Product Description

A must for every student with essays to write!

- How to deal with ‘academic-speak’ and monster reading lists

- How to choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy

- How to clarify awkward essay topics

- How to find the right structure for your essay

- How to avoid accusations of plagiarism

This lively, concise and to-the-point guide will help you to study and write efficiently and effectively. It offers hints and practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence. With this guide you can get the grades you deserve for the work you put in. No student should be without it!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1330 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

Synopsis
This title is a must for every student with essays to write! It shows: how to deal with 'academic-speak' and monster reading lists; how to choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy; how to clarify awkward essay topics; how to find the right structure for your essay; and, how to avoid accusations of plagiarism. This lively, concise and to-the-point guide will help you to study and write efficiently and effectively. It offers hints and practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence. With this guide you can get the grades you deserve for the work you put in. No student should be without it!

About the Author
Dr Peter Levin is an Educational Developer, specializing in student support at the London School of Economics. He works one-to-one work with students on managing their studies, including preparing for exams. Formerly a lecturer in social policy at LSE, he is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).

Customer Reviews

Fantastic, readable and practical
This books goes through all the processes of writing an essay and to me is generalisable across a wide range of subjects. I am a postgraduate and had lost my academic edge. The book takes you through reading strategies and then through writing strategies and provides great tips and ways in which to gain the most from your reading and how to write a better essay...I will highly recommend this book to my fellow postgraduates and undergrads! It has helped me gain perspective and focus and regain my academic flair.

Must Read for Undergraduate Students
Peter Levin presents an excellent guide to essay writing. He describes all the stages involved in a clear succint manner. Highly recommended.

Academic speak buster!
This book starts on the premise that essays are hard to write and the world of the acedmic is frankly a bit freaky, clouded in long words and phrases only three other people on the planet understand. Step by step it takes you through writing, compliling your points, thoughts and conclusions. It is also very enjoyable and east to read, which is nice. If you have to write an essay, for whatever reason, and start, as I do, by thinking, ummmm. This will help.