How to Write an INTRODUCTION for an Essay in English with Examples!
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- In this English writing lesson, learn how to write an introduction for an essay in English! This is an English writing video about university essays with introduction examples.
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How to Write a Hook: • How to WRITE A HOOK fo...
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0:00 How to write an introduction for an essay in English
1:05 What is an introduction & Order of Ideas
2:30 How to write a hook
3:30 How to write background
4:13 How to write a thesis statement
6:47 Example background
7:42 Flow of ideas
8:02 A warning
9:15 Examples of introductions
12:44 Example introduction 2
16:30 Example introduction 3
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How to Write a Hook: czcams.com/video/NR1nj8aFvG0/video.html
How to Write Thesis Statements: czcams.com/video/-u5X_k04BeA/video.html
Avoid Common Problems with Thesis Statements: czcams.com/video/31r7Xa8SCqo/video.html
English Writing Lessons: czcams.com/play/PLTaPDxv5nudk2w9s_xU4zrbQ3NJuiaMh3.html
How to write English Sentences: czcams.com/play/PLTaPDxv5nudkueBaTBejyvPM8tFNj-Wda.html
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Good morning dear professor ! Super and super lesson and presentation. Frankly , if possible , welcome to Morocco . I'm a retired professor of Maths . Now , I'm a university student in English Studies Department in Morocco .
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Ooh, you are just wonderful I can't imagine that I'm surprising my friends with the way I write my introductions now. God Bless you.
Glad you found it helpful!
Hello Jenna. I found this lesson gripping and informative. Not only so, but I also loved the way knowledge and technology were blended to convey the major points. I believe this may very well help us grasp better how to write the introduction. Thank you for creating yet another great CZcams class on how to write essays!
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Thanks for informative explanation of how to make an introduction of essay. I do appreciate that.
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Greetings, professor! I want to thank you so much for helping me to develop a proper introduction for my final task which is an essay.
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Your lesson is number one awesome clear and fantastic essay writing more clear and understanding . thanks so much.
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Glad you found it helpful! Check out my Writing Playlist for more videos about essay writing skills ❤😀
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this indead helped me with my essay keep up the good work :).
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Thanks for helping me write a good introduction for final exam❤❤
Happy to help! I hope you did well on your exam.
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EXPLANATION IS WAS REALY GOOD AS WEL AS EXAMPLES OF ITRODUCTION
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Hello Jenna, thank you for your interesting lessons. Could you please make a video about how to write a good literary essay.
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Glad you like them! Unfortunately, I don't have examples of that type of essay. I will try to make a video about that in the future, but in the meantime, take a look at this resource: www.scribbr.com/academic-essay/literary-analysis/
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I'm a 10th grader in HS and your videos have taught me so much, a lot more than my English teachers have. Thank you.
You are so welcome! You might want to check out my 'basics of essay writing' video and get the PDF handout that goes with it.
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it's really unbelievable that i understood every thing from your video. You deserve the best award in English for your outstanding research work. I think Your 21 minutes video is the result of 21 years of research. And tell my best wishes to your student who wrote a great introduction as you said. Really love you for all your great love towards loving the English Language.
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India.
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your kind words.
Hello professor good to see after a long time I hope u are doing well and really I appreciate about making a video on this content 😍.
Hello professor a quick questions
Are these sentences correct
1. I know who teacher is .
2. I know who winner is .
3. I know who legends are.
4. I know what is going on.
5. I know who is doing this.
6. I don't know who prime minister is.
7. I don't know who she is .
8. I don't know what is being watched .
9. I don't know what has been sent to my email.
10. I don't know what things have been gifted to me.
☕ Are these sentences correct professor? 😅
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I love your videos. They have helped me understand the essay process a little more. Thank you! Where can I get the handout?
docs.google.com/document/d/1fIxmae6dkNdIbTQ7o98E2USZzAoPvSc-oqWO7nHvP6E/edit?usp=sharing
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Thank you ma'am so much for such a informative and useful lecture. Each thing is covered minutely.
I would request you please make vedio on newspaper article where you should explain introduction body and conclusion. It should also be explained that how they are connected and guided by thesis statement.
I will try my best!
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Could you please explain analysis of non ficional texts
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Ty I am I’m in 6th grade and doing I learn essay so Ty so much
SO glad to have you here! Good luck with your essay. You will do a great job ❤
Thank you… I Wed a lot of help😢
Glad I could help. What kind of help do you need?
I can't thank you enough for this explanation! You literally make me more excited about writing, but I have just one big broblem which is lack of vocabulary in academic English. What should I do in this case, dear professor?
Great question! I don’t think you should worry about using academic vocabulary in your writing too much because the most important thing with writing is that you have a good, interesting argument with strong ideas to support your argument, and the organization of your writing is clear. That means a clearly organized essay with clear sentences. Using academic vocabulary is just a bonus, and sometimes people try to hard to use fancy vocabulary, which can make their writing sound strange. The best way to improve your academic vocabulary is to read and to learn the academic word list. Do you know about the academic word list? You can Google it and find it online. Those are the most common words that are used in academic English.
@@LearnAcademicEnglish Thank you a million! Honestly, I never heard of the academic word list, but I am going to search for it right now. I appreciate your help, dear professor.
woow this was so amazing... have been having issues a lot with writing my assignments. but this video has helped point me in the right direction .am going to try follow the steps you've showed..
though have one question if u've been asked to define and discuss how do someone go about that?
Good question. Definition essays can be tricky. Hopefully you have already brainstormed ideas and made an outline to help you see your overall organization. Now, look at the ideas that you will talk about in your body paragraphs. What is the overall idea? For example, do you explain a word in different ways? Do you show that the word is difficult to define? You can make a thesis based on that: While X is an important concept, it can be difficult to define. or X can be defined by looking at it from three different perspectives.
Hopefully those examples give you some ideas of how to proceed. Good luck!
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Improving your writing needs everyday practice
You're right. Regular practice makes a huge difference.
prof, can you help to teach about how to write an abstract from the article?
I have a video about how to write a summary, which is similar to an abstract. I think you can learn how to write a summary and then look at abstracts and see how to adapt it. :). czcams.com/video/bhtz7RSaKlc/video.html
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Hello, Would you mind suggesting an advanced English essay writing book ?
Great question!
Here are two good ones:
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And this is a very advanced grammar book that focuses on advanced academic writing: amzn.to/3L6iNHe
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Hi dear jeena, 1)regular exercising is the best habit (adjective+gerund) 2) a/the regular exercising is the best habit (changed into a verbal noun). Is the second sentence correct? In addition to that I would like you tell me it's possible or not if a gerund is turned into a verbal noun forcefully with any random words, is it possible or not??
I don't understand your last question, but the second sentence is not correct. In most cases, we don't use an article with a gerund.
Is it important to paraphrase the prompt in the introduction?
Thank you.
Sometimes paraphrasing the prompt in the introduction looks like lazy writing, and for that reason. teachers or others who evaluate writing don't like when the prompt is repeated or paraphrased in the introduction. However, usually the thesis statement has some words from the prompt in it. I have a couple of videos on thesis statements that might be helpful.
Am working on a theme birds and collection occasional wear .
How can I write an introduction and background of this report?
Sorry but I am not sure as I don’t know enough about the topic. Try to think of an interesting question to start the intro to hook your reader’s attention
Hello Janna, your video was amazing. I wrote an introduction to my empirical article and I need your feedback if possible. Could you help me in this case? Please...
Glad you found the video helpful! Unfortunately, I can't give people feedback on their writing due to my busy schedule. Best of luck with your assignments!
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Tnaks a lot dear professor !
You are welcome!
@@LearnAcademicEnglish Again, I followed your lesson, it was enjoyable for me . I benefit from listening to your flow and smoothly speaking. Thanks a lot dear professor. And, if possible , not forget , welcome to Morocco
Essay it’s so hard for me please do video and examples essay GED
I will have more videos about essays coming soon. In the meantime, please watch my Writing Playlist.
I should have just married an English teacher 😂 Writing is so tough for me I decided to go back to college at 37 and I'm definitely out of touch with writing papers.
Don't worry, it gets easier with time and practice! I have had many students in their 50s, 60s, even 70s who learn to write essays. I think it's helpful to look at good example essays and think about what makes them clear.
37 ?? I'm 43 and I failed my first english class. The next semester I Withdrew from the class. It's going to be hard for me to write an good essay. But im willing to give it a try
@@pantera7086 Don't give up! You can do it. I have had students in their 50s and 60s who have been able to learn this. Use all the support services available to students at your school--tutoring, etc. :)
It looks your writing is good enough
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How do I begin to write an assignment?
Good question! Sometimes getting started is the hardest part.
The first step is to take the question or assignment that your teacher gave you and sit down with a piece of paper. Brainstorm ideas. Write down every idea that you have for at least 10 minutes. Here's a video about that: czcams.com/video/v7zMCOsEBU8/video.html
After that, look at the ideas and think about how you can organize them into paragraphs. Remember that the most important thing is to answer the question that your teacher gave you.
After you know what ideas you will take about, you need to make a thesis statement and start writing your paragraphs. Remember that all your paragraphs must be connected to your thesis statement.
I hope that helps. Good luck! ❤
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Hello mam ! when we subscribe your premier membership can you grade my essay .. i am preparing for civil service competition exam . Thanks for this amazing video this has helped me..
The CZcams membership doesn't cover that kind of help. I just charge one very small fee for all levels now, and CZcams doesn't give you a way to message me or send me an essay. Do you use Instagram? If so, you can subscribe to me over there and message me.
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👍👍........ good evening ma'am, I call upon you the following sentences be explained. "Get/have+object+ing" means make someone or something start. I will get you to finish this project/I will have you finish this project. Should I write this sentence like this I will get/have you finishing this project , Are both fine? As far as I am concerned sometimes these are interchangeable. Let's take another example 2) I got you to pay my money/I had you pay my money if it's written like this I got/had you paying my money. In one word I would like to say to you where I utilise get+obj+to+v1/have+obj+bare infinitive, at the same place can I use get/have+object+ing?? Native speakers use this structure a lot (get/have+object+ing). Thank thee.
get/have+object+ing is not correct in the examples that you mentioned. I have a video about causative verbs and passive causative: czcams.com/video/hAtdhapTOcQ/video.html and czcams.com/video/AY1vVhCznJ4/video.html
@@LearnAcademicEnglish dear ma'am, I did watch your video made on causative verbs. Thanks a bunch for working it out. But would you mind explaining this sentence?? ""Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over but had me believing it was always something that I have done."" Why is "had+object+ing" used in that sentence by that singer?? The song name is "somebody that I used to know sung by gotye ft kimbra.
Good question! I'm not sure why that one is like that. It's probably a simple answer, but my brain can't figure it out right now. I will try to find out and will let you know if I get an answer.
@@LearnAcademicEnglish 👍👍 okay ma'am. Some days ago,I searched on Google. Google says sometimes you can use "have+object+ing" where you use "have+object+bare infinitive". There is no difference about meanings. Another definition is when something that was happening, is happening, will be happening or something is continuous at that time "have+object+ing" can be used. I guess that's why it's used like that or sometimes native speakers use informal English. Barring that if you search in Cambridge English dictionary, it shows that both "get+object+ing" and "get+object+infinitive" have similar meanings.
hello dear. your vdeos is helpfull for me. 'I;m 70 years old from Lebanon.If you do a favor for me by sending some exams types of essays . So i can go theough to get experience in my coming secondary exams.thanks a lot
You can practice with some of these topics: docs.google.com/document/d/1HH1b2EzrrAE0flchWVcwKQFRgjtDae5YTk1OPfhLOxc/edit?usp=sharing
About the homeless problem, who pays for the shelter?
Good question! I'm not an expert on this topic, but my students write a research essay about this every semester. Most of the money comes from federal funds (the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development) with special funds that are designed specifically to target that issue. You can think that it comes from taxpayers, but of course it's not that simple because sometimes money will be diverted from one source to another, so taxes don't have to go up to pay for homeless shelters.
@@LearnAcademicEnglish Thank you for the information! Watching your video made me want to learn how to tell where that money comes from, and who Decides where it’s taken from.
Hello my professor u didn't reply to my questions's answers last time I commented i believe you didn't see another comment after my 1st comment in the comment section .😅😅
Are these sentences correct ? Professor 👩🏫
1. I know who the teacher is .
2. I know who the winner is .
3. I know who the legends are.
4. I know what is going on.
5. I know who is doing this.
6. I don't know who the prime minister is.
7. I don't know who she is .
8. I don't know what is being watched .
9. I don't know what has been sent to my email.
10. I don't what has been gifted to me.
Are they correct 💯 professor 👩🏫
Sorry, I don't always have time to respond to comments, especially now that I'm offering memberships on CZcams. Members get first priority for my comment responses. Yes, they are all correct!
@@LearnAcademicEnglish okay professor 👩🏫 thank you
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Thanks dear
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Would be a great resource if were for the feminism overtones
Not a learning resource for men of any age
I suppose you're referring to the one example introduction about changing expectations of marriage in Asia. That was ONE introduction and is an example written by a student. I didn't know that discussing women working or women choosing their mate (instead of their parents choosing) was feminist...or maybe it's 1965...?
Good morning dear professor ! Super and super lesson and presentation. Frankly , if possible , welcome to Morocco . I'm a retired professor of Maths . Now , I'm a university student in English Studies Department in Morocco .
Welcome to Morocco .......
Thanks! Glad you liked it, and glad to hear that you enjoy learning English! 😀