Guidelines
A Cross-Cultural Reading/Writing Text
Third Edition
Ruth Spack

Guidelines, Third Edition, is the latest addition to the Cambridge Academic Writing collection. Written by Ruth Spack, this classic reading and writing text teaches academic essay and research writing. Full of strategic information on how to write, Guidelines literally "guides" students through the writing process. The new edition represents a major revision and contains new readings, a new organization, and updated information.

• Cross-cultural readings that provide stimulating source material for critical thinking and writing.
• Chapter assignments that lead to academic essays and research writing.
• Guidelines boxes and authentic student writing samples to guide the writing process.
• A comprehensive writer's handbook that contains information on how to document sources; and how to draft, review, revise, and edit.

Advanced/Freshman Comp

Download a sample chapter:
Student's Book, Unit 3

Download the table of contents:
Guidelines TOC

Download the Guidelines flyer:
Guidelines flyer

To order:
Student's Book 978-0-521-61301-9

About the Author
Ruth Spack is Professor of English and Director of ESOL at Bentley College, and is co-editor of Negotiating Academic Literacies, Enriching ESOL Pedagogy, and Crossing the Curriculum. In 2003, she was awarded the Modern Language Association's Shaughnessy Prize.