Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills

Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills

<DIV>Like its predecessor, the third edition of A<I>cademic Writing for Graduate Students </I>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.<br><br>Among the many changes in the third edition:<br>*newer, longer, and more authentic texts and examples<br>*greater discipline variety in texts (added texts from hard sciences and engineering)<br>*more in-depth treatment of research articles<br>*greater emphasis on vocabulary issues<br>*revised flow-of-ideas section<br>*additional tasks that require students to do their own research<br>*more corpus-informed content<br>*binding that allows the book to lay flat when open. <br><br>The Commentary (teacher's notes and key) (978-0-472-03506-9) has been revised expanded. <br><br></DIV>