Writing and Study Skills

Explore a comprehensive guide to enhancing your critical thinking, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills. Learn how to effectively analyze, synthesize, and interpret information, build a robust vocabulary, and master grammar and punctuation. Discover methods for organizing and developing different types of paragraphs and compositions, and gain insights into various writing forms, from diaries to persuasive writing. Improve your study techniques and note-taking abilities, and create effective summaries. These essential skills are crucial for academic success and effective communication in both personal and professional settings.

Writing and Study Skills

1 Developing Critical, Analytical and Interpretive Thinking Skills

  1. Thinking Critically as a Writer, Reader, and Troubleshooter
  2. Strategies for Reading Critically
  3. Thinking Critically as a Writer
  4. Analyzing as a Strategy
  5. Synthesizing as a Writer’s Strategy
  6. Interpretive Thinking Skills

2 Enhancing Vocabulary

  1. Active and Passive Vocabulary
  2. Content Words and Function Words
  3. Some Difficulties in Learning English Vocabulary
  4. Word Building: Affixation and Compounding
  5. Using a Dictionary and a Thesaurus

3 Improving Grammar and Punctuation Skills

  1. Understanding Forms and Functions in English Language
  2. The Use of Tenses in English
  3. Probable Hard Spots for ESL Learners
  4. Punctuation
  5. Passive Constructions

4 Basics of writing

  1. Methods of Writing
  2. Beginning to Write
  3. Organising Your Writing
  4. The Writing Process
  5. Forms of Discourse

5 Developing Different Types of Paragraphs

  1. What is a Paragraph?
  2. Developing the Topic
  3. Organisation of a Paragraph
  4. Types of Paragraphs
  5. Cause and Effect
  6. Definition
  7. Comparison and Contrast

6 Writing a Composition

  1. Types of Composition
  2. Steps to do Before Writing Your Composition
  3. Construct Your Outline
  4. The Beginning
  5. The Body
  6. The Ending
  7. Revision

7 Different Types of Writing

  1. Filling of Forms
  2. Information Transfer
  3. Diaries
  4. Dialogues
  5. Letters
  6. Emails
  7. Reports
  8. Forms of Writing
  9. Descriptive Writing
  10. Expository Writing
  11. Narrative Writing
  12. Persuasive Writing

8 Learning Study Skills

  1. What are Study Skills?
  2. Gathering Skills
  3. Reference Skills
  4. Skimming and Scanning
  5. Storage Skills
  6. Retrieval Skills
  7. Why do Students Need Training in Study Skills?

9 Techniques of Note Taking – Main and Subordinate Points

  1. How to Read
  2. Specimen Notes
  3. Reduction Devices
  4. Passage for Note-taking
  5. Headings and Subordinate Points
  6. Cornell Note Taking Method

10 Techniques of Note Taking- Use of Tables and Diagrams

  1. Organization of Notes: Tables
  2. Organization of Notes: Diagrams
  3. Flow Charts
  4. Tree Diagrams
  5. Other Diagrams
  6. Passage Giving a Contrastive Description

11 Making Effective Summaries

  1. Paragraph, Precise and Summary
  2. Writing Summaries
  3. Techniques of Summarizing
  4. Identifying the Topic Sentence
  5. Identifying the Main Claim and Supporting Arguments
  6. Writing Summaries for Large Passages