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IELTS Academic Writing


Last updated 01/2023
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Learn IELTS Academic Writing From Scratch ( Skills, Advice, Exams … and more )

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Critical Reading in Higher Education Academic Goals and Social Engagement


Free Download Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement By Karen Manarin, Miriam Carey, Melanie Rathburn, Glen Ryland, Pat Hutchings
2015 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 0253018927 | PDF | 4 MB
Faculty often worry that students can’t or won’t read critically, a foundational skill for success in academic and professional endeavors. "Critical reading" refers both to reading for academic purposes and reading for social engagement. This volume is based on collaborative, multidisciplinary research into how students read in first-year courses in subjects ranging from scientific literacy through composition. The authors discovered the good (students can read), the bad (students are not reading for social engagement), and the ugly (class assignments may be setting students up for failure) and they offer strategies that can better engage students and provide more meaningful reading experiences.

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Internationalization and the Academic Profession


Free Download Internationalization and the Academic Profession: Comparative Perspectives
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031269942 | 396 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book makes a major contribution to the scholarship on internationalization in higher education by focusing on the perceptions and experiences of the academic profession in a comparative perspective. Drawing from data collected by the Academic Professions in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS) project, the contributors to this volume are uniquely positioned to explore the impact and implications of internationalization on those who play the central role in the teaching and research functions of higher education: the professoriate.

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English for Academic Research Grammar Exercises


Free Download Adrian Wallwork, "English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises"
English | 2016 | pages: 172 | ISBN: 1461442907 | PDF | 0,6 mb
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.

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