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What next?

This week you have looked at essay structure and will have started to consider possible topics for your own essay, ready for the coming weeks.
You have reached the end of Week 2! How have you found this week? What did you enjoy the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts – please share any feedback in the comments section.

You should now be able to effectively structure an essay and will have started to consider possible topics and titles for your own essay, ready for the coming weeks of the course.

Week 3 will look at some of the key areas of language and grammar used in academic writing, including the present tense and how it is used to discuss facts and activities.

Don’t forget to mark this Step as complete, and then head on over to the first Step in Week 3.

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