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How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays

By Dr Jeanne Godfrey
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills
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How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays by Dr Jeanne Godfrey is a practical guide for students seeking to improve their academic writing by effectively incorporating reading materials. Drawing on over 20 years of experience, Godfrey offers step-by-step advice, from selecting relevant sources to refining final drafts. The book covers essential skills like paraphrasing, comparing author viewpoints, and commenting on sources, helping students gain confidence and achieve higher marks. This edition adds guidance on targeting reading efforts, using reading in reports, and features a refreshed two-colour design for easier engagement.
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Ideal for students across all disciplines, including college, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels, who want to develop their academic writing skills through better use of reading materials.

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Reading is part and parcel of academic writing, and knowing which sources to include in assignments and how to go about this process can be challenging. That's where this handy guide comes in. With over 20 years' experience in the field, Jeanne Godfrey is no stranger to essay writing.

Taking students step-by-step through the process, from choosing their sources to checking their work, she helps students to develop the skills and confidence they need to use their reading effectively in their essays and get the best marks possible for their work. Concise and practical, it breaks down the 'why' and 'how' of using reading in academic writing and contains valuable guidance on paraphrasing, comparing the views of different authors and commenting on sources.

This book is ideal for students of all disciplines, and can be used by college students, undergraduates and postgraduates.

New to this Edition:

  • Part A contains new sections on how to target your reading, remain focused and know when to stop reading
  • New section on how to use reading in reports, supported by short report extracts
  • New two-colour text design to enliven the reading experience and make the text more accessible

Accompanying online resources for How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/how-to-use-your-reading-in-your-essays-3e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

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Praised for filling a crucial gap between reading and writing, this book provides useful exercises on paraphrasing, quoting, summarising, and commenting on readings. Emma Bentley commends it for raising student awareness of good academic writing by providing clear examples and goals. Kate Williams highlights the book's clear insight into the academic process coupled with detailed language and grammar advice.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781352002973

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 August 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 5 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 397g

Pages: 224

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Dr Jeanne Godfrey Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills

About the Author

Jeanne has been teaching and managing in the field of English language and academic writing for over twenty years and currently lectures at the University of Leeds UK. She has been Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes and set up one of the first academic writing centres in a UK university. Jeanne is author of The Student Phrase Book, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays, Reading and Making Notes and Writing for University.

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