Student Phrase Book

Jeanne Godfrey is a Teaching Fellow in the Language Centre at the University of Leeds, UK. She has been teaching in the field of English language for over twenty years and has been a Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes. She set up one of the first Academic Writing Centres in a UK University and is now working with lecturers and students in many areas of learning and curriculum development, with particular emphasis on academic writing development. She is the author of Writing for University, Reading and Making Notes, The Business Student’s Phrase Book, and How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays.

This is a tremendously useful book! I’ve used the First edition of The Student Phrase Book extensively as a desk companion, recommended it to university and college colleagues and given copies of it to all members of my family heading off to be students, so I am delighted to endorse this new edition of the book which is even more useful. What I really value is the way it demystifies the complex discourses of ‘academese’ so that anyone who feels out of their depth with some of the terminology can find reassurance and explanation within it. Using down-to-earth language to explain contested topics like ‘critical evaluation’ and ‘deconstruction’, Jeanne also provides really accessible examples showing good and ‘not-yet-good’ usage. If every student used this book, they would make their own lives so much easier, not to mention that of the academics and professional support staff working with them. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

• IntroductionTOPIC, AIM AND ARGUMENT1. Topic2. Aim and scope3. Proposition and argumentDEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION4. Brief definitions5. Classification and characteristicsMETHODOLOGY, METHOD AND FINDINGS6. Methodology, model and method7. Data, findings, problems and anomaliesAMOUNT, LEVEL AND PROPORTION8. Amount, level, proportion and distribution9. Adequate and inadequate amountsCONTEXT, NORMS, RISK AND THREAT10. Context, occurrence, norms and deviation11. Advantage, disadvantage, risk and threatCOMMUNICATION, UNDERSTANDING AND POSITION12. Communication, expression, signification and portrayal13. Knowledge, understanding, way of thinking and belief14. Position, point of view, impartiality and bias15. Time, sequence, duration and frequency16. Change, movement, trend and tendencyENCOURAGEMENT, ALLOWANCE AND PREVENTION17. Encouragement and improvement, discouragement and deterioration18. Allowance, prevention, exclusion and eliminationORIGIN, CAUSE, EFFECT AND LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP 19. Origin, cause and effect20. Connection, compatibility, reciprocity and lack of relationshipCOMPARISON, SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE21. Comparison, similarity, equivalence, convergence and balance22. Difference, differentiation, diversity and divergenceANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS,23. Analysis of evidence and identification of argument flaws24. Grouping of authors' ideas and identification of common themesEVALUATION OF EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS25. Authors' evaluations of each other26. Your positive evaluation of evidence and arguments27. Your negative evaluation of evidence and arguments28. Your agreement, disagreement, and counterargumentsIMPORTANCE, IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS29. Linking evidence to theory and practice30. Importance, significance and dominance31. Influence and impactCONCLUSIONS, CLARIFICATION AND FUTURE ACTION32. Conclusions, implications and new ideas33. Qualifying conclusions and degrees of certainty34. Summary, clarification and restatement of position35. Recommendations, advice and solutionsAPPENDICESLatin abbreviations and phrasesWord class: a brief explanationIndex: word tableIndex: alphabetical