Academic writing for international students is designed to help science and technology students at university to improve their academic English and develop the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies needed to produce clear, coherent writing in assignments. The book is designed to be easy to read and use, to be a clear and accessible companion for the busy student. 

Key areas covered are:

·       Writing in the sciences

·       Writing at university

·       Scientific style

·       Sentence structure

·       Paragraph development

·       Referring to sources

·       Developing coherent texts and arguments

·       The conventions of scientific writing

The approach in the book is based on a simple notion of noticing two very important things:

·       what writers do in texts

·       what language and discourse features they use to do it 

The book uses authentic texts to explore that nature of scientific writing, focusing on important features of language and discourse. These Explorative Tasks allow you to see how language works in a real scientific context. There are also Practice Tasks and Review Tasks to consolidate learning and help you to build your own writing skills. This new edition introduces Reflective Tasks to encourage you to think about your own knowledge and experience, and bring this to bear on your writing journey at university.

New in the second edition:

·       Two new chapters: 

o   Writing in the sciences

o   Writing at university

·       New Reflective Tasks

·       New content and additional tasks throughout the book

·       Additional authentic examples of scientific writing