Academic Reading - Second Edition: Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines

This reader has been designed to accompany Giltrow’s Academic Writing, one of the key principles of which is that there is a close connection between the processes of reading and of writing academic prose. Each reading is preceded by introductory commentary, questions, and suggestions for discussion, and the book also includes a brief general introduction.

As with Giltrow’s Academic Writing, her Academic Reading is a challenging text. At its core are examples of actual academic writing of ...