Adrian Wallwork - English for Writing Research Papers in TXT
9781441979216 English 1441979212 Focusing on the use of English in an academic context, this text addresses an aspect which causes non-native researchers the most problems when writing a scientific paper for publication in international journals or when presenting their results at conferences., Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to:prepare and structure a manuscript increase readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguityplan and organize your paper, and structure each paragraph and each sentence so that the reader can easily follow the logical build-up towards various conclusionswrite a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be readdecide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc) select from over 700 useful phrases highlight your claims and contributionavoid plagiarism and make it 100% clear whether you are referring to your own work or someone else'schoose the correct tenses and style (active or passive)�Other books in the series: English for Presentations at International Conferences, English for Research Papers, English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing, English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar, English for Academic Research: Grammar / Vocabulary / Writing Exercises., This book will focus on the aspect that causes non-native researchers the most problems when writing a scientific paper for publication in international journals and when presenting their results at conferences: the use of English.
9781441979216 English 1441979212 Focusing on the use of English in an academic context, this text addresses an aspect which causes non-native researchers the most problems when writing a scientific paper for publication in international journals or when presenting their results at conferences., Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to:prepare and structure a manuscript increase readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguityplan and organize your paper, and structure each paragraph and each sentence so that the reader can easily follow the logical build-up towards various conclusionswrite a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be readdecide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc) select from over 700 useful phrases highlight your claims and contributionavoid plagiarism and make it 100% clear whether you are referring to your own work or someone else'schoose the correct tenses and style (active or passive)�Other books in the series: English for Presentations at International Conferences, English for Research Papers, English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing, English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar, English for Academic Research: Grammar / Vocabulary / Writing Exercises., This book will focus on the aspect that causes non-native researchers the most problems when writing a scientific paper for publication in international journals and when presenting their results at conferences: the use of English.