(This is the final post in a five-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here, and Part Four here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to ...

Revising an essay is not just proofreading it, although this is part of the revision process. Your first draft is only the start of the real work. It often takes more effort and time to revise than it ...

As a reporter, I’m always looking for feedback on my writing. Sometimes I need it fast. But editors aren’t machines; they can do only a few things at a time. Maybe a machine would be the best ...

One of the ways there could be a 'bridge' is between two different generations. Marco, Eddie and Beatrice are the older generation and Rodolpho and Catherine are the younger generation. The two ...

To get high scores at essay writing tests, learners of English as a foreign language need to focus on good arguments more than on complex grammar. The finding challenges conventional approaches to ...

An essay should express continued thought and/or research on a particular subject. It is harder to collect and research information when it is all done at the last minute. Time management is integral ...

In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the textual and analytical space of an essay. In a more concrete sense, an ...

We know that writing is an important skill. For example, research shows that writing is one of the most highly valued skills by employers (e.g., Hart Research Associates, 2013), it can help our mental ...

Matthew Johnson is an English teacher from Ann Arbor, Mich., and the author of Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (published by Corwin Press). His ...

The last chapter ties up all the loose ends. Francis is in the railway station after he has said goodbye to Nicole for the very last time. The previous two chapters showed how first Larry, then Nicole ...