Academic Writing for International Students of Business

2 Example literature review  Study the following example, from a student essay on motivation theory. Answer the questions that ...

(a) How many types of motivation theory are described? (b) How many different theorists are mentioned? (c) How many sources are ...

Planning your work Longer assignments are normally set many weeks before their deadline, which means that students should have p ...

(b) How you actually plan your schedule is up to you, but the important thing is to organise your time effectively. Leaving the ...

(c) Longer papers may include the following features, in this order: 226 Part 4: Writing Models Title page Apart from the title, ...

1 Writing reports While essays are often concerned with abstract or theoretical subjects, a report is a description of a situati ...

Conclusion summary of your work suggestions for further research. 2 Essays and reports In comparison with essays, reports are ...

3 Practice The plans below illustrate two proposals for redeveloping a site on a university campus.  Study the plans and then r ...

1 Conducting surveys What are the reasons for carrying out surveys in academic life?  List your ideas below. (a) ___ (b) ___ (c ...

(a) Which is the better question? (i) How old are you? (ii)Are you (a) under 20 (b) between 21 and 30 (c) over 30? (b) What is t ...

232 Part 4: Writing Models Student experience of part-time work Introduction With the introduction of course fees and the relate ...

4.6:Surveys 233 suffered (i) , while a small (j) (12%) reported serious adverse results, such as tiredness in lectures and fall ...

4 Question forms Question 1 is given in Table 1 on p. 232. What were the other questions asked in this survey?  Using the repor ...

Revision Exercise Taking Ideas from Sources This exercise revises the process of note-making, paraphrasing, summarising and refe ...

(a) The text contains five key points: (i) Economists have recently begun to pay more attention to studying happiness, instead o ...

(c) These points can now be combined into one paragraph of your essay, using conjunctions where necessary, and including a refer ...

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Answers Providing answers for a writing course is less clear-cut than for other language areas. In some exercises, there is only ...

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Answers: Part 1 Academic writing quiz b (see Unit 1.2) c (see Unit 1.1) a (see Unit 1.4) c (see Unit 1.10) b (see Unit 1.3) c ( ...