Some useful videos with study notes and activity sheets to help students with essay writing :
Writing Task Response
Essay topics are of general interest and relate to current issues in society. You can expect to be asked about:
The Media
Education
Environment
Health
Communication
Technology
Society READ MORE
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How to organise your ideas in a paragraph
In this episode we will learn about Coherence – the logical organisation of ideas through paragraphing and sequencing; and Cohesion – the organisation of language, or how sentences are connected and related. These are criteria used to assess Writing Tasks. READ MORE
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Question Tasks and Topics in Writing
In this episode we will learn about question topics, which can be any topic of general interest and question tasks, which determine the style of essay you need to write.
What are the questions likely to be about?
Media, censorship, privacy or the influence of advertising.
Education, testing, computers or public and private education.
Environment, eco-tourism, global warming or pollution.
Health, obesity, alternative medicine, exercise or diet.
Communication, the internet or mobile phones.
Society, youth issues, juvenile delinquency or ageing populations. READ MORE
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Vocabulary in Chunks 