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Author Thurstun, Jennifer.

Title Exploring academic English : a workbook for student essay writing / Jennifer Thurstun and Christopher N. Candlin
Published Sydney : National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, 1997

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 MELB  808.02 T5475/E  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 142 pages ; 21 x 30 cm
Contents 1. Stating the topic -- Issues -- Factor -- Concept -- 2. Referring to the literature -- Evidence -- Research -- Source -- 3. Reporting the research of others -- According to -- Claim -- Suggest -- 4. Discussing processes undertaken in a study -- Identification -- Analysis -- Criteria -- 5. Expressing opinions tentatively -- May -- Possible -- Unlikely -- Probably -- 6. Drawing conclusions and summarising -- Concluding -- Summarising -- Cleatr that, thus
Summary Designed to help students write academic essays by focusing on the vocabulary used for essay writing. The selection of the vocabulary is based on frequent usage in prfessional academic writing and the focus is not esoteric or ssubject-specific, so the book can be used by students of any tertiary subject
Notes Erratum tipped in
Bibliography Bibliography: page 142
Audience Tertiary students
Subject Academic writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Academic writing.
English language -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language -- Rhetoric.
Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Vocabulary -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Author Candlin, Christopher.
Macquarie University. National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research.
LC no. 00001321
ISBN 1864083743