The St. Martin's Handbook
Language: English
Pages: 912
ISBN: 1457667266
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Andrea Lunsford’s comprehensive advice in The St. Martin’s Handbook, Eighth Edition, supports students as they move from informal, social writing to both effective academic writing and to writing that can change the world.
Based on Andrea’s groundbreaking research on the literacy revolution, this teachable handbook shows students how to reflect on the writing skills they already have and put them to use both in traditional academic work and in multimodal projects like blog posts, websites, and presentations. Integrated advice on U.S. academic genres and language follows best practices for helping students from both international and native-speaker backgrounds improve their understanding of academic English.
Throughout The St. Martin’s Handbook, Andrea Lunsford encourages all of today’s students to learn everything they need to communicate effectively with the diverse people sharing their classrooms, workspaces, and civic lives.
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example, to create a persuasive Web site or to research, write, and deliver a multimedia presentation. You’ll need to start by figuring out what your instructors expect from you. Different courses and disciplines will introduce different expectations about writing — a lab report in biology won’t look much like a review of the literature in psychology. But widespread conventions across fields can help you prepare for many if not most academic situations. 1c Positioning yourself as an academic
primarily as a step on the way to a career, but in today’s unpredictable working world, learning the specific skills you need to get a particular job may be less useful than acquiring a wide range of abilities that will serve you well in any position you hold. The abilities a college education can help you develop — such as critical reading and writing and effective speaking — will help you succeed in college and beyond, no matter where your career path leads. 14 Your college instructors — and
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