Academic vocabulary in use / Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521689392
- 9780521689397
- 428.24 22
- PE1128 .M33 2008
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"50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice. Self-study and classroom use.".
Includes index.
Acknowledgements -- To the student and the teacher -- Working with academic vocabulary -- What is special about academic English? -- Key nouns -- Key verbs -- Key adjectives -- Key adverbs -- Phrasal verbs in academic English -- Key quantifying expressions -- Words with several meanings -- Metaphors and idioms -- Word combinations -- Nouns and the words they combine with -- Adjective and noun combinations -- Verbs and the words they combine with -- Prepositional phrases -- Verbs and prepositions -- Nouns and prepositions -- Fixed expressions -- At academic institutions -- Applications and application forms -- College and university: the UK system -- Systems compared: the US and the UK -- Academic courses -- Study habits and skills -- Online learning -- Ways of talking about -- Sources -- Facts, evidence and data -- Numbers -- Statistics -- Graphs and diagrams -- Money and education -- Time -- Cause and effect -- Opinions and ideas -- Talking about ideas -- Reporting what others say -- Analysis of results -- Talking about meaning -- Research and study aims -- Talking about points of view -- Degrees of certainty -- Functions -- Presenting an argument -- Organising your writing -- Making a presentation -- Describing research methods -- Classifying -- Making connections -- Comparing and contrasting -- Describing problems -- Describing situations -- Processes and procedures -- Describing change -- Evaluation and emphasis -- Summary and conclusion -- Reading and vocabulary -- Good friends -- Australia -- The World Wide Web -- The humanbrain -- Nanotechnology -- International law: an overview -- Reference -- Formal and informal academic words and expressions -- Numbers, units of measurement and common symbols -- British and North American academic vocabulary -- Spelling variations -- Word formation.
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