Improving Academic Writing with AI

Finding the Benefits While Avoiding the Pitfalls
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-39537-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This key textbook harnesses AI to strengthen and expand writing skills through detailed, contextual critique.

Academia is facing a crisis of AI misuse. Students often use AI to bypass the writing process, getting citations for sources they haven’t read, arguing based on hallucinated claims, and “polishing” drafts with inadequately developed ideas. This book transforms the narrative: AI goes from automated re-writer to writing teacher and sophisticated critique partner. The book reframes the AI-writing relationship: it steps writers through the revision process, teaching both foundational and advanced writing skills. AI is no longer an automated rewriter; it becomes a knowledgeable critique partner that identifies problems; the book then helps you evaluate a range of possible solutions. This approach demands that students think about their writing in new ways. It restores writer agency, making AI a learning tool instead of an escape or crutch. With 50 sequenced prompts that guide writers through the writing process, progressing from broad, structural concerns to narrow, line-level edits, the book offers a solution to the problem of AI misuse by offering a way to help writers learn from AI rather than risking AI rewriting that potentially changes content and makes the style more generic and abstract.

This is an ideal text for both non-native and native English speakers. It can help all academics seeking to improve their writing, including undergraduate and graduate students in courses on academic writing, rhetoric and composition, and language/literacy education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Eric K.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Walking with an Untrustworthy Guide 1. Improving our Research 2. Improving our Writing 3. Improving Content 4. Improving Organization 5. Improving Style and Decluttering 6. Checking Grammar and Mechanics 7. Evaluating/Improving Publication Possibilities 8. Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here  Appendix: Selected Background & Research on AI Writing Problems

Über Autor(innen)

Eric K. Taylor is an Associate Professor of Academic Writing at Peking University, China. He has a 40-year career in technical and creative writing, university teaching, and computer programming. This mix bridges the gaps between technical prompt engineering, the nuances of academic style, and teaching writers to be clear, concise, and precise.