INTRODUCTION .................................................... 9

Academic Writing in the Sciences: The Russian Perspective ....... 9
Academic Writing as a Discipline in the United States: 
   Historical Perspective and Present State .................... 12
The Nature of Academic Writing and its Main Concepts ........... 16

MODULE 1. ACADEMIC WRITING AS STYLE ............................ 19
Part 1. The Development of Academic Writing: Linguistic 
        Features and Historical Context ........................ 15
Part 2. Academic Style for L2 Writers: Vocabulary, Grammar, 
        and Mechanics .......................................... 31
   Chapter 1. Style as a Matter of Correctness: Sentences, 
              Phrases, and Text Construction ................... 31
   Chapter 2. Style as the Matter of Clarity ................... 46
   Chapter 3. Style as the Matter of Grace ..................... 64
   Chapter 4. Punctuation and Mechanics ........................ 74
   Chapter 5. Connectedness in Writing ......................... 83

MODULE 2. ACADEMIC WRITING AS PROCESS .......................... 93
Part 1. The Languages of Science ............................... 93
Part 2. The Craft of Research: Developing Flexible Writing 
        Processe .............................................. 114
   Chapter 1. Composing Process: a Way to the Argument ........ 114
   Chapter 2. Learning to Write From Sources: How to Quote,
              Paraphrase, and Summarize ....................... 124
   Chapter 3. Making Good Arguments ........................... 131
   Chapter 4. Developing Your Argument: Paragraph Structure ... 136
   Chapter 5. Post-Writing Process ............................ 144
   Chapter 6. Multiple Writing Assignments .................... 147

MODULE 3. ACADEMIC WRITING AS GENRE ........................... 152
Part 1. Review Articles ....................................... 154
Part 2. Mini-Reviews, or Science Popularizations .............. 162
Part 3. Writing a Research Article (RA) ....................... 171
Part 4. Abstracts ............................................. 190

Suggested Answers ............................................. 203
Glossary ...................................................... 222
Appendix ...................................................... 223