Writing Skills

Skills for making the most out of your assessments

During your studies you will be required to complete various writing tasks. Many of your assessments and examinations will require short responses to questions, and you may also be asked to write more extensive report style assessments.

To manage the various writing tasks well, you need to:

understand the difference between description, explanation and argumentation

understand the text composition process

consider a range of evidence, and form clear opinions
organize your textual product according to the established pattern or 'logic' of academic essays
carefully summarise, paraphrase and reference the words of others
write concisely and coherently
expand your vocabulary

For more information on report writing for OHP, please refer to the AIOH Report Writing Guidelines.