Ben's Writing in English Course

Explore the basics of writing across styles—from articles and emails to stories and text messages—while mastering literary elements, the writing process, and revision for clear, effective English.

Master how to write numbers, times, and dates in English, including twelve-hour and twenty-four-hour formats, ordinal dates, and prices in dollars and cents.

Learn how to write personal information in English, including name, age, date of birth, hometown, current residence, height, weight, ethnicity, religion, and profession, with practical examples.

Explore writing dialogues between two or more speakers, learn their purpose and structure, and practice with restaurant and travel scenarios to build vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.

Explore how logos, pathos, ethos, and kairos shape persuasive English writing, learn SVOD sentence structure, and master punctuation and key rhetorical techniques like metaphor, simile, and irony.

Learn how to write effective emails in English, detailing formal and informal tone, structure, salutations, subject lines, cc/bcc, and clear, concise language for professional communication.

Learn to structure emails from date to signature, including salutation, introduction, body, and closing, and distinguish formal from informal messages by audience and purpose.

Practice writing after reading and listening by analyzing content at your English level. Use diverse reading and listening materials and answer key questions to clarify subject and audience.

Master the structure of an essay by crafting a thesis statement that serves as a roadmap in the introduction, guiding interpretation and evidence in your body paragraphs.

The body paragraph is the heart of an essay, developing the main idea with a topic sentence, evidence, and transitions; outline and place each supporting idea to support the thesis.

Learn to craft a concise, persuasive conclusion that restates the thesis, sums up body points, and leaves readers with closure and a call to action that invites further reflection.

Ben's writing in English course teaches unpacking the question and the five-step writing process—prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, and proofreading—for clear essays.

Explore the main types of essays: argumentative, descriptive, expository, narrative, formal, informal, personal, and persuasive; learn their uses. Master essay structure: introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion, and evidence.

Learn to write an article for publication by identifying audience, purpose, and publication type, then plan with brainstorming and the three W.H. questions to structure introduction, body, and conclusion.

Learn to write a report that informs readers with unbiased research, using facts from fieldwork or existing studies. Organize with a clear title, introduction, sectioned body, and conclusion.

Learn how to write a compelling review across books, films, music, and events, using present and past tense, passive and direct speech, and a spoiler-free introduction–body–conclusion structure.