Academic Writing for International Students of Business

2 Stages of summarising Summarising is a flexible tool. You can use it to give a one-sentence outline of an article, or to provi ...

(a) Disruptive technology, according to two researchers from the Harvard Business School, is a new invention that attracts enoug ...

 See Unit 1.5 Finding Key Points and Note-making  (b) Complete the notes of the key points below. (i) Falling levels of fertil ...

5 Practice C  Summarise the following text in about 50 words. 1.6:Summarising and Paraphrasing 45 THE LAST WORD IN LAVATORIES? ...

7 Practice D  Read the text below and then evaluate the three paraphrases (1 = best), giving reasons. 46 Part 1: The Writing Pr ...

8 Techniques for paraphrasing (a) Changing vocabulary by using synonyms: argues > claims/eighteenth century > 1700s/wages ...

 (a) Find synonyms for the words underlined. Rewrite the sentences using these. It is often arguedthat governments can create e ...

10 Vocabulary revision  (a) The following verbs occurred in this unit. Find the corresponding noun. 1.6:Summarising and Paraphr ...

1 Why use references? There are three principal reasons for providing references: (a) To show that you have read some of the aut ...

2 Citations and references It is important to refer correctly to the work of other writers that you have used. You may present t ...

4 Using quotations Using a quotation means bringing the original words of a writer into your work. Quotations are effective in s ...

(a) Summary Hoffman (2009) stresses the critical importance in the developing world of mobile phones in the growth of small busi ...

 (a) Write a summary of the main point, including a citation.  (b) Introduce a quotation to show the key point, referring to t ...

8 Organising the list of references 1.7:References and Quotations 55 There are many software systems available (e.g. RefWorks or ...

(a) Find an example of: (i) a book by one author (ii) a journal article (iii) a chapter in an edited book (iv) an article from a ...

(f) Write citations for summaries from each of the sources. (i) ________________________________________________________________ ...

1 Mentioning sources In the early stages of an essay, it is common to discuss the contribution of other writers to the subject. ...

(a) How many sources are mentioned here? (b) What was the subject of Meuter, Ostrom, Bitner and Roundtree’s research? (c) Which ...

 (a) The extract summarises ideas from both Costa and Lin. Find an example of a summary in the extract and match it with the or ...

 (b) Which verbs are used to introduce the summaries?  (c) Which word marks the point where the writer switches from consideri ...