Student-Friendly Guide: Write Great Essays!

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-335-22618-4
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

A must for every student with essays to write!

- How to deal with ‘academic-speak’ and monster reading lists

- How to choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy

- How to clarify awkward essay topics

- How to find the right structure for your essay

- How to avoid accusations of plagiarism

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide will help you to study and write efficiently and effectively. It offers hints and practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence.

With this guide you can get the grades you deserve for the work you put in. No student should be without it!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The strange world of the university. READ THIS FIRST!

Introduction

Part One: Getting started

1 ‘I’m a slow reader’

2 Three stages in academic learning

3 Coping with monster reading lists

Part Two: Reading purposes and strategies

4 What are you reading for?

5 Making notes and translating ‘academic-speak’

6 Exploratory reading: How to summarize a publication

7 Dedicated reading: How to make the material ‘yours’

Part Three: Targeted reading8 The principles behind targeted reading

9 How to identify key terms

10 How to scan a book

Part Four: Writing essays

11 Discovering what’s wanted from you

12 How to clarify your topic

13 Thinking it through: a note on methodology

14 An all-purpose plan

15 Using quotations

16 The writing process

Part Five: Referencing systems

17 Using and citing sources

18 Which system to choose?

19 Recording details of your sources

Part Six: Plagiarism and collusion

20 The conscientious student’s predicament

21 How academic learning forces you to plagiarize

22 Avoiding accusations of plagiarism

23 The politics of plagiarism

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Peter Levin is an Educational Developer, specializing in student support at the London School of Economics. He works one-to-one work with students on managing their studies, including preparing for exams. Formerly a lecturer in social policy at LSE, he is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).