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Building writing skills

Ruth Tarrant

9th March 2016

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One of the skills my own children are learning in their English lessons at primary school at the moment is the use of "connectives" in their writing, rather than simply writing a string of short sentences. It makes their writing more interesting, and "looks" more academic once completed. Quality of written communication, or QWC, is important in the assessment criteria of external exams at secondary school too, but remains an area that many students still fall down on despite understanding the subject material. Here are some thoughts on how to develop the "connectives" skills in writing in your own students:

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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