Academic Writing for International Students of Business (Hardcover, 2 New edition)

Teachers’ introduction Students’ introduction Academic writing quiz Acknowledgements Part I: The Writing Process 1.1Background to Writing 1.2 Critical Reading 1.3 Avoiding Plagiarism 1.4 From Understanding Titles to Planning 1.5 Finding Key points and Note-making 1.6Summarising and Paraphrasing 1.7 References and Quotations 1.8 Combining Sources 1.9 Organising Paragraphs 1.10 Introductions and Conclusions 1.11 Re-writing and Proof-reading 1.12 Working in Groups Part II: Elements of Writing 2.1 Argument and Discussion 2.2 Cause and Effect 2.3 Cohesion 2.4 Comparisons 2.5 Definite articles 2.6 Definitions 2.7 Examples 2.8 Generalisations 2.9 Passives 2.10 Problems and Solutions 2.11 Punctuation 2.12 Singular or plural? 2.13 Style 2.14 Visual Information Part III: Vocabulary for Writing 3.1 Approaches to Vocabulary 3.2 Abbreviations 3.3 Academic Vocabulary- Nouns and adjectives 3.4 Academic Vocabulary - Verbs and adverbs 3.5 Conjunctions 3.6Numbers 3.7Prefixes and Suffixes 3.8 Prepositions 3.9 Synonyms 3.10 Time Markers Part IV: Writing Models 4.1 Case Studies 4.2 Formal Letters 4.3 Literature Reviews 4.4 Longer Essays 4.5 Reports 4.6 Surveys 4.7 Taking Ideas from Sources Answers Glossary Index