Essay Writing for Students in Higher Education and A-Levels

In this session you will be introduced to a very straightforward approach to essay writing. Sandra Hargreaves, the trainer, has used it with students for nearly forty years. It takes all the stress and anxiety out of essay writing by suggesting steps through which you can proceed.

Instead of waiting for inspiration, you move through analysing the question. You ask what type of question you are dealing with, by initially looking at a list of question types. When you have ascertained the question type you move on to work out the type of answer, it is requiring. This again can initially be done by referring to a short list. Once this is decided you look at the key words and then move on to the general issues surrounding the question.