Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-23990-0
Verlag: Open University Press
practical advice on how to write effectively and produce better essays. Peter Levin has an engaging and accessible writing style which identifies
well with students’ concerns and questions. The 2nd edition has been designed to retain all these positive features of the 1st edition, but to also
include more coverage of electronic sources; dealing with assessment; using and citing secondary sources; mastering a textbook; targeted reading; and
a thorough update of the plagiarism section. In addition, there will be a whole new section on getting started with your essay and the book will
include advice on report writing as well as essays.
This book is essential reading for students embarking on writing an essay or report for the first time, or returning to study after a break.
It will be an invaluable tool for students of any discipline.
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Contents
List of Tables
List of Boxes
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 Making notes and translating ‘academic-speak’
4 Coping with monster reading lists
Part Two: Reading purposes and strategies
5 What are you reading for?
6 Exploratory reading (1): How to get an overview
7 Exploratory reading (2): How to use the world-wide web
8 Targeted reading: How to find and use key terms
9 Dedicated reading: How to master a text
10 How to work with secondary sources
Part Three: Writing essays
11 Discovering what’s wanted from you (1): How to clarify the topic
12 Discovering what’s wanted from you (2): Traps to avoid
13 Essay types
14 How to figure out your teachers’ mindsets
15 How your essay will be marked (1): ‘Tick-box’ marking
16 How your essay will be marked (2): Impressionistic marking
17 Thinking it through: the importance of methodology
18 How to create an essay plan
19 Titles, abstracts, executive summaries and appendices
20 How to use quotations
21 The drawbacks of model essays
22 The process of writing
23 Writer’s block and how to overcome it
Part Four: Referencing styles
24 How to use and cite sources
25 Which style to choose?
26 How to capture and list details of your sources
Part Five: Plagiarism and collusion
27 The conscientious student’s predicament
28 How academic learning forces you to plagiarize
29 Avoiding accusations of plagiarism
30 The politics of plagiarism
Notes and references
Books on Speed Reading
Acknowledgments
