Academic Writing for International Students of Business

Index

abbreviations in citations 54
abbreviations in writing 169
abbreviations, business 168
abbreviations, types 168
academic adjectives 175
academic vocabulary 171, 177
academic writing, format 6
academic writing, types 4
adjectives, academic 175
adverbs 125, 182
apostrophes 133
argument 89
argument, organisation of 90
articles 109
articles, definite 109
assessing internet sources critically 17

brainstorming 31
business abbreviations 168

capital letters 132
case studies 213
cause and effect 95
caution 146
change, language of 152
citation and quotation 24
citation and summary 24
citations and references 51
citations, abbreviations in 54
cohesion 100
colons 133
combining sources 58
commas 134
comparison structures 104
comparisons 104

conclusions 74

confusing pairs 164

conjunctions 183

conjunctions of opposition 187

counter-arguments 92

critical thinking 20

definite articles 109

definitions 113

definitions, complex 114

definitions, simple 113

describing visuals 153

discussion 89

discussion language 92

discussion organisation 90

discussion, vocabulary of 89

electronic resources, searching 14

elements of writing revision 156

emails 219

essay length 32

essay titles 30

evidence, providing 93

examples 116

formal letters 218

format of academic writing 4

full stops 135

generalisations 120

generalisations, structure 121

groups, working in 81

groupwork, problems 84

groupwork, successful 82