Practical Writing
Writing for life
Overview
Need to write a letter to the immigration authorities or the bank? Or maybe an email to your child’s teacher? Or perhaps you want to post to a Facebook group? These can be major challenges for those who do not write English as a first language. Practical Writing helps non-native speakers deal confidently with all these situations.
Content
Practical Writing helps ESL library members write for life (emails, social media, official letters, making notes at work and so on). The other half of the program is for those who are following English courses or preparing for English tests for immigration, employment and education. This covers essays, reports, avoiding plagiarism and checking your work.
Approach
Video introduction. A teacher explains the learning objectives of the unit — for example, to build an online profile for a jobs site.

Phone app for vocab. Learners can use the integrated phone app to pre-learn vocabulary for the unit through study cards and games. It's fun and convenient.

Interactive activities. In each unit, users work through interactive activities: exercises, quizzes, tests and writing assignments. There's lots of practice!

Study sheets. Each unit includes a Resource Bank of study sheets, transcripts and model writing. Learners can refer to it at any time.
Technical specifications
To run this program, you need an up-to-date version of one of these browsers:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
To download Practical Writing Vocab App, go to the Apple App Store or Google Play and search for Practical Writing Vocab or get the Android APK file.
App version requires:
Resolution 1200 x 800 pixels or higher
iOS 8.0 or later
Android 4.1 or later
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