Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Process and skills: Introduction to writing -- Reading: assessing sources/ using prefixes and suffixes -- Reading: critical approaches/ argument and discussion -- Avoiding plagiarism/ giving examples -- Understanding titles and essay planning/ showing cause and effect -- Finding key points and note-making/ using abbreviations -- Summarising and paraphrasing/ finding synonyms -- References and quotations/ using verbs of reference -- Combining sources/ providing cohesion -- Organising paragraphs/ using conjunctions -- Introductions and conclusions/ giving definitions -- Rewriting and proofreading/ academic style -- Elements of writing: Academic vocabulary: nouns and adjectives -- Academic vocabulary: verbs and adverbs -- Making comparisons -- Numbers -- Passives -- Prepositions -- Punctuation -- Singular or plural? -- Time markers -- Visual information -- Writing models: Reports -- Longer essays --