The purpose of this book is to help international students navigate the academic issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book provides guidelines for conquering the obstacles that international graduate students often face, such as developing independent ideas based on required readings, participating in classroom discussions effectively, organizing academic papers, and effectively managing academic work and social relationships. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and their instructors and mentors. -- Provided by publisher.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Reading scholarly articles with purpose : Introduction ; Types of readings ; Understanding frameworks ; Finding relationships across arguments in various articles ; Developing and writing summaries ; bibliography -- 2. Engaging in academic discussions : Introduction ; Provide grounds for your statements ; Use your own experiences for your arguments ; Develop your ideas from the readings ; Use starter sentences ; Improve your classroom participation -- 3. Writing at the academic level : Introduction ; The significance of the research question ; How to organize academic papers ; Appropriate use of citations ; Write in your own words ; External rules for writing ; Bibliography -- 4. Preparing classroom presentations : Introduction ; Practicing for oral presentations ; Learn how to work with your group members ; Involve your audience in the presentation -- 5. Developing social and academic relationships : Introduction ; Academic relationships with Professors ; Personal relationships with Professors ; Relationships with other students.