ESL Writing Fundamentals

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.

• 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

• 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