Anyone who has written or is writing a dissertation will agree with me when I say: Dissertations are not easy. Are they fun? Possibly. Are they easy? No, definitely not. But what if dissertations could be easier? Writing a dissertation still wouldn’t be really easy… but it would definitely be easier. Well, in today’s post, I’m …
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I think you’ll agree with me when I say that sometimes: It’s really difficult to write a good essay introduction. Or is it? Well, it turns out that introductions can be much easier to write if you look at each section individually. So, in this post, I’m going to show how to write an introduction the …
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Thesis statements are pretty important, but they cause students a whole lot of trouble. You can find them in the introduction of an essay. They’re usually only one sentence and they contain two important pieces of information: The main topic of the assignment Your stance (also called your view or opinion) on the topic. Without …
Having a good Academic English vocabulary is a significant part of studying at university. If you have a large Academic English vocabulary, you’ll write better essays, give better presentations and understand more of your lectures. Reading academic articles will be easier, too! Woohoo! To build a large Academic English vocabulary you’ll need to learn words from …
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I see a number of reasons why essays receive poor grades as a lecturer, such as language accuracy, informal writing, weak evidence, structure, and so on. These are all important. But, no single sentence, in my opinion, is as important as the thesis statement, though. The thesis statement is a powerful, yet underutilised, tool in …
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I remember when I was an 18 year-old first year undergraduate student writing an essay about the metaphors within the Sherlock Holmes fictional universe. This was my first ever academic essay. I was really excited to see how well I had done. When I got my essay feedback, I was shocked to see the advice …
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Your essay has been marked, and the feedback says you have used informal English and it’s not academic enough. But English isn’t your first language, and you’re not too sure what is formal and what isn’t formal. If this describes you, then this guide was written especially for you! We’re going to look at the 5 most …
Thing is one of the most overused words in Academic English. You’ve probably written something like: “This essay will discuss several possible things” OR “One thing which affected the results one…” Right? The reason why thing is used so much, is because it’s a beautifully versatile word which can be used in so many situations. It’s also really lazy. …
