Like Its Predecessor, The Third Edition Of Academic Writing For Graduate Students Explains Understanding The Intended Audience, The Purpose Of The Paper, And Academic Genres; Includes The Use Of Task-Based Methodology, Analytic Group Discussion, And Genre Consciousness-Raising; Shows How To Write Summaries And Critiques; Features "Language Focus" Sections That Address Linguistic Elements As They Affect The Wider Rhetorical Objectives; And Helps Students Position Themselves As Junior Scholars In Their Academic Communities.
among The Many Changes In The Third Edition:
•newer, Longer, And More Authentic Texts And Examples
•greater Discipline Variety In Texts (Added Texts From Hard Sciences And Engineering)
•more In-Depth Treatment Of Research Articles
•greater Emphasis On Vocabulary Issues
•revised Flow-Of-ideas Section
•additional Tasks That Require Students To Do Their Own Research
•more Corpus-Informed Content
the Commentary Has Been Revised And Expanded.