In Our Own Words
A Guide with Readings for Student Writers
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1900
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-312-11501-2 (ISBN)
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Description
In Our Own Words guides upper-intermediate to advanced students through the writing process and features engaging essays by other students and professional writers. In the Student's Book, students will find the experiences, perspectives, and cultural observations of their peers expressed in many student-written reading selections. The book provides classroom-tested activities designed to encourage student interaction and collaboration. This innovative text uses the best writing of former students as well as professional essays to help students learn the process of personal and academic writing. It offers thematically organized multicultural readings, including articles, personal essays, short stories, and poems. It also teaches writing strategies and techniques for interviewing, editing, and revision.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
14 Maps; 14 Halftones, unspecified
ISBN-13
978-0-312-11501-2 (9780312115012)
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Content
PART I: STARTING OUT; Chapter 1: Attitudes toward Writing; Chapter 2: Strategies for Getting Words on Paper; Chapter 3: Coping with Common Writing Problems; PART II: WRITING; Chapter 4: Experiences; Chapter 5: People; Chapter 6: Places; Chapter 7: Learning from Others: Interviewing; Chapter 8: Looking at Difference: Cultural Contrasts; Chapter 9: The American Dream: Immigrant Perspectives; Chapter 10: Claiming the Dream: Rights and Responsibilities; PART III: RETHINKING/REWRITING; Chapter 11: Revising; Chapter 12: Editing