Concise PhraseBook for Writing Academic English

Newly published, the contains over . The PhraseBook is divided into sections that follow the structure of academic writing, including . The phrases are based on the (ISBN 1492959790), which is used in more than 30 countries worldwide. Preface and acknowledgements Writing a bio Introducing a study or presentation The aim of your study and outlining the topic Defining the scope of your study or presentation Your method or approach Definitions, notation and terminology Presenting data Giving examples Literature review and the relationship to other work Referring to other work Reviewing other work What you agree with What you disagree with Arguing your case and putting forward ideas Arguing against Analysis and discussion Explaining and giving reasons Qualifying and hedging Quantifying Time Hypotheses and probability Rhetorical questions and addressing your audience Comparing and contrasting Tying a text or presentation together Presenting results Interpreting findings Concluding a study or presentation Summary and abstract Making a presentation Writing academic emails The study will begin by outlining... This study addresses a number of issues... The following section sets out... ...to examine the research problem in detail ...to shed light on a number of problem areas in current theory The paper presented here is based in part on an earlier study This becomes clear when one examines... This lends weight to the argument that... Support for this interpretation comes from... While it may well be valid that..., this study argues the importance of... A serious drawback of this approach is... One of the prime failings of this theory or explanation is... X takes little or no account of... There is little evidence to suggest that... The study offers only cursory examination of... X gives a detailed if not always tenable analysis of... The authors' claim that...is not well founded. X's explanation is not implausible, if not entirely satisfactory. If, for the sake of argument, we assume... One of the most obvious consequences of...is... Although it may well be true that..., it is important not to overlook... The extent to which this reflects...is unclear. A more plausible explanation for or of...would... The reason for...is unknown, but...has been suggested by X as a possible factor. Concluding this section, we can say that... Chapter X draws together the main findings of the paper. A number of key issues have been addressed in this study. This study has highlighted a number of problem areas in existing theory. While the initial findings are promising, further research is necessary. The results of this study suggest a number of new avenues for research. : PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English (ISBN 1492959790)