Overview

Write Brilliantly at university - whatever your course! An accessible, attractive guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to wite successfully for any purpose on any course, whether it be essays, assignments, reports, reflective writing, exam questions, research reports, literature reviews - any type of academic writing, on any course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of academic writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of academic writing.

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Author:   Bill Kirton
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Pearson Education Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9780273775133

ISBN 10:   0273775138
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   19 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

About the author Author's acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements Introduction: Do as we say, not as we do   Part 1: Establishing the basics Chapter 1: Developing good writing skills Chapter 2: Giving markers what they want Chapter 3: Getting started with academic writing   Part 2: Getting ready to write Chapter 4: Learning how to read Chapter 5: Turning reading into notes Chapter 6: The bare bones of academic writing structures Chapter 7: How to create a plan   Part 3: Writing, Editing and other essentials Chapter 8: The conventions of academic writing Chapter 9: The basics of sentences and paragraphs Chapter 10: The importance of critical thinking Chapter 11: Never ever plagiarise Chapter 12: Quotations, citations and references Chapter 13: The importance of the post-writing phases Chapter 14: Making the most of feedback   Conclusion: Follow the conventions but be yourself

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Bill Kirton is an experienced lecturer and writer who most recently held the post of Royal Literary Fund Writing fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews. 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.

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