A Review Academic Writing: A handbook for International Students
Bailey’s (2006) Academic Writing: A
Handbook for International Students is a self-study book, which is intended to
aid and guide learners when performing written tasks at university. According to the author, his work caters to
the different needs learners may have at the moment of facing the challenge of
writing academic pieces of narrative.
Divided into for main sections, Bailey’s
(2006) work begins with a detailed introduction in which the author clearly
states the aim of his book. The first section: The Writing Process, supplies
learners with activities that range from note taking to proof-reading. The
following section called Elements of Writing deal with all the necessary
elements that should be taken into account to meet the demands of academic
writing, such as cohesion and style. The third section: Accuracy in Writing
provides practice in areas of language in which from the author’s perspective
learners have difficulties. The last section entitled Writing Models, offers
samples of different pieces of writing such as letters, Cv’s and essays.
In addition to the four sections that are
at the same time sub-divided into sixty units, there is also a section devoted
to tests in which students can check their own progress. At the end of the
book, students are able to find the answers for the tasks as well as the
sources consulted that enabled the author to design the activities.
All in all, Bailey’s (2006) work definitely contains many of the tools
international students may need so as to face the challenge of writing
academically. This well-organized handbook is a practical supplementary
resource from which students can undoubtedly profit. All the aspects covered by
Academic Writing by Stephen Bailey (2006) make it highly recommendable to all
those learners who are taking their firsts steps into academic writing.
References:
Bailey, S. (2006). Academic
Writing: A handbook for International Students (2nd ed.).Retrieved October 2012
,from Taylor & Francis
elibrary:http://npu.edu.ua/!ebook/book/djvu/A/iif_kgpm_t27.pdf.
