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Academic Writing Step by Step - A Research-Based Approach (Hardcover)
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Academic Writing Step by Step - A Research-Based Approach (Hardcover)
Series: Frameworks for Writing
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Academic Writing Step by Step offers a new methodology for teaching
academic writing informed by discourse analysis and genre theory
and by recent research in text analysis. It focuses on types of
texts purposively written for particular contexts, where writers
introduce and contextualize research findings and new knowledge
while presenting their own points of view in relation to those of
others. The book promotes learning by doing, engaging research
writers with authentic materials as models of good practice. The
book begins by examining what academic writers do in planning their
writing and how they implement these plans in their own writing
practice. The book draws on accessible articles presenting popular
science topics of current interest to illustrate and practice the
processes involved in developing and writing an academic essay or
research paper step by step. Each unit in Academic Writing Step by
Step involves the user in guided "hands-on" practical analysis of
an exemplar text. This analysis forms the basis for a sequence of
learning activities directing students to engage with the text,
moving from analysis (reading for intent) to composition (writing
with intent). In this structured process, students acquire a
critical understanding of the components of research and essay
writing to underpin their own writing. Support for students'
analysis and writing of texts includes pre-reading, while-reading,
and post-reading activities. These activities are linked to
practice in the recognition and use of words in context, grammar in
context, and distinctive features of text types. Each unit contains
many interactive tasks and closes with a substantive writing
assignment reinforcing at least one component of academic writing
highlighted in the unit. The book's research-based, big-picture
approach, backed up by textual evidence, is effective in developing
students' practical knowledge of research and essay writing. This
approach is also motivational, empowering students to work in their
own disciplinary environments and areas of interest as it engages
them in academic reading, analysis, research, and writing. The book
is designed as a textbook for academic or research writing courses,
and its step-by-step approach makes it usable by university
undergraduates or senior secondary students, including those for
whom English is a second or foreign language. In addition, its
authentic readings and focus on academic and research writing makes
it also suitable for graduate level writing courses in
English-speaking and English as a second or foreign language
contexts.
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