Basic English Writing

* Bonus material added

New video added – Move the Subject – October 2021

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

Who this course is 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.