Writing is both a challenging and an interesting task that requires much writer’s attention, that is, it is a type of communication that expresses ideas and makes a chain between the writer and his readers. Thereby, it is unique, creative, and is done for purpose.
Among the most essential forms of academic writings are essays that writers start to learn and write from college. They develop an idea in four or five paragraphs, or in a whole book, but the most commonly used are five paragraphs essays or timed essays because they can be written in class period.
‘Lectures on Academic Essay Writing’ is a booklet for second year students. It is an outgrowth of teaching academic writing for many years. Our experience as teachers and writers has taught us that writing is the most difficult task that requires much practice. Learning how to write essays needs more basics rather than instructions especially in classrooms. Indeed, classrooms are learning communities that are improved through evaluating their members’ writing skills. Henceforth, this booklet provides an unpretentious manner on teaching students how to write different types of essays through practices that reinforce their writing skill and provide them with a supportive learning environment that helps them to be good writers.
The first part of the booklet provides a detailed rehearsal of the different stages of essay writing, followed by a part that introduces the different elements of an essay, while the last part displays essential explanations on argumentative, process, cause/effect, and comparison/contrast essays. Hence, this part addresses the writing process from paragraph to essay.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Unit 1: Getting Ready to Write
- Section One: Pre-writing Stage
- Brainstorming Techniques: Freewriting, Listing and Clustering
- Freewriting
- Listing
- Clustering
- Section Two: While-writing Stage
- Drafting
- Section Three: Final-writing Stage
- Proofreading and Editing
- Essay Revision Checklist
- Section One: Pre-writing Stage
- Unit 2: Five-paragraphs Essay
- Section One: The Three Parts of the Essay
- The Introductory Paragraph
- The Body of the Essay
- The Concluding Paragraph
- Transition between Paragraphs of the Essay
- Section One: The Three Parts of the Essay
- Unit 3: Types of Essays
- Section One: Descriptive Essay
- Steps for Writing Descriptive Essay
- Basic Features of Descriptive Essay
- Types of Descriptive Essay
- The Three Parts of Descriptive Essay
- Descriptive Essay Checklist
- Section Two: Narrative Essay
- Basic Steps for Writing Narrative Essay
- Useful Language
- Basic Essay Format
- Narrative Essay Checklist
- Section Three: Example/Illustration Essay
- Stages for Writing Definition Essay
- Useful Language
- Basic Essay Format
- Illustration Essay Checklist
- Section Four: Argumentative Essay
- Useful Language
- Basic Essay Format
- Instruction and Question Words
- Argumentative Essay Checklist
- Section Five: Contrast and Comparison Essay
- Useful Language
- Patterns of Organisation
- Comparison-and-Contrast Checklist
- Section Six: Classification Essay
- Steps for Writing Classification Essay
- Useful Language
- Sample Essay: Food
- Classification Essay Checklist
- Section Seven: Cause and Effect Essay
- Planning the Essay
- Transition Words and Connectors
- Types of Organisation
- Instruction Words
- Sample Essay: How Weather has Changed World History
- Cause/ Effect Checklist
- Section One: Descriptive Essay
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This booklet is designed to guide second-year students through the process of writing academic essays. It emphasizes the importance of practice and provides detailed explanations on different essay types.
- Understanding the different stages of essay writing (pre-writing, while-writing, final-writing)
- Mastering the structure and elements of a five-paragraph essay
- Exploring various types of essays, including descriptive, narrative, example/illustration, argumentative, contrast and comparison, classification, and cause and effect essays
- Developing effective writing techniques through practice exercises
- Creating a supportive learning environment for improving writing skills
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
Unit 1 focuses on the essay writing process, breaking it down into pre-writing, while-writing, and final-writing stages. This unit provides practical strategies for brainstorming ideas, drafting, revising, and editing essays. Unit 2 explores the structure of a five-paragraph essay, including the introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and concluding paragraph, while also emphasizing the importance of transition between paragraphs. Unit 3 delves into various essay types, providing guidelines, examples, and practice exercises for descriptive, narrative, example/illustration, argumentative, comparison and contrast, classification, and cause and effect essays.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
Academic writing, essay writing, pre-writing, while-writing, final-writing, brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, five-paragraph essay, structure, elements, introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, concluding paragraph, transition, descriptive essay, narrative essay, example/illustration essay, argumentative essay, comparison and contrast essay, classification essay, cause and effect essay, practice, learning environment.
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- Nadia Ghounane (Autor:in), 2018, Academic Essay Writing for EFL Learners, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/426019
