Tag: University writing

How do you write an essay?

Jan 22, 2020

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Graeme Smith

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Writing essays is nearly always a painful process. And that’s aside from the fact that programmes of study that require essay writing don’t seem to deliver the same return on investment that they used to. The flip side is that learning to write is really a great way to learn how to think. This is…
How to teach academic writing in 160 pages or less…

Mar 9, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s another thing that I’ve been reluctant to throw out until now… Twenty years ago I took over coordinating an academic writing course for speakers of English as a second language at the university where I had just been employed. The academic writing course they had was OK, but it was kind of hard to…