The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need: 600 Examples of Academic Language

Best-selling title in six different countries, with nearly 50,000 copies sold as of December 2022!

"I remember sitting with my thesis committee and hearing from one of the members that my writing was not academic. This book has been a useful tool to prevent me from ever having to hear that again! This book is definitely a jewel that I would recommend to anyone who has to write academically!" - Amazon user

If you know the basics of academic writing but struggle to express your ideas using the right words, The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need is a lifesaver. This book is a short, reader-friendly bank of academic "sentence templates" written for both graduate and undergraduate students who need help with their essays, dissertations, and theses. Students preparing for the TOEFL and IELTS exams will find this book useful, too.

• The aim of this study is to discuss the extent to which ____
• Participants were randomly selected based on ____
• The data provide preliminary evidence that ____

• What's the difference between effect and affect? Imply and infer?
• Is irregardless correct?
• Do you say "the criteria was" or "the criteria were"?

The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need is NOT a comprehensive academic writing textbook. It will NOT teach you academic skills such as choosing the right research question, writing clear paragraphs, and so on.

But it will help you find the best way to say what you want to say so you can ace that academic paper and get the grade you deserve.

"An instructive but above all practical foray into the world of academic phrasing, The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need is highly recommended for both native and non-native English speakers in higher education." - Bookviral

Here's a quick Q&A to help you decide whether or not to buy The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need:

Q: I know what I want to say, but I can't find the right words - or the right tone. Will a phrasebook like this be useful?
A: Yes. It will enable you to express yourself with more precision and clarity. For example, you will learn how to write "This study addresses the issue of [...]" rather than "This study talks about [...]." Or "While there is wide agreement that [...]" instead of "A lot of people agree that [...]." Think of this book as a practical, no-nonsense databank of sentence frames to help you write essays, term papers, reports, dissertations and theses using the right words and the right style.

Q: Great! I don't even know what an academic paper looks like!
A: So maybe you shouldn't download The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need. This book assumes that you are also learning/have also learned the basics of academic writing. It will NOT teach you how to write thesis statements, develop and refine your arguments or create coherent paragraphs, just to name a few key academic writing skills. The Only Academic Phrasebook You'll Ever Need is, as the title suggests, essentially a phrasebook. It is NOT a comprehensive textbook or research guide. 

Q: English is not my first language. Can I use this book?
A: It depends on your level of proficiency. Ideally, you should be at an upper-intermediate or advanced level to make the most of it.

Q: I'm a native speaker of English, but I keep getting things like "there/their/they're" or "affect vs. effect" wrong. Will this book help me?
A: Yes. As well as 600 sentence frames, you will find 80 grammar, vocabulary and punctuation tips, written with both native and non-native speakers in mind.

Luiz Otavio Barros (MA, Hons) has been teaching English as a foreign language, training teachers, and writing textbooks since the 1990s. He's one of Santillana/Richmond International's household names and one of the most prominent ELT educators in South America. You can reach him at luizotaviobarros at g-m-a-i-l dot c o m.