Podcasts, interviews, news channels and movies help you hear natural grammar usage. Listening improves your instinct for what ...

The word essay comes from the French word ‘essayer’ meaning ‘to try’ or ‘to attempt’. A French writer called Michel de Montaigne invented the essay in Europe as his ‘attempt’ to write about himself ...

In this lesson, Scott describes the ingredients of a good paragraph. Hello, I'm Scott. Today we're looking at paragraphs and how to use them in an essay. It's important to understand the structure of ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

SONALI SHAH: Hi I’m Sonali Shah, and I’m a journalist who covers sport, and my job is to present information to an audience in a clear and effective way. Today I’ll be writing a ‘non-chronological’ ...