Enrichment
Exam Technique - Words Matter - Stephen Pinker on why so much writing is bad
Geoff Riley
14th April 2017
Here is a truly superb and often hilariously funny talk from Stephen Pinker about making prose understandable to the reader you wish to reach. This is clearly true in economics exams when time and words both matter and there is a huge opportunity cost to writing in a wasteful style.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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