Writing Papers and Research in English
The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research gives you a bank of over 5000 words and phrases to help you write, present and publish at the university and research levels in English.
Phrases are divided into
around 30 main sections, such as Introducing a Study, Arguing For and Against,
Reviewing other Work, Summarizing, and Conclusions. Many sections are further divided, for example, the Relationship
to Previous Work and
the Limitations
of Current Knowledge (see
below for example phrases).
Writing Help sections
give advice on university and research writing in English, helping you to avoid
many common errors. The main chapters include Style, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar,
Vocabulary, Numbers, and Time.
These include subsections on for example Referring to Yourself, British and US Spellings,
and Punctuating Quotations.
The 4th edition also
includes a University
and Research Thesaurus to
help you improve your academic vocabulary, as well as a Glossary of University and Research Terminology.
The PhraseBook is used
in more than 30 countries in subjects ranging from Medicine, Engineering,
Science, and Technology to Law, Business and Economics, Geography, History,
Sociology, Psychology, Language, and Education.
Example
phrases
Arguing
for and against
Analysis and explanation
Summary
and conclusions
A great deal of English academic vocabulary derives from Latin and Greek; much has also been borrowed from or via French as well as from other languages such as German, Italian and Arabic in psychology, music, and mathematics for example. In addition, many of the abbreviations common in university and research writing - such as e.g., i.e. and etc.
and many everyday academic terms such as campus, school, and curriculum - also derive from Latin or Greek. As modern coinages such
as tele + vision, inter + net, and corona + virus show, Greek and Latin elements are still
used to create new terms today. Knowledge of some Greek and Latin helps to
decipher the meaning of many academic words, not least for speakers from parts
of the world with other classical languages.
The PhraseBook
includes
·
A glossary of university and research
terminology
·
Greek alphabet
·
Glossary of Greek, Latin, and other word
elements
·
SI prefixes
·
SI and British-American units
Suitable for both individual use and classroom teaching
The PhraseBook is
suitable for both individual use and classroom teaching. Below are several recommendations for teachers.
We recommend that
students start with a sample of their own writing, which they use as they work
through the PhraseBook. This has several advantages:
·
Rather than working on texts that are
irrelevant or uninteresting, students work on their own writing, helping them
to improve their real work.
· Each section of the PhraseBook encourages students to think about different aspects of their writing, for example in Writing Help style, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
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Each section is followed by practice exercises.
·
The main part of the book provides a corpus of
phrases, thematically grouped, for use in teaching. Students work through the
PhraseBook, expanding their text with phrases from each section. This helps
students to think about the different parts of a text and how to structure
their argument.
· The PhraseBook includes examples of many of the most frequent words in academic English.
These are marked in italics:
students should take special care to understand and use these in their writing.
Writing exercises at the end of each section suggest practicing these most
frequent forms by composing new phrases for their text.
·
Next, the PhraseBook thesaurus encourages
students to improve their vocabulary, by suggesting alternative expressions,
helping them to give their writing greater richness and variety.
·
The final glossary and reference sections list
common terms in university and research writing, helping students to decipher
academic vocabulary and familiarize themselves with university and research
terminology.
After working through
the PhraseBook, students will have produced a better written, more polished
text.
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