Introduction to Academic Writing

Second Edition

Authors: Alice Oshima and Ann Hague

Thickness: 226 pp.

Publisher: Longman

Weight: 550 grams

Introduction to Academic Writing - the intermediate level of the Longman Academic Writing Series - help students master the standard organizational patterns for paragraphs and essays. The's approach integrates the study of rhetorical patterns and the writing process with extensive practice in grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure.

Features

• The text's step-by-step approach carefully guides students through analyzing paragraphs and essays as well as the actual steps in the writing process.

• Clear, succinct explanations help students understand and apply key concepts and rules.

• Extensive practice on skills, from basic punctuation to work with clauses, helps students master writing correct English.

New to the Second Edition

• Emphasis on the steps in the writing process, including various techniques for prewriting

• More extensive use of models to guide students in their writing

• Checklists that provide a definite focus for editing, as well as appendixes that serve as a quick reference for useful editing points.

This textbook contains nine units, each requiring eight to twelve hours of class time. It covers a wide range of skills, from basic punctuation and capitalization rules in Unit 1 to rather advanced clause work in Units 5, 7, 8, and 9. The organization is highly flexible, allowing teachers to select units or sections of units suitable for the varying abilities typical of intermediate classes.

The book teaches the writing process using simple, clear language that guides students through a series of steps to produce well-organized, adequately developed paragraphs and essays. Explanations are kept simple, and numerous practices help students assimilate the points taught.

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