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• Successful Academic Writing
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Understanding the Task
• Introduction
• Academic writing
• Genres of writing
• Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
• The assignment title
• Basic structures
• Other types of academic writing
• Summary
• References
• Overcoming the Blank Page
• Introduction
• Understanding the assignment title
• Approaching your lecturer
• Starting to write
• Summary
• References
• Planning your Work
• Introduction
• The landscape of an assignment
• Assessment criteria
• What to include
• Your existing knowledge of the subject
• Research
• Time management
• Summary
• Carrying out the Research
• Introduction
• Why do you need to do any research?
• What research do you need to do?
• How should you do the research?
• When should you do the research?
• Where should you do the research?
• Who should you research?
• Summary
• References
• Further reading
• Reading and note-taking
• Introduction
• Effective reading strategies
• Reading and note-taking
• Summary
• References
• Features of Academic Writing
• Introduction
• Academic style
• Critical writing
• Referencing
• Developing paragraphs
• Writing plans
• Writing drafts
• Summary
• References
• Writing Descriptively
• Introduction
• Defining
• Describing things
• Describing processes
• Including charts and diagrams
• Classifying/categorising
• Reporting
• Summary
• References
• Writing Critically
• Introduction
• Providing reasons and explanations
• Arguing a point of view
• Evaluating a point of view
• Comparing and contrasting
• Providing support
• Drawing conclusions
• Summary
• References
• Personal and Reflective Writing
• Introduction
• Levels of reflection
• The language of reflection
• Judging the quality of reflective writing
• Reflection on your studies
• Personal development
• Learning journals
• Summary
• References
• Working with other People’s Ideas and Voices
• Introduction
• Including sources in your work
• Summarising
• Paraphrasing
• Synthesising
• Writing a list of references
• What is plagiarism and how can it be avoided?
• Summary
• References
• Finding your own Voice
• Introduction
• Understanding different voices
• Expressing your voice
• Evaluating statements
• Example of a writer’s voice
• Summary
• References
• Genre and Discipline Specific Writing
• Introduction
• Essays
• Research proposals
• Literature reviews
• Writing a report
• Experimental/research reports
• Book reviews
• Writing an abstract
• Case studies
• Reflection
• Summary
• References
• Presenting your Work
• Introduction
• Using word processors effectively
• Writing by hand
• Adapting text for different purposes
• Summary
• Working with Feedback
• Introduction
• The purpose of feedback
• Formative and summative assessment and feedback
• Making sense of lecturers’ feedback
• Contacting your lecturer
• Consequences of ignoring or not understanding feedback
• Summary
• References
• Editing your Work
• Introduction
• The process of editing
• Structure
• Relevance
• Communication
• Bias
• Economy
• Ownership
• Referencing
• Summary
• References
• A Last Word
• Feedback on activities
• Index