Includes index.

"If you are studying in English at university level, whatever your chosen subject, this book will help you to:

Improve your use of key strategies in academic writing and speaking such as comparing and contrasting, arguing and persuading, talking about cause and effect, and paraphrasing
Understand the key grammatical areas you need for successful essay writing and presentations such as modal verbs, noun phrases, conditionals, and relative clauses
Put theory into practice with exercises which test your knowledge and challenge your understanding, so you can incorporate new language actively in your writing and speaking." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Introduction

Tense review

Comparing and contrasting

Noun phrases

Being formal and informal

Relative clauses

Stating facts and opinions

Connectors

Being emphatic

Passives

Arguing and persuading

Modal verbs

Talking about cause and effect

Verb patterns

Hedging

Phrasal and prepositional verbs

Paraphrasing

Conditionals

Using defining language

Collocation

Cohesion

Punctuation

Glossary

Academic Word List

Answer key

Index