Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition
Essential Tasks and Skills
Author: John M. Swales and Christine Feak Series: Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes
Coverage includes understanding the intended audience, and academic genres; the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising; how to write summaries and critiques; and helping students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.
Paperback
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Summary
Coverage includes understanding the intended audience, and academic genres; the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising; how to write summaries and critiques; and helping students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.
Description
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.
About the Author
John M. Swales is Professor of Linguistics and Christine B. Feak is Lecturer, English Language Institute, University of Michigan.
Product Details
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.
Browse by category
- Books » Non-Fiction » Politics & Social Sciences » Sociology
- Books
- Books » Non-Fiction
- Books » Non-Fiction » Politics & Social Sciences
- Books » Non-Fiction » Reference
- Books » Non-Fiction » Reference » Words, Language & Grammar
- Books » Non-Fiction » Education & Teaching
- Books » Non-Fiction » Politics & Social Sciences » Social Sciences » Research
- Books » Non-Fiction » Politics & Social Sciences » Social Sciences
- Books » Non-Fiction » Politics & Social Sciences » Social Sciences » Library & Information Science
