Language learning: writing skills Books

Improving Writing and Thinking through Assessment is designed to help individual faculty and administratorsselect assessment approaches and measures to maximize their students' writing and thinking. The book offersuseful guidance, through presentation of...

Building a Community, Having a Home: A History of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Asian/Asian American Caucus documents how Asian/Asian American teacher-scholars have emerged within and contributed to a number of areas in rhetoric...

Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies coordinates mixed methods approaches to survey, interview, and case study data to study Canadian writing studies scholars. The authors argue for networked disciplinarity, the notion that ideas arise and flow...

WPA: WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION publishes articles and essays concerning the organization, administration, practices, and aims of college and university writing programs. Possible topics include writing faculty education, training, and professional...

REFERENCE GUIDES TO RHETORIC & COMPOSITION, Series Editors, Charles Bazerman, Anis Bawarshi, and Mary Jo Reiff | RECONNECTING READING AND WRITING explores the ways in which reading can and should have a strong role in the teaching of writing in college...

Much of what is known about teaching second language writing today has been based on research in English as a second language, writing in English in English-dominant countries and other contexts, without giving close consideration to the important work...

Lisa Fishman's CURRENT follows THE HAPPINESS EXPERIMENT (Ahsahta, 2007) further into an experience of time as theater, weather, myth, insect body, plantlife, transcription, synchrony, and figment. Her poems are pressed into argument and song by means of...

Recovering Argument is a textbook or handbook that sounds a revolutionary call to teachers and students of rhetoric, asking, as it implicitly does, for a return to reason as the basis of all argument. The implied purpose of the book is to recover...

A Paleographic Guide to Spanish Abbreviations 1500-1700 is a powerful tool for correctly identifying hundreds of abbreviations found in the hand written documents of the Spanish colonial period. The Guide is concise, easy to use and of a very manageable...

Brenda Ueland was a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write,...

"When she was a college student, aspiring writer Carren Strock's English professor told her, ""Some people are writers, and some people aren't. You are not a writer.""She didn't pick up a pen for more than fifteen years… until Robert Redford came...

Having taught English in middle and high school, extension and occupational school for over thirty years, I have witnessed an unfortunate downward trend in the quality of grammar books and supplementary texts, Despite the fact that SAT's and other...

CONTENTSOn Some Technical Elements of Style in LiteratureThe Morality of the Profession of LettersBooks Which Have Influenced MeA Note On RealismMy First Book: "Treasure Island"The Genesis of "The Master of Ballantrae"Preface to "The Master of Ballantrae"

This practical guide to writing from models is a valuable resource for both novice and experienced writers. Drawing on a wide range of literary examples, Frances Campbell Young teaches readers the techniques and strategies they need to craft compelling...

La ortografía es la herramienta esencial para una comunicación correcta y eficaz en cualquier idioma. En este libro, la Real Academia Española ofrece un completo manual para escribir correctamente en español, con reglas claras y prácticos ejercicios para...

This book is a guide to precis writing for candidates of army classes and civil services. It is the 2nd series and contains useful tips to improve your writing skills and impress the evaluators.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

This guide from MacMillan offers practical advice for authors on the preparation of manuscripts and the proofreading process. It covers everything from basic formatting to more advanced topics like consistency and clarity. Whether you are a first-time...

We asked some of the best contemporary spoken word and slam poets to give us poems that would be appropriate for the classroom. A complaint we've heard from many teachers is that they would love to use spoken word in their classrooms but they are...

"Great books start with Great Ideas, and become finished published stories with a little help from our friends...The Three Wise Guides! "HOW TO WRITE YOUR BOOK, From an Idea...to Your Published Story," as narrated by "The Three Wise Writing Guides,"...

This workbook is not like your average planner, it is designed by a writer, with writers in mind. Sometimes a project can seem overwhelming and by using the scheduling tools in this book, you will make progress towards your goals in no time. With both...

Writer at Work is the book about writing that somebody had to write. It's a report from the front lines by a working writer with a lifetime of experience in everything from literary fiction to radio and newspaper reporting. Writer at Work is full of...

It is a tantalizing job to teach the bilingual students to pass the English Regents Examination and the College Writing Test because they only have 2 or 3 years of ESL background that is equivalent to the 4th grade English proficiency level in the...

Reader and audience appeal, global constraints, large-scale desiderata, dynamics, consummation scenes, characters, relationships, structure, embodiment, voice, the line level. Developing and testing a theory of writing. Discusses such topics as...

The premise of Developing Writing Teachers is this: When teachers of writing identify as writers, it adds a special dimension to their writing pedagogy. Practical and accessible while drawing on a range of relevant research and theory, this text is...

This accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices. Stephen Dobyns, author of the classic book on the beauty of poetry, "Best Words, Best Order," moves into new...

This book is an exploration of how writers take an evaluative stance in academic writing from the point of view of Appraisal theory. It focuses on introductions to research articles in English across a range of disciplines.

A Modern Rhetoric is a book written by George Earle Merkley and published in 1902. The book is a comprehensive guide to the art of rhetoric, which is the study of how language can be used effectively to persuade and influence others. The book is divided...

Ce livre examine les différents styles d'écriture et leurs caractéristiques uniques.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain...

Adab al-Kuttab is a book about the etiquette and practices of scribes. Written by Muammad Ibn Yayá, this work would have been an important text for anyone working in the field of writing or for those looking to improve their penmanship and literacy...

Lindsley's manual on tachygraphy offers a comprehensive guide to the study of shorthand writing. With clear instructions and exercises, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history of writing and literacy.This work has been...

This book is perfect for anyone who wants to improve their writing skills. It not only covers punctuation but also provides rules on the use of capital letters. Whether you're a student, professional, or just someone who wants to write better letters,...

Palaeographia Critica is a comprehensive study of the history and development of handwriting, with a focus on German scripts. This first volume, written by Ulrich Friedrich Kopp and Zoll, provides a detailed analysis of Gothic handwriting, with...

This is a manual of syllabic shorthand, a writing system that uses syllabic characters to represent words and phrases. The system is based on the principles of Pitman shorthand, but is simpler and easier to learn. The book provides a step-by-step guide...

A comprehensive guide to the art of shorthand, filled with practical tips and exercises for mastering this essential skill. Soper's work has been praised for its clarity and accessibility, and is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to improve their...

A comprehensive guide to writing for popular magazines, this book covers everything from generating ideas to crafting compelling prose. With tips and tricks from a seasoned magazine writer, Writing for the Magazines is an essential resource for any...

First published in 1953, "Punctuate It Right!" is an essential guide to the rules and conventions of punctuation in the English language. Written by grammar expert Harry Shaw, the book provides clear and concise explanations of how to use commas,...

Do you want to write a cozy mystery but don’t know how to get started? Use this companion workbook ( to learn how to create a framework so that you can begin writing your cozy. Do you want to know the basic building blocks of a cozy mystery?...

Harriet Stryker-Rodda presents examples of colonial letter forms and script, showing the letter forms in the process of development and marking the ways in which they differ from later letter forms. She also provides a comparison of English and American...

Explore the style and technique of the world’s greatest writers in this compendium to be treasured by literature lovers. From Katherine Mansfield to Toni Morrison, discover 50 celebrated writers and the literary techniques that set them apart. Each...

Our individual memories define us. Our tribal memories unite us. Emotional Inheritance works with psychologists, writers and historians to provide a premium interview and life story production service. Now, this boxed set of 100 cards provides simple...