English for Academic Writing for Beginner

Learn how to break up long sentences for clearer academic writing. Review the four sentence types—simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex—and use tips about readers and linking words.

Plan and organize your research writing by structuring paragraphs with topic sentences, building an introduction, body, and conclusion, and exploring four common essay types such as narrative.

Learn to find and filter internet sources for academic writing. Avoid plagiarism and apply six steps—begin searches, read urls, use search engines, and access journals and e-books.

Explore how to craft an argumentative essay by selecting debatable topics, presenting pro and con viewpoints, and counterarguments with refutations.

Learn how to conduct library research using scholarly sources, build a working bibliography, and compare ideas with block and point-by-point essay structures.

Learn to avoid plagiarism in academic writing by citing sources, paraphrasing carefully, and using MLA and EPA referencing with in-text citations and a bibliography.

Compare MLA and APA writing styles, highlighting formatting rules, in-text citations, references, and document structures for liberal arts and psychology papers.

Explore how abstracts summarize projects with six components—objective, methodology, findings, conclusion, suggestions, and application—delivering a concise, stand-alone, coherent paragraph.

Explore how to build a formal outline as a flexible organizational tool for academic writing, including topic outlines and decimal outlines, to map causes and effects.

Learn to apply three editing steps—global revision, line-by-line editing, and final proofreading—and embrace peer review, checklists, and best practices for unity, flow, and correct grammar.

Learn to blend multiple sources with seven tips for creating accurate references, including author and page numbers, quotations, and handling non print sources to avoid plagiarism.