Academic Writing: An Introduction

by Janet Giltrow, Daniel Burgoyne, Richard Gooding

Janet Giltrow's Academic Writing and Reading in the Disciplines has been widely acclaimed in all its editions as a superb textbook―and an important contribution to the pedagogy of introducing university and college students to the conventions of writing in an academic milieu. Academic An Introduction is a concise version of Giltrow's full work, designed to be more accessible as a text for certain sorts of one-term courses. The new book reorganizes the text into eleven short chapters, eliminating many of the readings and adapting the discussion and exercises. Much of the most strongly theoretical material has been abridged or recontextualized, and a glossary of key terms has been added. The resulting book, however, remains meaningfully informed by theory, especially genre theory. Like Academic Writing and Reading in the Disciplines, it also remains grounded in the particular; throughout the text examples of actual academic writing of the sort that students grapple with daily are presented and discussed.

Genres: Textbooks

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2005

Reviews

[damini · Rating 3 out of 5]

i’m counting this as one of my books since i had to read such a significant portion of this book… and whatever i didn’t read i think is made up for whatever bs articles and textbooks i had to read throughout the school year. 😁

[BJ Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little too much fluff, but it holds some essential information when it comes to writing qualitative academic pieces, such as abstracts, literature reviews, research essays, and theses.

[Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

UBC, Engl 112 - Strategies for University Writing. Helpful book for the course, but not at all helpful at teaching academic writing. More of an introduction to academic writing appreciation.