Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills: An International ESL Students English Essay Writing Handbook was written with non-English speaking ESL students in mind. In other words, it was primarily written for ESL students who study English as a second language to gain university entrance. Having said that, this practical ESL guide can be used by anyone such as a high-school student, an undergraduate or graduate student, or even a mature age student wishing to learn more practical academic essay writing skills which produce consistent results and grades for your essays, assignments, or even thesis. With 5 years TESOL experience in practical English academic writing, the author has managed to make himself clearly understood by his ESL students, so a great feature is its clarity and understanding. The basic academic essay writing skills such as Essay organization, Essay structure, Essay outline, and the English essay writing process are all practically written with non-English speaking students in mind. In addition to portability and ease of understanding, the best feature is you'll learn the most practical essay writing you'll ever need to write your way to a BA. What's in it for you? Apply the learning in Practical Academic Essay Writing and you will: 1. Improve your basic academic writing knowledge. 2. Become a faster and stronger academic essay writer. 3. Show classmates how easy essay academic writing is. 4. Boost your self confidence in English academic essay writing. 5. Impress your professor at university or your lecturer in your regular English classes. 6. Look like a more professional Writer. And best of all; your grades will improve. And let's face it. That's what you want, isn't it! It's all up to you, apply the learning and get the results you want by reading Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills (An International ESL Students English Essay Writing Handbook). Write your way to BA

This work takes a refreshing approach to the academic writing course, providing easily understandable language set within a clear structure.

COLLINS ACADEMIC SKILLS SERIES: WRITING gives you the skills and strategies you need to write well-structured essays, reports and case studies and achieve academic success at university.

This work takes a refreshing approach to the academic writing course, providing easily understandable language set within a clear structure.

Master academic essay writing with this book. Expand your scholarly vocabulary, and adopt academic writing and research skills from practical tips designed from painstaking investigation on students' needs and common mistakes. Do I Need This Book? If you are eager to improve you scores and acquire academic writing from paragraph to essay, this book is for you. Many students even after years of studying can't get used to using academic language. From this book, you will know many useful words and expressions relevant for the scholarly style. If you consider yourself a dummy in academic style writing, you should definitely examine "Move the Rock of Academic Writing" thoroughly and try to follow our advice in practice. What Is the Book About? "Move the Rock of Academic Writing" contains five sections, each of which is divided into subsections. Each section is dedicated to a particular aspect of writing academic papers. After reading all of them, you'll have coherent and full comprehension on how academic papers need to be written. So, what exactly can you learn from the book? The purpose of academic writing: types of academic papers, features of academic writing, usage of active and passive voice. Essay writing structure: general tips on the structure and tips for each part in particular. Academic phrasebook: writing essay titles, verbs for scholarly writing, phrases to use in academic writing, commonly confused words in academic writing. Formatting styles: APA style format guide, MLA formatting and style guide, Chicago style manual, Harvard style guide. Development of academic writing skills: voice in academic writing, paraphrasing, summarizing, mapping out ideas, connecting ideas, enhancing originality. "Move the Rock of Academic Writing" was designed by experienced academic essay writers who have been dealing with academic research and writing for many years. All the tips and recommendations given in the book were assembled according to students' common mistakes and weaknesses. Theoretical instructions presented in the book are supported with examples. Hopefully, they will ease the process of adapting certain maxims for you. In the book, you will find an academic word list that you can use to make your paper look scholarly. Also, we have presented examples which concern one of the most problematic issues for students about academic writing - grammar. For academic writing, it's crucial to follow the rules of grammar exactingly. Therefore, you'll learn some grammatical rules that students usually omit or forget. Though the book encompasses general recommendations about all types of papers, we have mostly focused on essay writing, as this type of paper is the most common. The authors of "Move the Rock of Academic Writing" have gathered all information that a high school student might need for academic writing. It's a handy book that you can refer to anytime you are having difficulties with the scholarly style or when you need to see an academic vocabulary in use from our examples. Purchase our book to improve your scores and writing skills!