Language learning: writing skills

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language—and will forever change the way you read and write.

A collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today''s best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers, including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suarez, Margot Livesay, and more.

An inspiring guide to the practices of contemporary experimental creative writing, this book explores experimentation within both traditional writing genres and 'post-genre' modes such as hybrid texts, Non-creative writing, textual materiality, creative re-purposing, performance and new media technologies.

This edited volume showcases state-of-the-art research in technological applications in second language writing.

This edited volume showcases state-of-the-art research in technological applications in second language writing.

This textbook is designed to enhance the thinking and writing skills that students need for both academic and occupational success.

This textbook is designed to enhance the thinking and writing skills that students need for both academic and occupational success.

What if you could fast-track the reader's understanding of a character without chunky paragraphs of description that kill the story's pace?

THE EMOTION THESAURUS (Volume 2) is an expanded version of the original.

Despite the rise of computer gaming, millions of adults still play face to face role playing games, which rely in part on social interaction to create stories.

This is a critical edition, or "e;edition critique,"e; of Victor Hugo's play Hernani.

Make an Impact with your Written English deals with the English business writing you need to take you a step further in your executive career.

A Kansas Notable BookBrian Daldorph first entered the Douglas County Jail classroom in Lawrence, Kansas, to teach a writing class on Christmas Eve 2001.

The professional's quick-reference handbook for writing business and technical reports Professionals in business, government, and technical fields often need help in organizing and writing reports for associates, clients, and managers.

Improve your writing skills at your own pace How do you target a specific audience in writing?

Step-by-step guidance on how to write effective grants that get the funding you need.

The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that "e;the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures "e; While good written procedures can't guarantee zero accidents, they can reduce the number of accidents caused by human error.

This comprehensive and practical book covers the basics of grammar as well as the broad brush issues such as writing a grant application and selling to your potential audience.

Synthesizing research on metacognition and intersecting it with studies on second and foreign language writing, Sin Wang Chong puts forward a conceptual framework of metacognition and metacognitive knowledge that is employed as an analytical lens to examine junior secondary EFL students' writing proficiencies.

Synthesizing research on metacognition and intersecting it with studies on second and foreign language writing, Sin Wang Chong puts forward a conceptual framework of metacognition and metacognitive knowledge that is employed as an analytical lens to examine junior secondary EFL students' writing proficiencies.

The new edition of this comprehensive text fills an important role in teacher professional preparation by focusing on how to teach the grammar and vocabulary that are essential for all L2 writing teachers and student-writers.

The new edition of this comprehensive text fills an important role in teacher professional preparation by focusing on how to teach the grammar and vocabulary that are essential for all L2 writing teachers and student-writers.

Today''s writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully.

Using a process-writing approach, Krueger/Fauvel's TACHES D'ENCRE: FRENCH COMPOSITION, 5th edition, helps you master your writing skills, find your voice in written French and -- ultimately -- become a confident author.

Writing at University offers guidance on how to develop the writing you have to do at university along with a greater understanding of what is involved in this complex activity.

The stories we tell about ourselves are guided by cultural patterns and enduring elements.

The last 25 years have witnessed extraordinary growth in the academic specialization variously described as composition studies or rhetoric and composition.

From 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteriesfrom character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers';this is a writing guide that readers and writers will turn to again and again' (Booklist, starred review).

This book guides students through the process of planning, researching, and writing the final version of theses and dissertations.

Writing assessment programs help place entering and mid-career students in composition courses at the appropriate level, monitor the progress of those students, and assist in placing them in writing courses throughout their undergraduate careers.

Write in English like a native speaker!

Jane Mallison is the former head of the English department at New York's prestigious Trinity SchoolMore than five million Americans belong to a book club and members are always looking for new ideasConsumers spend more than a billion dollars on books each yearFeatures Book Smart Recommended Reading sidebars that lead readers to similar books and authors

Provides immediate help for anyone preparing a biomedical paper by givin specific advice on organizing the components of the paper, effective writing techniques, writing an effective results sections, documentation issues, sentence structure and much more.

Power Sales Writing is a brisk, no-nonsense guide to writing sales messages guaranteed to grab and hold a prospect's attention.

Clear and persuasive writing holds the key to career success and advancement.

No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP Stylebook.

Over 300 time-saving model business letters!

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.

Writing advice from a New York Times–bestselling author who “knows how the publishing industry works .

The method that's helped thousands in the U.

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters.

With Beginning Japanese Phrases Language Practice Pad you can master essential Japanese phrases in just minutes a day!

From Audrey McClelland, founder of momgenerations.

Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary worksfrom the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast.

Essential Portuguese Grammar will help you get more out of your study of Portuguese.

Master Greek script with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No.

The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.