ESL Writing Fundamentals

DESCRIPTION 

This course will develop your knowledge of English grammar and your ability to write in English for business and study. The course is aimed at students who can write and speak basic English and wish to strengthen their English language skills, particularly their writing skills. Students will learn by reading the course notes, completing written and spoken exercises for each lesson, and submitting them for comment and correction

LESSON STRUCTURE 

There are 12 lessons in this course:

1. Parts of speech
2. Verbs
3. Parts of a sentence
4. Building and combining sentences
5. Vocabulary
6. Developing vocabulary
7. Writing for different purposes Part 1
8. Writing for different purposes Part 2
9. Writing for business
10. Study skills
11. Proof reading and editing
12. Special project

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

AIMS

Understand the basic rules of grammar

Apply rules of grammar to construct correct sentences

Identify word parts - word roots, prefixes and suffixes

Use word parts to develop vocabulary

Name the parts of speech

Understand basic principles of correct sentence construction

Understand the nature and purpose of a paragraph

Identify different kinds of language - formal/informal, direct/indirect

Identify appropriate language for different writing contexts

Use correct formats for business writing

Use correct formats for writing for study

Improve pronunciation

WHAT YOU WILL DO

basic principles and terms of English grammar

what are the parts of speech in English, and the forms in which they can be used

how to correctly use parts of speech, including as adverbs and pronouns

what are the basic building blocks of English sentences

how to construct correct sentences

how to vary sentence structure

what is a paragraph, and how to construct one

common work roots and how they are used to create different English words

the role and meanings of suffixes and prefixes

when and how to use direct (denotative) and indirect (connotative) language in business or study

how to write correctly for different purposes

correct business writing

DELIVERY

Correspondence

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