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Like its predecessor, the third edition of A<i>cademic Writing for Graduate Students </i>explains understanding the intended audience, the purpose of the paper, and academic genres; includes the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising; shows how to write summaries and critiques; features Language Focus sections that address linguistic elements as they affect the wider rhetorical objectives; and helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.<br /><br />Among the many changes in the third edition:<br />*newer, longer, and more authentic texts and examples<br />*greater discipline variety in texts (added texts from hard sciences and engineering)<br />*more in-depth treatment of research articles<br />*greater emphasis on vocabulary issues<br />*revised flow-of-ideas section<br />*additional tasks that require students to do their own research<br />*more corpus-informed content<br />*binding that allows