Electronic publishing and electronic means of text and data presentation have changed enormously since the first edition was first published in 1997. This second edition applies traditional principles to today's, modern techniques. In addition to substantial changes on the poster presentations and visual aids chapters, the chapter on proposal writing discusses in more detail grant writing proposals. A new chapter has also been dedicated to international students studying in the United States.
Quest Second Edition parallels and accelerates the process native-speaking students (ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages) go through when they prepare for success in a variety of academic subjects. Quest helps students get "up to speed" in terms of both academic content and language skills.
Quest 3 combines high-interest material from newspapers and magazines with readings from academic textbooks.The Reading and Writing strand includes three to four distinct units, each focusing on a different area of university study - anthropology, art, biology, business, ecology, economics, history, literature, psychology, and sociology. Each chapter contains five parts that blend reading and writing skills within the context of a particular academic area of study. 1. Introduction 2. General Interest Reading 3. Academic Reading 4. The Mechanics of Writing 5. Academic Writing. Reading and activites build upon one another and increase in length and difficulty as students work through the five sections of each chapter across the four levels.
Focused on scholarship in rhetoric and composition over the past quarter-century, Concepts in Composition: Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing
is designed to foster reflection on how theory impacts practice,
enabling prospective teachers to develop their own comprehensive and
coherent conception of what writing is or should be and to consider how
people learn to write. This approach allows readers to assume the dual
role of both teacher and student as they enter the conversation of the
discipline and become familiar with some of the critical issues.
Each chapter addresses a particular theoretical concept relevant to
classroom teaching and includes activities to help readers establish
the connection between theoretical concepts and classroom lessons. A
major premise is that only when prospective writing teachers understand
this relationship will they be able to teach effectively. The chapters,
designed to facilitate this understanding, include:
*an
overview of a significant concept in composition that has generated
scholarly attention, and in some instances, critical controversy over
the past 25 years;
*writing assignments and discussion prompts to foster further exploration of the concept;
*thought-provoking articles;
*bibliographies for further research; and
*suggestions for classroom activities to apply the concept in a pedagogical context.
The text is enriched by seven chapters authored by invited scholars
with expertise in particular concepts of composition. Two
appendixes--"Developing Effective Writing Assignments" and "Developing
a Syllabus" enhance the pedagogical usefulness of the text.
Teacher's guide supports the instructor by offering teaching suggestions, a discussion of marking and grading writing, ideas for supplemental activities for each unit, and answers to exercises in the student book.
College Writing, for learners of American English, is a semi-academic writing course that takes college students from paragraph structuring to essay writing through a process approach. The areas covered include generating ideas, organizing, drafting, reviewing and revising.
Paragraph Writing takes students from sentence formation to paragraph writing through a process approach. This not only develops students’ paragraph writing skills, but also encourages them to become independent and creative writers. The back of the Student’s Book contains peer review forms and a grammar reference section.
Paragraph Writing includes 12 units and additional materials.Teacher's guide supports the instructor by offering teaching suggestions, a discussion of marking and grading writing, ideas for supplemental activities for each unit, and answers to exercises in the student book.
