Concise Writing

Lesson map

• ●🏁 StartFrame the lesson around concise professional prose and subject control.
• 1📚 VocabularyBuild editing language for compression, ambiguity and cohesion.~7 min
• 2🧠 GrammarControl participle clauses, reduced clauses, apposition and dangling modifiers.~20 min
• 3🎧 ListeningHear editors explain why certain compressed structures work or fail.~13 min
• 4✏️ ExercisesPractise concise structures with clear subject reference.~5 min
• 5📖 ReadingRead three C1 texts about editing, science and biography.~12 min
• 6🎙 SpeakingExplain and justify editing choices.~14 min
• 7✍️ WritingCompress formal prose without losing clarity or control.~20 min
• 8✅ ReviewIntegrate compression, subject control and editing judgement.~6 min