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Genre Explained

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Genre-Based Instruction

By: Christine Tardy,Nigel A. Caplan,Ann Johns

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Genre Explained

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Genre-Based Instruction

By: Christine Tardy,Nigel A. Caplan,Ann Johns

Genre Explained presents accessible, research-grounded answers to 40 questions that teachers frequently have about genre-based writing instruction

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University of Michigan Press

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0472039342

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Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition

By: Nigel A. Caplan

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Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition

By: Nigel A. Caplan

Grammar Choices is a different kind of grammar book: It is written for graduate students, including MBA, master’s, and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers and faculty. Additionally, it describes the language of advanced academic writing with more than 300 real examples from successful graduate students and from published texts, including corpora. Each of the eight units in Grammar Choices contains: an overview of the grammar topic; a preview test that allows students to assess their control of the target grammar and teachers to diagnose areas of difficulty; an authentic example of graduate-student writing showing the unit grammar in use; clear descriptions of essential grammar structures using the framework of functional grammar, cutting-edge research in applied linguistics, and corpus studies; vocabulary relevant to the grammar point is introduced—for example, common verbs in the passive voice, summary nouns used with this/these, and irregular plural nouns; authentic examples for every grammar point from corpora and published texts; exercises for every grammar point that help writers develop grammatical awareness and use, including completing sentences, writing, revising, paraphrasing, and editing; and a section inviting writers to investigate discipline-specific language use and apply it to an academic genre. Among the changes in the Second Edition are: new sections on parallel form (Unit 2) and possessives (Unit 5) revised and expanded explanations, but particularly regarding verb complementation, complement noun clauses, passive voice, and stance/engagement a restructured Unit 2 and significantly revised/updated Unit 7 new Grammar Awareness tasks in Units 3, 5, and 6 new exercises plus revision/updating of many others self-editing checklists in the Grammar in Your Discipline sections at the end of each unit representation of additional academic disciplines (e.g., engineering, management) in example sentences and texts and in exercises.

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University of Michigan Press ELT

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0472037315

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Essential Actions for Academic Writing

A Genre-Based Approach

By: Nigel A. Caplan,Ann Johns

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Essential Actions for Academic Writing

A Genre-Based Approach

By: Nigel A. Caplan,Ann Johns

Essential Actions for Academic Writers is a writing textbook for all novice academic students, undergraduate or graduate, to help them understand how to write effectively throughout their academic and professional careers. While these novice writers may use English as a second or additional language, this book is also intended for students who have done little writing in their prior education or who are not yet confident in their academic writing. Essential Actions combines genre research, proven pedagogical practices, and short readings to help students develop their rhetorical flexibility by exploring and practicing the key actions that will appear in academic assignments, such as explaining, summarizing, synthesizing, and arguing. Part I introduces students to rhetorical situation, genre, register, source use, and a framework for understanding how to approach any new writing task. The genre approach recognizes that all writing responds to a context that includes the writer's identity, the reader's expectations, the purpose of the text, and the conventions that shape it. Part II explores each essential action and provides examples of the genres and language that support it. Part III leads students in combining the actions in different genres and contexts, culminating in the project of writing a personal statement for a university or scholarship application.

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University of Michigan Press

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047203796X

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9780472037964

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers

By: Nigel A. Caplan

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Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers

By: Nigel A. Caplan

Grammar Choices is cross-referenced with Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd edition (Swales & Feak, 2012)."-- P. 4 of cover.

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Michigan Series in English for

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0472035010

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9780472035014

Q: Skills for Success Level 1 Reading & Writing Student's Book

By: Jenny Bixby,Nigel Caplan,Meg Brooks,Miles Craven

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Q: Skills for Success Level 1 Reading & Writing Student's Book

By: Jenny Bixby,Nigel Caplan,Meg Brooks,Miles Craven

A six-level paired skills series that helps students to think critically and succeed academically. The Third Edition builds on Q: Skills for Success' question-centered approach with even more critical thinking, up-to-date topics, and 100% new assessment.

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Oxford University Press

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0194836266

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Genre Explained

Genre Explained

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, Second Edition

Essential Actions for Academic Writing

Essential Actions for Academic Writing

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers

Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers

Q: Skills for Success Level 1 Reading & Writing Student's Book

Q: Skills for Success Level 1 Reading & Writing Student's Book

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