Practical Writing

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.