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The UNSW Learning Centre has help on the steps involved in understanding, planning, writing and checking a writing assignment. Other universities can also provide some good advice.-
Please note: UNSW Institute of Languages students cannot book consultations at the UNSW Learning Centre. You must wait until you are doing your UNSW studies to use this facility.
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an EXTREMELY useful resource for self-study- many teachers' favourite website
- very comprehensive
- many very useful exercises
- HOME PAGE - Click HERE (other skills including reading and listening)
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- contains many useful phrases for different parts of a dissertation or other forms of university-style writing
- also contains many useful general communicative functions
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U.K Skills for Life Network - Planning writing means putting ideas or thoughts down in note form in preparation for writing them up.
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The Guide to Common Fallacies (you can turn on English subtitles too):
- The Strawman Fallacy
- The Ad Hominem Fallacy
- The Black & White Fallacy
- The Authority Fallacy
- The No True Scotsman Fallacy
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Use these questions to practise your writing skills - both in essays and also online in the Discussion Board with your classmates! These questions may be interesting for General English students as well.
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- aims to teach students how to write short argumentative essays of approximately 1000 words
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Recommended! Topic Sentences / Building Paragraphs / Incorporating Sources / Types of Paragraphs
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Queen Mary University of London - also has Speaking, with Pronunciation.
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