Overview
- At least two-thirds of published scientific papers are written by researchers whose first language is not English
- 20% of the comments referees make when reviewing papers for possible publication in international journals regard English language issues
- In some disciplines, acceptance rate by journals of papers originating from the US/UK is 30.4%, and is higher than all other countries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: English for Academic Research (EAR)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Writing Skills
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Front Matter
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Sections of a Paper
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to:
- prepare and structure a manuscript
- increase readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguity
- write a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be read
- decide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc)
- highlight your claims and contribution
- avoid plagiarism
- discuss the limitations of your research
- choose the correct tenses and style
- satisfy the requirements of editors and reviewers
This new edition contains over 40% new material, including two new chapters, stimulating factoids, and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use.
EAP teachers will find this book to be a great source of tips for training students, and for preparing both instructive and entertaining lessons.
Other books in the series cover: presentations at international conferences; academic correspondence; English grammar, usage and style; interacting on campus, plus exercise books and a teacher's guide to the whole series.
Please visit http://www.springer.com/series/13913 for a full list of titles in the series.
Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics from 35 countries to write research papers, prepare presentations, and communicate with editors, referees and fellow researchers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English for Writing Research Papers
Authors: Adrian Wallwork
Series Title: English for Academic Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26094-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26094-5Published: 02 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2625-3445
Series E-ISSN: 2625-3453
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XX, 377
Topics: English, Language Education, Popular Science in Linguistics, Grammar