Basic English Writing

Basic English Writing, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.21, with 23 lectures, 9 quizzes, based on 517 reviews, and has 1930 subscribers.

You will learn about Write in English with confidence. Understand and use English skills more effectively. Improve spoken English by knowing proper terms and structures of language. Identify basic parts of speech – helpful for English courses and for improving overall writing skills. Write quality sentences. Write excellent paragraphs with unity and coherence – useful for all English writing including essays, book reports, workplace writing. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is meant for students who wish to improve the quality of their writing in English. The course acts as both an introduction to quality English writing and a refresher course for those who need to remind themselves of the foundation to English writing. This course is not intended for those who have excellent writing skills already. It is particularly useful for This course is meant for students who wish to improve the quality of their writing in English. The course acts as both an introduction to quality English writing and a refresher course for those who need to remind themselves of the foundation to English writing. This course is not intended for those who have excellent writing skills already.

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Summary

Title: Basic English Writing

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.21

Number of Lectures: 23

Number of Quizzes: 9

Number of Published Lectures: 23

Number of Published Quizzes: 9

Number of Curriculum Items: 32

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 32

Original Price: $44.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Write in English with confidence.
Understand and use English skills more effectively.
Improve spoken English by knowing proper terms and structures of language.
Identify basic parts of speech – helpful for English courses and for improving overall writing skills.
Write quality sentences.
Write excellent paragraphs with unity and coherence – useful for all English writing including essays, book reports, workplace writing.

Who Should Attend

This course is meant for students who wish to improve the quality of their writing in English. The course acts as both an introduction to quality English writing and a refresher course for those who need to remind themselves of the foundation to English writing. This course is not intended for those who have excellent writing skills already.

Target Audiences

This course is meant for students who wish to improve the quality of their writing in English. The course acts as both an introduction to quality English writing and a refresher course for those who need to remind themselves of the foundation to English writing. This course is not intended for those who have excellent writing skills already.

* Bonus material added

Some student comments:

“It is very good and detailed.”

“This has served as an excellent refresher course. This has given me confidence to write better and improve on my language skills. Thank you!”

“This is a very important course for those who intend to improve your writing skills.”

This course is for anyone who wishes to improve his/her English writing skills. All the basics are included in three short, easy to handle lessons. This is an excellent course for those people who wish to improve their writing skills for school, in the workplace, or for their own personal growth and learning.

Added benefits include the fact that improved writing skills lead to improved speaking skills as well. Students include those from English speaking backgrounds who wish to improve their writing skills – young learners to adult and ESL or EFL students who wish to make gains in written English and become more familiar with the English language.

For students with English as their first language the goals would be to remind them of basics and improve their technical writing skills before moving into more complex writing materials.

For ESL and EFL students, the primary goals are to gain insight into the structure of writing in English and to build confidence.

NOTE: There are no writing assignments for this course.

Parts of Speech

nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections

Sentence writing

subject & predicate
phrases & clauses
dependent & independent clauses
four kinds of sentences by form
four kinds of sentences by purpose
how to avoid sentence fragments and run-on sentence errors
New video added January 2017 – Independent & Dependent Clauses.

Paragraphs

defining a paragraph
four kinds of paragraphs with a focus on central paragraphs
topic sentences
unity – why it is necessary and how your topic sentence guides you
coherence – what it is and how to achieve it in your writing
transition

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Parts of Speech

Lecture 1: Parts of speech

Lecture 2: Parts of Speech – 2

Chapter 2: Sentence Writing

Lecture 1: Sentences 1

Lecture 2: Sentence writing 1

Lecture 3: Sentence Writing 2

Lecture 4: Sentence Writing 3

Lecture 5: The Perfect Sentence – Video

Chapter 3: Paragraphs

Lecture 1: Paragraphs 1

Lecture 2: Paragraphs 2

Lecture 3: Paragraphs 3

Lecture 4: Updated Contact Information

Chapter 4: Famous last words

Lecture 1: Until later!

Chapter 5: Bonus material

Lecture 1: Independent & Dependent Clauses

Lecture 2: Spelling improvement

Lecture 3: Four major uses of commas

Lecture 4: The semicolon

Lecture 5: Use of the articles "a, an, & the"

Lecture 6: Practice ideas for IELTS, TOEFL, and other English Language Tests (1)

Lecture 7: Run-on sentences and how to avoid them.

Lecture 8: Sentence fragments

Lecture 9: Stringy Sentences and How to Avoid Them

Lecture 10: Move the Subject

Lecture 11: More About Vocabulary

Instructors

Ronald Johnson Professional Tutor, Online Instructor
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Rating Distribution

1 stars: 5 votes
2 stars: 10 votes
3 stars: 71 votes
4 stars: 177 votes
5 stars: 254 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

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