Online ESL Writing Fundamentals Course
ESL Writing Fundamentals AWR101
This course is written for those with English as a Second Language. 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, in particular 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.
This course is suitable for ESL speakers who need to improve their written english skills.
There are 12 lessons in this course:
- Parts of speech
- Parts of speech
- Singular & plural forms
- Subject-verb agreement
- Verbs
- Verb tense
- Infinitives
- Participles, phrasal verbs
- Parts of a sentence
- Subject & predicate
- Object
- Clauses and phrases
- Building and combining sentences
- Structure and meaning
- Sentence variety
- Linking words
- Vocabulary
- Related words
- Word origins
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Word combinations
- Developing vocabulary
- Context
- Formal & informal language
- Connotative & denotative language
- Writing for different purposes Part 1
- Writing to obtain and clarify information
- Writing for different purposes Part 2
- Writing to provide information
- Writing for business
- Writing letters
- Short reports
- Submissions
- Study skills
- Understanding concepts
- Essay structure
- Addressing all parts of a topic
- Understanding what is required
- Referencing
- Proof reading and editing
- Correcting and refining your document
- Targeting the intended reader
- Special project
- Reading
- Researching and writing for three different contexts (work, study, business).
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
For more information on this course, please request your free course information pack.