100 Tips to Avoid Mistakes in Academic Writing and Presenting

This book contains one hundred typical mistakes relating to papers, proposals, oral presentations, and correspondence with editors (e.g. journal submissions), reviewers (rebuttal letters), and editing agencies.

The book is primarily intended for non-native English speaking researchers. However, it is also useful for editing agencies in order to help new or inexperienced editors spot the kinds of mistakes they need to correct in order to ensure their clients successfully have their papers published. Each section of a paper is covered separately: titles and abstracts; introduction and literature review; methods, results and tables; discussion and conclusions. Teachers of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) will learn which areas of writing and grammar to focus on including readability, word order, sentence length, paragraphing, ambiguity and punctuation. The last section in the book highlights the key areas where presenters make the most mistakes in terms of the use of English. Other books in this series:

English for Writing Research Papers

English for Presentations at International Conferences

English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style

English for Academic Correspondence

English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles

English for Academic Research: Writing Exercises

English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises

English for Academic Research: Vocabulary Exercises

English for Academic Research: A Guide for Teachers

Prioritizes those mistakes that are likely to cause the most problems in terms of poor communication Focuses on modifications that increase readability and empathy for the reader Focus on mistakes regarding general English rather than specifically academic English

Autorentext

Adrian Wallwork edits scientific papers and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. In addition to his many books for Springer, he has written course books for Oxford University Press and discussion books for Cambridge University Press.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Research Papers: Titles and Abstracts.- Chapter 2 Research Papers - Introduction and Literature Review.- Chapter 3 Research Papers - Methods, Results, Tables.- Chapter 4 Research Papers - Discussion, Conclusions, Review Papers.- Chapter 5 Readability and Avoiding Redundancy.- Chapter 6 Word Order, Sentence Length and Paragraphing.- Chapter 7 Punctuation, Spelling, Using Google.- Chapter 8 Project Proposals, Journal Submissions, and Emails in General.- Chapter 9 Presentations.- Index