ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about Longer Essays for writing models. Long essays of 2,5005,000 words may be required as part of a module assessment. These require more research and organisation than short essays, and this unit provides a guide to how such an assignment can be tackled. The chapter explains how to plan our work on writing a Longer essays. Longer assignments are normally set many weeks before their deadline, which means that students should have plenty of time to organise their writing. However, it is worth remembering that at the end of a semester, students have to complete several writing tasks, so it may be a good idea to finish one earlier. They should also check the submission requirements of the department. These include style of referencing, method of submission (i.e. electronic, hard copy or both) and place and time of submission. Being clear about these will avoid last-minute panic.
