Instructions for an assignment

Instructions for an assignment

Listen to a university teacher giving instructions for an assignment to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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I want to explain a few things about your essay.

First of all, the deadline. The deadline for this essay is October the 18th. Not the 19th, not the 28th, not two days later because your dog was ill or your computer broke – the 18th. If it's late, I won't mark it. I won't even read it – you'll fail the assignment! So, please hand it in on time. You can even hand it in early, if you like!

You can email me the essays at j.hartshorn@lmu.ac.uk. That's H-A-R-T-S-H-O-R-N. I'll reply to say I've got it. If I don't reply within a day, it might mean I didn't get it, so please email me again to make sure. You can also bring a paper copy of the essay to my office, but let's be kind to the trees, OK? Email is better for the trees and for me.

Don't forget that you must reference every idea or quote you use that isn't your own idea. And the last page of your essay should be a list of all the books you used, in alphabetical order, not in the order you used them!

And lastly, make it easy for me to read! That means use a clear font. Arial is best, but Times New Roman is fine too. Not Comic Sans please! Size 12 font for the essay, and size 14 for the titles and subheadings. And use page numbers. Any questions?

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Submitted by vuhoap on Mon, 01/11/2021 - 13:13

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I rarely write essays. When I was learning English, I used to write. I remember having a hard time following the structure of an essays, choosing the formal words for writing and developing it into a complete sentence, moreover between sentences using conjunctions. That's really hard.

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Wed, 06/10/2021 - 05:44

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Yes, writing essays is a difficult task I'm practice more writing essays in English.

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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Sun, 06/06/2021 - 14:22

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Once I learn how to write it, it's fine... :)

Submitted by tvkien on Sun, 06/06/2021 - 11:01

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I didn't write the essay before when I was student, but I think it's difficult for everybody to write the essay. I think the first one to write the essay is we should have ideal and content of the essay, so we can construct step by step to complete the essay.
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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Sun, 09/05/2021 - 13:14

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Whenever I write essays, I find difficult about articles and plurals. :-|

Submitted by karinaelizabeth on Fri, 07/05/2021 - 23:18

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What I find a littlle bit difficult to write in a essay is the right structure of the sentences or the correct tense furthermore the punctuation is another thinng in which I make some errors.

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Tue, 13/04/2021 - 01:57

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Writing essay is such a difficult task. How to write sentence properly and correct order. You can master in writing essay. Do practice under teacher guidance is the best way.

Submitted by MikhailZatopliaev on Tue, 13/04/2021 - 00:00

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Most difficult for me is format rules, like quota, like book which I use, like size of text, and font, like page numbers, and many many things, I hate it. But I like essay, It good way to understand things. Some time you thing like this "Oh I know this" but when you start write, and explains your understanding, you find more sense.

Submitted by Minh on Sat, 20/03/2021 - 19:31

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Hi Team ! I understand that writing essay is not only easy for me but also for every body. I wonder how we can improve the writing essay. Please guide us some methods to achieve this goal. I myself study. Beside that I only know read and write more. Thank you very much.
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Submitted by Kirk Moore on Sun, 21/03/2021 - 14:23

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Hello Minh,

In my experience, the most effective way to improve your essay writing is to get feedback on your writing from a teacher, which includes implementing their advice while you're working with them, even if it is difficult and something you don't agree with at the moment.

We don't provide this kind of help at LearnEnglish, but we do have some pages that could serve as good models for you. There's an opinion essay in our B2 writing section and another couple of essays in our C1 writing section. You can also find a few models with tips in the Writing skills section of LearnEnglish Teens, especially at the B2 and C1 levels.

Good luck!

All the best,

Kirk

The LearnEnglish Team