Kathleen McMillan, Jonathan Weyers

How to Write for University (eBook, PDF)

Academic Writing for Success

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Undertaking a writing project for assessment can be a challenging prospect for students of all disciplines and especially those new to academic writing in higher education. The unique 12-step approach in this book leads students through the different stages that apply to any form of academic writing - gathering relevant information, processing that information through effective planning, creating the text and developing writing for future assignments including exam writing. The authors follow their tried-and-tested Smarter Student series approach to deliver timely, practical, hands-on guidance based on real-life experience from teaching and assessing

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson ITP
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292006475
• Artikelnr.: 40343887

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Weyers and Kathleen McMillan both work at the University of Dundee. Both have been teaching and lecturing for over 25 years and latterly have specialised in the transferable skills area. They have a track record of collaborative writing and achievement in this area.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The importance of writing at university - how your abilities in academic
writing contribute to your sucess
 
Essentials for getting started – how to gather and record information
2. University writing in context – how your academic  writing is shaped
from the very start of your course
3. Lectures, listening and academic writing – how information you hear in
lectures contributes to your writing
4. Researching information for writing assignments – how to use the library
as a source of academic information
4. Reading effectively – how understanding the structure of text helps your
own writing
6. Notes from lectures and reading – how to record information in note-form
for use in your writing
7. Speaking, thinking and academic writing – how discussing your work
contributes to organising and wording your writing
 
Understanding the contexts and practices relating to academic writing – how
to meet the standards
8. Organising yourself for writing – how to use your time effectively to
ensure successful completion of assignments
9. The format of academic writing – how to structure your text
appropriately
10. Following the expected academic style in your writing – how to adopt
the appropriate language conventions in your task
11. Information-processing and critical thinking for writing – how to
approach your analysis of source material
12. Referring to source material in your writing – how to cite and
reference correctly to avoid plagiarism
13. Presentation of academic assignments – how to follow the relevant
academic conventions in your written work
14. What markers look for when assessing written work - how markers grade
your academic writing
 
Writing technique – how to plan and write for assessment
15. Planning writing assignments – how to reflect on and organise your
response to the task
16. Writing a first draft – how to shape your text using sentences and
paragraphs effectively
17. Reviewing, editing and proof-reading your writing – how to make sure
your writing is concise and correct
Developing future academic writing – how to build on markers’ advice for
good results in later writing including exams
18. Acting on feedback in your coursework – how to use markers’ comments to
develop your academic writing
19. Academic writing in exams – how to translate the techniques of
coursework writing into your exam script
 
Appendices