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About the Course

Course 2: Getting Started with Essay Writing This is the second course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course. After completing this course, you will be able to: - create effective thesis statements for your essays - plan and write compare/contrast, cause/effect, and argument essays - write well-developed body paragraphs Note: The lectures and practice activities are available for free, but you must upgrade to the pay version in order to take the quizzes and get feedback on writing assignments....

Top reviews

MA

Apr 20, 2022

For someone who did not learn essay writing in high school, this course is an excellent way to get started. I would highly recommend this to everyone who wants to improve their writing.

AS

Oct 22, 2016

I liked the course very much. It extended my knowledge about essay writing a lot. Also, I got many useful feedback from peer-reviewed assignments. Thank you to the instructor and to the classmates.

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By Anastasia M

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Mar 11, 2016

I like this specialization a lot! I recomend it to all students!

By Mohammed J R

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Oct 4, 2020

excellent course on essay writing, concept became crystal clear

By Amornphit K H

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Mar 9, 2023

This course helped me a lot to improve my essay writing skill.

By Radik X

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Dec 14, 2020

Really helps thank you very much.I will continue your courses.

By Abhishek S

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Jun 23, 2018

Excellent course.Instructor explain in a very succinct manner.

By Adarsh K

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Oct 1, 2020

very nicely designed course helped me to learn essay writing.

By Monoarul I

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Jul 26, 2020

This course helps me a lot to improve my essay writing skill.

By fatemeh

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Aug 3, 2017

It's very nice and my knowledge increase thanks for learning.

By Fernando E A

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May 25, 2016

this is an helpful course. Now, I know how to write essay. :D

By Zamira S H

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Nov 18, 2020

It helped me imrove my writing skill. Recomment to everyone.

By MD. K T

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Sep 10, 2020

It is nice course that help you learn how to write an essay.

By Humayun M T

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Dec 14, 2017

Very helpful one with excellent stuff and guidelines offered

By Jacqueline L

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Apr 14, 2017

Excellent course to improve your writing skills. I loved it!

By MARIA A M O

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Nov 1, 2016

Good resources in order to improve your own academic writing

By Deleted A

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Feb 8, 2016

In my opinion, it is possible to learn a lot in this course.

By wanru c

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Nov 7, 2015

It is helpful to learn the structure of each kind of essays.

By Angelica M

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Nov 16, 2020

This course made me realize how to write essays. Thank you!

By Tashi B

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May 14, 2020

This course helped me to construct a formal academic essay.

By BINDU V

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May 8, 2020

Excellent Course to learn the fundamentals of Essay Writing

By Zakir A

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Dec 16, 2019

The best course for you, if you want to write a good essay.

By Shahbaz A S

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Jun 13, 2016

The is the most useful course for me, I have ever attended.

By Karim E

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Feb 9, 2016

I love this course. It helped me so much in writing essays.

By Paulette J

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Oct 28, 2015

As a fiction writer, this class has helped me tremendously.

By Aireen C O C

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Jul 20, 2022

I love the course... I've learned a lot.. Thanks Coursera.

By My H H

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May 25, 2021

This is good course, easy to understand and learn writing.