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Advance in academic writing : integrating research, critical thinking, academic reading and writing / Steve Marshall.

Marshall, Steve, (author.).

Summary:

Advance in Academic Writing is a comprehensive coursebook that prepares students for success in their college and university studies. In each chapter, students read authentic academic texts and develop key analytic skills around the texts. Advance explains in detail a range of different academic writing processes that will help students succeed.

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  • ISBN: 9782761341509 (pbk)
  • ISBN: 2761341503 (pbk)
  • Physical Description: xii, 460 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: Montréal, Québec : Pearson, [2017].

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General Note:
"CEFR C1"--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Seven stages of the writing process -- Understanding research -- Bringing in others' ideas: reading -- Bringing in others' ideas: writing -- Presenting coherent arguments -- Paragraphs -- Introductions in academic writing -- Conclusion in academic writing -- Review and consolidation -- Describing processes and statistical data -- Writing arguments in essays -- Making comparisons -- Writing about problems and solutions -- Writing about cases and effects.

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English language > Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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Report writing > Problems, exercises, etc.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Vancouver Community College.

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PART 1 WRITING AND RESEARCH: GETTING STARTED!
Chapter 1 Seven Stages of the Writing Process
3(24)
Theme: Academic Writing What Our Students Tell Us: Perceptions of Three Multilingual Students on Their Academic Writing in First Year (excerpts)
4(11)
Seven Stages of the Writing Process
15(12)
Chapter 2 Understanding Research
27(22)
Theme: Homeopathy and Control Trials
What Is Research?
28(3)
10 Stages of the Research Process
31(5)
Inventing the Randomized Double-Blind Trial: The Nuremberg Salt Test of 1835 (excerpts)
36(13)
Chapter 3 Bringing in Others' Ideas: Reading
49(26)
Theme: Self-Driving Cars To Delegate or Not to Delegate: A Review of Control Frameworks for Autonomous Cars (excerpts)
52(7)
Driverless Cars Work Great in Sunny California. But How About in a Blizzard?
59(16)
Chapter 4 Bringing in Others' Ideas: Writing
75(28)
Themes: Academic Integrity Plagiarism in the Music Industry
Student Perceptions of the Value of Turn it in Text-Matching Software as a Learning Tool (excerpts)
78(9)
Here's What Makes a Song a Ripoff, according to the Law
How You Think about Music ≠ How the Courts Think about Music (excerpts)
87(16)
PART 2 ESSAY SECTIONS: PARAGRAPHS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 5 Presenting Coherent Arguments
103(22)
Theme: Rehabilitation Versus Punishment in Prisons
`Prison is not for punishment in Sweden. We get people into better shape'
105(7)
Model argument
112(13)
Chapter 6 Paragraphs
125(24)
Themes: Fair Trade Slow Food
Fairness of Fair Trade Product Markets
127(1)
The Origin and Principles of Slow Food
128(1)
The Meaning of Fair Trade: Introduction
129(1)
Slow Food Revisited
130(1)
Mind the Fair Trade Gap
130(5)
Model paragraphs
135(14)
Chapter 7 Introductions in Academic Writing
149(20)
Theme: Business Leadership in Asia and Africa Recent Perspectives on Business and Leadership across Cultures
The West, Asia, and Africa (model introduction)
150(19)
Introduction 1 Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
155(3)
Introduction 2 Understanding the Varieties of Chinese Management: The ABCD Framework
158(1)
Introduction 3 Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: Knowledge and Norms
159(1)
Introduction 4 On Becoming a Leader in Asia and America: Empirical Evidence from Women Managers
160(1)
Introduction 5 The Dynamics of Managing People in the Diverse Cultural and Institutional Context of Africa
161(8)
Chapter 8 Conclusions in Academic Writing
169(20)
Theme: Business Leadership in Asia and Africa Recent Perspectives on Business and Leadership across Cultures
The West, Asia, and Africa (model conclusion)
171(18)
Conclusion 1 Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
173(1)
Conclusion 2 Understanding the Varieties of Chinese Management: The ABCD Framework
174(1)
Conclusion 3 Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: Knowledge and Norms
175(3)
Conclusion 4 On Becoming a Leader in Asia and America: t Empirical Evidence from Women Managers
178(11)
Chapter 9 Review and Consolidation
189(16)
PART 3 WRITING FOR DIFFERENT ACADEMIC PURPOSES
Chapter 10 Describing Processes and Statistical Data
205(20)
Themes: 3D Printing Air Pollution
3D Printing
206(4)
Air Pollution Statistics (excerpt)
210(8)
Modern Life Is KILLING Children: Gadgets, Pollution and Pesticides Are Blamed as Cancer Rates Soar 40 per cent in Just 16 Years
218(7)
Chapter 11 Writing Arguments in Essays
225(20)
Theme: Cellphones In Higher Education Classrooms You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Cannot Make Him Learn: Smartphone Use in Higher Education (abstract)
228(2)
Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning (abstract)
230(1)
A Happy and Engaged Class without Cell Phones? It's Easier Than You Think (abstract)
230(1)
Exploring the Extent to Which ELT Students Utilise Smartphones for Language Learning Purposes (abstract)
231(6)
How Concerned Should We Be about Cell Phones in Class?
237(8)
Chapter 12 Making Comparisons
245(20)
Theme: Nuclear Versus Solar and Wind Power Second Life or Half-Life? The Contested Future of Nuclear Power and Its Potential Role in a Sustainable Energy Transition (excerpt)
246(2)
Nuclear Energy in Focus (excerpts)
248(3)
Renewable Energy versus Nuclear: Dispelling the Myths (excerpts)
251(7)
Model comparative paragraphs
258(7)
Chapter 13 Writing About Problems and Solutions
265(20)
Theme: Language Loss
What Is Language Endangerment? (excerpts)
268(3)
Back to the Future: Recreating Natural Indigenous Language Learning Environments through Language Nest Early Childhood Immersion Programs (excerpts)
271(3)
Getting in Touch: Language and Digital Inclusion in Australian Indigenous Communities (abstract)
274(4)
Kohanga Reo (excerpts)
278(7)
Chapter 14 Writing About Causes and Effects
285(20)
Themes: Climate Change and Children's Health El Nino
Global Climate Change and Children's Health (excerpt)
286(2)
El Nino (excerpts)
288(17)
Chapter 15 Review and Consolidation
305(16)
PART 4 HANDBOOK: WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES
Unit 1 Tense and Aspect
321(6)
Unit 2 Articles, Nouns, and Noun Phrases
327(8)
Unit 3 Clauses and Sentences
335(8)
Unit 4 Relative Clauses
343(6)
Unit 5 Punctuation: Commas and Semicolons
349(9)
Unit 6 Participle Phrases
358(6)
Unit 7 The Passive Voice
364(6)
Unit 8 Punctuation: Colons and Apostrophes
370(9)
Unit 9 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences
379(6)
Unit 10 Subject-Verb Agreement
385(6)
Unit 11 Conditional Sentences
391(8)
Unit 12 Parallel Structure
399(4)
Unit 13 Modal Auxiliary Verbs to Express Likelihood and Obligation
403(10)
Unit 14 Inversion for Emphasis
413(10)
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Linking Words in Academic Writing
423(9)
Appendix 2 APA Citation Style
432(8)
Appendix 3 MLA Citation Style
440(8)
Appendix 4 35 Mistakes to Avoid in Academic Writing
448(11)
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