Video: Brainstorming open questions

Video: Brainstorming open questions

Narration: Now we will look at brainstorming ideas for the open question we saw earlier. We could think of the following points. As we did before, we would then look through the list we have brainstormed and reject any points that are not relevant, are weak or would...
Video: Brainstorming open questions

Video: Brainstorming closed questions

Narration: To get ideas for what you are going to write about in your essay, you need to brainstorm. The idea of brainstorming is simply to write down everything that comes into your head when thinking about the topic. How you brainstorm for ideas is slightly...
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Video: Task 2 types – Discussing a given situation

Narration: The final type of essay is discussing a given situation; for example benefits, advantages or reasons. For this type we use a similar paragraph structure to solutions essays. As we can see, it is a good idea to start with the strongest point and end...
Video: Brainstorming open questions

Video: Task 2 types – Giving solutions to a problem

Narration: An essay that asks for solutions to a problem again has a different paragraph structure to the first two essay types. In all three paragraphs for solutions essays you should simply present your chosen solutions. A good way of presenting your ideas is to...