Blueprints 2: Composition Skills for Academic Writing Contributor(s): Folse, Keith S. (Author), Mahnke, M. Kathleen (Author), Solomon, Elena Vestri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618144102 ISBN-13: 9780618144105 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $63.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: The "Blueprints" academic writing series offers a unique combination of instruction in the rhetorical processes, while focusing on paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing. This dual focus helps students develop good writing habits and avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism. Additional Writing Assignments from Academic Disciplines allows them to practice their new skills on the types of writing tasks they will face outside the ESL classroom. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills |
Dewey: 808 |
LCCN: 2001131497 |
Series: Blueprints |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.52" W x 10.76" (1.26 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Blueprints 1 & 2 academic writing series offers a unique combination of instruction in the rhetorical processes as well as paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing. This multi-layered approach helps students develop good writing habits and avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism. Students receive ample opportunities to write at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels. |
Contributor Bio(s): Solomon, Elena Vestri: - Elena Vestri Solomon is currently a lecturer in the B. Ed program for future teachers in Abu Dhabi's Emirates College for Advanced Education. She received her MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and has lived and worked in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary, Romania, Uzbekistan, and UAE. She has authored/co-authored over a dozen academic textbooks in composition, grammar, and listening/speaking/note-taking.Folse, Keith S.: - Dr. Keith Folse is a Professor of TESOL at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of 57 textbooks on a variety of subjects from grammar to vocabulary to composition, including five best-selling books in the Great Writing series by National Geographic Learning. |