Academic Writing

Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.

A dissertation can break your confidence even when you are a capable student. The work is big, the rules are strict, and the steps often feel unclear. You are expected to choose a topic, write a proposal, review the literature, design a method, collect data, analyze results, write chapters, and defend your work. Many students freeze because they do not know what to do next. Academic Dissertations: Write Dissertations Confidently is a practical guide for students who want to finish well without panic and without shortcuts. It follows Panyim as he enters the dissertation process and meets the...

All academics need to write, but many struggle to finish their dissertations, articles, books, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. How can we write it all while still having a life? In this second edition of his popular guidebook, Paul Silvia offers fresh advice to help you overcome barriers to writing and use your time more productively.

Academic writing can feel like a secret language. You may have good ideas, but your lecturer wants structure, evidence, academic tone, and clean citation. Many students do not struggle because they are lazy. They struggle because they were never shown how to turn a thought into a clear argument that meets university standards. Academic Writing is a story-based guide that teaches the skills behind strong academic work. You follow Panyim, a young student standing at the edge of a demanding academic world, where the library represents both opportunity and pressure. Along the way, he is joined ...

"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the audiobook includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and - new to this edition - writing about literature.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE FOR ACADEMIC WRITING Write more academic English with the right words and patterns. Build a reliable phrasebank, master common grammar frames, and learn how to sound precise and objective in essays, reports, and research projects. With answers for self-study. What you’ll learn • Academic phrases for introducing topics, describing data, comparing ideas, and drawing conclusions • Reporting and hedging (e.g., “studies suggest…”, “may lead to…”) to manage tone and claims • High-value collocations and grammar patterns that ...

This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write well-structured, logical and convincing essays. It is the only guide to essay-writing you will ever need and is ideal for high-school and college students This book provides detailed instructions on the four main essay types: argumentative, expository, descriptive and narrative. “How to Write an Essay: A Beginner’s Guide” explains all the necessary techniques to enable your essay to be a success and achieve top grades.

Academic Theses: Writing Academic Papers Confidently is a story-based guide for students who know what they want to say but struggle to say it in a scholarly way. Many students have ideas, yet their papers feel scattered, their arguments feel weak, and their citations feel stressful. This book was written to replace guessing with a clear method. In the quiet space of the university library, Panyim faces a problem that many students recognize. He can read, he can think, and he can work hard, but turning thoughts into academic writing feels like pushing a heavy cart uphill. Nyakor, a ...

Your first real research project can feel intimidating. You are told to choose a topic, pick a method, collect data, analyze it, and write it up in a strict academic format. Yet no one slows down long enough to show you how the whole process fits together. This book follows Panyim, a bright but nervous university student in South Sudan, as he faces his first research project. Nyakor, his supportive girlfriend and a strong academic performer, helps him move from fear to clarity by breaking research into practical steps. Their journey keeps the learning human, grounded, and realistic for ...

Struggling to design your research? Feeling overwhelmed by complex theories, endless jargon, and unclear methods? You’re not alone. Many students, academics, and professionals fail in their projects—not because they lack intelligence, but because they lack clarity in research design. That’s where Modern Research Design Made Simple comes in. Written by Dr. Atolani Duyilemi, a seasoned academic and lecturer at Olabisi Onabanjo University, this book takes the mystery out of research. Whether you’re writing a dissertation, publishing an article, or conducting field studies, this guide ...

With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book - or even steady journal articles - may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it really is possible to write happily and productively in academe. Jensen begins by busting the myth that universities are supportive writing environments. She points out that academia, an arena dedicated to scholarship, offers pressures that actually prevent scholarly writing.

Academic journals can feel like a locked room. The language is dense. The articles are long. The databases look confusing. Yet your lecturers keep asking for journal sources because journals carry academic credibility. Academic Journals: Use Academic Journals With Confidence is a practical guide for students who want to find, read, and use scholarly articles without getting overwhelmed. It follows Panyim, an experienced student mentor, and Nyakor, a curious freshman, as they move from confusion to competence. Their journey keeps the learning human and realistic, while the guidance stays ...

ADVANCED ENGLISH is a short, no-nonsense, reader-friendly bank of academic "expressions" written for both graduate and undergraduate students who already know the basics of academic English but find difficulty using a higher level phrases or words. ADVANCED ENGLISH is a collection of the most common and essential idioms, phrasal verbs, vocabulary and phrases which are indispensable for every student in terms of using English effectively whether for speaking or writing purposes or taking academic tests such as Toefl, Ielts, Gre and the like. The book is designed in a very practical and ...

Strange Science includes case files that pertain to the paranormal, extraterrestrial, and, as some would say, science-fiction (Sci-Fi to citizens is all to real to the agents of the SCP) The SCP Foundation operates beyond jurisdiction, empowered and entrusted by every major national government with the task of containing anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. Many of these anomalies pose a significant threat to global security by threatening physical or psychological harm. All of them undermine the natural laws that the people of the world implicitly trust in. These are their case ...

Having played the role of a student, postdoc, researcher, research faculty member, author, reviewer, and editor, Kasthurirangan "Rangan" Gopalakrishnan, PhD, fully understands and empathizes with the struggles and pleasures of academic work. In this book, his goal is to assist you to do what you are already doing more effectively and efficiently with minimal stress and possibly to identify and eliminate those activities and habits that interfere with your academic writing productivity.

Writing about your research can be a wonderful experience, but there will be times when it’s hard—especially when you’re writing your first few papers. Efficient Scientific Writing gives you simple-to-use tools for writing a text that works. It helps you avoid wasting time and effort due to inefficient writing, and to develop habits for reliably producing text when you need to. This handy guide covers: • How to select your material and build a line of argument • A three-step drafting process that organically grows your text into a coherent paper • Tools and techniques for ...

Research can feel intimidating when you are doing it for the first time. You are expected to write a proposal, form a clear research question, choose a method, collect data, analyze results, and present your findings in a serious academic voice. Many students panic not because they lack ability, but because they do not have a clear path. Academic Research: Understanding Research Fundamentals makes that path clear through story and practical instruction. You follow Panyim, a dedicated university student in Juba, South Sudan, as he begins his first major research project. Nyakor, his ...

Reader's Choice Award Winner. Throughout China's rapidly growing cities, a new wave of unregistered house churches is growing. They are developing rich theological perspectives that are both uniquely Chinese and rooted in the historical doctrines of the faith. To understand how they have endured despite government pressure and cultural marginalization, we must understand both their history and their theology. In this volume, key writings from the house church have been compiled, translated, and made accessible to English speakers.

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Writer and political activist Mike Marqusee was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in the summer of 2007. At first, disinclined to share his misery with others, he was reluctant to write about his illness. But he then came to realize that doing so provided a precious continuity with his life as a writer before contracting the disease, and a way of reaching out to a wider world that the illness made physically less accessible.