Get Great Marks: For Your Essays, Reports, and Presentations

ISBN-13: 9780367718213 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 186 str.

John Germov

Opis

The bestselling student guide to writing at university, updated to include extensive coverage of online research strategies, computer tools and different types of writing tasks.

Spis treści

Preface to the third edition

Introduction: What this book can do for you

1. First things first: Being an academic detective

2. The rules of the essay writing game

3. We need a plan

4. The art of analysis

5. Finding what you need

6. Untangling the web: Beyond Google and Wikipedia

7. Making sense of it all: Effective reading and note taking

8. Doing essay drafts

9. Easy marks: The unwritten rules of academic writing

10. Write it right: Handling the nitty-gritty

11. Writing reports and abstracts

12. Book and article reviews

13. The essay exam

14. Writing and delivering stress-free presentations

15. Referencing demystified

16. The end or just the beginning?

Appendix: Glossary of Latin phrases and abbreviations

Index

O autorze

JOHN GERMOV is Professor, Dean of Arts, and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Newcastle. He has many years' experience teaching undergraduate students and is the author/editor of 14 books.