Academic Writing Skills (3rd edition)

Preface 5

Use of the Diskits by lecturers 11

Use of the Diskits by students 13

Short overview of the Diskit content 15

1 Diskit 1: General structure 17

Introduction 17

Part 1: Title and headings 18

Part 2: The general structure of a text 20

Part 3: The structure of paragraphs 21

2 Diskit 2: Scientific review article 25

Part 1: What is a scientific review article 25

Part 2: How to write a review article 27

3 Diskit 3: Preparation for writing 33

Introduction 33

Part 1: Orientation and explorative search for literature 33

Part 2: Drafting a search profile 35

Part 3: Refining the central question and the search profile 38

Part 4: The selection of literature and the description of the method 42

4 Diskit 4: Writing of content 45

Introduction 45

Part 1: The general composition of a scientific review article 46

Part 2: The introduction 47

Part 3: The middle part 51

Part 4: The discussion and conclusion 57

Part 5: The abstract 60 

5 Diskit 5: Citing, paraphrasing and quoting 67

Introduction 67

Part 1: Citing and referencing 68

Part 2: Paraphrasing and quoting 79

6 Diskit 6: Argumentation 85

Introduction 85

Part 1: Preparation of your article 86

Part 2: Forms of argumentation 87

Part 3: Scientific argumentation 93

Part 4: Arguments and citations 95

7 Diskit 7: Cohesion and sentence structure 99

Introduction 99

Part 1: Cohesion of a text 99

Part 2: Sentence structure 104

8 Diskit 8: Scientific writing 109

Introduction 109

Part 1: Writing style and language use for scientific writing 109

9 Diskit 9: Revision and completion 121

Introduction 121

Part 1: Revision of grammar and punctuation 122

Part 2: Revision of the content of your article 128

Part 3: Layout guidelines 130

Appendix: Writing skills review form 141

References 145

Index 147

About the authors 149