C1/Cambridge Advanced Writing
A slideshare of Writing advice from Cambridge for C1 Level. Link ! Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
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Editing and Proofing
Everyone's done some homework now, so you might find your teacher recommending more checking. Try this page for some editing and proofreading practice. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Essays 3 of 3: Structure.
Final part of our minicourse on structure. Take a look at this video class . Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Essays 1 of 3: Watch and Listen
Go here to watch an introduction to essay writing, ideal for Proficiency. Interesting for FCE and CAE. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Writing for Purpose
Writing for purpose - composing quality writing work for academic or profesional reasons. A British Council course is here . Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
70 Expressions for Formal Writing
Academic English, but useful for essays, reports and proposals, amongst other forms of formal English. http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2013/04/academic-writing-useful-expressions.html Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
C1 and C2: Paraphrasing
From the superlative UEfAP website, a brilliant collection of exercises on rewriting phrases in the right hand column of the table. Not at all easy, but very very good practice. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Referencing not repeating.
Avoid repition in your formal writing! Two pages which can help you improve your writing by avoiding repetition, linking ideas, sentences and paragraphs, and overall making your wirting clearer. Go here and here Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
C2 In Depth - Essay and Report Writing
Supplementary Study for C2 Openlearn is the Open University's free site. it contains entire short courses in a huge variety of subjects, including writing skills. Here's a link to a course (15 hours of self study) on Essay and Report Writing. If you're interested in studying at a British university this is worth looking through. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Plan, plan, plan!
Working on an essay? Try Essay Planner . Need to Compare and Contrast? Try the Compare and Contrast Map . Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Proficiency Essays
Click on the link below for some advice from a US university website on writing at CEFR C2 level, including Cambridge Proficiency. http://www.fullspate.net/advanced-efl-essay-writing/ecpe-essay-writing-advice.html Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Useful Language for Reports and Proposals
A selection of expressions at a formal register. Here's some things that might help your homework writing(s). Introduction The purpose/intention/aim of this report/proposal is to outline / present / discuss / give a brief comment / suggest / sum up the last... This report contains the relevant details concerning the problem as you required. It's based on my observations/extracts from the questionaries / the feedback from participants... As requested, I am submitting this report concerning... This report is submitted in support of our request for... Findings (Reports) /Suggestions (Proposals) I suggest ... as it would result in... Consideration should be given... It would be prudent / inadvisable / advisable to ... on the grounds that it / owing to the fact that / due to the fact that... I am opposed to the idea of... It would be mutually advantageous I suggest that the problem of... can be addressed through... Therefore... For the satisfaction of... the ....