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Brilliant Academic Writing Bill Kirton

Brilliant Academic Writing By Bill Kirton

Brilliant Academic Writing by Bill Kirton


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Brilliant Academic Writing by Bill Kirton

Write Brilliantly at university - whatever your course! An accessible, attractive guide to the most important academic writing skills a student needs to wite successfully for any purpose on any course, whether it be essays, assignments, reports, reflective writing, exam questions, research reports, literature reviews - any type of academic writing, on any course. This book will give the reader a sound grounding on what the whole business of academic writing is about, and will provide instantaneous, easily accessible answers to specific questions on all of the most important areas of academic writing.

About Bill Kirton

Bill Kirton is an experienced lecturer and writer who most recently held the post of Royal Literary Fund Writing fellow at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews. Jonathan Weyers and Kathleen McMillan both work at the University of Dundee. Both have been teaching and lecturing for over 25 years and latterly have specialised in the transferable skills area. They have a track record of collaborative writing and achievement in this area.

Table of Contents

About the author Author's acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements Introduction: Do as we say, not as we do Part 1: Establishing the basics Chapter 1: Developing good writing skills Chapter 2: Giving markers what they want Chapter 3: Getting started with academic writing Part 2: Getting ready to write Chapter 4: Learning how to read Chapter 5: Turning reading into notes Chapter 6: The bare bones of academic writing structures Chapter 7: How to create a plan Part 3: Writing, Editing and other essentials Chapter 8: The conventions of academic writing Chapter 9: The basics of sentences and paragraphs Chapter 10: The importance of critical thinking Chapter 11: Never ever plagiarise Chapter 12: Quotations, citations and references Chapter 13: The importance of the post-writing phases Chapter 14: Making the most of feedback Conclusion: Follow the conventions but be yourself

Additional information

GOR006645210
9780273775133
0273775138
Brilliant Academic Writing by Bill Kirton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
2012-07-12
208
N/A
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