UCNLearn Intro
Summary
TLDRThe video script outlines a tutorial on using a specialized software called 'UC and learn' for essay writing. The software assists in structuring essays by providing a detailed plan that includes a sequence of thinking and logic, beyond basic essay structure. It guides users through choosing a stance on the topic of rural-to-urban migration and formulating an opinion, then supports the development of arguments and examples to substantiate the chosen viewpoint. The script also discusses the use of paragraph recaps for smooth transitions and maintaining reader engagement throughout the essay.
Takeaways
- 📚 Introduction to UC and Learn: The script introduces UC and Learn, a specialized software for essay writing that provides a detailed plan for structuring an essay, beyond a basic outline.
- 🖋️ Choosing a Side: The user is instructed to select a stance on whether the migration from rural areas to cities is a positive or negative development, and to express this opinion in their writing.
- 📈 Essay Structure: The software presents a structure that includes a current segment being written on the left, and a detailed plan for the full essay on the right, guiding the writer through a logical sequence of thinking.
- 💡 Idea Generation: UC and Learn includes a step for generating ideas at the beginning of the essay writing process, offering benefits over a standard table format.
- 🔗 Paragraph Connection: The script emphasizes the importance of connecting paragraphs in the essay, using the software to help identify how to logically transition between ideas.
- 📝 Writing Process: The user is guided through the process of writing their opinion, supporting reasons, and providing examples, using the software's features to organize and refine their thoughts.
- 🔄 Undo/Redo Functions: The software has undo and redo buttons, allowing writers to easily correct or revise their work as they progress.
- 🗣️ Text-to-Speech/Speech-to-Text: UC and Learn offers the option to convert text to speech or dictate speech into text, assisting with the writing process.
- 📝 Paragraph Development: The script outlines how to develop a paragraph by starting with a statement, providing support with reasons and explanations, and concluding with an example.
- 🔗️ Linking Devices: The software suggests linking devices or transition words to connect statements and explanations, as well as to transition smoothly between paragraphs.
- ✍️ Paragraph Recap: The script highlights the usefulness of a paragraph recap or summary, which can aid the reader in understanding the main points and serve as a transition to the next paragraph.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the UC and learn software discussed in the transcript?
-The main purpose of the UC and learn software is to assist with essay writing. It provides a structured and detailed plan for the essay, helping users organize their thoughts and improve their writing.
How does the UC and learn software differ from a basic outline or table?
-UC and learn goes beyond a basic outline or table by offering additional steps and comments on how to enhance the writing. It helps users think through the logic and sequence of their arguments, and suggests ways to connect paragraphs and generate ideas.
What is the first step in using UC and learn for essay writing as described in the transcript?
-The first step is to choose a side or opinion on the given topic. The user must decide whether they believe the topic represents a positive or negative development and write their opinion in the designated area.
How does the software guide the user in developing their arguments?
-The software prompts the user to provide specific reasons that support their opinion. It then asks them to elaborate on these reasons and provide examples from their own knowledge or experience, helping to build a strong case for their argument.
What is the significance of the 'Linking device' feature in UC and learn?
-The 'Linking device' feature helps users connect their statements to explanations and ideas in a smooth and logical manner. It provides a selection of connectors or transition words that can be used to ensure the flow of the essay.
How does the process of creating a paragraph recap benefit the overall essay structure?
-Creating a paragraph recap or summary helps to clearly communicate the main point of the paragraph to the reader. It also serves as a transition to the next paragraph, making it easier for the writer to connect their ideas and maintain the flow of the essay.
What is the task that the user is expected to perform in the essay writing exercise?
-The user is expected to write an essay on the topic of people moving from rural areas to cities. They must decide whether this migration is a positive or negative development and support their opinion with logical arguments and examples.
How does the transcript suggest the user should approach the topic if they believe the migration to cities is negative?
-If the user believes the migration is negative, they should focus on outlining the disadvantages of this trend. They should provide reasons and examples that illustrate why they think the movement from rural areas to cities is detrimental.
What is the importance of using specific examples in the essay?
-Using specific examples in the essay helps to ground the arguments in reality and provide concrete evidence for the claims being made. It makes the essay more convincing and relatable to the reader.
How does the transcript address the concern of making mistakes while typing?
-The transcript acknowledges that making mistakes while typing can be nerve-wracking, especially with someone watching. However, it encourages the user not to worry about mistakes and to focus on expressing their ideas clearly.
What is the role of the 'Text to speech' or 'Speech to text' features in UC and learn?
-The 'Text to speech' and 'Speech to text' features in UC and learn can assist users who may feel nervous about typing or who prefer to dictate their thoughts. These features allow for voice typing or converting spoken words into text, providing flexibility in the writing process.
Outlines
📝 Introduction to UC and Learn
The speaker introduces the use of UC and Learn, a specialized software for essay writing. They explain that it is similar to a table but with additional steps and comments to improve writing. The software is being used to write an essay on the topic of rural to urban migration, and the speaker instructs the audience to access UC and Learn through a provided link and password. The speaker also outlines the process of choosing a side on the topic and starting the essay using the software.
🔄 Navigating UC and Learn
The speaker discusses the navigation within UC and Learn, explaining the functions of different buttons for moving between segments, undoing and redoing actions, and converting text to speech or vice versa. They also share their nervousness about typing in front of an audience and demonstrate how to proceed to the next steps in the essay writing process.
📊 Developing Arguments and Structure
The speaker guides the audience on how to develop arguments and structure their essay using UC and Learn. They explain how to use the software to outline the essay, including generating ideas and forming a logical sequence of arguments. The speaker emphasizes the importance of connecting ideas and creating a coherent flow in the essay's structure.
🤔 Refining Arguments and Counterarguments
The speaker focuses on refining arguments and counterarguments within the essay. They discuss how to combine ideas into a single sentence and how to present these in a logical sequence. The speaker also addresses the need to balance arguments and counterarguments to maintain the essay's focus and coherence.
📝 Writing and Connecting Paragraphs
The speaker demonstrates how to write the first paragraph of the essay, including stating the problem and providing three reasons to support the statement. They also show how to use a linking device to connect the statement to an explanation and how to provide an example to support the argument. The speaker emphasizes the importance of a smooth transition between paragraphs.
🔗 Creating Smooth Transitions
The speaker explains the concept of a smooth transition between paragraphs in an essay. They discuss the use of a paragraph recap as a summary to connect paragraphs and make it easier for the reader to follow the argument. The speaker also provides an example of how to write a recap and how to use it to transition to the next paragraph.
📝 Revising and Planning the Essay
The speaker reviews the progress made in the essay and discusses how to continue writing using UC and Learn. They emphasize the importance of focusing on the chosen side of the argument and planning the essay's structure effectively. The speaker also clarifies the task at hand, which is to discuss whether the migration from rural areas to cities is a positive or negative development, rather than defending villages.
📝 Finalizing Paragraph Structure
The speaker helps the audience finalize the structure of their paragraphs by discussing how to write a recap that summarizes the suffering of the countryside. They emphasize the need to avoid repetition and maintain a high-level overview without getting too specific or complicated. The speaker also corrects a misunderstanding about the focus of the previous paragraph, clarifying that it was about the consequences of migration, not happiness.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡UC and learn
💡Essay structure
💡Rural to urban migration
💡Paragraph development
💡Linking devices
💡Thesis statement
💡Supporting details
💡Examples
💡Coherence
💡Revision
Highlights
Introduction to UC and Learn, a special software for essay writing.
UC and Learn's interface resembles a detailed table with additional steps and comments for improving writing.
The software helps in planning the full essay, providing a sequence of thinking and logic beyond basic structure.
Users start by choosing a side on the given topic, either positive or negative development.
The software suggests beginning with generating ideas and forming an opinion on the topic.
UC and Learn offers a table with benefits, enhancing the basic table with more detailed planning.
The process includes connecting paragraphs and generating ideas, with the software guiding through each step.
Users can make statements and support them with specific reasons, using the software's structured approach.
The software prompts users to provide examples from their own knowledge or experience.
UC and Learn assists in organizing thoughts and arguments in a logical sequence for the essay.
The platform provides tools for text to speech and speech to text, catering to different user preferences.
Users can make use of undo and redo buttons, and buttons to navigate through different segments of their essay.
The software encourages users to write a general remark or idea from the three main points as an opener.
Linking devices or connectors are suggested by the software to connect statements to explanations.
UC and Learn guides users to write specific examples to support their statements and explanations.
The software helps in creating smooth transitions between paragraphs with the use of paragraph recaps.
Users are encouraged to summarize their points in a paragraph recap for better reader comprehension.
Transcripts
here's my task I have for you and also I
will want you to open UC and learn for
uh the people who are watching this the
link we will be following is to
applearn com app.
learn.com and the password to ucn learn
is in your
mailbox unless I sent it to you directly
on Telegram
um so this is what we are going to use
today now what is what is ucn learn okay
us and learn is a special program um
special software that is intended for
essay
writing um it works a lot
like
second
view where do I go from here project
Library edit yes here so it looks a lot
like this on the left you have one
paragraph that you are writing right
now so it's like the
current part of your essay the current
segment on the right you have the plan
for the full
essay but unlike the table it is more
detailed
and it contains more steps in your logic
so it like shows you the the sequence of
thinking right more than the
essay so technically what it does it's
like the table with additional stops and
comments for how to make your writing
better it would be really hard to
express this in a single table because
there are a lot of things that you need
to think about in addition to the basic
stuff for example how to connect your
paragraphs in the
essay between like connections between
paragraphs also there is a step for
generating ideas at the beginning so us
and learn it offers the same table but
with benefits so to speak
now um what I would like to say is that
we are going to start by looking at the
topic L can you read out the topic here
on UC and
learn oh you're on mute you're on mute
this day significant numbers of people
are moving from rural areas to cities is
this have positive or negative
development yeah then it says give
examples from your own knowledge or
experience write 250
words this is exactly what you need to
do you see the topic the first step in
your thinking
is you choose your side right choose
your
opinion it should be either positive or
negative
development and write your
opinion here
okay um you can do it on your computer
and basically you can just start sharing
the
screen instead of
me okay
mhm perfect yeah so uh you see the topic
it's still under the
green
heading but the purple one says that you
need to
make your statement right choose your
side and I suggest we do that ala when
you are
ready I mean I should start typing
there yeah yes
oh no no I think you switched to the
next one yeah yeah the purple
one I just press
maybe try shift enter or something like
this shift
enter
no ouch okay all right so just right
after
this okay
uh what is
this so the green one is go to the next
step segment the blue one go to the yes
to the previous
segment uh the left yeah this is the
statistics these two buttons are undo
and redo yes and on the left it's uh
text to speech or speech to
text I
actually may feel a little bit nervous
uh when I TP typing and somebody
watching but it's it's okay but
sometimes I can start to do uh very
silly
mistakes do you want to use voice typing
it will be just the same as our
conversation no
I'm fine just don't judge me please I I
never
do e
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I
mean I think it is enough for this part
I should another one
or yeah so if you click to the purple
one sorry to the yellow
one to the next part you will be able to
see or just press enter we know it
works um so you will see
that more it asks you for more specific
reasons that can help you prove your CES
right
interestingly if you think of it the the
the stuff you did on on the previous
turn
okay in the purple one you already wrote
Because so you already started writing
reasons okay this is great so you
basically did most of the next step
too uh but just for the sake of this
exercise let's maybe copy or cut from
here yeah starting yes starting here and
we will be able to put all of them into
the
gaps yes under the
plan because this plan is the plan of
the
essay and it will Define how your essay
will
go it just the plan it's not real part
of the right right it's it's not the
it's just a planning tool so to speak
okay so the first one is the rural
area doesn't
contain good conditions people
okay the second one they have to
move to
cities
right um do you think you can find one
more mhm for more
opportunities
mhm I hope I text it right
andh oh W no
okay um
MH crowd right with a W so it's
overcrowded okay okay next one no wait
so here we also need to try and uh put
them into one sentence all these three
ideas okay and here's an example
below uh it's good for cities it's good
for the people both cities and people
benefit from
that okay maybe we could combine your
three disadvantages
into one
sentence
for
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um okay
right do we need to write
more
here if I should but uh I mention all
three point from the plan
MH uh can you scroll up a little
bit no no in in this uh text field on
the
left no no the big yeah
here so uh what I can see is that here
we need to unite ideas
right if if
possible Right which is
a right um You can really do it like
this like an example it's good for
cities it's good for the people so you
will write that both cities and people
benefit from
that but that's when you're writing
about
advantages you writing about
disadvantages so you probably need to
invert this idea
right who is suffering from this
I don't know maybe it's too complicated
sentence and well right now it
is uh yeah it's tries to sequence them
what what you did alone is you tried to
sequence
your
um
counterarguments
to City you know people moving to City
suburbanization I would say you
shouldn't try
to connect them as a logical sequence
but rather use them as the same level
arguments okay
so your your three
arguments look like this to
me so this
one
right uh what does it mean for us
that let's say the
countryside no
country um suffers
this
one means
that who
suffers
people
uhhuh so the countryside suffers because
there are
no um let's say fewer active people
fewer young people you were
fewer
right so here people suffer they need to
move and here who
suffers C and even even cities in some
sense they suffer
too right so if you look at this you
will see that the common thing is that
all of the
these entities they
suffer
right how can you unite this into a
single
sentence like all in the
process of oranization is
suffer like uh Countryside and people
and even
cities this is a perfect sentence
yeah it's very high level but it doesn't
have to be
specific it can be this way you can keep
it this way and say everybody suffers
the countryside the city and even the
people who
move
right I write it
here and you will be able to just copy
this
into the text
field so first the
city the
countryside and
even the people
so where um you know how does it map to
our table our existing table if you
switch to the next tab right now to I
overview
yes you will actually
see yeah yeah uh the no no no this is a
thesis essay right because it's do you
agree uh what is what is this in the
table right where are we right now I
think about it is about Mak statement no
it's still the first paragraph It's
still
introduction so we are like around our
opinion your opinion was that it's bad
yeah and this is like it's a reason for
this yeah so there is a lot of
suffering
right um your objective would be to to
show how they suffer example right MH or
or explain like
why you know there are the disadvantages
are so
huge
um right so now we're moving
on
in on our on our website on ucn learn
so the green one topic sentence number
one this is roughly the same as um our
statement okay this is the next
paragraph the
beginning so I would like
you to write a general
remark of one idea
okay one from the three which I yeah
yeah yes one of the three
okay
yes so basically what you can do right
now is just copy and
paste
because the the previous stage sorry the
previous step we just had three
sentences
uh above yeah above them and this is the
opener of your
paragraph
statement you mean this right yeah yeah
yes this is the statement for paragraph
one for paragraph two for paragraph
three
mhm
mhm and that's basically it so the
statement is ready you can just keep
keep it as it is right
mhm um yeah there
is an orange word as they put it here on
the website we called it a Linkin device
a
connector so you can um next yes you can
next
choose um one of the words or choose
your
own I think to be honest in I the range
is wider than on UC and learn so you can
use this
link uh this link and just
choose uh connector from
this menu of
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options we are trying to um connect a
statement right
to an
explanation yeah you can do that with an
opinion
unfortunately
right so
so how can we connect the statement
to the
explanation
M first is uh like V right so it means
that you will have to write a list right
are you ready for this yeah okay so bad
conditions in
uh the countryside first
what e
how many sentences should I text about
it this is all of your
explanation so as many as you need to
explain why the conditions are bad okay
maybe two or three
m
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mhm
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e e
perfect so what you did right now is
write three in support of
your uh
statements and basically you uh like
like previously you combined two
different stages here on UC learn into
one so you see the next one the blue
detail number
one on the
right this just asks you to you know
answer some specific
questions uh about your explanation why
does it happen what is the process how
and when does it happen and you did it
yourself all right so you already did
everything at the
previous uh stage so then we are just
left with one thing to do uh example we
need an example let's write it under
blue detail number
two let's end with an example to support
the Toc sentence and the
explanation and of course there is the
same link yeah we need
device mhm
there an illustration of this problem
right
e e
citizen is only from the
city good question so
for the local
inhabitants for the local inheritance
M don't forget an example must be
specific this is the idea of an
example so names give me
names years
something okay some something to connect
it to real life
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it's an excellent example I can I ask
you to make a little correction before
the
break uh we can notice that I understand
that your sentence starts here the next
sentence and finishes here
right or actually maybe
finishes here and then we have another
sentence so uh this sentence which is
marked with green with the green
brackets
right it will have some word
order just like any other sentence in
English
so what is the word order for an English
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sentence uh
n then work uhhuh uhuh and
here yeah right so in Russian we
say um it's fine in Russian in English
no you need to start with
aobos and
yeah then the
verb and then you will get the correct
Engish sentence
go in I think yeah
goes
perfect right this is an excellent
paragraph Right started with a with an
opener stating the
problem you have three
three various
um reasons for this statement and then
you have an
illustration this is the alai
region and some of the villages
there um any questions right
now after the break I'm going to review
uh this last step which isue detail
number three uh it's a new thing it's it
provides it ensures a smooth connection
between
paragraphs um and then I'll tell you how
you can use it at home you can use this
tool at home to complete the
essay uh but that will happen only after
the
break okay so it's
57 uh let's
say back at 5 minutes pass
okay all right okay see you
soon all right so this is after the
break I hope alen is refreshed I'm
refreshed everybody is ready to
roll okay let's take a look at this
smooth transition and then we will um
discuss how to use you and learn at home
show me your screen please oh okay yeah
right so the last
one on the right the blue
detail um blue detail number three I
think
yes so this is just what it says it's
paragraph
recap okay if you wish you can add a
recap which
is um like
summary okay paragraph uh summary of
what you've proved in this paragraph
here is an example so it's quite clear
that the benefits for cities are
enormous this
paragraph that's this essay the example
um
shows it's speaks about
advantages and obviously it speaks about
a few benefits in one paragra that's not
your case that's not your case um in
your case you would need to write about
one
disadvantage or of this situation in
general not for cities by the
way so um why is that good a paragraph
recap makes it very easy for the reader
to follow what you are
saying and very often it's very easy to
start the next
paragraph after a recap because you can
say another
disadvantage right or an even stronger
disadvantage than this is blah blah blah
so I would say that this paragraph
recap is the first part of an interface
between two
paragraphs does it make sense
ala uh the first
part uh the first part of an interface
um can you look at the table please um
yeah no no no
yes and scroll down so we could see so I
could see body paragraph one and two on
the same screen okay I'll try to yes
perfect so what um the smooth transition
is we will
add
here where it says empty line we will
add uh
recap
paragraph one
recap like
this
okay uh then we will finish the
paragraph start you know have an empty
line start a new paragraph and then the
second part of this interface we will
put in body paragraph 2 okay and we will
refer back
salana we will refer back to this
paragraph one
recap
okay so for example you can start by
saying
another
perhaps even more see
serous
disadvantage
is okay and this is how you
start body paragraph
2 and in a
sense it tries to
connect the new paragraph to the
recap
right it references the old
paragraph and then you yes you do the
usual stuff you say okay the
disadvantage is
that I don't know people suffer too
because every time you move it's a huge
stress a lot of money and time and
whatever um so you describe this explain
what I just explained and you give an
example right and then again if you want
a smooth transition to the next
paragraph you may decide to write a
paragraph to
recap right summary of what this
paragraph Was
for well yeah I hope it's it makes sense
right um okay now let's go back to UC
and learn and see
um what our recap could
be the first paragraph was about
disadvantages for whom can you remind me
for Country Side for the country side
okay I mean maybe I little bit l but I
thought in first border paragraph I
should about this three like this
Advantage suffer this three like
Countryside cities
and uh no people no well I mean you can
write it like this and the example here
on you learn shows
that some people
do I thought what we are writing right
now is the first idea for the first
paragraph the second idea for the second
paragraph the third for the third
paragraph ah okay okay yeah I think
second paragraph should be about
benefits of living in
Countryside uh depends on the type of
essay what is the type of the essay
let's go back to the
beginning positive or
negative no so it's it's just about your
opinion right they are asking you Alona
what do you think is this a positive or
negative
development okay okay yeah you you don't
need to defend the other side it's not
an argument ESS
say right if you wish you can
acknowledge and say yes there are some
advantages but in general it's not
necessary
but then I think because of it now my
essay a little bit wrong because I focus
on negative parts and it is not
underline my actual meaning because in
this type I should focus on positive
uh focus on what sorry focus on positive
parts of living in a
Countryside um why do you think you
should focus on positive
part because I told that I think living
in a city it is negative so that mean
I'm living in a country side for me it's
more
positive and uh I should underline it
why it is positive tendency and better
to live in a country side instead of
cities no this is not not how at least
not how I understand the task um maybe
we we will disagree here so the task
says I'll again draw here on the
screen uh people are moving right people
are going to cities
right people are going from rural areas
to
cities it's a fact okay
arguing with this fact would be a
completely different level of essay
writing probably beyond the scope of
fin so they are just asking you this
fact that people are moving from
villages to cities is it a
positive or A negative
development right so you're saying I
think that it's
negative um
does it ask you to describe why living
in a village is better
no it only asks you about the fact of
people moving to the
city so now you don't need to defend
villages in this essay
no now what you could do right you could
write okay it's negative negative and
positive right you have three different
ideas to support but then you would need
to have a balance right um on balance is
it positive or is it negative so you
still need to choose your
side
right okay um now back to the recap at
the end of paragraph one yes this one um
um so how can you write yours how can
you write a recap for your paragraph
about villages
I mean I should do uh a recap recap to
connect
um suffer
from
Countryside to suffer from people right
uh yeah yes but for now just summarize
the suffering of the
countryside and again it's high level so
you don't need to be specific
or make it complicated
you can do something like the example
does can I check maybe something
from this
one
start yeah excellent
choice
Maybe by and large op some and sell
them
okay
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there like influence sounds of people
well
Okay so know
right can can you hear me now alone
yeah give me one
please just want to switch to my
headphones I can hear
you yeah perfect yes I can hear you too
now
okay MH so by and large uh bad
conditions
of living in the countryside influence
the happiness of people who are living
in the
area
um remember what this paragraph was
about right it was about
um people
leaving so the
infrastructure doesn't get used so it
gets less
money right and so it gets
worse it was really not about happiness
the paragraph was not about
happiness
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right but I trying to avoid
conditions used twice in the
sentence uh head
conditions can
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