English for academic research : grammar exercises

AUTHOR Wallwork, Adrian

CALL NO PE1112 W215e 2024

IMPRINT  Cham, Switzerland : Springer, c2024

[For MU Students and Staff can request here]

This book is based on a study of referees’ reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar.

The exercises include the following areas:

• active vs passive, use of we
• articles (a/an, the, zero) and quantifiers (some, any, few etc.)
• conditionals and modals
• countable and uncountable nouns
• genitive
• infinitive vs -ing form
• numbers, acronyms, abbreviations
• relative clauses and which vs that
• tenses (e.g. simple present, simple past, present perfect)
• word order

This new edition includes exercises on using Large Language Models for generating and correcting emails, plus a separate chapter on using automatic translation.

English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises is designed for self-study and there is a key to all exercises. Most exercises require no actual writing but simply choosing between various options, thus facilitating e-reading and rapid progress.

The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.

SOURCE : https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53174-3