Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students

by Stephen Bailey

Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework, but writing good academic English is one of the most demanding tasks students face. This new, fourth edition of Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students has been completely revised to help students reach this goal.

The four main parts of Academic Writing are:

- The writing process
- Elements of writing
- Vocabulary for writing
- Writing models


Each part is divided into short units which contain examples, explanations and exercises, for use in the classroom or for self-study. The units are clearly organised to allow teachers and students to find the help they need with writing tasks, while cross-referencing allows easy access to relevant sections.

In the first part, each stage of the writing process is demonstrated and practised, from selecting suitable sources, reading, note-making and planning through to re-writing and proof-reading.

The fourth edition of this popular course builds on the success of the earlier editions and has a special focus on the vital topic of academic vocabulary in part three, Vocabulary for Writing. Part three deals with areas such as nouns and adjectives, adverbs and verbs, synonyms, prefixes and prepositions, in an academic context.


More key features of the book include:

- All elements of writing are clearly explained, with a full glossary for reference

- Models provided for all types of academic texts: essays, reports, reviews and case studies

- Full range of practice exercises, with answer key included

- Use of authentic academic texts

- A companion website offers further practice with a range of additional exercises

- Fully updated, with sections on finding electronic sources and evaluating internet material


All international students wanting to maximise their academic potential will find this practical and easy-to-use book an invaluable guide to writing in English for their degree courses.

Genres: Writing, Science, Nonfiction, Academic, Language

304 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