Writing Academic Essays with Purpose, Precision, and Power

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction.mp4

07:27

2. Purpose

1. Purpose.mp4

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2. Identifying the purpose.html

3. Identifying the purpose.html

4. Identifying the purpose.html

5. Identifying the purpose.html

3. Rhetorical Mode

1. Rhetorical Modes.mp4

10:59

2. Choosing rhetorical modes.html

3. Choosing rhetorical modes.html

4. Choosing rhetorical modes.html

5. Choosing rhetorical modes.html

4. Audience

1. Audience.mp4

10:59

2. Understanding your audience.html

3. Understanding your audience.html

4. Understanding your audience.html

5. Register & Tone

1. Register & Tone.mp4

07:46

2. Choosing the appropriate register.html

3. Choosing the appropriate register.html

6. Additional content

1. What is a writing Hook and Why is It Important.mp4

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Description

Elevate your academic English writing grades and tests scores by learning the secret, foundations of great essay writing

What You'll Learn?

Boost your writing scores on IELTS, TOEFL, CELPIP, and TOEIC tests
Write better paragraphs, essays, and articles
Write with increased depth, coherence, and purpose
Achieve academic English goals
Communication with more clarity and purpose

Who is this for?

English-As-Second-Language learners, college students, and native-speaking high school learners.

What You Need to Know?

Students must be able to listen, read, and write English at an Intermediate level.

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Description
Welcome to Foundations, the first mini-course in the series, Writing with Purpose, Precision, and Power. In this first section of the course, you will learn the secret concepts and techniques that great essay writers use to develop and present their ideas with depth, purpose, and power.
These essential essay writing techniques will help you increase scores on tests such as IELTS, TOEFL, or TOEIC, or improve your high school or college essay grades.
When evaluating paragraph or essay writing, both teachers and test graders alike use grading rubrics that typically grade the writing on four categories: Grammar/Readability, Vocabulary/Lexical Use, Task/Assignment Completion, and Meaning/CoherenceÂ & Cohesion.
All too often, students focus on the two more superficial aspects of their writing: the grammar and the vocabulary, which account for only 50% of the score. The other 50% is related to the content and development of the idea or argument. If you score well with solid grammar and vocabulary, but your ideas go nowhere, or worse, are confusing and lack depth, you will not get the overall score you want.
In this course, Teacher Paul Duke will show you concepts and techniques specifically designed to help you POWER UP the Task Completion and Meaning/Coherence scores.
The following topics will be covered:
Purpose
Rhetorical Mode
Audience
Register &Â Tone

By the end of this course, you will be ready to write an English paragraph that develops a single idea with depth, power and purpose, key elements in getting the high score on writing tests or essay assignments that you dream of.
The next section ofthe course, The Paragraph, you will apply these concepts in the practicalwriting of a paragraph.

This course is suitable for native speakers of English, English language learners of at least Intermediate levels, and high school or college students.
Who this course is for:
English-As-Second-Language learners, college students, and native-speaking high school learners.

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Paul Duke

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I am a professional English language instructor & coach, a video content creator, and live show host, working from Vancouver, Canada. I've been teaching English for over 10 years, specializing in helping students develop and improve their ability to write with purpose and power to achieve the test scores, essay grades, and both academic and career success they dream of.I studied at both the University of British Columbia (UBC), and Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science in Kyoto, Japan.My education media company, Hard-Boiled English Media, produces educational videos such as my web series ENGLISH WEIRDNESS, as well as my weekly live streaming show, HARD-BOILED ENGLISH-LIVE. These productions allow me to reach learners and friends around the world and share my love of solving English mysteries.I also instruct at institutions such as the new Juilliard School of Music in Tianjin, China, and the innovative English-language program at Sakata Minami High School in Yamagata, Japan. When I'm not teaching, I enjoy dining, reading, writing fiction and non-fiction, exercise, and traveling.

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