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This course aims to build upon concepts learned in ENG1002 (EAP1) to construct the foundation of strong oral and written English communication skills required to succeed in today’s social, academic, scientific, and business environments.
This book introduces research design and methodology in scientific research. It is important, in the editors’ eyes, to elucidate what research and science are, and this comprises the main part of the first chapter. There are eight other chapters in this book, covering the preliminary stages of research; sources of bias in research design; common measurement issues and strategies in research design; general types of research designs and approaches; the many forms of validity as well as how to maximize validity in research; issues in data preparation, analyses, and interpretation; ethical considerations in research; the dissemination of research results and the distillation of major principles of research design and methodology.
This book gives advices on writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. The introductory chapter discusses the main elements in academic writing, writing task, subject matter, reader, and language. Aside from the introductory chapter, the book is organized into 3 parts. Part 1 focuses on reflection and research- how to ask questions and propose answers, as well as how to read and take notes. Part 2 focuses on the dynamics of an essay, separately discussing how to write the introductions, the middles, and the endings. Part 3 focuses on language, dealing with language and material, analytical language, cohesion and texture, as well as conventions of academic writing.
This book offers an approach to thinking about sentence, this fundamental unit of written and spoken language. Not a manual, not a handbook, not a textbook, this slim volume is a more of a philosophical treatise, a careful and thoughtful reflection on prose style. Rather than disseminating "how to" knowledge, Fish exposes readers to a sensibility – a consciousness of and sensitivity to style. Fish hopes to teach the fundamental motions of sentence structure that enable thought and meaning. The book dissects the good sentence and teaches the reader how to reconstruct it.
While in the original edition, 50 writing tools are shared with the readers, this 10th anniversary edition includes five brand new, never-before-shared tools- now the readers are instructed with altogether 55 tools in this guide to writing. At the end of each tool, readers will find a set of workshop questions and exercises. Organized into four sections, “Nuts and Bolts,” “Special Effects,” “Blueprints for Stories,” and “Useful Habits,” this book is infused with more than 200 examples from journalism and literature. The source includes great works on writing, the authors whose works are sampled in this book, conversations with professional writers and editors, and America’s great writing teachers.
This book teaches how to analyze the arguments from tweets to infographics to student newspaper articles and how to create convincing arguments of your own. It teaches all facets of argument, including classical, visual, and multimedia argument. This book consists of 22 chapters divided into 4 parts. Part 1 deals with reading and understanding arguments, including types of arguments and fallacies of arguments. Part 2 deals with writing arguments, basically how to structure arguments. Part 3 deals with style and presentation in arguments, highlighted by the multimedia arguments. Part 4 deals with research and arguments, paying special attention to aspects of arguments in the research activity.
This book reveals the secrets of Power leaders through the ages. Tools and techniques that those leaders developed, polished, and honed as the secret techniques to rise to power are presented in the form of 21 power secrets- Power Pause, Power Opener, Power Presence, Power Point, Power Brief, Power Quote, Power Stat, Power Outrage, Power Wit, Power Parable, Power Gesture, Power Reading, Power Poetry, Power Line, Power Question, Power Word, Power Active, Power Dollar, Power Button, Power Closer, Power Audacity. Read through the book, and then you will learn how great leaders used tricks to speak, persuade, and win throngs of fans and followers.
This book is aimed at undergraduate students as well as graduate students in business studies who wants to advance their research methods. All chapters fall into 4 parts. Part One is the introduction to business research, Part Two the design of business research, Part Three the sources of collection of data, and Part Four the analysis and presentation of data. Each chapter follows a standard structure, beginning with “Bringing research to life” which is a case study conducted throughout the book. Besides, chapters also contain other features such as snapshots which are research examples from the researcher’s perspective and closeups that offers more in-depth examination of a key example.
This book is written by Joshua Schimel, a scientist working at the interface of ecosystem and microbial ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As a scientist himself, Schimel does not waste words on how to convey data. Rather, he emphasizes that science writing should be conducted as storytelling. In other words, science writing should not be downplayed as secondary to scientific investigation and reporting; good writing is the foundation of reasonable thinking. The aim of the book is to “show scientists and students how to present their research in a way which is clear and that will maximize reader comprehension.”
This book is divided into two parts, one part on writing, and the other on reading. The writing part presents three writing phases in an order that students typically follow when composing arguments. Phase I discusses how to bring a developing argument into focus. Phase II shows how to support the four different classes of argument, arguments of fact, cause, evaluation, and recommendation. Phase III presents the reviewing activities necessary to refine and polish an argument. The reading part contains a wide variety of contemporary texts, and the readings are divided into six topic areas, Today’s College Student, The Internet, Sports, Earning Your Living, Diet, and Reading Popular Culture.
