Communicative Abilities in English: Group Feedback from First Draft Essays
Channel: Benjamin L. Stewart
Date: 2022-03-18

Common considerations when moving from a first draft to a final draft. The lecture addresses English language teacher trainers typically at a B1-B2 English proficiency level.
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4:25 Avoid overusing pronouns.
12:10 Stay in the third person.
13:00 Reduced clauses are fine.
14:45 Avoid the comma splice & comma usage: compound sentence, complex sentence, sentence connector, serial comma, appositive, non-restrictive relative clause
31:25 Avoid linking (copula) verbs in topic sentences and the thesis statement.}
33:33 Verify that topic sentences are specific enough for the body paragraph and that they relate specifically to the key points listed in the thesis statement.
36:43 AGREE (error code list review): subject-verb agreement
37:42 Location of in-text citations: citations occur at the end of the sentence.
41:05 Formatting Word: Double space, avoid extra space between paragraphs and headings, References page (page break), 
49:13 Checking APA in References section
1:03:40 Remove all extraneous information.
1:06:51 Citations according to APA.