Getting it Across

A Guide to Effective Academic Writing
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-8594-038-8
Verlag: Techne Press

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten

Getting it Across is a practical guide for researchers and graduate students who need to publish their findings. The focus of the book is on effective writing: using strong sentences, clear word choice, and effective structure to get the message across.

The book includes over a hundred examples of actual written texts, mostly taken from the architecture and planning field. Using this “real text” approach and written in a light and accessible tone, the book addresses—in a very practical way—all the issues facing the academic writer: structure, grammar, word choice, and especially style.

Apart from its many applied examples, the book includes complete explanations, exercises and a thorough answer key. This makes the book an ideal self-study and reference book, as well as a practical text book for academic writing courses in the social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Sören

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Über Autor(innen)

Johnson, Sören
Sören Johnson is a lecturer in the English section at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, teaching amongst others, academic writing. In addition, he gives regular intensive academic writing seminars at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark and at the Graduate School of Communication at the University of Amsterdam. Johnson is also curriculum advisor for English to the Ministry of Education in Guinea, West Africa.

Sören Johnson is a lecturer in the English section at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, teaching amongst others, academic writing. In addition, he gives regular intensive academic writing seminars at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark and at the Graduate School of Communication at the University of Amsterdam. Johnson is also curriculum advisor for English to the Ministry of Education in Guinea, West Africa.