A Broad Guide To Academic Writing

Writing plays a key role in mastering knowledge and communication. This book which consists of nine chapters is considered a repository for exploring writing profoundly. Chapter 1 discusses all the approaches and the models used in teaching writing, in addition to their activities; whereas chapter two probes all the stages of the writing process from collecting data to developing paragraphs. Chapter 3 explains the types of sentences from the functional and the structural views highlighting their advantages and usage. This chapter also examines sentence errors and the ways of rectifying them. Chapter 4discusses the components of academic paragraphs: topic sentence, supporting and concluding sentences along with paragraph structures. Furthermore, chapter 5 highlights developing essays in terms of constructing an introduction, body and conclusion as well as all types of essays. Chapter 6explores writing mechanics by discussing, capitalization, coherence, cohesion and punctuation marks. Furthermore, chapter seven defines academic writing and its characteristics. Chapter 8 discusses the development of English language spelling & pronunciation. Chapter 9 shows the writing assessment.