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Dear All, I’d like to share with you a summary writing template, a special fill-in form that will help you to write article summaries in a more consistent & structured way. This is one of the skills you should develop in the course of Academic Writing you are now taking. These skills are quite important for you to master for your academic success because preparing a good summary is a way to explain better the essence of smth you have read. The article “Title” written by NAME OF THE AUTHOR is devoted to the discussion of the problem (s) SPECIFY the PROBLEM (S) + add a quick reference to the article . First, the author draws our attention to ______________. Then s/he analyses the ___________. S/he gives an example of ______________. S/he also emphasizes that _____________. Further, the auhor suggests ________. In addition, ____________. Finally, __________. / The author concludes that _________. / In the end it is stated that ___________. For this task you need to

Dear All, to complete this semester you need to be ready with the following tasks: 1.  A summary  of an article with an explanation of why you have chosen it and a set of 3 questions to go with it: a) What would you like to learn from it? b) What information from it you knew? c) What information is /was not clear Please,  choose an article that discusses some urgent/vital/very important/urgent/up-to-date  issue Word limit:  300 words 2.  A for-and-against essay :  400-450 words Choose different topics for tasks 1 & 2 3.  A reflection note  about the activities you have been offered this semester:  you should comment on the activities you did this semester which should include the following details: a) smth that you found useful b) smth that was not that useful c) smth that you would like to do the next semester d) suggest a couple of topics for discussion Word limit:   220-250 words Don't forget to use the Citation Machine (http://

Dear All, I'd like you to practise using the Citation Machine ( http://www.citationmachine.net/ ), a special tool that can help you to create in-text and end-of the documents references correctly. I'd like to ask you to use it and share the reference to the on-line resource you are going to use to write the essay in the thread

Dear all, Today we'll revise 3 common discursive essay types For and Against, Opinion and Solution to Problems, clarify similarities and differences between them and discuss a number of different essay topics to identify their types. Then you'll have a chance to discuss your ideas and supporting evidence &  start drafting it.

Dear all, I'm very concerned about your group's participation in the course activities & their competition & would like to discuss it in the beginning of our class with you today (6.12.2018). 

I'd like to share with you some information about common patterns of text organisation, which will help you to organise your writing more logically.  Here is the information about the 2 most common patterns: https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/page.cfm?pageid=564&guideid=29 REPLY DELETE