Writing American Style: An ESL/EFL Handbook [Paperback]

Sydney L. Langosch M.A. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1999

This manual recognizes that preparing essays, research papers, and other academic written assignments is particularly difficult for even the best students if English is their second language. Ten chapters instruct high-intermediate-through-advanced ESL/EFL students in planning the paper, doing standard and computer-based research to compile information, drawing up a formal outline, documenting the paper, then drafting, revising and editing it so that it is ready for presentation. An appendix presents a sample essay, a sample bibliography, and a research paper that follow the most recent and approved MLA style of documentation. Two methods are shown, one giving MLA parenthetical citations, the other employing an endnote style. MLA guidelines that cover citations for electronic sources are also given.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764107925
• ISBN-13: 978-0764107924
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,019,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars America's Writers, July 15, 2001

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This review is from: Writing American Style: An ESL/EFL Handbook (Paperback)

WRITING AMERICAN STYLE pulls together careful planning of the writer's own ideas, collecting of materials and especially of computer-based information, and writing both the particular take on the topic and the all-important evidence through outlining, drafting, revising and editing. The title takes in writers who did not grow up speaking English, but native speakers would benefit tremendously too: the author writes clearly and logically, with plenty of examples throughout and with appendix samples of the essay and the research paper, complete with MLA style for identifying sources. He takes the terror away from writing: it all comes down to building on little steps, from sentences to paragraphs, essays and major research work. Sydney L. Langosch's book applies what readers learn from Edward Corbett's THE LITTLE ENGLISH HANDBOOK, Teresa Glazier's THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH, Gary Hoffman's ADIOS, STRUNK AND WHITE, and John Langan's ENGLISH SKILLS.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ecrire a l'americain, January 29, 2004

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This review is from: Writing American Style: An ESL/EFL Handbook (Paperback)

Ecrire a l'americain, ca veut dire repondre a des questions importantes. D'abord comment savez-vous avoir tout compris? Vous parlez a votre facon. Ensuite comment justifiez-vous votre avis? Vous recueillez les derniers renseignements, surtout de l'Internet. Enfin comment savez-vous avoir tout fait? Vous faites des esquisses et des brouillons, pour corriger et rediger, jusqu'a ce que la bibliographie et le travail tombent d'accord avec le style MLA. Chapeaux!