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The Academic Word List
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Several web pages on the Academic Word List including some downloadable exercises from the School of Linguistics at the University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Several web pages on the Academic Word List including some downloadable exercises from the School of Linguistics at the University of Wellington in New Zealand.
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The Academic Writer's Toolkit : A User's Manual
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Berger's slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. He has suggestions for getting the "turgid" out of turgid academic prose and offers suggestions on how to best structure various forms of documents for effective communication. Written in Berger's friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.
Berger's slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. He has suggestions for getting the "turgid" out of turgid academic prose and offers suggestions on how to best structure various forms of documents for effective communication. Written in Berger's friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.
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The Lab Report
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Guide to writing lab reports with a downloadable pdf version available.
Guide to writing lab reports with a downloadable pdf version available.
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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education
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An edited book of articles on critical thinking covering the research from many angles including a section on teaching CT
An edited book of articles on critical thinking covering the research from many angles including a section on teaching CT
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The Quotation Sandwich
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A guide to the 'quotation sandwich' technique to ensure that you're using quotations successfully.
A guide to the 'quotation sandwich' technique to ensure that you're using quotations successfully.
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The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes
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Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors
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The four main parts of Academic Writing are:
The four main parts of Academic Writing are:
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Time Management Tips for Dissertation Writing
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A 5-page pdf with plenty of advice on time management.
A 5-page pdf with plenty of advice on time management.
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Top Twenty Errors in Undergraduate Writing
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The errors referred to in the name are grammar (usually sentence structure), vocabulary and punctuation errors.
The errors referred to in the name are grammar (usually sentence structure), vocabulary and punctuation errors.
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UCL Academic Integrity
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UCL's main page for Academic Integrity with links to other resources.
UCL's main page for Academic Integrity with links to other resources.
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UCL Academic Support
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A wide range of advice and training on study skills, information technology, writing, and extracurricular activities, such as peer assisted learning and voluntary work.
A wide range of advice and training on study skills, information technology, writing, and extracurricular activities, such as peer assisted learning and voluntary work.
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UCL Lunch Hour Lectures
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A large collection of lectures from UCL academics
A large collection of lectures from UCL academics
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UCLU Language + Writing Support Programme
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One-to-one and group writing help for international students from the UCLU
One-to-one and group writing help for international students from the UCLU
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University of Bristol online language exercises
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Very useful guides to using certain difficult punctuation marks such as colons with online exercises.
Very useful guides to using certain difficult punctuation marks such as colons with online exercises.
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Using Academic Language
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An introductory guide to academic writing style, with online practice exercises.
An introductory guide to academic writing style, with online practice exercises.
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Using Evidence to Support an Argument
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A guide to supporting an argument with evidence including 9 useful tips.
A guide to supporting an argument with evidence including 9 useful tips.
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Using Evidence: Synthesis
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A guide to synthesising evidence including 3 short videos and different types of synthesis.
A guide to synthesising evidence including 3 short videos and different types of synthesis.
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Using Literary Quotations
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A guide to when and how to use literary quotations including punctuation.
A guide to when and how to use literary quotations including punctuation.
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Using words positively
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A pdf short guide to avoiding sexist and other offensive language in your writing.
A pdf short guide to avoiding sexist and other offensive language in your writing.
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Vivas
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Advice for dealing with viva exams - aimed at research postgraduates, but useful for all students doing vivas
Advice for dealing with viva exams - aimed at research postgraduates, but useful for all students doing vivas
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Voice of America Learning English
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Practise your English using Voice of America news reports with helpful vocabulary lists.
Practise your English using Voice of America news reports with helpful vocabulary lists.
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Web Concordance - English
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A tool which searches a database of English to find sentences with a given word in and find common collocations.
A tool which searches a database of English to find sentences with a given word in and find common collocations.
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What's wrong with the Passive Voice
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A guide to when you should and shouldn't use the passive voice in your writing.
A guide to when you should and shouldn't use the passive voice in your writing.
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Write Clearly: Grammar
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A text explanation of evidence, how to collect and analyse evidence and incorporating evidence into your writing.
A text explanation of evidence, how to collect and analyse evidence and incorporating evidence into your writing.
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Write Clearly: Style
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Guide to writing in a clear, precise academic style.
Guide to writing in a clear, precise academic style.
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Write Clearly: Using Evidence Effectively
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Guide to selecting, analysing and incorporating evidence.
Guide to selecting, analysing and incorporating evidence.
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Write Clearly: Using Quotations in Your Essay
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Guide to effectively using and integrating quotations into academic writing.
Guide to effectively using and integrating quotations into academic writing.
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Writer's Web
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The writing website of the University of Richmond (in the US). Lots of advice and links.
The writing website of the University of Richmond (in the US). Lots of advice and links.
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Writing a Critical Review
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Guide to writing critical reviews including structure, evaluation criteria and samples.
Guide to writing critical reviews including structure, evaluation criteria and samples.
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Writing an Abstract for your Research Paper
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A guide to writing abstracts in social sciences, humanities and sciences with analysis of samples.
A guide to writing abstracts in social sciences, humanities and sciences with analysis of samples.