A Writer's Workbook
A Writing Text with Readings

This is a comprehensive academic writing skills book that includes authentic readings and a study of grammar.

Trudy Smoke (Author)

9780521544894, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 January 2005

272 pages
25.5 x 18 x 1.8 cm, 0.492 kg

This is a comprehensive academic writing skills book that includes authentic readings and a study of grammar. A Writer's Workbook takes advanced-level writing students systematically from reading to writing. Along the way, students read high-interest texts; study the structure of academic essays; grapple with troublesome areas of grammar and writing mechanics; read and analyze student model essays; and write, revise, and edit.

UNIT ONE LANGUAGE Chapter 1 Destination: College, U.S.A. Chapter 2 How to Be a Successful Language Learner Chapter 3 The Education of Berenice Belizaire UNIT TWO CULTURE Chapter 4 Cultural Identity vs. Ethnic Fashions Chapter 5 A Global Analysis of Culture Chapter 6 The All-American Slurp UNIT THREE WORK Chapter 7 Age and Youth Chapter 8 Job Satisfaction Chapter 9 Village Is More Global, Language Is More Vital UNIT FOUR ROOTS Chapter 10 Back, but Not Home Chapter 11 Legacies Chapter 12 The Man to Send Rain Clouds

Subject Areas: ELT: writing skills [ELXN]