Academic Writing for International Students of Business

 List any statements from the articles that you find unreliable, and add comments to explain your doubts in the table below. Th ...

10 Vocabulary revision  Match the nouns on the left, which have all occurred in this unit, with their definitions on the right. ...

What is plagiarism? Basically, plagiarism means taking ideas or words from a source (e.g. a book or journal) without giving cred ...

This reference gives the reader the necessary information to find the source if more detail is required. The citations make it c ...

Students who plagiarise often do so accidentally. For example, situation 10 on p. 25, when the author’s name is misspelt, is tec ...

(a) Between 1830 and 1850, there was very rapid development in railway construction worldwide. Two periods of especially feveris ...

4 Avoiding plagiarism by developing good study habits Few students deliberately try to cheat by plagiarising, but some develop p ...

1 The planning process Teachers frequently complain that students do not answer the question set, but this can be avoided by car ...

2 Analysing essay titles Titles contain key words that tell the student what to do. Note that titles often have two (or more) pa ...

4 Brainstorming It is often helpful to start thinking about a topic by writing down the ideas you have, in any order. Taking the ...

5 Essay length Coursework essays usually have a required length, normally between 1,000 and 5,000 words. You must keep to this l ...

6 Outlines An outline should help the writer to answer the question as effectively as possible. Care at this stage will save was ...

1 Finding key points Before making notes, you need to find the main ideas in a text. These are included in the topic sentence, w ...

2 Finding relevant points When preparing to write an essay, you have to search for information and ideas relevant to your subjec ...

3 Practice A  Complete the set of notes for ‘Can taxation reduce obesity?’ using the key points underlined above. 36 Part 1: Th ...

4 Why make notes?  What are the main reasons for note-making? Add to the list below. (a) __ (b) __ (c) __ (d) __ (e) __ 5 Note- ...

6 Effective note-making Notes are for your personal use and you should create your own style. (a) You must use your own words an ...

7 Practice B You have to write an essay titled: ‘What is the value of anti-monopoly legislation?’  Read the following text, und ...

8 Vocabulary revision  Explain the following phrases from this unit to a partner. (a) financial products (b) negative social im ...

1 What makes a good summary?  Write a summary of one of the topics below in no more than 20 words. (a) A company you have worke ...