Swales, John M. <br/><br/>
Academic writing for graduate students :   essential tasks and skills /  
John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak 
 - Third edition. 
 - Ann Arbor :  The University of Michigan Press,  c2012. 
 - xiv, 418 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Michigan series in English for academic & professional purposes. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Approach to academic writing -- 2. General-specific and specific-general texts -- 3. Problem, process and solution -- 4. Data commentary -- 5. Writing summaries -- 6. Writing critiques -- 7. Constructing a research paper I -- 8. Constructing a research paper II -- Appendix 1. The grammar of definitions -- Appendix 2. Articles in academic writing -- Appendix 3. Academic English and Latin phrases. 
<br/><br/> Like its predecessor, the third edition of Academic Writing for Graduate Students explains understanding the intended audience, the purpose of the paper, and academic genres; includes the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising; shows how to write summaries and critiques; features Language Focus sections that address linguistic elements as they affect the wider rhetorical objectives; and helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780472034758 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ACADEMIC WRITING <br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- RHETORIC <br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE<br/>ACADEMIC WRITING -- STUDY AND TEACHING <br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- RHETORIC -- STUDY AND TEACHING <br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- STUDY AND TEACHING (HIGHER) -- FOREIGN SPEAKERS <br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- STUDY AND TEACHING -- FOREIGN SPEAKERS 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE 1408 .S93 2012  / NULIB000014139