This practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students features authentic texts from a variety of disciplines and is based on a large body of research literature dealing with the features of academic (or research) English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-414) and index.

Unit 1.An approach to academic writing -- Unit 2. General-specific and specific-general texts -- Unit 3. Problem, process, and solution -- Unit 4. Data commentary -- Unit 5. Writing summaries -- Unit 6. Writing critiques -- Unit 7. Constructing a research paper I -- Unit 8. Constructing a research paper II -- Appendixes : The grammar of definitions -- Articles in academic writing -- Academic English and Latin phrases.