From Reading to Writing

When I ask my students to write about a text they have read (summarizing, paraphrasing, critiquing, etc.), many are often dumbfounded and end up copying parts of the text instead of talking about them.  In the figure below, you will see the necessary steps you have to take when working with a text. What to [...]

Exercise: Parts of an Academic Paper

Can you distinguish parts of an academic paper?  Read the sentences and place them in the right order.  The answers are at the bottom of this post. a. Introduction b. Literature review c. Methodology d. Results e. Discussion f. Conclusion _______ 1. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that employees should [...]

Reading Techniques

Reading is the most important part of your learning when you want to learn a new language.  If you like English and would like to be good at it, you have to read a lot.  There are different kinds of texts that you can read: those you read for pleasure and those you read for [...]

Main and Supporting Ideas: Part 1

In most extended texts, especially in academic writing, a paragraph, essay, article, or book cannot be complete without a main idea.  It is what the paragraph, essay, etc., is all about, and it is exemplified, elaborated, and/or expanded by supporting ideas as we move along in the text.  When someone reads your text, he/she looks [...]