Step 1: Analysing the question

The first stage of academic writing is understanding what you are being asked to do. Analysing the question can be done in four steps:

Find the instruction words
Find the topic
Paraphrase the question
Find limits

Watch the video which explains the four-step approach.

Activity

In the following activity, you will work through the four-step approach above on this essay question:

Briefly discuss the opportunities and threats which globalisation poses for the economy in the coming decade.