English academic writing differs from other cultures. Watch this free lesson to learn how to structure a written paragraph in English with the simple formula that most university professors look for. You can use this technique for the TOEFL iBT writing section as well.
Alex, Thanks so much, that help alot to proof my English.
Ho Alex
I was very interesting your lesson. Although I can’t understand all that you say still, I could understand perfectly the topic of your lesson. Your explanation very clear.
Thank you
Raul
Thanks!
thanks alot for your lesson. it’s help me to more understand about essay
Very good lesson. It was straight to the point!
thanxx
it help me a lot
Lesson lets us to know what frame work make our paragraph interesting.
Thank you it help me lot all the way
Dear Alex,
Many thanks for your great teaching. I can clearly understand what you have taught and explained. Your pronunciation is very clear and very good. I like it very much.
Thanks again.
Kind Regards,
Juu from Laos (Asia)
Man….
Thanks soooo much for this great class!!
It has already made me feel more comfortable on writing.
;-)
thank you so much Alex
First of all I want to say that you are incredible teacher.
I’m currently living in USA for 4 years but my writing skill is still very poor.
After I watched this lesson I have a question about thesis statement in the introduction part. It would be good if you explain more about thesis statement because in USA is important as well. Thanks.
Your thesis is the main argument of your essay. It is important to have in your introductory paragraph, so your teacher will know what you are writing about, and what your opinion about it is. If there is anything more specific that you would like to ask, please feel free. Thanks for writing!
Hi, Alex! I got 5 correct answers again! I’m so clever) To be honest, I don’t like writing, because it’s one of the most difficult part in English language. By the way, how should I write: one of the most difficult part or one of the most difficult parts?
Alena, the correct sentence is, “One of the most difficult parts.” You cannot say “one of,” unless there is more than one thing you are talking about. More examples:
“One of my friends,” and NOT “One of my friend.”
“One of the best countries,” and NOT “One of the best country.”
“One of her favourite movies,” and NOT “One of her favourite movie.”
I hope this helps. Thank you for commenting.
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sorry, I meant, unbeliavable
thanks for the short but interesting lesson!
thanks a lot because it help me a lot my god bless you
It lesson was very instructive, because at this way it’s possible to evaluate the quality of any academic paragraph and to extract the essence of that.
bless your heart mcHart
nice
I got 5 out of 5 correct answers. More please. Shukran ;-p
Thanks , that was very interesting…
This lesson if gr8.I hope this will help me to score in my mtel test.I scored 4 in your test.So,what do you think am I a good or bad whiter?
thanks teacher my name is Agha gul Himatyar I am from Afghanistan I am working in Mazar Airport I need to improve my speaking and listening skills teacher could you please send me some useful video to improve my speaking and listening thanks
Que dijo????.. just kiddin’ man .. great class by the way…
Thank you very much Mr Alex …I want your advice .. Is it true that i can learn English through your lessons ? I hope so .
I was a little confused thank you Alex.
Dear Alex,
Many thanks for you . your teaching is very clearly and simply . I can simply understand what you have taught .
Best wishes
Ali from Egypt
Dear Alex, Your lessons are very instructive. Many thanks.
hey it was very nice ………..can u plz tell us that how to write an intermediary essay ………
Thank you Alix
Your lession speak to me and make it easy for me to understand the lession
Thank you my teacher Alix.
you make me perfect
Thanks a lot mister Alex for you, but I don’t know how to write a good essay.Could you tell me how please.
hi Alix
could you please give us more explanation how to write Graphs, Charts, Tables and Pie for (IELTS Writing) exam
hi Alex
i have a problem with tense whenIwrite .what can I do to fix this problem?
Hi Alex! I do enjoy your teaching, lot, but i wanted to learn English grammar and writing systemically. Like lesson 1 and Lesson 2. How am i gonna do that? I was looking at all the topics and levels but i got confused! Please help me. I did signed up for membership, somehow i didn’t get the password. Therefore i couldn’t sign-in. I am trying to go to college in North America. I suppose to take placement test on August 31,2010
Hi, Bel.
Unfortunately, the website does not offer a lesson by lesson curriculum, so you have to know what you are looking for, and then just search for a video that talks about what you want to know.
It was a very goosd idea to how start a good paragraph and support all the ideas. It will help me a lot. Thanks
it is a very good video. such materials help a lot to begin a writing. bye bye
This video is excellent! It helps us to make a good academic writing. It explains clearly about each step which we should follow in order to have cohesive text! It is very good! I would like to see more videos like that!
I hope it can help me. It was a nice idea to how start a good paragraph and support all the ideas.
Great video! It is simple and clear to understand each part of a paragraph!
Hi Alex,
I reaaly enjoy your video. I
Hi Alex,
I really enjoy your video, It`s very simple and interesting. It will certainly help me do my paragraphs in the future. I recommed to everyone.
Thanks a lot.
I was an interesting video and gave me another view about closing sentences.
Hi Alex,how are you?Can you tell us something about you?Are you married?Have you any children…….?
Hi Alex.
Your lessons are useful and they are very understandable, but I’d like to ask you something important.
Can you please tell me the difference between a paragraph and an essay?
I’m asking you this, because I work as an English Teacher and I have a few doubts about this particular theme.
I will appreciate a lot your help.
Thank you.
PS. give my warm greetings to all the staff of this wonderful website.
Hi John,
An essay is basically an extended paragraph. Just like a paragraph has a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence, an essay will usually have an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. It’s the typical “sandwich” structure that most essay writing classes will teach.
I hope this helps.
hi dear Alex thanks so much for teaching. then can you help me how can i improve my language and how can i understand easily.
again thank so much.
Mousa form Afghanistan
thanks a lot .I appreciate your way of teaching.you’re an artist .go on
waaaaaaaaaaw it’s very nice lesson i like it i wana to listen evry day tnanks teacher by
Thank you.
I got to work hard and stop rushing through my work and end up failing!
thank you.
this is nice class,,,,thank u alex
Alex, you are a good teacher, thank you.
What are the essential elements of a paragraph?
It really depends on what kind of writing you are doing, but most people agree that the essential parts of any paragraph are:
1. Topic sentence
2. Supporting points and details
3. Concluding/transition sentence
thank you very much sir
English is my first language, but I have difficulty with punctuation and grammar. I am returning to university after ten years of being out of school. I am certain this site will be helpful.
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Thanks Alex
thank you for your great help…
Hi Alex,
I really enjoy your teaching, as it provides information for the students step by step. I get involve with the topic of the topic which is going to teach and then my information build up as your explanation continuous. So, I do not get confused, and feel comfortable with the new materials. In addition, I can improve my understanding of the materials by listening to the examples which are thoroughly explained with a calm reassuring tone of voice.
Dear Alex ! Thank you for the useful and practical “lesson”.
Please, I would like to know if it is advisable to use “idioms” in academic writings such as the “TOEFL test” .
Thank you kindly.
I wish you all the best of luck, N
HI Alex! thank you. Do you know what book is the best to improve writing skill? Especially academic.
very usefull video
thank you…its a great lesson.
thanks alex for a goo english class
i found this site very interesting and helpful. All the teachers are doing very well, particularly i feel comfortable with the duration of the lectures, and the choices of the topics are very interesting. the one thing i didn’t found that whenever i login here the lectures and topics are not in a sequence, Also i didn’t found enough videos on sentences and grammar. i hope endvid team will look into this matter.
Dear Alex, you are a good teacher and your lectures are awesome.
That would be helpful to me~ Thanks again.
I find it very inmportant what you are giving to us .
keep going helping us ,please .
thank you
mohamed
hello
i watch the video and it was great it will help me in the assignment writing
I hope that I will have benefits of this web. I Study english ,and my writing so much weak.
thx a lot Alex…i hope this video make me get a good grade for my academic writing test tommorow..I’m Indonesian (ITB)Student.
great way, thanks a lot
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Dear teach alex,what can I do to inprove my writing? but I really thank you
Thank you Mr Alex.
This lesson is very valuable for me. I would like to ask a question that could you teach us about transition words such as moreover, furthermore, although, thereby, indeed too many words?
After these words, shall i always use comma or not?
thank you very much
i hope have you fine by the grace of Almighty Allah or all your noble family,
this lesson tends to be very useful and solid. Thank you very much for your teaching!
Thanks Alex, very helpful.
thank u very much alex.
I’m not good yet English, thank you Alex your really are good teacher. When you’re talking I can listen and understand that help a lot to proof my English
hi alex ,I’m from Thailand.My English is very poor but I believe your lesson is very helpful.Thanks a lot ^_^
hi, Alex i really like your lectures i attend your class through internet & i really like to learn more from you. i would like to learn english through your lecture so plz help me to improve my skills. i shall be thankful for your act.
My mr Alex I understand you lecture about top sentence,body,and conculsion.Thank youi
very good alex my quiz was 4 out of 5 because uu made mee get beteer
Hi Alex!
I really enjoy your lessons! Congratulations!They are very helpful!
Hi Alex !
great! thanks
that was very nice lesson
Hello Alex,
I appreciate to know first, whether we need to include title for an assay.
second, I need to know how much space should be put before starting introduction paragraph or the rest of paragraphs?
Best regards
Oumed
Thank you so much, it was very clear and it will help a lot to produce paragraph for any subject.
Also can I have more practice for writing
David
Hi Alex, this is my first day to know how people get their TOEFL test. I just started with 5 questions and my score was 100…thank, you help me a lot…
Your lessons are very useful.They helped me a lot and my writing has been improved
wow this helps alot
Hello T.Alex
Thank you for your lessons
Thank you :)
hello Sir Alex!
Thanks for the lesson you’ve shared to us.Now I can say that I really understood well all the topics my teacher discussed to us in the class.I enjoyed your lesson,really.Especially the quiz :)Thanks a lot once again and may you continue teaching others as well as inspiring them also.God Bless you..
Thanks Alex ,you are so good teaching .Thanks for your time.
thanks.
Hello sir Alex your less0ns are really informative,but i get c0nfused while using past perfect, it will be very kind of u if you upload a less0n regarding past perfect….
thnx alot sir
thanks a lot mr: alex
Hi teacher Alex.You are one of the best teachers who i have seen ever.Thank you for everything.:)