Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students

by Stephen Bailey

Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework. Yet writing good academic English is a demanding task. This new edition of Academic Writing has been fully revised to help students reach this goal. Clearly organised, the course explains the writing process from start to finish. Each stage is demonstrated and practised, from selecting suitable sources, reading, note-making and planning through to re-writing and proofreading. The book is divided into short sections which contain examples, explanations and exercises for use in the classroom or self-study. Cross-references allow easy access to relevant sections, and a full answer key is included. The 3 rd edition has been developed in response to suggestions from both students and teachers. Featuring a new website, there is increased coverage of plagiarism, argument, cause and effect, comparison, definitions and academic style. Different forms of writing, including reports and literature reviews, are also covered. All international students wanting to maximise their academic potential will find this easy-to-use, practical book a valuable guide to writing in English for their degree courses. You can follow Stephen's blog at the following

Genres: Writing, Science, Nonfiction, Academic, Language

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Hafsa Yusuf · Rating 1 out of 5]

For self-studying, for academic writing, this book is not useful at all.

للدراسة أو التعلم الذاتي، للكتابة اﻷكاديمية، هذا الكتاب غير مفيد البتة.

[Dr Lamya Alkooheji · Rating 5 out of 5]

A textbook that can also be used as a self-study guide for academic writing. Suitable for first and second year students. When I worked as an academic at the University of Bahrain and coordinated a 200-level academic writing course for the IT College, I assigned as the textbook for that course, and a big change in students performance and accuracy was perceived, not only in that course but in the other courses they were doing. I highly recommend it (and it's new version).

[Melania]

This textbook is not really suitable for people who already have a high proficiency in English but just need to refine their academic style.
I think it's more likely meant to be consulted by students whose English is not fluent to begin with.

[Nikolett · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very good for beginners and BA students of English. I've started reading it because it seems that I'm going to write my dissertation in English and needed a great workbook for academic writing. It's not bad but I'm looking for something else.

[Alexandru · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, extremely useful for international students, focusing on the details of writing in English. It a must read for students conducting their studies in English.

[Waris Ahmad Faizi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative!
An awesome practical book on Academic Writing.
Recommended for each person in academic and research world.

[Mirdawar Shah]

I don't know how this resources will go to help me off through in ilets

[laura]

pues eso

[محمد عادل · Rating 2 out of 5]

unfortunately, not what I was looking for!
I find it not very useful at any level!!

[Maraim Elbadri · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book as syllabus in the previous course. It was quite useful and I keep it as refernce.

[Omer Ibraimi]

Is Very Good :D

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear and concise examples for academic writing. Definitely a very useful guide.

[Ashfaque]

Ahaji