Language learning: writing skills

A Writer's Reference has offered clear and quick answers to tough questions for millions of college writers.

A Writer's Reference has offered clear and quick answers to tough questions for millions of college writers.

Writing about Literature is a practical guide to interpreting works of literature and to planning, composing, and documenting papers about literature.

Written by a professional biologist and experienced writing teacher, this comprehensive guide for students provides detailed instruction on researching, drafting, revising, and documenting lab reports, research papers, reviews, poster presentations, and other commonly assigned projects in biology courses.

A companion for writing for higher education in all disciplines, making it easy for students to keep all of the guidelines and best practices to hand.

From the invention of the alphabet to the explosion of the internet, Dominic Wyse takes us on a unique journey into the process of writing.

From the invention of the alphabet to the explosion of the internet, Dominic Wyse takes us on a unique journey into the process of writing.

Using corpus-based analyses, the book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity, academic writing, and linguistic change in written English.

Using corpus-based analyses, the book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity, academic writing, and linguistic change in written English.

For courses in English Composition.

Inspire English International incorporates inspirational and comprehensive student books, workbooks and teacher guides, providing everything teachers and students around the world need to meet the demands of both curricula and 21st century education.

Inspire English International incorporates inspirational and comprehensive student books, workbooks and teacher guides, providing everything teachers and students around the world need to meet the demands of both curricula and 21st century education.

For courses in Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing About Biology.

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A Short Guide to Writing about Literature emphasises writing as a process and incorporates new critical approaches to writing about literature.

Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques is the most comprehensive and up-to-date public relations writing text available.

The go-to guide to helping you make the leap from French language basics to composing well-structured sentences-now with extensive audio support.

A complete guide to writing psychology articles for publication.

Health professionals are increasingly expected to conduct and publish their research, apply for grants, write newsletters, liaise with the media, present conference papers and contribute articles to professional journals.

Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world s most-spoken language!

Learn to write 100 characters in Chinese Billions of people worldwide speak Chinese and now you can learn to write 100 characters in the world s most-spoken language!

Step-by-step guidance on how to write effective grants that get the funding you need.

This comprehensive and practical book covers the basics of grammar as well as the broad brush issues such as writing a grant application and selling to your potential audience.

This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on the need for teaching writing, and it includes new sections on writing and English language learners, technology, and the writing process.

The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that "e;the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures "e; While good written procedures can't guarantee zero accidents, they can reduce the number of accidents caused by human error.

A complete and friendly guide to technical writing!

Everyone loves a children's book.

This book focuses on the techniques of good prose writing, suitable for students of English literature and of creative writing.

This book focuses on the techniques of good prose writing, suitable for students of English literature and of creative writing.

Gives a theoretical and empirical grounding for quantitative corpus linguistic research in first and second language writing development.

Gives a theoretical and empirical grounding for quantitative corpus linguistic research in first and second language writing development.

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

A practical guide to writing scientific grant proposal narratives, with in-depth examples covering content, organisational alternatives, phrasing and argumentation.

A practical guide to writing scientific grant proposal narratives, with in-depth examples covering content, organisational alternatives, phrasing and argumentation.

An inspiring guide to the practices of contemporary experimental creative writing, this book explores experimentation within both traditional writing genres and 'post-genre' modes such as hybrid texts, Non-creative writing, textual materiality, creative re-purposing, performance and new media technologies.

What if you could fast-track the reader's understanding of a character without chunky paragraphs of description that kill the story's pace?

Quotable thoughts for making a toast, writing a speech, and making a point in discussion

Despite the rise of computer gaming, millions of adults still play face to face role playing games, which rely in part on social interaction to create stories.

This is a critical edition, or ';edition critique,' of Victor Hugo's play Hernani.

Writing the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences.

Make an Impact with your Written English deals with the English business writing you need to take you a step further in your executive career.