雅思考官的权威写作辅导(英)

　　来源：资深雅思考官，佚名，英国知名大学ESL语言中心教授

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　　A Guide to Exam Essay Writing

　　The heavy emphasis on essays as a means of examination in most colleges is easy to understand when you consider the demands that good essay writing places on a student.

　　The intent of most lectures courses is that you come away with more than just a collection of facts, but rather a store of information that you can draw upon to tackle real world issues and situations. Essay writing tests this by asking you to apply this general knowledge to specific problems. Secondly, it is often true that we can store information without really examining or understanding it properly. It is only when we are forced to externalise our thinking, by having to fit those same facts meaningfully into an essay, that we really know whether or not we understand them. Lastly, the ability to communicate effectively in writing is as skill that will be essential no matter what course we take after college. Essay writing requires us to master writing conventions, ensuring that we have those skills when we graduate.

　　So as you can see, writing essays is integral to the academic process, but is a skill that is difficult to pick up without some serious effort. These are some guidelines for the writing of an academic essay which you should try to follow in your writing in general (both for continuous assessments and exams). If you keep to these guidelines, your writing will be more readable and more in tune with the academic style, getting across information in an accurate and concise manner.

　　Your essay writing will not improve without effort, you may have to consciously try to follow these guidelines to begin with, until you get into good habits. This is probably not something you are used to, but it is a very valuable skill to learn and will become nearly second nature with enough practice.

　　Naturally, the greatest concern that most students have is not about their future careers but about the exams that they have to take today and tomorrow. Many students make the mistake of thinking that remembering the facts is the only thing that matters and that how you write those facts down is just the icing on the cake. In reality how you write is almost as (if not more) important that what you write. Think of it like trying to send a message by radio or telegram. Poor communication means bits of the message are garbled and can't be understood by the person at the other end (in this case, the examiner). If 50% of the info in your essay doesn't make sense or seems to be irrelevant, then the examiner is left with marking you out the remaining 50% instead of 100%. Improve your communication and less is lost, which can only improve your mark. As such, we would hope that the advice contained in this handout will be just as valuable in the short term as it should be in the long term

　　So let us now consider in turn the three sections should be found in every essay, the introduction, the main body and the conclusion.