Fundamentals of Academic Writing

Contents: 1. Concept and principles of academic writing. 2. Genres in academic writing. 3. Structure of academic texts. 4. Forms of writing. 5. Writing an academic essay. 6. Introduction and conclusion. 7. Citation and referencing. 8. Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising. 9. Citing, quoting, paraphrasing and summarising authors. 10. Rhetorical modes in academic writing: arguing and discussing. 11. Academic integrity. 12. Avoiding plagiarism. 13. Editing and proofreading in academic writing. Annexture. Bibliography. 

This book provides guidelines, strategies and writing activities to help in developing academic writing skills and confidence among academic writers and researchers in expressing themselves in their writing. It provides an overview of the knowledge, skills and good working practices needed to craft plagiarism free writings in the ‘academic style’.

The book is divided into chapters and tasks, which can be referred to complete the different stages of academic writing task. A unique feature of the book is that different tasks, examples and figures have been used to clear the concepts and procedures related to academic writing. The book may be found useful by the researchers and all the stakeholders in education.