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How to fix your academic writing trouble : a practical guide /

By: Mewburn, Inger [author.].
Contributor(s): Firth, Katherine [author.] | Lehmann, Shaun [author.].
Publisher: London : Open University Press, 2019Description: viii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335243327; 9780335243327:; 0335243320.Subject(s): Academic writing | English language -- Rhetoric | Dissertations, Academic -- AuthorshipDDC classification: 808.02 MEW
Contents:
Introduction: You may have academic writing troubles, but you can fix them!; 'Your writing doesn't sound very academic': How to convince your reader you belong; 'Where's your evidence for this?': Using what you know to make a case; 'Your writing doesn't flow': Making your text coherent and fluent; 'Waffle': Improving readability by managing your extra words; 'Uncritical!': Taking a stand in your writing; 'Where's your discussion section?': Structuring your work as a whole.
Summary: Are you confused by the feedback you get from your academic teachers and mentors? This clear and accessible guide to decoding academic feedback will help you interpret what your lecturer or research supervisor is really trying to tell you about your writing - and show you how to fix it. We will help you master a range of techniques and strategies to take your writing to the next level and along the way you'll learn why academic text looks the way it does, and how to produce that 'authoritative scholarly voice' that everyone talks about.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160) and index.

Introduction: You may have academic writing troubles, but you can fix them!; 'Your writing doesn't sound very academic': How to convince your reader you belong; 'Where's your evidence for this?': Using what you know to make a case; 'Your writing doesn't flow': Making your text coherent and fluent; 'Waffle': Improving readability by managing your extra words; 'Uncritical!': Taking a stand in your writing; 'Where's your discussion section?': Structuring your work as a whole.

Are you confused by the feedback you get from your academic teachers and mentors? This clear and accessible guide to decoding academic feedback will help you interpret what your lecturer or research supervisor is really trying to tell you about your writing - and show you how to fix it. We will help you master a range of techniques and strategies to take your writing to the next level and along the way you'll learn why academic text looks the way it does, and how to produce that 'authoritative scholarly voice' that everyone talks about.

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