English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

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Writing is often a challenge, especially when you are writing in a second language. If you ever felt challenged to express yourself via the written word and in particular, in another language, this book is for you. We encourage you to explore it, use the exercises as opportunities to learn new skills, and most of all, to be successful in your achievement of your course objectives and goals. This text is available free online and is the result of the dedication of many professionals who share the common goal of increasing access to educational materials for all students. We have structured the e-text into three basic parts. Part I, Composing Strategies and Techniques, includes a sequenced discussion from composing effective sentences through paragraph and essay writing. This includes the prewriting and planning stages of writing as well as the revising and editing stage in the first five chapters. Part II, Language Use, Grammar, and Mechanics, is meant to be used as a grammar and mechanics handbook as well as the practice and review of idiomatic wording. Part III, All About Writing: Samples, Topics, and Rubrics, has chapters with additional writing topics for practice, sample student papers, and rubrics for evaluating writing.  

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What Will You Learn?

  • Exercises are integrated in each segment. Each concept is immediately reinforced as soon as it is introduced to keep students on track.
  • Exercises are designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration. This allows for peer-peer engagement, development of interpersonal skills, and promotion of critical-thinking skills.
  • Exercises that involve self-editing. This feature develops and promotes student interest in the knowledge areas and content.
  • Clear internal summaries and effective displays of information are available. This contributes to ease of access to information and increases students' ability to locate desired content.
  • Rule explanations are simplified with clear, relevant, and theme-based examples. This feature provides context that will facilitate learning and increase knowledge retention.
  • Easy maneuverability within sections of the book. Within the Table of Contents, you can click on the section title to go to the appropriate section of the book. Also, at the bottom of each page is a link to "Return to Table of Contents."
  • Real student samples that serve as good models of writing are provided. The writing samples that we have incorporated into this book come from our own college ESL students who have agreed to publication of their papers. They write like you do! They are not professional writers, but have been students in our college ESL classes.
  • Remember: this text is meant to be adaptable and should be transformed to meet the particular needs of your ESL students.

Course Content

CHAPTER 1: WRITING BASICS – WHAT MAKES A GOOD SENTENCE?

  • 1.1 Sentence Writing
    00:00
  • 1.2 Sentence Structure
    00:00
  • 1.3 Pronouns
    00:00
  • 1.4 Adjectives and Adverbs
    00:00

CHAPTER 2: SENTENCE VARIETY – HOW DO I REFINE MY WRITING?

CHAPTER 3: WRITING PARAGRAPHS – SEPARATING IDEAS AND SHAPING CONTENT

CHAPTER 4: WRITING ESSAYS – FROM START TO FINISH

CHAPTER 5: REVISING AND EDITING

CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH WORDS – USAGE, FORM, & CONTEXT

CHAPTER 7: OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

CHAPTER 8: PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

CHAPTER 9: GOOD WRITING – MODELS AND SAMPLES

CHAPTER 10: SUGGESTED WRITING TOPICS & GRADING RUBRICS

FINAL EXAM

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