Practice A 4. Practice B 5. Building on generalisations 6. Practice C 3.6 Numbers and Visual Information 1. The language of numbers 2. Percentages 3. Simplification 4. Further numerical phrases 5. Practice A 6. Visual information: Types of visuals 7. The language of change 8. Describing visuals 9. Labelling visuals 10. Practice B 11. Practice C 3.7 Punctuation 1. Capital letters 2. Full stops 3. Commas 4. Apostrophes 5. Semi-colons 6. Colons 7. Quotation marks/ inverted commas 8. Others 9. Practice A 10. Practice B 3.8 Style 1. Developing an academic style 2. Guidelines 3. Practice A 4. Avoiding repetition and redundancy 5. Varying sentence length 6. The use of caution 7. Using modifiers 8. Practice B Progress Check D Part 4 Lexis 4.1 Approaches to Vocabulary 1. Vocabulary issues 2. Dealing with new vocabulary 3. Language features 4. Confusing pairs 5. Words and phrases from other languages 6. Practice A 7. Abbreviations 8. Common abbreviations 9. Punctuation 10. Duplicate abbreviations 11. Abbreviations only found in writing 12. Practice B 4.2 Academic Vocabulary: Nouns and Adjectives 1. Introduction 2. Nouns 3. Nouns and adjectives 4. Similar adjectives 5. Academic adjectives 6. Practice A 7. Practice B 4.3 Academic Vocabulary: Verbs and Adverbs 1. Understanding main verbs 2. Common academic verbs 3. Using adverbs 4. Practice A 5. Practice B 4.4 Prefixes and Suffixes 1. How prefixes and suffixes work 2. Prefixes 3. Practice A 4. Suffixes 5. Practice B 4.5 Synonyms 1. How synonyms work 2. Common synonyms in academic writing 3. Practice A 4. Practice B 5. Practice C Progress Check E Answers Written British and American English: A short guide Glossary Index