Kathleen M. Moran, Eric Henderson

The Empowered Writer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A core text designed specifically for the college market, The Empowered Writer gives students a detailed yet widely applicable and accessible guide for developing skills in writing and research, including personal and business communication. The new edition of Kathleen M. Moran and Eric Henderson's text covering rhetoric, research, and grammar with integrated readings now boasts a more logical sequence of topics; streamlined coverage in early chapters; practical guidance on giving oral presentations; expanded material on business and workplace writing; as well as twice as many professional readings to highlight essay techniques and styles. The text continues to provide extensive pedagogical support with individual and collaborative exercises scattered throughout the text; plentiful in-text examples to illustrate key ideas; new critical-thinking questions following readings; and extensive margin annotations to define core concepts and provide targeted learning support. The text also retains its key focus on teaching students to think critically as they read and write, preparing them for communicating in the classroom and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199005543
• ISBN-10: 0199005540
• Artikelnr.: 60328781

Autorenporträt

Kathleen M. Moran, Professor, School of Liberal Studies and Communications, Conestoga College, Eric Henderson, Continuing Sessional Lecturer, Department of English, University of Victoria Kathleen Moran is a professor in the Communications Department at Conestoga College. She has taught and created a wide range of courses, including technical writing, composition, and business communication. Moran has also taught composition at Humber College and Brock University. She has authored ancillary material for OUP, Pearson, and Nelson, and is the Canadian adaptor on Searles, Workplace Communication (2012), with PEC. Eric Henderson is an active author with OUP Canada, where his other books include Becoming an Active Reader (2013); Writing by Choice, 2/e (2011); Short Fiction and Critical Contexts (co-edited with J. Hancock, 2009); and The Active Reader, 2/e (2011). Henderson has also published articles in leading journals such as Canadian Literature, English Studies in Canada, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. He teaches in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, where his teaching interests include composition, rhetoric, and style.