Education Report - Academic Writing: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay

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VOA Learning English, welcome to the Education Report in English. Millions of students have been taught a formula has nothing to do with chemistry or mathematics. The is for writing a five-paragraph essay. First, write an paragraph to state the argument. Then, add three paragraphs evidence. Finally, write a conclusion. Linda Bergmann is director the Writing Lab at Purdue University in Indiana. Her is to help students, including international students, improve their . Professor Bergmann has worked with many students who learned traditional five-paragraph formula. She says international students sometimes have with this formula if they learned a different writing . But just knowing how to write a five-paragraph essay not going to be enough for a college student has to write a longer academic paper. As Professor notes, the formula is too simple to deal with that require deeper thought and investigation. Karen Gocsik works the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth College New Hampshire. The institute has a big library of writing materials on its website. So what are the that make up good writing? Karen Gocsik says there no simple answers ---- except maybe for one. That , there is no formula that students can follow to a well-written paper. In some cultures, students organize their to build toward the main idea at the end the paper. American college students are usually expected to their thesis at the beginning of their paper. And professors generally want students to use short sentences. For Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal. (Adapted from a radio broadcast 07Feb2013)

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