Like its predecessor, the thirddition of Academic Writing for Graduate Students explains understanding the intended audience, the purpose of the paper, and academic genres;ncludes the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising;hows how to write summaries and critiques;eatures "language focus" sections that address linguistic elements as they affect the wider rhetorical objectives; andelps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.Among the many changes in the third edition:*newer, longer, and more authentic texts and examples*greater discipline variety in texts (added texts from hard sciences and engineering)*more in-depth treatment of research articles*greater emphasis on vocabulary issues*revised flow-of-ideas section*additional tasks that require students to do their own research*more corpus-informed contentThe Commentary (teacher's notes and key) (978-0-472-03506-9) has been revised expanded.?BR>