Academic English skills for international students
This post is about writing your main paragraphs and the most important point to make here is that of having a strong first sentence which presents the main idea of your paragraph. This sentence is often called your topic sentence. In an argumentative essay this sentence will present a strong argument. Look at the last … Read more
Writing an introduction to your essay is not easy. You only get one chance to make a first impression and this is it. If you are writing an essay outside class then you don’t have to write your introduction first, you could write it at after your main paragraphs and insert it at the beginning … Read more
Many of you will have to sit down and write essays in examinations. One of my students asked me how best to prepare for this – what a difficult question! There are so many aspects to writing a good essay that it is impossible to cover them all in a short time. Many teachers spend … Read more
I’ve noticed that a couple of very proficient German students of mine are not sure when to use commas in long sentences in their English essays so today I am referring you all to a helpful page from that great site The OWL at Purdue University which talks about commas. There are a few rules, … Read more