Learn How to Blog

Blogs are huge. There’s millions of them and most businesses will have one. No matter what subject you’re learning at university and no matter what career path you’re planning to take, learning to blog and educating yourself in how blogs work will be a game-changer when it comes to adult life, especially in this digital age in which we live.

What’s more, some professional bloggers earn more than $1m a year through advertising alone on their blog. That’s big money that shouldn’t be sniffed at.

Learn a Hobby

Once you’ve left university, you’ll soon find you have very little time to yourself. ‘But I already have very little time to myself!’ I hear you say. That’s true, especially with every present deadlines and coursework to complete, however, it’s vital that you learn how to set aside time to pursue a hobby you enjoy.

Whether you love writing, photography, drawing, cross-stitching, running or anything you think you may love, dedicating time aside to doing something you love will keep you happy (and sane!) now and in adult life.

Learn About Your Opportunities

Just because you’re getting a degree, let’s say the law, it doesn’t mean you necessarily have to pursue a law career. For most businesses, degrees are interchangeable and the fact that you’ve proven how you can successfully dedicate your time to learning and completing a degree is good enough for a business to hire you.

Taking law as an example, you don’t have to become a lawyer, you could become a business consultant or an advisor. Take the time to learn which opportunities will be available to you in the future.

Learn to Network

The people you are surrounded by now will be the leaders, the CEO’s, the masterminds and the intellects behind some of the biggest businesses and enterprises in the world someday in the future. Yeah, that’s hard to believe, right?

Networking is such an important part of life and it’s important that you master this professional skill because you never know who you might meet and how it might pay off in the future, both professionally and socially.

Learn to Master the Skill of Writing

You may be sick and tired of writing assignments, essays and other documents throughout your university life but writing is a skill that will never leave you. No matter what your career ends up being, you’ll be writing emails, invoices, copy, content, prescriptions, reports, letters, sales presentations, speeches and so much more, the list is endless. Master writing now and you’ll never have to worry about putting pen to paper in the future.

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1.    Make a Detailed Outline

You need to take time when writing a cause and effect essay to make a detailed list of the causes and effect, or the cause and the effects. You’ll then divide your paper to discuss each cause or effect in turn. It’s important to make sure you know exactly what you’ll be covering in your paper at this stage, otherwise your paper can become cluttered and jumbled. This is the only way to achieve a grade A structure.

2.    Write Your Introduction

An introduction is a fundamental part of any successful paper, however, it is unfortunately overlooked by many students who are too eager to dive into the topic. Your introduction should address the cause and effects, or causes and effects you have identified, and how you will describe them in the main body of the paper. An introduction doesn’t need to be too long or detailed, however neglecting to write one at all can cost you a lot of marks. This is true in all essays, not just cause and effect papers. You can then follow the structure you’ve set for yourself in your introduction, and make sure that your essay stays organised.

3.    The Main Body

Your main body should include several paragraphs. If you’re writing about one cause with multiple effects then define the cause, and devote a paragraph to each effect. If you’re writing about one effect with multiple causes, then define the effect, and spend a paragraph analysing each cause. While it may sound pretty elementary to divide your points into paragraphs, you would be surprised how many students forget to do so, and as a result, their work looks messy and unorganised. Addressing each point in this way also gives you the space you need to say everything you want about each point, and you can avoid getting to the end of the essay and realizing you have neglected to include important points.

4.    Conclusion

While you may have made a concrete assessment of the causes and effects of your issue and could have provided an awesome analysis of each factor involved, your essay is doomed to fail without a good conclusion. You need to succinctly inform your reader of everything you’ve told them. There should be no new information here, but you may include a personal opinion or a reason of why you chose to analyse one point instead of another.

Cause and effect essays are super simple to tackle so long as you stick to the tried and tested structure defined above.

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If the old adage ‘practice makes perfect’ has any truth at all, then digital writing has done more for education than any old teaching methods over the last hundred years. For one thing, it’s important to define digital writing. It’s commonly accepted to mean just about any kind of writing that takes place online or on a computer – including texting, blog writing, emails, or status updates. While the quality of this kind of text is occasionally questioned, the overriding fact is that students and teenagers are writing more than ever before. They do the bulk of their writing outside of school, which was unheard of just a few decades ago. If this is how students communicate, and how they write in the real world, then including it in their education is a pretty necessary step to make sure you are providing relevant and engaging classes. The following points show exactly why digital writing matters in education.

1.    Encourage Peer Review

As most digital writing is aimed at a student’s peers, the door to peer review is wider open than ever before. Via technology such as Google drive that has opened up access to different work within the classroom, it is easier and more relevant than ever to ask students to write a piece online, and then ask another student to edit, review, or add to it. This collaborative environment boosts engagement and will make your student work harder as they are more conscious of who will see their work. Plus, writing on a laptop is much more natural than writing by hand for them, so you will likely see better work as a result too.

2.    Add Meaning to Their Work

Digital writing is rarely done for the sake of it – which is how school work can sometimes feel. Students pour their emotions into blogs or really communicate via social media. Others explore their interests or indulge in their passions via sharing sites and pages with anonymous writing, while others share fanfictions or gaming hacks to communities they feel a sense of belonging with. They all write with a purpose, which is what is often missing in a classroom environment, and should be implemented to improve the overall written communication of students in school.

3.    Make Monitoring Easier

Putting writing tasks online makes grading and assessing students levels a lot easier, and you will be more informed about how to help them. Plus, you can opt to teach via different audio or visual methods when you go online, which means you can appeal to all kinds of learners and make sure you’re getting your message across.

You can’t fight progress, and the best teachers will realise early that digital writing will play a big part in their students’ future, and incorporate it into class.

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As a language learner, you may find writing in your foreign language difficult. As you’re thinking more carefully about how you’re writing, it’s easy to get hung up on every mistake you could be making.

These hacks are designed to help you overcome these barriers, and start writing in your foreign language naturally. Give them a try and you’ll see your writing improve.

Read as much as you can

Children learn to write by learning how to read, and the same goes for you. It’s easier for you to get to grips with the written word if you’re reading it first. Try picking up some books in your chosen language and reading as much as you can. The more you read, the more you’ll become familiar with your language as it’s written.

Work on your grammar

It’s easy to get hung up on grammar, as you’re having to think more carefully about it. Make sure you have the basics down, so you can get back to writing. When you first start out, focus on creating shorter, simpler sentences. The better you get, the more complicated you can get in your writing.

Don’t go overboard too quickly

It’s easy to decide to get fancy with your writing. After all, you want to impress by writing in a foreign language. However, you can’t run before you can walk. Focus on writing shorter, easier pieces first. When you feel you’ve mastered them, take a step to slightly more difficult pieces. Keep making these steps up gradually, and you’ll get the hang of writing.

Keep a journal

One of the best ways to practice writing is to keep a journal. These are great as you can write as much as you like, and the writing is private. No worries about anyone seeing any possible mistakes! Make a habit of writing in your journal every day, and you’ll get lots of practice in.

Have a friend check your work

Are you friends with a native speaker of your chosen language? If you are, you could ask them to check your writing. They’ll be able to find any errors that you missed as you were writing, and explain where you went wrong. This input can be really valuable when you’re looking to improve.

Don’t worry too hard about mistakes

Speaking or errors, don’t beat yourself up if you make them. You’re not going to be perfect right off the bat, as it’s impossible. Like everything, writing will come with practice. If you do make mistakes, the best thing to do is see them as learning opportunities.

Be patient

Everything will come in time. Don’t worry too much if you feel you’re not improving fast enough. Every time you sit down and write, you’re making a little more progress. Be patient with yourself, and the skills will come.

These tips should help you get writing in no time. Give them a try, and you’ll soon feel confident about writing in a different language.

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