Write effectively: a practical guide to academic writing for colleges and universities
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Date
2023
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Dar es Salaam University Press (DUP)
Abstract
Write Effectively: A Practical Guide to Academic Writing for Colleges and Universities is a
comprehensive guidebook designed to help students, researchers and
professionals to navigate smoothly in their academic writing journey. The book
provides in-depth insights into each listed aspect of academic writing with
examples based on how each of the listed topics needs to be addressed.
Furthermore, the book contains practices in each section and at the end of each
chapter. This is followed by chapter summaries and key takeaways. We believe
that these tutorials and engaging activities will, to a great extent, provide a working
tool to the readers, which, if used as per the instructions, will potentially help them
escape writing blocks.
We are mindful that efforts have been made in enhancing academic writing skills
(including regular reviewing and strengthening of academic communication skills
courses) in colleges and universities in Tanzania. However, evidence is frequent
from external examiners’ reports indicating that problems related to
communication skills including academic writing inabilities are still widespread
among students in many colleges and universities in Tanzania (see also Komba
and Mohamed, 2016; Mohamed and Nyinondi, 2016; Mohamed, 2021).
Moreover, students’ writing inabilities in colleges and universities in Tanzania are
the realities authors of this book have been encountering in their everyday
working life as communications skills instructors. Undoubtedly, uncovering
academic writing mediocrity among students is an important step towards
addressing the problem and it should be followed by developing learning materials
on academic writing, such as this book. Thus, this book contributes to the ongoing
efforts of enhancing academic writing skills among students in colleges and
universities by providing self-explanatory tutorials and using a practical approach
to engaging readers’ interaction with the book; we believe this is among the major
strengths of the book.
This practical guide is an indispensable resource for anyone intending to enhance
their academic writing skills including students, researchers or professionals in
various fields. The book is written in an easy-to-understand style, making it
accessible to a wide range of readers. It is an important tool for writing academic
texts with precision, clarity, economy and supporting evidence. The
comprehensiveness and straightforward approach used in the book are attested
by the comments of our internal reviewers who consistently commended the
Description
Book for university students
Keywords
Write effectively, Academic writing, Academic writing skills