What will you learn?
Our Writing Skills course will teach you the techniques and you need to help you to produce your best work no matter what the essay question.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Analyse the essay question and define your task
- Techniques for efficient planning
- Create a coherent structure
- Develop an argument and write purposeful introductions and conclusions
- Use appropriate language
- Avoid plagiarism and use reference material appropriately
- Check your essay for accuracy and consistency
Course features
This course is 100% online and packed full of engaging learning materials, with a personal action plan and a knowledge test for each learner. Additional features are available if you wish to take this course as part of a Study Group.
Designed by Eton College experts
Personal action plan
Interactive tasks, videos & quizzes
Knowledge test
Available on our Group Study course
Tutorials with Eton trained tutors
Graded assessment
Collaborative learning
Certificate from Eton College
How can you take this course?
There are three ways you can take this online course, depending on how you wish to study and how much support you require.
Self Study Course
- Start any time and work at your own pace
- 7-10 hours of self study learning materials
- Progress dashboard
Tutorial Course
- Start any time and work at your own pace
- 7-10 hours of self study learning materials
- 1 online tutorial (1-2-1 lesson with tutor)
- Progress dashboard
- Eton trained tutor
Study Group Course
- Start any time and work at your own pace
- 7-10 hours of self study learning materials
- Regular guided discussions and collaborative tasks
- 7 online group classes with an EtonX tutor and your study group (up to 8 students)
- Progress dashboard
- Eton trained tutor
- Graded assignment
- Collaborative learning
- Certificate upon completion
Why should I take this course?
This course is right for you if you are aged 14–20 and you want to:
- Find ways to make essay writing easier and more enjoyable
- Improve your writing before submitting an important essay
- Gain techniques to inprove your formal writing
Essay writing skills are key to academic success
Your course is really great; good teacher, excellent online system, interesting homework and of course, useful knowledge.
Barbara Skvortsova, EtonX student, Russia
Frequently Asked Questions
This course focusses on the skills you need to write a really effective essay. It doesn’t matter what kind of essay you need to write and it doesn’t matter what subject your essay is on – this course will help you structure your ideas, organise your research, plan effectively and develop your arguments. It will also help you with your use of English to ensure that you find your essay writing voice and use the right tone.
Being able to express yourself well in your essays is key to academic success. You can let yourself down if you are unable to structure your thoughts well or give your reader a clear understanding of your answer to a given question.
Our course will give you techniques to use in essays whether you are at high school or at university.
Even if you already get good grades for your essays, there is always room for improvement. For example, take a look at our article on how to become a good proofreader of your own work.
All our tutors are UK based and have been trained at Eton College. They are highly experienced online tutors used to working with students from all over the world. Every EtonX tutor has passed a rigorous selection and training process and has been cleared to work with children by the British government.
Each course has a Course Director who is a teacher at Eton College. The Course Director has worked with EtonX to produce the course and features in videos introducing and summarising each week’s work.