Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills

by Swales, John M.
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ISBN: 9780472034758
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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.

Among the many changes in the third edition:
*newer, longer, and more authentic texts and examples
*greater discipline variety in texts (added texts from hard sciences and engineering)
*more in-depth treatment of research articles
*greater emphasis on vocabulary issues
*revised flow-of-ideas section
*additional tasks that require students to do their own research
*more corpus-informed content
*binding that allows the book to lay flat when open.

The Commentary (teacher's notes and key) (978-0-472-03506-9) has been revised expanded.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Swales, John M.
  • ISBN: 9780472034758
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 432
  • Publication Year: 2012

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