Chapter 1
Review of Writing Process 1
1 Critical Thinking Questions 2
2 Introduction to Academic Writing 3
3 Review: Types of Support in Academic Essays 6
4 Plagiarism 10
5 Writing Process of Academic Writing 13
6 Self-Evaluation 18
Chapter 2
Choosing a Title and Types of Academic Writing 19
1 Critical Thinking Questions 20
2 Purposes of Choosing a Title 21
3 Principles for Choosing a Title 22
4 Ways of Choosing a Title 23
5 Types of Academic Writing 28
6 Self-Evaluation 30
Chapter 3
Researching and Evaluation 33
1 Critical Thinking Questions 34
2 Types of Finding Information 35
3 Research Skills 37
4 Principles of Researching 38
5 Criteria of Source Evaluation 40
6 Note-Taking for Selected Sources 43
7 Put it Together 45
Chapter 4
Developing an Outline 47
1 Critical Thinking Questions 48
2 Introduction to Outline 49
3 Points to Consider in Developing an Outline 52
4 How to Write an Outline 54
5 How to Evaluate an Outline 61
6 Put it Together 64
Chapter 5
Introduction, Conclusion and Peer Review 65
1 Critical Thinking Questions 66
2 The Introductory Part 67
3 The Concluding Part 71
4 Peer Review 75
5 Put it Together 80
Chapter 6
In-Text Citation 81
1 Critical Thinking Questions 82
2 In-Text Citation VS. Plagiarism 83
3 The Principles and Ways of In-Text Citation 86
4 Quoting 88
5 Paraphrasing 92
6 Summarizing 95
7 Put it Together 100
Chapter 7
Academic Language of Essay 103
1 Critical Thinking Questions 104
2 What Is Academic Language? 105
3 Features of Academic Language 106
4 Connecting Words and Signal Words in Writing 110
5 Self-Evaluation 120
Chapter 8 Writing the First Draft 121
1 Critical Thinking Questions 122
2 Thesis Statement 123
3 Process to Write the First Draft 128
4 Practice for the Introductory Paragraph 132
5 Practice for Body Paragraphs 134
6 Practice for the Concluding Paragraph 136
7 Self-Evaluation 138
Chapter 9 Abstract and References 141
1 Critical Thinking Questions 142
2 How to Write an Abstract? 143
3 Introduction of Reference 146
4 APA Reference Formatting 149
5 Self-Evaluation 152
Chapter 10 Research Proposal 155
1 Critical Thinking Questions 156
2 Introduction to Research Proposal 157
3 Guidance and Structure of Writing a Research Proposal 160
4 Put it Together 165
Chapter 11 Revising and Editing the Final Draft 167
1 Critical Thinking Questions 168
2 General Introduction to Revising and Editing 169
3 Rereading Your Rough Draft 170
4 Revising the Overall Structure 171
5 Revising SectionsChapters 173
6 Revising Paragraphs 175
7 Revising Sentences 177
8 Revising Words 179
9 Self-Evaluation 182
Appendix 1 APA Style 195
Appendix 2 MLA Style 200
Appendix 3 Chicago Style 205
References 210
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In accordance with the guiding ideology of deepening the reform of higher education through the internationalization of education in the Outline of National Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Program2010-2020, Academic English Writing is mainly designed for International Scholarly Exchange Curriculum Undergraduates ISEC, and it is also applicable to Non-English majors and learners who intend to study abroad. This textbook is mainly to help ISEC undergraduates to understand the international English academic writing norms and basic requirements, to help them successfully complete the academic English writing, research reports and other writing tasks. It also creatively guides students to flexibly apply critical thinking abilities and skills into academic writing, enabling students to express their academic ideas by using standard language.
Academic English Writing mainly focuses on explaining the main steps of writing process, the related requirements and methods of academic writing. It is composed of 12 units, each of which involves the structure and skills of academic English expository and argumentative writing.
This textbook mainly discusses the sections of academic writing, including topic selection, material collection and evaluation, outline writing, article cohesion and transition, language style characteristics, writing norms, reference notes, publishing process, acknowledgmentt and so on.
In addition, the appendix contains a format guide of the references and the notes related to the academic writing.
The editors of this textbook are all the backbone teachers active in the front-line teaching of colleges and universities. They are composed of five teachers, from Jilin Normal University, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Chifeng University and other universities. According to the development trend of ISEC undergraduates professional disciplines, the editors have carried out a special research around the existing excellent teaching materials and structures, and reflected the feasibility and applicability of critical thinking ability in editing the writing materials.
In the course of compiling the textbook, we editors have read and consulted many related works, textbooks and online materials, and hereby we would like to express our sincere thanks to all the relevant authors. In addition, the office of ISEC has invited experts to strictly review and control the quality of the structure and content of this textbook. Grateful acknowledgement to all in particular!
Due to the limited knowledge level of editors, there are inevitably some shortcomings in the book. We hope the readers can freely and honestly criticize and correct them.
Editors
October 2019