A Student’s Writing Guide
Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it
hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing
sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your
grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about
writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences.
Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical
examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of
academic work:
r interpreting assignment topics
r drawing on your own experience and background
r reading analytically and taking efficient notes
r developing your argument through introductions, middles
and conclusions
r evaluating and using online resources
r understanding the conventions of academic culture
r honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English.
This book will provide you with all the tools and insights
you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework
papers.
gordon taylor is Honorary Research Associate at Monash
University; before his retirement he was Associate Professor and
Director of the Language and Learning Unit in the Faculty of Arts
there. He was a pioneer in the development of content- and
discipline-specific writing programmes for students in higher
education. His many publications include The Student’s Writing
Guide for the Arts and Social Sciences (1989).
Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it
hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing
sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your
grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about
writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences.
Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical
examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of
academic work:
r interpreting assignment topics
r drawing on your own experience and background
r reading analytically and taking efficient notes
r developing your argument through introductions, middles
and conclusions
r evaluating and using online resources
r understanding the conventions of academic culture
r honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English.
This book will provide you with all the tools and insights
you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework
papers.
gordon taylor is Honorary Research Associate at Monash
University; before his retirement he was Associate Professor and
Director of the Language and Learning Unit in the Faculty of Arts
there. He was a pioneer in the development of content- and
discipline-specific writing programmes for students in higher
education. His many publications include The Student’s Writing
Guide for the Arts and Social Sciences (1989).