JOURNALS & BOOKS
About Writing: A Guide
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Condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student needs to successfully compose college-level work, including the basics of composition, grammar, and research. Great for any beginning writing students or as reference for advanced students.
Thematic Reading Anthology - Lumen Learning
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Contains an anthology of readings for Composition I course.
EmpoWord
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A reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class.
Writing Commons
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Free, comprehensive, peer-reviewed, award-winning Open Text for students and faculty in college-level courses that require writing and research.
Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners from Open Textbook Library
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From the source: This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners.
Low Intermediate ESL Writing
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OER textbook used at Washtenaw Community College.
Writing for Success from Saylor Academy Open Textbooks An open access writing textbook adapted by Saylor Academy, 2012
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An open access writing textbook adapted by Saylor Academy, 2012.
Frameworks for Academic Writing
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Presents a different way of teaching writing to students. The method is “writing with the teacher present” or simply students doing ALL their writing in class. This way of teaching writing is more like athletic practice than class.
Intro to Academic Writing, textbook and lectures for ESOL from OER Commons
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From the source: This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners.
LibriVo
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Librivox is a non-commercial, non-profit and ad-free project that provides access to e-books, images, videos etc.
College Success - Lumen Learning
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Provides resources for first-year college students on the path to academic and life success. Time management, effective methods of communication, career exploration, and practical tools for academic achievement are a few of the topic areas covered.
Business Writing - Lumen Learning
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Allows students to develop effective written communication strategies specifically for the workplace. From idea gathering to drafting to delivery, this course will prepare students to write a variety of documents, including memos, letters, and reports, tailored to professional audiences.
Developmental Writing - Lumen Learning
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Introduces students to the writing process as a means of developing ideas into clear, correct, and effective writing.
English Composition I - Lumen Learning
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Composition I focus on principles of writing, critical reading and essay composition using rhetorical styles common in college-level writing (narrative, example/illustration, compare/contrast, cause-and-effect, argument).
English Composition II - Lumen Learning
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Teaches research skills by emphasizing the development of advanced analytical/critical reading skills, proficiency in investigative research, and the writing of persuasive prose including documented and researched argumentative essays.
Rhetoric and Composition: A Guide for the College Writer
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Designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors.
https://www.coursesidekick.com/business/study-guides/technicalwriting
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Focuses on the organization, development, and refinement of technical communications. Internal and external communications, including letters, memos, reports, and presentations, are included.
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success
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College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing e-text for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English.
ELT Journal
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ELT Journal is a quarterly publication for all those involved in English Language Teaching (ELT)
English Language and Literature Studies
World Journal of English Language
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Free open-access journals on English language teaching
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OAJSE: Open Access Journals Search Engine
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Browse and search free English language journals from all over the World.
Asian Journal of English Language Teaching
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Spoken English course
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