First Steps in Academic Writing

This best-selling series takes the mystery out of the composition process as it helps college-bound and college-level ESL students quickly improve their ability to write effectively in English. Addressing organization, rhetoric, grammar and mechanics, and sentence structure, these texts offer clear steps, numerous models, and many opportunities for writing practice. Features include: Extensive practice in prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Clear, step-by-step approach to the conventions of paragraph and essay organization and rhetorical expression. Rigorous development of sentence structure, grammar, and mechanical skills. Numerous models. Appendices with relevant reference materials for students and teachers. First Steps in Academic Writing teaches basic composition skills through sentence and paragraph writing. The Longman Academic Writing series also includes Introduction to Academic Writing , Second Edition, and Writing Academic English , Fourth Edition.Hogue, Ann is the author of 'First Steps in Academic Writing' with ISBN 9780201834109 and ISBN 0201834103.