TY - BOOK AU - Swales, John M. AU - Feak, Christine B. TI - Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills SN - 9780472034758 AV - PE 1408 .S93 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Ann Arbor, Michigan PB - The University of Michigan Press KW - ACADEMIC WRITING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Approach to academic writing -- 2. General-specific and specific-general texts -- 3. Problem, process and solution -- 4. Data commentary -- 5. Writing summaries -- 6. Writing critiques -- 7. Constructing a research paper I -- 8. Constructing a research paper II -- Appendix 1. The grammar of definitions -- Appendix 2. Articles in academic writing -- Appendix 3. Academic English and Latin phrases N2 - Like its predecessor, the third 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; and helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities ER -