- Real-life examples from over 5000 papers written by non-native English speakers
- Layout is clear and easy-to-use
- Book includes a key with detailed explanations
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- About this book
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This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, several hundred emails, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers.
The exercises include the following areas:
- active vs passive, use of we
- articles (a/an, the, zero) and quantifiers (some, any, few etc)
- conditionals and modals
- countable and uncountable nouns
- genitive
- infinitive vs -ing form
- numbers, acronyms, abbreviations
- relative clauses and which vs that
- tenses (e.g. simple present, simple past, present perfect)
- word order
Exercise types are repeated for different contexts. For example, the difference between the simple present, present perfect and simple past is tested for use in papers, referees' reports, and emails of various types. Such repetition of similar types of exercises is perfect for revision purposes.
English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises is designed for self-study and there is a key to all exercises. Most exercises require no actual writing but simply choosing between various options, thus facilitating e-reading and rapid progress.
The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.
The book can be used in conjunction with the other exercise books in the series and is cross-referenced to:
English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar
English for Writing Research Papers
English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing
Adrian Wallwork is the author of around 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students from 35 countries to write and present academic work.
- About the authors
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Adrian Wallwork is the author of around 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students from 35 countries to write and present academic work.
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- Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable, etc
Pages 1-4
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Genitive: the possessive form of nouns
Pages 5-8
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Indefinite article (
Pages 9-17
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Quantifiers:
Pages 19-23
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Relative pronouns:
Pages 25-33
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises
- Authors
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- Adrian Wallwork
- Series Title
- English for Academic Research
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-4289-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-4289-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-4288-2
- Series ISSN
- 2625-3445
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 172
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