Writing Skills

 

Many of you find it difficult to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings in a piece of paper.

Writing stories, narrations about your life, other people's experiences, other cultures, for specific purposes (a job application, an email, a complaint and so on), i.e. all types of situations whether fact or fiction, turns into a nightmare.

Ok, but...

Do not panic!!!

 

Do you want to improve your writing? 
Learn how to plan, write and review all kinds of texts - emails, articles, reports, short stories, essays and more with these activities!

Start with the activities at level A1 and as soon as you feel more confident, move to level A2.

Tasks to improve your writing skills 

Later, as you notice the progress you are making, continue with levels B1 and B2 where you can find tasks such as emails writing, for and against essays, opinion essays, narrations, formal and informal letters and so on.

Finally, now you can get ready for the day of the exam!!!!
YES!!! We know that writing exams can be scary. 

You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. 

Now what? 

The first thing is not to worry! 

The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam.   

Read them all slowly and with your full attention, they can really be extremely helpful.

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam.  - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Exam Writing - Three Stages & Useful Tips

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Oscar Pistorious

Maybe you have read the text at page 31 in your books and learnt a lot about Oscar Pistorius' disability and his impressive achivements as an athlete.

Unfortunately, he has been on the news recently for a much more devastating event.

  Newspapers' accounts

Mass media around the world offered information about this dramatic story and covered the trial live from Pretoria (RSA).

Watch the story

Even on the net it became a new entry in Wikipedia.

Wikipedia

Although life continues, he still attracts other people's attention and every new developement is followed.

Life in prison

Reading stuff for all levels...

There is no shortage of material on the internet for all those interested in reading in English. 
You can find magazines, newspapers, newsletters and specialised websites.

Furthermore, if you want to learn more about British/American traditions, geography, festivities and so on and at a level you can easily understand...
We suggest you should have a look at this webpage by O.U.P.

Oxford Culture Mania

You can even submit your own contributions and comment on the articles which are, in your opinion, more significant, watch videos and learn quite a few curiosities...

All this, just a click away!!!