Mastery of written skills helps students become clear communicators with the ability to write concise papers. This book specifically helps high school students prepare for college and the workplace.
Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills.
This is a classic modern day romance story involving a woman and her 'genie'.
“This book is an exploration of how writers take an evaluative stance in academic writing from the point of view of Appraisal theory. It focuses on introductions to research articles in English across a range of disciplinesâ€
A guide to scientific writing for researchers whose first language is not English. Constructs such as sentence structure and word use are discussed, then the style and convention used in scientific publications is covered. Examples and exercises clarify the rules and guidelines presented.
Provides a structured process of writing activities using imitation, variation and experimentation. This work contains practical composition techniques such as 'transformational writing',
"Plagiarism has long been regarded with concern by the university community as a serious act of wrongdoing threatening core academic values. There has been a perceived increase in plagiarism over recent years, due in part to issues raised by the new media, a diverse student population and the rise in English as a lingua franca. This book approaches plagiarism from a linguistic perspective, cons…