The word essay comes from the French word ‘essayer’ meaning ‘to try’ or ‘to attempt’. A French writer called Michel de Montaigne invented the essay in Europe as his ‘attempt’ to write about himself ...

About 500 non-native English teachers are getting the opportunity to learn new writing techniques this week at the Suwon Campus of Kyung Hee University. An intensive three-day educational conference, ...

My daughter is in ninth grade and is really struggling with essay writing. English, history, the subject doesn’t matter—she has a meltdown every time. She just stares at the screen and doesn’t know ...

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Teachers are a creative bunch. They have to be to come up with lesson plans and exams that help students grow their minds and prevent those same students from relying too much on technology to enhance ...

"There's no way AI can do that for you," says Livingston, now a college counselor with Empowerly. "It has to be an intrinsic quality that a student possesses that they then translate onto the page for ...

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A new study reveals that there are positive relations between gaming and English writing skills. The study focused on essays that students wrote in 9th grade as part of the national test in English.