Chapter 1 Review of Writing Process / 1
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 2
2. Introduction to Academic Writing / 3
3. Review: Types of Support in Academic Essays / 6
4. Plagiarism / 10
5. Writing Process of Academic Writing / 13
6. Self-Evaluation / 18
Chapter 2 Choosing a Title and Types of Academic Writing / 19
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 20
2. Purposes of Choosing a Title / 21
3. Principles for Choosing a Title / 22
4. Ways of Choosing a Title / 23
5. Types of Academic Writing / 28
6. Self-Evaluation / 30
Chapter 3 Source Research and Evaluation / 33
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 34
2. Types of Finding Information / 35
3. Research Skills / 37
4. Principles of Researching / 38
5. Criteria of Source Evaluation / 40
6. Note-Taking for Selected Sources / 43
7. Put it Together / 45
Chapter 4 Developing an Outline / 47
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 48
2. Introduction to Outline / 49
3. Points to Consider in Developing an Outline / 52
4. How to Write an Outline / 54
5. How to Evaluate an Outline / 61
6. Put it Together / 64
Chapter 5 Academic Language of Essay / 65
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 66
2. What is Academic Language / 67
3. Features of Academic Language / 68
4. Connecting Words and Signal Words in Writing / 72
5. Self-Evaluation / 82
Chapter 6 Introduction, Conclusion and Peer Review / 83
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 84
2. The Introductory Part / 85
3. The Concluding Part / 89
4. Peer Review / 93
5. Put it Together / 98
Chapter 7 In-Text Citation / 99
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 100
2. In-Text Citation VS. Plagiarism / 101
3. The Principles and Ways of In-Text Citation / 103
4. Quoting / 106
5. Paraphrasing / 110
6. Summarizing / 113
7. Put it Together / 118
Chapter 8 Writing the First Draft / 121
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 122
2. Thesis Statement / 123
3. Process to Write the First Draft / 128
4. Practice for the Introductory Paragraphs / 132
5. Practice for Body Paragraphs / 134
6. Practice for the Concluding Paragraphs / 136
7. Self-Evaluation / 138
Chapter 9 Abstract and References / 141
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 142
2. How to Write an Abstract / 143
3. Introduction of Reference / 146
4. APA Reference Format / 149
5. Self-Evaluation / 154
Chapter 10 Revising and Editing the Final Draft / 155
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 156
2. General Introduction to Revising and Editing / 157
3. Rereading Your Rough Draft / 158
4. Revising the Overall Structure / 159
5. Revising Sections/Chapters / 161
6. Revising Paragraphs / 163
7. Revising Sentences / 165
8. Revising Words / 167
9. Self-Evaluation / 170
Chapter 11 Research Proposal / 171
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 172
2. Introduction to Research Proposal / 173
3. Guidance and Structure of Writing a Research Proposal / 176
4. Put it Together / 181
Chapter 12 Thesis Presentation and Publication / 183
1. Critical Thinking Questions / 184
2. Thesis Presentation / 185
3. Preparing for Publication / 191
4. Self-Evaluation / 194
Appendix 1 APA Style / 195
Appendix 2 MLA Style / 200
Appendix 3 Chicago Style / 205
References / 210