How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays

Jeanne has been teaching and managing in the field of English language and academic writing for over twenty years and currently lectures at the University of Leeds UK. She has been Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes and set up one of the first academic writing centres in a UK university. Jeanne is author of The Student Phrase Book, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays, Reading and Making Notes and Writing for University.

Fills a much needed gap between reading for writing, and the actual process of writing. Useful exercises on paraphrasing/quoting/summarizing, and introducing and commenting on your reading. The initial example of what 'good academic writing' which makes use of sources looks like was useful in raising student awareness of key features, and also providing them with a goal – i.e. what they should be working towards themselves.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction and example essay extractPART A: UNDERSTANDING YOUR READINGHow Do You Decide What to Read?How Do You Understand What You Read?How Do You Question What you Read?How Do You Compare and Connect What You Read?Writing to Understand Your ReadingPART B: USING YOUR READING IN YOUR ESSAYWhy and How Should You Quote?Why and How Should You Paraphrase?Why and How Should You Summarise?What Will Make Your Essay Original?Putting it All Together in Your Essays and ReportsPART C: USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASESUsing Verbs Precisely and PowerfullyDiscussing Authors' Position and ViewsComparing and Connecting Different AuthorsMaking Positive CommentsMaking Negative CommentsPART D: CHECKING AND CORRECTION YOUR WORKUsing a Clear Writing StyleRe-expressing and Referencing Your ReadingChecking Your ReferencingChecking Your GrammarAPPENDICESComplete Business Ethics EssayAnswers to 'Over to You' ActivitiesDefinitions of Terms Used in this BookDictionary Use, Register and Word ClassDifferent Referencing StylesVocabulary IndexSubject Index.