Coursework writing sounds easy. Students need to read a bit, scribble a draft, and pronto! UK essays are ready for submission. This picture is idyllic. But, sadly, it’s just not what students experience.
Oftentimes, students scramble for ideas to build. At other times, the astounding number of resource material becomes an ever-challenging hill to climb. Perhaps, they need to look at what made their fiasco a fiasco.
Is it the content, the vocabulary used, or the style? Perhaps, it is the manner of preparation? At this rate, let this list of “pen and papers” be a stumbling students’ guiding light.
Pen and papers were two of the crudest materials utilised by students and scholars in their pursuit for truth. They’d take the pen and stroke its inky tip against a crusty clean leaf of paper. And to this day, students remain to use them to create UK essays.
Now, let this ancient function denote a symbolic meaning for other instruments of creation. And the list starts with:
1) Books – textbooks, reference books, handbooks, or manuals. These resources are here to stay and accompany the diligent student. A testament of its immortal form is its digitised versions, and the fact, that a great population of writers remain to love the “feel” of a physical book.
2) Journal articles – particularly, the peer-reviewed ones. These materials are accessed via a library’s archive- or database-systems. Most university and college students are entitled to their access; however, more resources are available online via paid and free subscriptions.
3) Media paraphernalia – newspapers, newswires, magazines, et cetera. Some course programs, academic endeavours, or tutors do allow the use of these resources in UK essays. However, students are cautioned against the exaggeration characteristic in some of these media-related pieces.
4) Human resources – interviews, surveys and questionnaires. Not everything has to come out of inanimate resources; students are also encouraged to forge a link between these people. At this rate, students are encouraged to take their manners seriously.
These materials don’t simply provide information to which will support students’ arguments/claims. Rather, it also adds value to that hard-worked piece.
