Product Description

Fundamentals of Academic Writing, by Linda Butler, is the newest addition to the Longman Academic Writing Series. Fundamentals provides beginning-level students with the essential tools they need to master basic academic writing by integrating sentence structure, paragraph organization, grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, and the writing process. Fundamentals leads students to build strong academic writing skills that will last them throughout their academic careeers. Features: *A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process. *Clear, succinct explanations help students to understand and apply key conepts and rules. *Numerous models and varied practice support students at all stages of writing. *Journal writing helps students build literacy. *Challenge activities give added opportunities to master the writing process. *Reviewer's Checklists motivate students to revise their work. The Longman Academic Writing Series also consists of: *Level 2 First Steps in Academic Writing, Second Edition*Level 3 Introduction to Academic Writing, Third Edition*Level 4 Writing Academic English, Fourth Edition

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25783 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 225 pages

From the Back Cover

Fundamentals of Academic Writing, by Linda Butler, is the newest addition to the Longman Academic Writing Series. Fundamentals provides beginning-level students with the essential tools they need to master basic academic writing by integrating sentence structure, paragraph organization, grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, and the writing process. Fundamentals leads students to build strong academic writing skills that will last them throughout their academic careeers.

Features:

• A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the writing process.
• Clear, succinct explanations help students to understand and apply key conepts and rules.
• Numerous models and varied practice support students at all stages of writing.
• Journal writing helps students build literacy.
• Challenge activities give added opportunities to master the writing process.
• Reviewer's Checklists motivate students to revise their work.

The Longman Academic Writing Series also consists of:

• Level 2 First Steps in Academic Writing, Second Edition
• Level 3 Introduction to Academic Writing, Third Edition
• Level 4 Writing Academic English, Fourth Edition 

Customer Reviews

Enjoyed the book this semester
I greatly enjoyed Fundamentals of Academic Writing (1) with my High Beginning ESL class this semester. The book is subdivided into 9 chapters, each of which focuses on a specific grammar point (S.Present, S.Past, S.Future, etc.) and also on a specific topic to write about (About myself, Most Important day of My Life, Most Memorable Trip, etc.)

The book is up-to-date and the choice of topics is rather interesting on this level. One of the great things about the book is that it teaches (and then consistently reviews) the paragraph structure.

There are too many grammar exerices, in my opinion (something that has to be done and looked at in grammar class), but you don't have to do them all.

I recommend this book to people working with lower-level students.