Book excerpt: Strategies for Writing© for Edexcel International GCSE by Emile Armanious is designed to support students studying for Edexcel International GCSE in English as a Second Language (4ES1) for First examination June 2019 ● This guide is divided into five units, with each one focusing on one of the specified writing tasks; namely, the informal emails, reports, articles (semi-formal articles for the school magazine and formal letters to the editor) and summaries Features include: ● detailed guidelines to the entire process of writing reports, informal emails, formal and semi-formal newspaper articles and summaries in line with the requirements of the revised Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in English as a Second Language (4ES1) for First examination June 2019 ● sample answers to all past paper writing questions since 2006 including emails, letters, reports and articles. All sample responses in this book are designed to enhance English language competence through realistic and contextualised pieces based on authentic texts and recent past paper questions ● a comprehensive step by step guide to summary writing including techniques, strategies and in-depth analysis of past paper questions with sample answers - model answers to all past paper summary questions of all variants since 2011 and more than 100 sentence examples illustrating how to summarize using your own words ● sample responses used in this book to develop writing are engaging and suitable for all learners, and are diverse in their content matter with a wide range of vocabulary and ideas ● how to communicate information/ideas/opinions clearly, accurately and effectively; how to respond to a written stimulus and use appropriate register and style/format for the given purpose and audience, and how to produce written texts with a wide range of language structures ● opinion pieces for newspaper and school magazine articles are designed to improve students' ability to write clear, well-structured texts using an appropriate style, expanding and supporting points of view with supporting arguments and showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices ● a comprehensive database containing a broad-ranging list of formal vs. informal words and phrases ● an entire section dedicated to grammar, so you can focus on important rules and conventions