Academic writing skills for international students / Siew Hean Read.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Part I: Essential features of academic writing -- Appropriate writing style -- Correct conventions for using sources -- Clear structure and layout -- Coherent flow of ideas -- Accurate use of language -- Part II: Types of university written assignments -- Essays -- Case studies -- Reports -- Literature reviews -- Research proposals -- Part III: Developing your writing -- Aspects of development -- Methods of organisation -- Introductions and conclusions -- Paragraph structure and construction -- Techniques for developing your writing -- Part IV: Presenting a point of view: argumentation -- The elements of argumentation -- The issue and thesis statement -- Structuring the argument -- Building the argument -- Argumentative essays for study -- Part V: Putting it all together -- Essay 1: Analytical: comparison and contrast -- Essay 2: Analytical response -- Essay 3: Analytical and discursive -- Essay 4: Analytical -- Essay 5: Discursive -- Essay 6: Case study -- Essay 7: Discursive -- Appendix A: Answers to practice activities -- Appendix B: Language charts -- Appendix C: A glossary of grammatical terms.

This user-friendly guide features examples of student writing and exercises throughout and will help you to develop you academic writing skills so that you can achieve the best possible marks. This engaging guide will equip students who are non-native speakers of English with the tools and confidence to respond effectively and appropriately to written assignments at university. It supports students in the development of essential writing skills, such as structuring paragraphs and building an argument, and provides practical guidance on adhering to the conventions of academic writing. It guides students systematically through a series of text analyses which bring out key linguistic and rhetorical features, making complex textual issues manageable and understandable for learners of all abilities. This is an ideal self-study aid for non-native English speakers, both on pre-sessional language courses and on degree programmes, who need to get to grips with the conventions of academic writing.