Study Writing : A Course in Written English for Academic Purposes

Acknowledgements 7(2) To the Student 9(2) To the Teacher 11(4) UNIT ONE The academic writing process 15(10) Introduction 15(1) Thinking about writing processes 15(1) Distinguishing between academic and personal styles of writing 16(3) The grammar of academic discourse 19(4) The writing process: Visualising your text 23(2) UNIT TWO Researching and writing 25(10) Recognising categories and classifications 25(1) The language of classification 26(4) The structure of a research paper 30(2) The writing process: Exploring the Internet and recording your explorations 32(3) UNIT THREE Fundamentals and feedback 35(15) Exploring comparison and contrast structures 35(4) The language of comparison and contrast 39(6) Using comparisons and contrasts to evaluate and recommend 42(3) The research paper 45(3) Identifying a research gap 47(1) The writing process: Joining a virtual peer group to get feedback on your writing 48(2) UNIT FOUR Definition, vocabulary, and academic clarity 50(10) The Clarity Principle 50(2) The language of definition 52(3) Reduced relative clauses 53(1) Extended definitions 54(1) The place of definition in academic text 55(2) The writing process: Understanding academic vocabulary 57(3) UNIT FIVE Generalisations, facts and academic honesty 60(15) The Honesty Principle 60(3) The language of generalisation 63(6) Hedging generalisations 64(2) Boosting generalisations 66(3) Writing a literature review 69(3) The writing process: Working with a peer group 72(1) Brainstorming and clustering 73(2) UNIT SIX Seeing ideas and sharing texts 75(14) Writing about events in time 75(5) Connecting events in a text 80(2) Reading and writing about visuals 82(4) The writing process: Learning about peer reviews 86(3) UNIT SEVEN Description, methods, and academic reality 89(15) Describing processes and products 89(1) The language for writing about processes 90(8) Nominalisations 95(3) Writing the Methods section 98(4) The Reality Principle 100(2) The writing process: Giving and getting formal peer feedback 102(2) UNIT EIGHT Results, discussion and academic relevance 104(15) What is an argument? 104(4) The language of argument 108(3) The Results and Discussion sections 111(6) Results 112(2) Discussion 114(1) The Relevance Principle 114(3) The writing process: Finding an academic voice 117(2) Getting peer feedback on your academic voice 117(2) UNIT NINE The whole academic text 119(15) S-P-S-F: Focus on structure 119(6) S-P-S-E in the Introduction 125(2) The language of coherence and connection 127(4) Process writing: Teacher evaluation 131(3) UNIT TEN Creating the whole text 134(70) Structure of the research report or paper 134(3) Creating your own research 137(3) Plagiarism ... and how to avoid it 140(3) Creating citations 143(2) In your own words: Paraphrase and summary 145(3) `Authorial identity' -- sounding like your academic self 148(56) Teaching notes and Key Unit 1 155(5) Unit 2 160(6) Unit 3 166(4) Unit 4 170(4) Unit 5 174(5) Unit 6 179(7) Unit 7 186(4) Unit 8 190(5) Unit 9 195(5) Unit 10 200(4) Appendix A Tips for carrying out peer review 204(2) Appendix B Academic writing assessment criteria 206(2) Appendix C Assessing written work 208