Writing essays - University of Leicester.
Bailey. S. 2015. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students.London and New York: Routledge. This is the book that we recommend for the Warwick pre-sessional course in English.It has a lot of useful practice exercises covering all aspects of academic English, and it has an answer key so that the book can be used as a self-study tool.
Focus on: Essay Writing. Try the new interactive Focus on guide, or the pdf version for hints and tips on writing your essay. Planning the structure. Download our PDF guide on how to plan your assignment taken from the Higher Education Assignment Toolkit (HEAT).
Our guide to the English language skills you need for further education. Topics include: academic vocabulary; essay structure; writing in online discussion forums; the language of academic.
One-to-one appointments or small group sessions with Academic Skills Tutors can be booked by contacting an Academic Skills Tutor or Academic Skills Team in your school and will be tailored to you and your requirements. You will be given the opportunity to discuss your current work, and develop your confidence to present your work in the best possible way.
Academic Writing The academic writing site has been written as a self-managed training program that can also be used as a resource for a specific learning need. The level of learning is BASIC with links to ASO factsheets to extend and support your learning.
Academic Writing: Useful websites for writing Here are some good websites we recommend to our students to use when writing essays or doing written work in class. These sites help with key skills of paraphrasing and summarising.
The writing skills that students need at university level to write an effective academic assignment include: The ability to spell, to construct a sentence, to punctuate rationally and to divide writing into logical paragraphs. Competence in word-processing, cut and paste, formatting, page-numbering and foot-noting.