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by Stavros Karathanasis (Author)
This series of four books has been designed to help candidates of the various English Language Examinations in use today (ECCE, ECPE, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEIC) produce better essays. All these examinations require the candidate to write a text at a proficient level of the English language. However, writing English essays at this level is not something that comes naturally to people. While learning about the process of essay writing is easy, writing good essays is difficult, even for native English speakers, let alone for people whose first language is not English. It requires systematic work and practice.I do not claim to know everything about essay writing. The knowledge contained in these pages has been acquired during my long-time study of English and is based on a number of very good books and internet sites. I hope this book to assist you accomplish your goal of essay writing learning. The methods discussed in this book are essentially applicable to all essay writing types, regardless of the exam you intend to take.As it has been already noticed, Writing is not theory.It cannot be learned from only reading a book.It requires practice, making mistakes and learning from them. It takes perseverance. But more than anything else, it takes you actually sitting down writing.When answering the question asked by the examination process, read it again and again and read it while you are writing your essay so that to be sure you are truly answering it. There is no excuse for losing valuable points or receiving a failing grade simply because you failed to answer the question asked. A grammatically correct writing does not save you if your composition does not answer the topic rubric.This is the fourth book of this series. It is the last book that integrates this Essay Writing Book Series. It uses all essay instructions and essay tips presented in the first three books, and it contains 13 Essay Templates, 14 Sample Essays, 89 Analyzed Topic, and 48 Topic Questions. Along with the other three books of this Series, it is a complete and comprehensive short essays' guide. In any case, do not hesitate to look for the other three books. Only this way will your Essay Writing Study be complete.
