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Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills / John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ann Arbor, Michigan : The University of Michigan Press, c2012Edition: Third editionDescription: xiv, 418 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780472034758
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE 1408 .S93 2012
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation Master in Physical Education GC PE 1408 .S93 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000014139

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.

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.

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