Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students

by Stephen Bailey

Now in its fifth edition, Academic Writing helps international students succeed in writing essays and reports for their English-language academic courses. Thoroughly revised and updated, it is designed to let teachers and students easily find the topics they need, both in the classroom and for self-study.

The book consists of five



The Writing Process

Elements of Writing

Language Issues

Vocabulary for Writing

Writing Models The first part explains and practises every stage of essay writing, from choosing the best sources, reading and note-making, through to referencing and proofreading. The four remaining parts, organised alphabetically, can be taught in conjunction with the first part or used on a remedial basis. A progress check at the end of each part allows students to assess their learning. All units are fully cross-referenced, and a complete set of answers to the practice exercises is included.

New topics in this edition include Writing in Groups, Written British and American English, and Writing Letters and Emails. In addition, the new interactive website has a full set of teaching notes as well as more challenging exercises, revision material and links to other sources. Additional features of the book



Models provided for writing tasks such as case studies and essays

Use of authentic academic texts from a wide range of disciplines

Designed for self-study as well as classroom use

Useful at both undergraduate and postgraduate level

Glossary to explain technical terms, plus index Written to deal with the specific language issues faced by international students, this practical, user-friendly book is an invaluable guide to academic writing in English.

Genres: Writing, Science, Nonfiction, Academic, Language

342 pages, Kindle Edition

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