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The purpose of this monograph is to provide an introduction to the practice of academic writing with an emphasis on prose writing in particular, for both print-based and online media. Each chapter explores different aspects of academic writing from practical, professional and theoretical perspectives.

Academic Writing helps international students succeed in writing essays and reports for their English-language academic courses. Written to deal with the specific language issues faced by international students, this practical, user-friendly book is an invaluable guide to academic writing in English.

This book provides a foundation and framework to enhance your understanding of the various processes involved in academic writing. The purpose of this book is to enable you to be an effective writer and thinker in all contexts including your personal and professional lives.

This book presents a unique visual approach to academic writing and composition tailored to the needs of students with dyslexia in Higher Education. It will help you to successfully structure and articulate your ideas, get to grips with critical reading, thinking and writing and fulfil your full academic potential. The ‘writing process' (e.g. genre and style, critical thinking and reading, writing, sentence construction, and proofreading editing) is de-mystified and translated into innovative, meaningful visual representations in the form of templates, images, icons and prompts designed to meet the visual and ‘big picture' learning styles and strengths of your dyslexia.

Whether you're writing a paper, essay, assignment, or dissertation, this book helps you improve your writing skills through minimal effort. Providing you with a quick set of writing rules to follow, this tried and tested guide uses a unique and easy to follow grid-based system. Packed with advice on understanding common errors made in academic writing, it helps you identify patterns in your own writing and demonstrates how to reshape or re-evaluate them