Bailey, Stephen, <br/><br/>
The essentials of academic writing for international students. / 
Stephen Bailey. 
 - xiv, 230 p. ;  ill. ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 --   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138885622 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014049456 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Academic writing.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Rhetoric.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P301.5.A27.B35  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.0428