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Introduction to Academic Writing
This is an excellent book. It is a wonderful resource not only for teachers but also for students who are learning the English language and writing skills. I am using the entire series in my classes at the college level and the students are really coming together and excelling in their writing due to the exercises in the book. I approve and am happy that the authors came up with such a concept.
First Steps in Academic Writing: Level 2 (2nd edition)
The second edition of First Steps in Academic Writing provides high-beginning to low-intermediate students with essential tools to master basic academic writing. The text's time-proven approach integrates paragraph organization, sentence structure, grammar, mechanics, and the writing process. First Stepsleads students to build strong academic writing skills that will last them throughout their writing careers. Features: A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process. Clear, succinct explanationshelp students to understand and apply key conepts and rules.
American English for Everyday and Academic Use is a textbook for classroom/individual study and is aimed at an integrated study of American English (lexis, grammar, phraseology, and pronunciation), which sets it apart from the bulk of similar publications traditionally aimed at British English. Special attention is given to improvement of speaking skills and listening comprehension. The book's special characteristic is that it offers a combined study of communication and culture.
Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing - From Extraction to Analysis
Academic vocabulary is in fashion, as witnessed by the increasing number of books published on the topic. In the first part of this book, Magali Paquot scrutinizes the concept of 'academic vocabulary' and proposes a corpus-driven procedure based on the criteria of keyness, range and evenness of distribution to select academic words that could be part of a common-core academic vocabulary syllabus.
This best-selling text has helped over a million students transform adequate work into academic success. The Tenth Edition maintains the straightforward and traditional academic format that has made it the leading study skills text in the market. HOW TO STUDY IN COLLEGE provides an added focus on the three-step path to study success: to be a successful student you need to build a strong study skills foundation and then gain, retain, and explain information. Students will find it easier to gauge their progress and place their academic activity in clearer context when they think of their coursework in these terms.
