Includes index.

"Writing for Results: Academic and Professional Writing Tasks is intended for students whose programs have an academic or professional focus. Students from varied language backgrounds with divergent academic or professional interests will find the skill-building practice, writing strategies, and the real life tasks a practical preparation for writing in a variety of situations. Taking into account individual learning styles an interests, this text is task-based but stresses a process approach to writing, including peer feedback and useful strategies for carrying out research." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Writing Units

Unit 1 PROCESS TO PRODUCT: A REVIEW OF THE WRITING PROCESS
1. Reflecting -- 2. Prewriting -- 3. Drafting -- 4. Revising -- 5. Editing -- 6. Publishing

Unit 2 PARAGRAPHS AND THEIR STRUCTURE
1. Paragraphs -- 2. Paragraph Patterns -- 3. Sequence of Ideas -- 4. Irrelevant Details and Digressions -- 5. Topic and Focus -- 6. Writing a Paragraph -- 7. Concluding Sentences -- 8. Transitions Between Ideas

Unit 3 CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION
1. Review and Explanation of Classification -- 2. Review and Explanation of Definition -- 3. Metaphors and Similes -- 4. Getting Ready to Write

Unit 4 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
1. Introducing the Form -- 2. Prewriting -- 3. Topic Sentence and Outline for Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs -- 4. Clarifying and Expanding Ideas -- 5. Writing the First Draft -- 6. Peer Feedback -- 7. Revision and Editing -- 8. Final Draft

Unit 5 CAUSE AND EFFECT
1. Review and Explanation -- 2. Some Practice Through Example Paragraphs -- 3. Getting Ideas and Drafting -- 4. Analysing and Explaning Information in a Graph -- 4. Grammar Practice in Preparation for Editing

Unit 6 USING SOURCES EFFECTIVELY: PARAPHRASING AND SUMMARIZING
1. The Paraphrase -- 2. Plagiarism -- 3. Using Quotations -- 4. The Reference Section -- 5. Summarising -- 6. Identifying the Essentials

REAL LIFE WRITING TASKS

Task 1 THE ESSAY
1. Review -- 2. Comparison/Contrast Essay Writing

Task 2 ANSWERING QUESTIONS
1. Short-Answer and Essay Questions -- 2. Fill-in-the-Gap, Multiple-Choice, and Sentence-Completion Questions -- 3. Learning to Deal with Time Limits -- 4. Tips on How to Answer Questions

Task 3 THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Characteristics of an Annotated Bibliography -- 2. Purpose of an Annotated Bibliography -- 3. Types of Sources Used in an Annotated Bibliography -- 4. Compiling an Annotated Bibliography

Task 4 THE ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
1. Purpose and Characteristics of Argumentative Essays -- 2. Developing an Argument -- 3. Examining an Argumentative Essay -- 4. Writing an Argumentative Essay

Task 5 WRITING A RESUME AND COVER LETTER
1. Background Information: The Resume -- 2. Getting Started -- 3. The Cover Letter

Task 6 WRITING A BUSINESS REPORT
1. General Explanations -- 2. Guidelines on the Business Report Format -- 3. A Business Case -- 4. Writing the Report

Task 7 THE RESEARCH PAPER
1. Getting Started -- 2. Gathering Ideas -- 3. Purpose, Audience, and Topic -- 4. Developing Research Questions -- 5. Preparing to Write the First Draft -- 6. Editing and Final Copy

THE RESOURCE CENTRE
Editing Checklist -- Revisions from First to Final Draft -- Peer Feedback Questions -- Portfolio Writing -- Library Skills -- Cover Page -- Selected Web Sites -- Transitions -- Common Errors -- A Brief Guide to Punctuation -- List of Irregular Verbs in English

Glossary

Index