academic writing a handbook for international students by stephen bailey pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 1 ppt

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 1 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 14/12/2013, 18:15
... publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record has been ... or her academic potential will find this practical and easy-to-use guide to writing in English a truly indispensable resource. Stephen Bailey has taught English for Academic Purposes at the ... it is essential to ensure that your writing skills meet the necessary standard. Academic Writing is a new kind of writing course for all international students who have to write exams or coursework...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 21 pptx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 21 pptx

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... References and Quotations 4.5 Comparison Essay Read the essay carefully and find: a) a definition b) an example c) a generalisation d) a phrase expressing cause and effect e) a passive f) a phrase expressing ... lessons are available, and which have assignments sent and returned by email. Although on-line courses are now offered by many institutions, it is by no means clear that they offer real advantages ... internet-based teaching (also known as e-education) has emerged as a potential rival to traditional classroom learning. It normally involves having access to a secure site on the internet where a graded...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 2 docx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 2 docx

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... a title, and students must be quite clear what question the title is asking before starting to plan the essay and read around the topic. This unit deals with analysing titles and making basic ... so that by the late 1980s only the most honest countries confessed to having as many as half their population illiterate, and only ten – all but Afghanistan in Africa – were prepared to admit ... critically Suggest Give a detailed account Summarise Look at the various parts and their relationships 8 The Writing Process: Writing Foundations was indeed the aspiration of almost all governments,...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 3 pptx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 3 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... information or data (collectively, “information”) made available at the company web site are provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind. The Company expressly disclaims any representations ... Where might each one be found? Academic Jargon Archaic Journalistic Formal Literary 4. Match the examples below with the types of English listed above: a) Demographic data are given in Table 1. Twenty- three ... of Asia and suggest possible approaches to halting their spread. 1.5 Understanding Purpose and Register Having decided that a text is reliable, a student must read and understand as much as...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 4 pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 4 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... Synonyms 3.2 Academic Vocabulary 24 The Writing Process: Reading and Note-making vaccines for the plague, one of which has begun clinical trials. In parts of Africa drug-resistant strains of the disease ... South-East Asia and South America, and have recently begun to spread across India and Africa. Formerly under control in many areas, the disease now threatens two billion people living in more than ... box below. MALARIA FIGHTS BACK Drug-resistant strains of malaria, already one of the world’s major killers, are steadily spreading across the globe. The deadly strains have established themselves...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 5 pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 5 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... completed its planned new capital, Abuja. Both Brazil and Malaysia have found that the building of new capitals (Brasilia and Putrajaya) can sharply increase the national burden of debt. Even ... reported that baboons are able to think abstractly. It has been known for some time that chimpanzees are capable of abstract thought, but baboons are a more distant relation to mankind. In ... literature to describe plants and animals which have had DNA introduced into them by means other than the ‘natural’ process of an egg and a sperm. New species have always evolved through natural...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 6 docx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 6 docx

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... market, e.g. local TV advertising very expensive (to make and show) many people video TV and fast forward adverts newspaper adverts can be prepared more quickly TV adverts can reach a wider audience a) ... of advertising on TV with advertising in newspapers. What are the main differences? Are there any similarities? TV adverts more lively, dynamic newspaper adverts can be targeted at a special ... Organising Paragraphs 45 1. topic 2. restatement 3. reason 4. example 5. information 5. The sentences below form a paragraph, but have been mixed up. Rewrite them in the correct order and analyse...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 7 pptx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 7 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... ideas if necessary. Cultural adaptation among overseas students at an Australian university. a) The research programme purpose: to study how students from different cultural backgrounds adapt ... university b) Reasons why classroom based education remains popular: students can be part of group; receive support and advice; learn from colleagues students have face-to-face contact with a teacher is ... students adapt better? Summary The aim of the study was to explore differing degrees of adjustment to life at an Australian university among overseas students from a variety of cultural backgrounds....
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 8 pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 8 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... encourage extra traffic. This may be partly true, but the alternatives are equally problematic. Road pricing has many practical difficulties, while people are reluctant to use public transport. ... Comparison 4.5 Comparison Essay 68 Elements of Writing 3. Analyse the following paragraph in a similar way: Obesity is a growing problem in many countries. It can lead to various medical conditions ... various skills that are needed for most types of academic writing, whether it is a short report, a long essay or a dissertation. Many essays, for instance, begin by defining a term in the title...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 9 ppt

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 9 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... two main reasons; one economic and one social. The former appears to be a lack of capital, the latter a failure to carry out sufficient market research. Jenkins considers that together these account for ... normal dictionaries), very recent, or with no widely agreed meaning. Word Category Detail Use A lecture is a formal talk given to a large group, often used for teaching. An assignment is a task ... is a pattern of anti-social . found in many schools. f) Recycling is a in which materials are used again. g) A recession is a of reduced economic activity. h) Post codes are a for making mail...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 10 pptx

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 10 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... essays it is often better to support statements by giving examples. Compare the following: a) Many plants and animals are threatened by global warming. b) Many plants and animals are threatened ... (informal) plus (informal) one minor benefit of school uniforms is . . . drawback disadvantage a negative feature con (informal) minus (informal) a serious drawback to state control is . . . 2. There are two ... clearer. a) His mother’s sister was a small but very remarkable woman. b) When the liquid reached boiling point the reaction began. c) It appears that Candlemas day was celebrated with large...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 11 pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 11 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... begin an essay with remarks that are general but also accurate and clear. Decide which of the following are suitable (essay titles in brackets): a) (Do newspapers have a future?) Newspapers are ... statistical data is a necessary part of much academic writing: Approximately 1,800 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years were randomly selected . . . Already 3% of the US working population ... as many the majority/minority a tenfold increase 50%, a percentage to double/halve on average/the average number the most/least a small/large proportion Rewrite each sentence in a simpler way,...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 22 doc

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 22 doc

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... (d) and (e) are plagiarism. 2 (a) , (b) and (c) are plagiarised, (d) is acceptable. NB (c) uses paraphrasing but contains a quotation not marked by quotation marks. 3 Acceptable: some vocabulary ... publications. Answers 207 Journalistic English is found in newspapers. Literary English may be found in poems, plays and novels. 4a academic 4b formal 4c jargon 4d literary 4e archaic 4f journalistic 5a ... (significant). The penultimate sentence is speculation. 1.5 Understanding Purpose and Register 2a amuse/entertain 2b inform/persuade 2c inform 3 Academic English is found in academic journals and...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 23 pdf

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 23 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... snow. For more than a decade the nations involved in Antarctic research have respected an agreement to repatriate their garbage, and this should gradually solve the problem. But there are a few ... the labour market. ã Recent research (Jackson et al.) shows that employers are looking for personal skills rather than educational qualications. ã The average student in Britain now leaves ... there are two main differences: how students can enter a university and what percentage of students are in higher education. There are twice as many students in higher education in Taiwan as in...
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Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 24 doc

Tài liệu Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 24 doc

Ngày tải lên : 24/12/2013, 05:15
... methods. 5a a/c 5b d/e 5c b 5d g Answers 223 2.7 Examples 2a e.g./such as 2b A case in point 2c particularly/especially (for example/instance also possible) 2d for instance /for example 2e such as/e.g. Model ... e.g. Indira Gandhi . . . 3d . . . most car makers, for instance Toyota/Volkswagen . . . 3e Certain diseases, particularly malaria/Aids . . . 3f Many musical instruments such as guitars/violins ... is usually less expensive than a meal in a conventional restaurant. 2.13 Academic Style Model answers 4a It is widely believed that the railways are deteriorating. 4b Serious crime, such as murder,...
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