Brief Pearson Handbook, The, MLA Update, Canadian Edition, 4th edition
Published by Pearson Canada (April 10, 2017) © 2020
- Lester Faigley University of Texas at Austin
- Roger Graves University of Alberta
- Heather Graves University of Alberta
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With unique visual guides and models, and Lester Faigley's clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Pearson Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years. This all-in-one handbook features excellent coverage of writing for different purposes, design and presentation, research and documentation, grammar and style, and writing for ESL students making it the ultimate resource for students.
English Simplified has long been the choice of instructors searching for a brief, inexpensive, easy-to-use handbook. It provides coverage of key topics including grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling, and word choice, as well as the latest updates on documentation style, and material on note-taking, source evaluation, and avoiding plagiarism.
Hallmark Features
- “Writer at Work” sections in the writing, research, and documentation chapters ( Parts 5 and 6 ) highlight the work of students as they move through the research process–selecting a topic for a research project, finding and evaluating sources, and drafting a researched argument paper.
- The MLA and APA chapters ( 21 and 22 ) emphasize the process of creating the correct citation for any source. These chapters open with documentation-process maps that not only remind students of the key steps in citing sources but also help them find their way into each chapter. New “Writer at Work” student examples show a student figuring out how to cite a source. And source samples, grouped together in one place in each chapter, are easier for students to find and use..
- Part 6 includes a chapter devoted to plagiarism and strategies for avoiding it.
New and updated features of this title
- The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the “increasing mobility of texts,” MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
- In Part 4 , “Designing and Presenting,” chapters include new information on how to prepare compelling visual and audio presentations.
- Part 3 has been restructured to clearly delineate writing skills critical to the humanities, sciences, and the workplace..
- MLA, APA, CMS, and CSE chapters have been updated to comply with the latest style guidelines.
- Planning, Drafting, and Revising
- Writing for Different Purposes
- Writing in the Disciplines
- Designing and Presenting
- Planning Research and Finding Sources
- Incorporating and Documenting Sources
- Effective Style and Language
- Understanding Grammar
- Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics
- If English Is Not Your First Language
Lester Faigley currently holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. From 1993-2001 he served as the founding Director of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing and from 1998-2000 as the founding Director the concentration in Science, Technology, and Society. He also served at the Director of the Undergraduate Writing Center from 2002-2006.
Roger Graves is Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Alberta. His research about the teaching of writing at Canadian universities since 1990 has resulted in two books: Writing Instruction in Canadian Universities (1994), and Writing Centres, Writing Seminars, Writing Culture: Writing Instruction in Anglo-Canadian Universities (co-edited with Heather Graves, 2006). He is the author, co-author, or editor of ten books and 26 articles, including Writing Instruction in Canadian Universities. His current research interests include writing assignments across disciplinary fields and group writing tutorials to support student writers in disciplines throughout post-secondary education. Roger is Past President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW), a member of the editorial boards for College English and the IEEE Proceedings on Technical Communication, and publisher of Inkshed Publications, the publications initiative of the Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (CASLL/Inkshed).
Heather Graves published Rhetoric in (to) Science: Style as Invention in Inquiry (Hampton Press) in 2005 and co-edited Writing Centres, Writing Seminars, Writing Culture: Writing Instruction in Anglo-Canadian Universities (Inkshed Publications) in 2006. From 1993 to 2005 she was Assistant Professor at Illinois State University in Normal, IL and then Associate Professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Currently, she is co-editor of Inkshed: Newsletter of the Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning.
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