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Writing is often a challenge, especially when you are writing in a second language. If you ever felt challenged to express yourself via the written word and in particular, in another language, this book is for you. We encourage you to explore it, use the exercises as opportunities to learn new skills, and most of all, to be successful in your achievement of your course objectives and goals. This text is available free online and is the result of the dedication of many professionals who share the common goal of increasing access to educational materials for all students. Please thank your instructor for choosing an open source text!
Features
- Exercises are integrated in each segment. Each concept is immediately reinforced as soon as it is introduced to keep students on track.
- Exercises are designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration. This allows for peer-peer engagement, development of interpersonal skills, and promotion of critical-thinking skills.
- Exercises that involve self-editing. This feature develops and promotes student interest in the knowledge areas and content.
- Clear internal summaries and effective displays of information are available. This contributes to ease of access to information and increases students’ ability to locate desired content.
- Rule explanations are simplified with clear, relevant, and themebased examples. This feature provides context that will facilitate learning and increase knowledge retention.
- Easy maneuverability within sections of the book. Within the Table of Contents, you can click on the section title to go to the appropriate section of the book. Also, at the bottom of each page is a link to “Return to Table of Contents.”
- Real student samples that serve as good models of writing are provided. The writing samples that we have incorporated into this book come from our own college ESL students who have agreed to publication of their papers. They write like you do! They are not professional writers, but have been students in our college ESL classes.
- Remember: this text is meant to be adaptable and should be transformed to meet the particular needs of your ESL students.