Now in its fourth edition, "Writing Academic English," by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, is the essential writing text to prepare high-intermediate and advanced college or college-bound English language learners for academic success.
Features A step-by-step approach guides students through the process of writing paragraphs and essays. Clear models and varied practice help students to develop confidence and a mature writing style.
Examples with academic content prime students for college work. Appendices offer easy reference for key writing, grammar, and research information.
New to the Fourth Edition - A chapter dedicated to each pattern of essay organization - A chapter on argumentation and using material from outside sources - Thought-provoking readings from authentic sources - An expanded chapter on summary and paraphrase Instruction in the basics of research and documentation.
The Longman Academic Writing Series also includes: Level 1 "Fundamentals of Academic Writing" Level 2 "First Steps in Academic Writing, " Second Edition Level 3 "Introduction to Academic Writing, " Third Edition
This book is one of the best guides for writing clear, concise, coherent and cohesive English, Academic or otherwise. It is useful for both teachers and students. The information is presented logically and clearly. The summaries at the back are especially helpful for students and can work as a checklist for their writing. I recommend this book to everyone and it is even useful for high school students.
This was a nice book to review writing skills, even though I have finished their college years of writing essays. There were a lot of pieces of information in this book about academic writing that I knew how to do, but didn't know exactly how to explain.
There are a lot of practice exercises in here that would be good for an ESL student to try. As for a native speaker, the exercises probably aren't that much of a challenge, though a practicing a couple of questions do provide a quick refresher.
Really enjoyed the structure and progression into writing. A good balance of pragmatics, motivations of the author, and and scope of influence and purpose.
I hated it. There are too many excercises in this book. I felt like a child in the first grade while reading it. But the theory in the book is good and I've learned from it, which is always something :).
As a reference for beginners in academic writing, this book is excellent. I did not even finish it, however, because I studied only certain kinds of essays this year. I would strongly recommend it to writing beginners.