Inside Writing Intro Student Book: The Academic Word List in Context - Softcover

Walton Burns

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0194601064 ISBN 13: 9780194601061

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Inside Writing is the first ESL / EFL textbook on the market targeted to university or high school students that teaches the genre-based approach to writing. The genre-based approach prepares students to write texts in the same way native speakers do, by analyzing authentic samples of a text type and analyzing them for the most important language features. 

Based on the research of John Swales and the work of Nigel Caplan and Jennifer Bixby, the genre-based approach helps students learn how to learn. It also prepares students to write the actual kinds of texts that they will encounter in their academic studies and beyond.

Inside Writing Intro is the first book in the series,for the lowest levels. It focuses on simpler text types such as:

1. Routine
2. Narrative Report
3. Magazine Article
4. Personal Narrative
5. Website FAQ
6. Analysis
7. Summary
8. Public Service Announcement
9. Review
10. Persuasive Letter

Inside Writing, as part of the Inside Reading series pioneered by Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman also teaches target vocabulary from the Academic Word List. Exercises focus on not only comprehension but also production, ensuring that students have the language skills and vocabulary knowledge necessary to produce excellent and effective academic writing.

About this title

About the Author

Walton Burns is a teacher and award-winning materials writer from Connecticut who began his career in 2001, teaching in the Peace Corps in the South Pacific. Since then, he has taught in Central Asia and in his native country. His students have been a diverse group, including Russian oil executives, Afghan high school students, and Chinese video game champions. As a writer, he has been on the author team of two textbooks and written lesson plans and activities for private language schools. Since 2015, he has been part of the leadership team of the Materials Writing Interest Section of the TESOL Association, the international association for English language professionals.

Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman is a well-respected OUP author.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0194601064
• ISBN 13: 9780194601061
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 152