Includes appendices.

Part 1 Writing and Research: Getting Started

Chapter 1 Seven Stages of the Writing Process
Theme: Academic Writing
What Our Students Tell Us: Perceptions of Three Multilingual Students on Their Academic Writing in First Year (excerpts)
Seven Stages of the Writing Process

Chapter 2 Understanding Research
Theme: Homeopathy and Control Trials
What Is Research? 10 Stages of the Research Process
Inventing the Randomized Double-Bind Trial: The Nuremberg Salt Test of 1835 (excerpts)

Chapter 3 Bringing In Others’ Ideas: Reading
Theme: Self-Driving Cars
To Delegate or Not to Delegate: A Review of Control Frameworks for Autonomous Cars (excerpts)
Driverless Cars Work Great in Sunny California, But How About in a Blizzard?

Chapter 4 Bringing In Others’ Ideas: Writing
Themes: Academic Integrity; Plagiarism in the Music Industry
Student Perceptions of the Value of Turnitin Text-Matching Software as a Learning Tool (excerpts)
Here’s What Makes a Song a Ripoff, according to the Law: How You Think about Music ≠ How the Courts Think about Music (excerpts)

Part 2 Essay Sections: Paragraphs, Introductions, and Conclusions

Chapter 5 Presenting Coherent Arguments
Theme: Rehabilitation Versus Punishment in Prisons
‘Prison is not for punishment in Sweden. We get people into better shape’
Model argument

Chapter 6 Paragraphs
Themes: Fair Trade; Slow Food
Fairness of Fair Trade Product Markets
The Origin and Principles of Slow Food
The Meaning of Fair Trade: Introduction
Slow Food Revisited
Mind the Fair Trade Gap
Model paragraphs

Chapter 7 Introductions in Academic Writing
Theme: Business Leadership in Asia and Africa
Recent Perspectives on Business and Leadership across Cultures: The West, Asia, and Africa (model introduction)
Introduction 1: Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
Introduction 2: Understanding the Varieties of Chinese Management: The ABCD Framework
Introduction 3: Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: Knowledge and Norms
Introduction 4: On Becoming a Leader in Asia and America: Empirical Evidence from Women Managers
Introduction 5: The Dynamics of Managing People in the Diverse Cultural and Institutional Context of Africa

Chapter 8 Conclusions in Academic Writing
Theme: Business Leadership in Asia and Africa
Recent Perspectives on Business and Leadership across Cultures: The West, Asia, and Africa (model conclusion)
Conclusion 1: Traditional Chinese Philosophies and Contemporary Leadership
Conclusion 2: Understanding the Varieties of Chinese Management: The ABCD Framework
Conclusion 3: Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: Knowledge and Norms
Conclusion 4: On Becoming a Leader in Asia and America: Empirical Evidence from Women Managers

Chapter 9 Review and Consolidation

Part 3 Writing for Different Academic Purposes

Chapter 10 Describing Processes and Statistical Data
Themes: 3D Printing; Air Pollution
3D Printing Air Pollution Statistics (excerpt)
Modern Life is KILLING Children: Gadgets, Pollution and Pesticides Are Blamed as Cancer Rates Soar 40 per cent in Just 16 Years

Chapter 11 Writing Arguments in Essays
Theme: Cellphones in Higher Education Classrooms
You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Cannot Make Him Learn: Smartphone Use in Higher Education (abstract)
Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning (abstract)
A Happy and Engaged Class without Cell Phones? It’s Easier Than You Think (abstract)
Exploring the Content to Which ELT Students Utilise Smartphones for Language Learning Purposes (abstract)
How Concerned Should We Be about Cell Phones in Class?

Chapter 12 Making Comparisons
Theme: Nuclear Versus Solar and Wind Power
Second Life or Half-Life? The Contested Future of Nuclear Power and Its Potential Role in a Sustainable Energy Transition (excerpt)
Nuclear Energy in Focus (excerpts)
Renewable Energy versus Nuclear: Dispelling the Myths (excerpts)
Model comparative paragraphs

Chapter 13 Writing about Problems and Solutions
Theme: Language Loss
What Is Language Endangerment? (excerpts)
Back to the Future: Recreating Natural Indigenous Language Learning Environments through Language Nest Early Childhood Immersion Programs (excerpts)
Getting in Touch: Language and Digital Inclusion in Australian Indigenous Communities (abstract)
Kohanga Reo (excerpts)

Chapter 14 Writing about Causes and Effects
Themes: Climate Change and Children’s Health; El Niño
Global Climate Change and Children’s Health (excerpt)
El Niño (excerpts)

Chapter 15 Review and Consolidation

Part 4 Handbook: Writing Effective Sentences
Unit 1 Tense and Aspect
Unit 2 Articles, Nouns, and Noun Phrases
Unit 3 Clauses and Sentences
Unit 4 Relative Clauses
Unit 5 Punctuation: Commas and Semicolons
Unit 6 Participle Phrases
Unit 7 The Passive Voice
Unit 8 Punctuation: Colons and Apostrophes
Unit 9 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences
Unit 10 Subject-Verb Agreement
Unit 11 Conditional Sentences
Unit 12 Parallel Structure Unit 13 Modal Auxiliary Verbs to Express Likelihood and Obligation
Unit 14 Inversion for Emphasis

Appendices Appendix 1 Linking Words in Academic Writing
Appendix 2 APA Citation Style
Appendix 3 MLA Citation Style Appendix 4 35 Mistakes to Avoid in Academic Writing

“Advance in Academic Writing prepares students to meet the many challenges of academic writing in English for undergraduate and graduate studies. Each chapter presents authentic academic texts on a topic of scientific or social interest. As students read and analyze the texts, they develop the critical-thinking skills and knowledge of appropriate academic vocabulary and style they need for their own writing. They also study contextualized grammar, which is linked to a dedicated handbook on writing effective sentences.
Advance takes students step by step through research and writing processes that they need for success in any field of study. Students analyze the different requirements and sections of academic articles and essays: abstracts, introductions, conclusions, citations, and references. They study different genres of academic writing and apply their learning in a series of increasingly complex writing and editing assignments.” (Book Cover)

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