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Reading, writing, and discussing at the graduate level : a guidebook for international students / Rina Kim, Lillie R. Albert, and Hang Gyun Sihn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Rina, author.
- Albert, Lillie R., author.
- Sihn, Hang Gyun, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign study--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Foreign study.
- Students, Foreign--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Students, Foreign.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Graduate work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--Graduate work.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- handbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <span><span>This book will help international students navigate the academic, professional, and social issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and for their instructors and mentors.</span></span>
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Reading Scholarly Articles with Purpose; Introduction; Types of Readings; Understanding Frameworks; Finding Relationships across Arguments in Various Articles; Developing and Writing Summaries; Bibliography; 2 Engaging in Academic Discussions; Introduction; Provide Grounds for Your Statements; Use Your Own Experiences for Your Arguments; Develop Your Ideas from the Readings; Use Starter Sentences; Improve Your Classroom Participation; 3 Writing at the Academic Level; Introduction; The Significance of the Research Question; How to Organize Academic Papers
- Appropriate Use of Citations Write in Your Own Words; External Rules for Writing; Bibliography; 4 Preparing Classroom Presentations; Introduction; Practicing for Oral Presentations; Learn How to Work with Your Group Members; Involve Your Audience in the Presentation; 5 Developing Social and Academic Relationships; Introduction; Academic Relationships with Professors; Personal Relationships with Professors; Relationships with Other Students
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-7586-7
- 0-7618-6413-X
- OCLC:
- 890724794
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