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Academic Writing for ESL Students

This text is designed for high-intermediate to advanced ESL writers who are preparing to enter a degree program and a college or university. Students will develop basic essay-writing and summarizing skills and improve their proficiency in English grammar and sentence structure. Upon completing this course, students will be ready for an introductory college-level composition course with additional support.

Humanities
Author
Connie Mathews, Elizabeth Stein, and Mary Elizabeth Wilson-Patton
Publisher
Nashville State Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 79 sections
  1. 01: Academic Writing Essentials
  2. 1.01: The Big Picture
  3. 1.02: Introduction to Academic Writing
  4. 1.03: Definition of Academic Writing
  5. 1.04: Characteristics of Academic Writing
  6. 1.05: Ten Most Common Misconceptions about Writing
  7. 1.06: Non-Stop Non-Translation (NSNT) Free Writing
  8. 1.07: The Writing Process
  9. 1.08: Importance of the Writing Process
  10. 1.09: Stages and Steps in the Writing Process
  11. 1.10: Stage 1 Prewriting - Get Ideas and Make an Outline
  12. 1.11: Stage 2 Writing - Write Ideas into a Paragraph
  13. 1.12: Stage 3 Post-Writing - Revise Edit Proofread and Submit the Draft
  14. 1.13: Review and Practice
  15. 02: Paragraph Review and Sentence Types
  16. 2.01: Introduction
  17. 2.02: Sample Paragraph and Questions
  18. 2.03: Parts of a Paragraph
  19. 2.04: Topic Sentence
  20. 2.05: Supporting Ideas and Paragraph Unity
  21. 2.06: Concluding Sentence(s)
  22. 2.07: Transitions and Paragraph Cohesion
  23. 2.08: Title of a Paragraph
  24. 2.09: Paragraph Completion
  25. 2.10: Paragraph Review
  26. 2.11: Formatting Your Paragraph
  27. 2.12: Paragraph Practice
  28. 2.13: Language Practice- Sentence Types
  29. 2.14: Common Sentence Errors
  30. 2.15: Brainstorming Template
  31. 03: The Logical Order Essay
  32. 3.01: Introduction
  33. 3.02: The Writing Process- Planning and Writing an Essay
  34. 3.03: Paragraph to Essay
  35. 3.04: Model Essay 1
  36. 3.05: Model Essay 2
  37. 3.06: Writing Thesis Statements
  38. 3.07: The Introductory Paragraph
  39. 3.08: Model Essay 3
  40. 3.09: Developing Body Paragraphs
  41. 3.10: Conclusions
  42. 3.11: Planning and Writing an Essay
  43. 3.12: Language Practice
  44. 3.13: Coordinating Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
  45. 3.14: Subordination and Sentence Combining
  46. 04: The Cause and Effect Essay
  47. 4.01: Introduction to the Cause and Effect Essay
  48. 4.02: Cause and Effect Model Essay 1
  49. 4.03: Cause and Effect Model Essay 2
  50. 4.04: Organizing the Cause and Effect Essay
  51. 4.05: Cause and Effect Sample Writing Process
  52. 4.06: Planning and Writing a Cause and Effect Essay
  53. 4.07: The Language of Cause and Effect
  54. 4.08: Cause and Effect Model Essay 3
  55. 05: Paraphrasing
  56. 5.01: Introduction
  57. 5.02: Recognizing Effective Paraphrases
  58. 5.03: Annotating to Paraphrase
  59. 5.04: Paraphrasing Step 1 - Try to Explain
  60. 5.05: Paraphrasing Step 2 - Make It Your Own- Common Paraphrasing Strategies
  61. 5.06: Combining Paraphrasing Strategies - Practice
  62. 5.07: Citing Your Source with Signal Phrases
  63. 5.08: Chapter Summary
  64. 06: Summarizing
  65. 6.01: Introduction
  66. 6.02: Annotating to Summarize - Identifying Key Ideas
  67. 6.03: Recognizing Patterns of Organization
  68. 6.04: Writing a One-Sentence Summary
  69. 6.05: Writing a Paragraph Summary
  70. 6.06: Peer Review
  71. 07: Appendix - Grammar and Language Review
  72. 7.01: Capitalization
  73. 7.02: Parts of Speech
  74. 7.03: Nouns
  75. 7.04: Verbs
  76. 7.05: Subject-Verb Agreement
  77. 7.06: Adjectives
  78. 7.07: Parallel Structure
  79. 7.08: Apostrophes