How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays

ISBN-13: 9781352002973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

University of Lee Dr Jeanne Godfrey (Teaching Fellow in EAP

Opis

Taking students step-by-step through the process, from choosing their sources to checking their work, she helps students to develop the skills and confidence they need to use their reading effectively in their essays and get the best marks possible for their work.

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Acknowledgements Introduction and example essay extract PART A: UNDERSTANDING YOUR READING How Do You Decide What to Read? How Do You Understand What You Read? How Do You Question What you Read? How Do You Compare and Connect What You Read? Writing to Understand Your Reading PART B: USING YOUR READING IN YOUR ESSAY Why and How Should You Quote? Why and How Should You Paraphrase? Why and How Should You Summarise? What Will Make Your Essay Original? Putting it All Together in Your Essays and Reports PART C: USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Using Verbs Precisely and Powerfully Discussing Authors' Position and Views Comparing and Connecting Different Authors Making Positive Comments Making Negative Comments PART D: CHECKING AND CORRECTION YOUR WORK Using a Clear Writing Style Re-expressing and Referencing Your Reading Checking Your Referencing Checking Your Grammar APPENDICES Complete Business Ethics Essay Answers to 'Over to You' Activities Definitions of Terms Used in this Book Dictionary Use, Register and Word Class Different Referencing Styles Vocabulary Index Subject Index.

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Jeanne has been teaching and managing in the field of English language and academic writing for over twenty years and currently lectures at the University of Leeds UK. She has been Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes and set up one of the first academic writing centres in a UK university. Jeanne is author of The Student Phrase Book, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays, Reading and Making Notes and Writing for University.