| Introduction to the Thrid Edition |
| An Approach to Academic Writing / Unit 1： |
| Audience |
| Purpose and Strategy |
| Organization |
| Style |
| Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Verbs |
| Language Focus: The Vocabulary Shift-Nouns and Other Parts of Speech |
| Language Focus: Other Stylistic Features |
| Flow |
| Language Focus: Linking Words and Phrases |
| Presentation |
| Positioning |
| General-Specific and Specific-General Texts / Unit 2： |
| Opening with General Statements |
| Opening with Statistics |
| Opening with Definitions |
| Writing a Definition |
| Some Common Ways to Define in Academic Writing |
| Language Focus: Verbs in Defining and Naming |
| A Brief Look at the Elements of Formal Sentence Definitions |
| Extended Definitions |
| Variations in Definations |
| Discussions of Schools of Thought |
| Specific-to-General Organization |
| Problem, Process, and Solution / Unit 3： |
| The Structure of Problem-Solution Texts |
| Language Focus: Mid-Position Adverbs |
| Procedures and Processes |
| Language Focus: -ing Clauses to Indicate Cause and Effect |
| Language Focus: Passive Voice |
| Flow of Ideas in a Process Description |
| Language Focus: Indirect Questions |
| Introducing the Solution |
| Data Commentary / Unit 4： |
| Strength of Claim |
| Structure of Data Commentary |
| Location Elements and Summaries |
| Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative Location Statements |
| Language Focus: Linking as Clauses |
| Highlighting Statements |
| Language Focus: An Introduction to Qualifications and Strength of Claim |
| Language Focus: Specific Ways of Moderating or Qualifying a Claim |
| Language Focus: Comparisons |
| Concluding a Commentary |
| Language Focus: Dealing with Unexpected Outcomes or "Problems" |
| Dealing with Graphs |
| Dealing with Chronological Data |
| Language Focus: Prepositions of Time |
| Writing Summaries / Unit 5： |
| Considerations before Writing a Summary |
| Some Notes on Plagiarism |
| Paraphrasing |
| Careful Use of Synonyms |
| Language Focus: Identifying the Source |
| Language Focus: Summary Reminder Phrases |
| Syntheses of More than One Source |
| Language Focus: Showing Similarities and Differences |
| Writing Critiques / Unit 6： |
| Book Reviews |
| Language Focus: Stating Opinions |
| Language Focus: Evaluative Language |
| Evaluating a Published Article |
| Language Focus: Unreal Conditionals |
| Language Focus: Evaluative Language Revisited |
| Critical Reading |
| Language Focus: Beginning the Critique |
| Language Focus: Inversions |
| Reaction Papers |
| Language Focus: Non-Standard Quotation Marks (Scare Quotes) |
| A Few Thoughts on Manuscript Reviews for a Journal |
| Constructing a Research Paper I / Unit 7： |
| Types of Journal Publication |
| Short Communications (SCs) in Disciplines that Report Fieldwork |
| Longer Research Papers |
| Methods Sections |
| Language Focus: Linking Phrases in Methods Sections |
| Results Sections |
| Language Focus: Another Look at Location Statements |
| Language Focus: Special Verb Agreements |
| Language Focus: Making Comparisons |
| Constructing a Research Paper II / Unit 8： |
| Introductions |
| Creating a Research Space |
| Language Focus: Citation and Tense |
| Language Focus: Negative Openings in Move 2 |
| Language Focus: Purpose Statements and Tense |
| Discussion Sections |
| Language Focus: Levels of Generalization |
| Language Focus: Expressions of Limitation |
| Unfinished Business |
| Appendixes |
| The Grammar of Definitions / Appendix 1： |
| Articles in Academic Writing / Appendix 2： |
| Academic English and Latin Phrases / Appendix 3： |
| References |
| Index |
| Introduction to the Thrid Edition |
| An Approach to Academic Writing / Unit 1： |
| Audience |
| Purpose and Strategy |
| Organization |
| Style |
