I recently decided to return to uni and do some bridging courses, make sure my skills were where I wanted them to be. I’m studying on-line which has its own challenges, but, the biggest challenge has been getting used to the way things work at university again. I don’t want to get into any of the negatives. This isn’t about that, so the only thing I’ll say on that topic is, expect some negatives. Those won’t be the same for everyone, but, if I was a betting person, I’d bet a large sum of money that everyone faces negatives at some point in their university studies. What this post is about, are the things that will affect young ESL learners going to uni abroad. The first thing you need to know is that, there will be a language level requirement Read More …
Tag: academic essays
Writing the essay
In which I delve into the actual writing of an essay, rather than all the prep-work we’ve been talking about up until now.
Researching
A brief look at what you need to do to research an academic assessment essay.
What’s in a question?
In this week’s post, we’re back talking about essay writing again. This time we delve into the importance of understanding the question.
Prepping for the essay
Prepping the essay – importance of referencing, formatting, choice of questions, analysing the question,
What is an essay?
This is a useful guide to what is expected of someone trying to write an essay. Delves into the different types of essay with brief descriptions of each.