Louisa Buckingham

Doing a Research Project in English Studies

A guide for students

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Produktbeschreibung

Doing a Research Project in English Studies is the essential guide to undertaking research and developing academic English literacy skills for students new to research. With a particular focus on the needs of students in contexts where English is used as a foreign or an additional language, this accessible textbook takes the reader through the research process in five main sections: * Getting started (arriving at a topic, interacting with a supervisor) * Finding bibliographic resources * Collecting data * Developing academic writing skills * Giving an oral presentation Each chapter contains exercises; the answer key facilitates independent study throughout. Extracts from published research articles provide invaluable illustration of the features of academic writing. This is a must have resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students embarking on a research project in English studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781138846913
• ISBN-10: 1138846910
• Artikelnr.: 42742481

Autorenporträt

Louisa Buckingham is a Lecturer in Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. She has published on topics including academic writing, sociolinguistics, and English as a lingua franca.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The preliminaries: Getting started
3. Working with your supervisor
4. Finding literature
5. Reading
6. Collecting Data
7. Your Project chapter by chapter
8. Features of Academic Writing
9. Research logistics: Time management and revisions
Appendix 1: Introductions
Appendix 2: Conclusions
Appendix 3: Creating Transitions in your Writing
Appendix 4: Reporting Verbs
Appendix 5: Citing your Sources