English for academic research : vocabulary exercises / Adrian Wallwork.
"This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English (long sentences, redundancy, poor structure etc). It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 paper...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
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[2013]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English (long sentences, redundancy, poor structure etc). It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, around 3000 emails, 500 abstracts by Ph D students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers.The exercises are organized into nine chapters on: adjectives and adverbs (e.g.actualvs current, differentvs several, continuallyvs continuously), link words (e.g.on the contraryvs on the other hand, despitevs nevertheless), nouns (e.g.dangervs hazard, measurevs measurement), prepositions (e.g.amongvs between, invs into, withvs within), verbs (e.g.checkvs control, composevs comprise, arisevs raise, excludevs rule out), false friends and synonyms, spelling, useful phrases, emails Nearly all exercises require no actual writing but simply choosing between various options, thus facilitating self-study, e-reading and rapid progress.The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.The book can be used in conjunction with the other exercise books in the series:English for Academic Research: Writing Exercises English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises"--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 1283623919 1461442680 9781283623919 9781461442684 |