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 : Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Second Edition: Essential Tasks and Skills (Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780472088560
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0472088564
Label: University of Michigan Press/ESL
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press/ESL
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 344
Publication Date: March 25, 2004
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/ESL
Studio: University of Michigan Press/ESL




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The second edition of this successful guide to writing for graduate-and undergraduate-students has been modified to include updates and replacements of older data sets; an increased range of disciplines with tasks such as nursing, marketing, and art history; discussions of discourse analysis; a broader discussion of e-mail use that includes current e-mail practices.

Like its predecessor, this 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.
" helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.

The Commentary has also been revised and is available.




Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - no good,
mistakenly ordered instead of the other book, didn't pay attention to a word "commentary", my fault, I guess



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent primer for writing instructors - and international graduate students
How do international students develop the appropriate vocabulary, register, and practice for writing their research projects in English? What reading and writing strategies and techniques do ESL students need to master to successfully write summaries, create annotated bibliographies, and convey their ideas to their academic peers and professors?

This commentary to the second edition of the acclaimed Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills answers these vital ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - academic writing for graduate studies
This book is a great tool for both experienced and novice writers in college matters. It introduces basic information about sentence structure, style, tone and other features you need to consider when writing a scholar papers. It also provides lots of practice to reinforce the concepts introduced and put them into practice.







 






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