Library and Academic Services: EAL (English As An Additional Language): Writing

Writing

Writing can express, inform, and persuade. Everyone begins somewhere on their journey to better writing. The best writers work at getting better while being mindful of their weaknesses. Take a look at the following sections for titles to start, or continue, the journey.

This section has general writing books for a general idea about the writing process, structure, and can serve as an introduction or for a quick look-up.

English Grammar Helps features titles regarding the mechanics of writing during the editing process. Here there are books on sentence structure, punctuation, and more.

Proofreading features books and websites on how to look over your writing for further revision or to determine if it's ready for submission.

Featured Titles

Future by Yvonne Wong Nishio; Irene E. Schoenberg; Margaret Brooks; Margot F. Gramer
Location: PE 1128 .F88 2010
Future's research-based, comprehensive curriculum empowers learners with the academic, workplace, and media literacy skills they need to get ahead. Future prepares students with 21st-century skills, helping them transition to further education or career training.
Trio Writing Level 3 Student Book with Online Practice by Alice Savage; Colin Ward
Location: PE 1128 .S28 2015
Trio Writing is a three-level course that helps beginning English students develop their writing skills through step-by-step instruction.

Featured eBooks

Academic Writing for International Students of Business by Stephen Bailey
Location: eBook
Publication Date: 2015
The book can be used either with a teacher or for self-study, and is clearly organised into four parts, with each divided into short units that contain examples, explanations and exercises for use in the classroom or for self-study: The Writing Process, from assessing sources to proofreading Elements of Writing, practising skills such as making comparisons Vocabulary for Writing, dealing with areas such as nouns and adjectives, adverbs and verbs, synonyms, prefixes and prepositions, in an academic context Writing Models, illustrating case studies, reports, longer essays and other key genres.
The Elements of International English Style by Edmond H. Weiss
Location: eBook
Publication Date: 2015
The Elements of International English Style is filled with realistic examples, problems, and projects, including: 57 specific tactics to internationalize one's English; hundreds of before-and-after comparisons showing the effects of editing for an international audience; models of international correspondence; practical discussion questions and work projects; useful resources for further study, including books, articles, and websites.
Science Research Writing by Hilary Glasman-Deal
Location: eBook
Publication Date: 2009
The book guides the reader through the process of writing science research and will also help with writing a Master's or Doctoral thesis in English.Science writing is much easier than it looks because the structure and language are conventional. There are five units: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and Abstract. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.

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