Coursera - Advanced Writing Advanced Writing heps you to create sophisticated argument essays. This course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes or International Exams, like the IELTS or the TOEFL and more. Neverthless, anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course. It includes external subtitles srt
The ‌Best American Science and Nature Writing (2015)
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth Kolbert on New Zealand’s unconventional conservation strategies, this is a group that celebrates the growing diversity in science and nature writing alike. Altogether, the writers honored in this year’s volume challenge us to consider the strains facing our planet and its many species, while never losing sight of the wonders we’re working to preserve for generations to come.
Getting Started with Essay Writing introduces you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes or International Exams, like the IELTS or the TOEFL. Neverthless, anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.
No writer can generate a perfect draft on the first attempt. Most employ a writing process, in which they begin with prewriting and invention, then outlining, composing, revising and editing. Though the aforementioned might suggest a linear process, it is usually recursive. For instance, you might end up going back to the prewriting phase and do some brainstorming even while writing the actual draft. The general rule of thumb is to invest some time brainstorming and writing a rough outline before writing the essay. Also, save editing for last. Sometimes it may be too difficult to juggle developing your ideas along with attending to grammar so save editing for the very last step.
One of the few points about education upon which pretty much everyone involved – parents, teachers, heads, governors, politicians and even (not that they are often asked their opinion) the children themselves – is in agreement, is that teaching young people to read and write is amongst the most important things schools can and should do.