The second edition of First Steps in Academic Writing , by Ann Hogue, provides high-beginning to low-intermediate students with essential tools to master basic academic writing. The text's time-proven approach integrates paragraph organization, sentence structure, grammar, mechanics, and the writing process. First Steps leads students to build strong academic writing skills that will last them throughout their writing careers. Features: A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process. Clear, succinct explanations help students to understand and apply key conepts and rules. Numerous models and varied practice support students at all stages of writing. NEW Try It Out! exercises give students opportunities to assess mastery of new skills. NEW journal writing activities help students build literacy. NEW self-editing and peer editing worksheets motivate students to revise. The Longman Academic Writing Series also consists of: Level 1 Fundamentals of Academic Writing Level 3 Introduction to Academic Writing, Third Edition Level 4 Writing Academic English, Fourth Edition

Fundamentals of Academic Writing, by Linda Butler, is the newest addition to the Longman Academic Writing Series. Fundamentals provides beginning-level students with the essential tools they need to master basic academic writing by integrating sentence structure, paragraph organization, grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, and the writing process. Fundamentals leads students to build strong academic writing skills that will last them throughout their academic careeers. Features: A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process. Clear, succinct explanations help students to understand and apply key conepts and rules. Numerous models and varied practice support students at all stages of writing. Journal writing helps students build literacy. Challenge activities give added opportunities to master the writing process. Reviewer's Checklists motivate students to revise their work. The Longman Academic Writing Series also consists of: Level 2 First Steps in Academic Writing, Second Edition Level 3 Introduction to Academic Writing, Third Edition Level 4 Writing Academic English, Fourth Edition

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This best-selling series takes the mystery out of the composition process as it helps college-bound and college-level ESL students quickly improve their ability to write effectively in English. Addressing organization, rhetoric, grammar and mechanics, and sentence structure, these texts offer clear steps, numerous models, and many opportunities for writing practice

First Steps in the Law is an entertaining and insightful overview of the legal system. Geoffrey Rivlin, who boasts a wealth of experience as a former senior resident judge, barrister, and QC, leads the reader through the quirks of English law, offering fascinating details. Readers are regaled with lively descriptions of the workings of the legal system and vivid tales of the law in times gone by. Real life cases bring the book to life, enabling the reader to see the law in action, while descriptions of the participants in the legal system (including judges, lawyers, and police officers) root the book in the everyday reality of the legal profession. This is an essential read for anyone who is preparing for a law course or requires an understanding of the law in their working life.

All students and professors need to write, and many struggle to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. In this practical, light-hearted, and encouraging book, Paul Silvia explains that writing productively does not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions. Drawing examples from his own field of psychology, he shows readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and become prolific without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. After describing strategies for writing productively, the author gives detailed advice from the trenches on how to write, submit, revise, and resubmit articles, how to improve writing quality, and how to write and publish academic work.

This five-level writing series, organised by rhetorical genres, develops student writing from composing sentences to writing research papers A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process. Clear writing models and varied practice enable students to write effectively in different genres. Rigorous sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics development improves key writing skills. Peer Review and Writer's Self-Check hone revision and editing skills.

The book will help students master the standard organizational patterns for paragraphs and essays. The text's approach integrates the study of rhetorical patterns and the writing process with extensive practice in grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure.