Academic-Writing-Skills-Survey

Hello everyone! These are the results of the Academic-Writing-Skills-Survey:

1. Writing the introductory paragraph:
 a) formulating the thesis statement STRONGLY AGREE

2. Writing the body paragraphs:

b) formulating the topic sentences  AGREE

c) organising the paragraphs logically AGREE

d) finding convincing supporting evidence NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE

e) finding appropriate supporting evidence STRONGLY AGREE

 

3. List techniques you use to support your arguments:

a) examples

b) stories

c) quotations

d) other opinions

e) experience

 

4. Essay opening techniques:

a) Firstly/First

b) To start with

c) To begin with

d) At the beginning I would like to mention (say)

e) Let us start by considering (thinking)

 

5. Essasy closing techniques

a) All in all

b) To conclude

c) In conclusion I would like to say

d) To sum up

 

6. How confident you are in doing the following:

a) quoting STRONGLY AGREE

b) summarising smth. to include in your essay AGREE

c) paraphrasing STRONGLY AGREE

 

7. Any theory you feel necessary to discuss?

a) thesis statement

b) punctuation

c) topic sentences