Description: Writing Academic Papers is a book for undergraduate
students in higher learning institutions and colleges designed to help
them accomplish their academic paper assignments. This book comprises
most materials necessary for students to write convincing and persuasive
academic papers. It defines an academic paper, explains its importance
in higher education, and outlines the necessary steps in writing a
well-presented, well-argued, and well-documented academic paper. This
book also discusses in detail and with concrete examples the question of
plagiarism, the most serious offense in academic writing, including the
effects of plagiarism in the production of new knowledge and the
consequences to those caught plagiarizing. This book is an invaluable
resource for all beginning students striving to achieve ethical and
excellent writing performances. Endorsements: ""Mligo covers, in a clear
format, all the relevant steps needed in the production of a good
research paper. After teaching for more than a decade, both in
undergraduate and graduate programs, and having had to spend precious
class time teaching students how to write research papers when I should
have been teaching biblical interpretation, I will no longer do that.
This book will be required reading for every single student who enters
my class."" --Andrew M. Mbuvi, Shaw University Divinity School ""An
indispensable book for aspiring academics that provides essential tools
in academic writing. Through this book, Mligo bridges the chasm between
formative high school education and the university level. I highly
recommend this book to all students who begin graduate studies.""
--Zorodzai Dube, University of South Africa About the Contributor(s):
Elia Shabani Mligo (PhD, University of Oslo, Norway) is an employee of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Southern Diocese. He
currently teaches Theology and Research at Amani University Project in
Njombe operating under Iringa University College of Tumaini University.
He is the author of Jesus and the Stigmatized (Pickwick Publications
2011).
