Writing With Clarity and Accuracy: Quick Reference Guide - Brossura

Alves, Mark

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0866475745 ISBN 13: 9780866475747

Casa editrice: Pro Lingua Associates, 2023

Riassunto

Writing with Clarity and Accuracy is the third level in The Grammar You Need series, a three-part system designed to build the grammatical foundation essential for academic writing success. This advanced-level fold-out card helps learners refine their writing by mastering the grammar that supports clarity, logic, and flow in complex sentences. Through full-color visual explanations, students learn how to use adjective, noun, and adverb clauses effectively; reduce clauses for concision; and structure ideas to express facts, opinions, predictions, and hypotheses with precision. The card also demonstrates how to cite sources accurately and integrate the ideas of others—a key skill for academic integrity and coherence. The companion resources, including free downloadable workbooks at ProLinguaLearning.com and an interactive web app at TheGrammarYouNeed.com, provide extensive practice and interactive reinforcement, making this an indispensable tool for learners preparing for university-level writing.

Features

• Free downloadable workbooks for each level available at http://ProLinguaLearning.com
• Focus on advanced grammar for academic writing: adjective, noun, and adverb clauses, plus reduced clauses
• Visual explanations showing how grammar structures connect ideas clearly and logically
• Guidance for expressing facts, viewpoints, predictions, and hypotheses with grammatical precision
• Tips for citing sources and integrating external ideas accurately
• Compact, full-color fold-out format ideal for quick reference and classroom use
• Interactive online app at TheGrammarYouNeed.com for additional practice and feedback
• Designed for high-intermediate to advanced learners in academic or professional English programs

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• The Grammar You Need: Level 2 – Writing with Purpose by Eileen Cotter, Mark Alves, Michael Berman, Henry Caballero, and Patrick Randolph – Builds intermediate-level grammar skills for clear, purposeful writing and effective paragraph development.
• The Grammar You Need: Level 1 – Writing with Structure by Eileen Cotter, Mark Alves, Michael Berman, Henry Caballero, and Patrick Randolph – Introduces the essential grammar needed to form accurate, coherent sentences in academic contexts.
• The Word Combination Card by Laurel Pollard and Marianna Taylor – Provides visual models and collocation guides to strengthen academic sentence variety and fluency.
• Writing in English: Step by Step by Elizabeth Weal – Helps students develop writing confidence from simple sentences to organized paragraphs using grammar in context.
• Writing Inspirations by Nancy Ellen Zelman – Offers creative, topic-based prompts that encourage students to apply advanced structures in expressive, accurate writing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mark Alves, PhD, lead author for The Grammar You Need Level 3, is a professor at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland where he has primarily taught college ESL (and Intro to Linguistics and Chinese) since 2001. He has also taught master’ s-level TESOL courses and has written about TESOL writing at the college level. Outside the U.S., he has taught TEFL and linguistics in Vietnam, Taiwan, and Macau. He has also co-authored the Word Combination Card, published by Pro Lingua Learning. Henry Caballero teaches linguistics and English for Academic Purposes at Montgomery College, Maryland's oldest and largest community college. He has authored numerous textbooks and scholarly articles. Michael Berman is an award-winning teacher and ESL materials writer who has taught English for Academic Purposes at Montgomery College, Maryland's oldest and largest community college, for over 25 years. He has authored dozens of textbooks and scholarly articles. Eileen Cotter has a Master’ s of Education from Boston University. She has taught all levels from early childhood to college credit classes. In addition to teaching ESL classes, she has taught numerous workshops and written an ESL textbook on second language writing. Her work on The Grammar You Need materials includes co-authoring cards, the extensive online workbooks and web applications. She also edited the second edition of the well-known teacher training textbook, The ELT Grammar Book.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pro Lingua Associates
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0866475745
• ISBN 13: 9780866475747
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 6
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile