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Table of Contents

E1 Understanding college expectations E-3

a Reading the syllabus E-3

b Understanding classroom expectations E-5

c Participating actively E-6

d Attending classes regularly E-9

e Getting extra help E-9

E2 Strategies for improving your academic English E-12

a Engaging in activities to improve accuracy and fluency E-12

b Reading while listening E-13

c Using a dictionary or a thesaurus E-14

d Becoming familiar with the Academic Word List E-15

e Learning prefixes and suffixes E-16

f Keeping a vocabulary notebook E-19

g Keeping an editing log E-19

E3 Academic writing and cultural expectations E-21

a Asserting your claim before providing evidence E-21

b Taking a stand on an issue E-23

c Including details that support the main idea E-24

d Recognizing intellectual property and avoiding plagiarism E-25

How to integrate and cite sources E-28

e Sample student essay E-30

E4 Practice exercises E-36

a Grammar exercises for improving accuracy E-36

b Topics for writing practice E-46

Answers to exercises E-49

Index E-54

Authors

Diana Hacker

Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, include A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition (2018); A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition (2018); The Bedford Handbook, Tenth Edition (2017); Rules for Writers, Eighth Edition (2016); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.

Nancy Sommers

Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through blogging and through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Tenth Edition (2013).

Marcy Carbajal Van Horn

Marcy Carbajal Van Horn has served as the ESL specialist for Hacker Handbooks. Formerly of Sante Fe College and St. Edward’s University, she has worked as a composition teacher and as an online writing lab coordinator to help a wide range of students improve their academic writing.

Kimberli Huster

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