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Master ESL (English as a Second Language) Writing with the study guide designed for non-native speakers of English. Skill-building lessons relevant to today's topics help ESL students write complete sentences, paragraphs, and even multi-paragraph essays. It's perfect for classroom use or self-guided writing preparation.

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- Intermediate drills for improving skills with parallel structure, mood, correct shifting errors & dangling participles
- Advanced essay drills focusing on narrative, descriptive, process, reaction, comparison and contrast
- Superb preparation for students taking the TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language)

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• Part I Intermediate Writing
• Chapter 1 Sentence Structure
• Objectives for Sentence Structure
• Formulas
• Review of Writing Complete Sentences
• Embedded Questions
• Tag Questions
• Phrases
• Subordinate Clauses
• Chapter 2 Introduction to Writing Paragraphs
• Introduction to Writing
• Objectives for Writing
• Slang vs. Formal English
• Verbosity
• Objectives for Writing Paragraphs
• What Is a Paragraph?
• Selecting a Topic
• Considering Your Audience
• Brainstorming
• Clustering
• Outlining
• Part II Advanced Writing
• Chapter 3 Review of Difficult Grammar Concepts
• Objectives for Difficult Grammar Concepts
• Dangling Participial Modifiers
• Parallel Structure
• Shifting
• Run-ons and Comma Splices
• Sentence Combining
• Chapter 4 Making the Transition from Paragraphs to Essays
• What Does an Essay Look Like?
• Thesis Statement
• Introductory Paragraphs
• Topic Sentences
• Body (Supporting Details)
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5 Writing Techniques
• Transitions
• Proofreading
• Revising
• Chapter 6 Essay Types
• Writing Essays
• Narrative Essays
• Description Essays
• Point of View
• Process Essays
• Comparison / Contrast Essays
• Persuasion Essays
• Reaction Essays
• Essays on Standardized Exams
• Glossary
• Answer Keys

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ESL Intermediate/Advanced Writing is the perfect companion text to ESL Intermediate/ Advanced Grammar .  This guide has been designed to simply and clearly elevate students' understanding and mastery of the English written word. The progressive approach employed in the book helps students move through the instruction and exercises at a moderate pace, mastering one concept before moving to the next, ultimately passing from the intermediate to the advanced level.  Student writers will be guided from creating complete sentences to paragraphs, then to developing fully-realized essays.               At the intermediate level, students review the forms of sentence structure: simple, compound, and complex.  Along the way they learn to distinguish between correct sentences and sentence fragments.  By working on a variety of activities, students will improve their skills with parallel structure and mood, while correcting shifting errors and dangling participles.                The advanced level concentrates on writing different kinds of essays, such as narrative, descriptive, process, reaction, and comparison and contrast.  This section also presents writing samples of both students and professionals expressing ideas about everyday topics and themes, some of which provide non-native speakers with insight into American life and culture.                While ESL Intermediate/Advanced Writing is intended for advanced high school or college/university non-native speakers who are preparing to learn and enhance their English written communication skills, this book also serves as an excellent tool for native speakers who seek to further their writing mastery through self-study or test preparation.  Both levels will benefit from the grammar explanations that are interspersed throughout to enhance key writing practices and improve overall writing.                 Excerpted from ESL Writing: Intermediate and Advanced by Mary Ellen Munoz Page All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Mary Ellen Munoz Page is a former bilingual training specialist and Spanish professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She received a B.A. in Spanish and history and an M.A. in Spanish from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. As a professor, Ms. Munoz Page received three "Voyages of Discovery" mini-grants to develop cultural modules on Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Spain.