A Writer’s Reference with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
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A Writer’s Reference is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with academic writing, serves a wider range of multilingual students, and lends more support for college research — all in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. Now for all the ways you teach your course, you can choose the classic version or choose from among 4 additional versions with varied content.
- A Writer’s Reference with Exercises is tailor-made for classroom use or for additional grammar practice with 86 integrated exercise sets.
- A Writer’s Reference with Writing in the Disciplines provides help for college writing beyond composition with advice and models in six academic disciplines.
- A Writer’s Reference with Writing about Literature includes an entire tabbed section on interpreting and writing about works of literature, with two annotated student essays.
- A Writer’s Reference with Extra Help for ESL Writers includes an entire tabbed section for nonnative speakers of English; it offers targeted advice and strategies for college writing and research.
List Price: $ 39.00
Price: $ 39.00
A Good Guide to Citation and More . . . if used correctly,
I teach developmental writing and English 101 at a community college. I adopted this book after having used another book which represents itself as a comprehensive guide, The Norton Field Guide to Writing. I found the Norton Field Guide repetitious. It commits a sin all too many college texts commit today: it comes pre-highlighted. If instructors are supposed to lead their students to think critically, doesn’t a text in which the main points are highlighted defeat that purpose by spoonfeeding the students and by not treating them as adults?
Furthermore, the addition of color doubles the price of a book. At $90+ per book, students deserve a break in the form of a black and white text.
A Writer’s Reference contains everything a student in 101 needs to know in order to make the transition from high school writing to college writing. The tabs are a plus. All a student has to do is go to the MLA or APA tab to find how to cite and how to construct a bibliography. There is no need to “teach” these things: simply direct the students to the book.
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I bought this, because I had bought the original one and it was amazing and very helpful with papers. So I waited patiently for this one because of the APA updates. Boy was I surprised when I compared my old edition to the new one, and found that the APA format used in the sample paper was exactly the same as the original one I had. If you have to write an APA paper I would suggest buying another book.
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