MyLab Writing, Australian and New Zealand Edition, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (February 21, 2014) © 2014

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Designed for use in Australian and New Zealand universities

By collaborating with instructors and engaging students from around Australia, we have developed the most relevant and comprehensive writing resource for university students.

MyLab Writing AUST/NZ provides the practice and personalised learning that students need to master academic writing techniques and develop basic literacy skills.

With over 1 million global student registrations, MyLab Writing combines proven results and engaging experiences to grow student confidence for university writing and real world communication.

MyLab Writing is not a self-study product and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

Table of contents

  • Module 1. Writing in a Australian Academic Context
  • Australian University Learning
  • Module 2. Types of Academic Writing
  • Descriptive Writing
  • Critical / Analytical Writing
  • Report Writing
  • Case-Studies
  • Module 3. Critical Thinking in Academic Writing
  • What is Critical Thinking?
  • Critical Thinking while Reading
  • Critical Thinking while Writing
  • Differentiating between Weak and Strong Evidence
  • Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion
  • Module 4. Academic Writing: Register
  • Formal Versus Informal Language
  • Objectivity in Academic Writing
  • Voice in Academic Writing
  • Vocabulary
  • Hedging in Academic Writing
  • Module 5. Academic Writing: Avoiding Plagiarism and Synthesising Arguments
  • Academic Writing - Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Academic Writing - Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing
  • Academic Writing - Avoiding Plagiarism: Summarising
  • Module 6. Understanding the Task
  • Assessment Criteria
  • Analysing Assignment Title
  • Subject-Specific Writing Conventions
  • Module 7. Planning and Writing an Assignment
  • Planning
  • Structuring the Assignment
  • Linking Ideas
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Illustration, Examples and Evidence
  • Paragraphs and Formatting
  • Cohesion and Coherence
  • Reviewing and Editing
  • Presenting Information Graphically
  • Module 8. Research
  • Research: Using Reliable and Relevant Sources
  • Research: Effective Note-taking
  • Research: Reading - Skimming and scanning
  • Research: Interpreting Charts and Graphs

  • Module 9. Using Words Effectively
  • Parts of Speech: Nouns
  • Parts of Speech: Verbs
  • Parts of Speech: Adjectives
  • Parts of Speech: Adverbs
  • Parts of Speech: Conjunctions
  • Parts of Speech: Prepositions
  • Parts of Speech: Determiners
  • Parts of Speech: Comparatives and Superlatives
  • Using Words Effectively: Vocabulary and Grammar
  • Using Words Effectively: Capitalisation
  • Module 10. Clauses, Phrases and Sentences
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Independent Clauses
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Dependent Clauses
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Relative Clauses
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Noun Clauses
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Adverbial Clauses
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Noun and Verb Phrases
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Adjectival and Adverbial Phrases
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Prepositional Phrases
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Simple Sentences
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Compound Sentences
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Complex Sentences
  • Clauses, Phrases and Sentences: Compound-complex Sentences
  • Module 11. Punctuation
  • Final Punctuation
  • Punctuation: Commas
  • Punctuation: Apostrophes
  • Punctuation: Quotation Marks
  • Punctuation: Semicolons, Dashes and Parentheses

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