Academic Writing for International Students of Science

ISBN-13: 9780367632724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 214 str.

Jane Bottomley

Opis

This second edition is an accessible companion designed to help science and technology students develop the knowledge, skills and strategies needed to produce clear and coherent academic writing in their university assignments, covering key topics such as scientific style, sentence and paragraph structure, and coherence.

Spis treści

Writing in the Sciences  Writing at University  Scientific Style  Sentence Structure 1  Sentence Structure 2  Paragraph Development: Achieving Flow  Referring to Sources  Writing Coherent Texts and Arguments  Academic and Scientific Conventions  Appendix 1: Verb Forms and Patterns  Appendix 2: Noun Phrases  Appendix 3: Common Areas of Difficulty in Grammar and Punctuation  Appendix 4: Model Texts

O autorze

Jane Bottomley is a lecturer in Engineering Communication at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Sweden. She has worked as a writer, editor and lexicographer on a number of books, websites and dictionaries.