TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCarthy,Michael
AU  - O'Dell,Felicity
TI  - Academic vocabulary in use
SN  - 0521689392
AV  - PE1128 .M33 2008
U1  - 428.24 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K.
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Vocabulary
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
N1  - "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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