| Academic Writing: Exploring Processes and Strategies Revised Edition Contributor(s): Leki, Ilona (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521657687 ISBN-13: 9780521657686 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $57.71 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: This book provides instruction on the process writers go through to produce texts. It teaches attention to form, format and accuracy. The central goals of the Student's Book are to teach the process that writers go through to produce texts, and to provide instructions on how to meet the demands of the academy by attention to form and accuracy. One half of the book is devoted to leading the student through the process of writing from observation and experience. About a quarter of the book focuses on helping the student solve the writing problems typical of university-level course work. The remaining part of the book contains an anthology of readings that correspond to the assignments used in the earlier portions of the text. Through an emphasis on the academic applications of writing and on exploring processes and strategies, this text helps students produce, prepare, and polish their writing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (1.70 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While taking students through the writing process, this book also teaches attention to form, format, and accuracy. Academic Writing is an advanced, process-oriented writing text. The central goals are to teach the process that writers go through to produce texts and to provide instruction on how to meet the demands of the academy through attention to form and accuracy. |
