Real Writing with Readings: Paragraphs and Essays for College, Work, and Everyday Life, Fifth Edition
The book helps students to see writing as vitally relevant to their lives beyond required English courses. The phenomenal success of Real Writing and testimonials from many adopters confirm this core belief. Students are motivated to learn and improve when they connect the ability to write well with their larger goals — with what they want to do in life and who they want to become.
Rules of Thumb for Business Writers, Second Edition
Rules of Thumb for Business Writers offers busy professionals solutions to most on-the-job writing challenges. Brief, to-the-point chapters cover all the basics, including reports, resumes, speeches, memos, letters, and PowerPoint, with tips for meeting deadlines and managing paper flow. This edition contains new information on Internet research and communications technology, with examples, sample documents, and a resource list.
Rules of Thumb: A Guide for Writers, Seventh Edition
Brevity and practicality are the hallmarks of Rules of Thumb. Reflecting the most current MLA, APA, and Chicago documentation styles, the seventh edition remains the ideal handbook for improving grammar without overwhelming student writers with specialized terminology.
Part 1, “The Basics: Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar,” Part 2, “Putting a Paper Together,” Part 3, “The Research Paper,” Part 4, “Style,”
Speakout is a new general English course that helps adult learners gain confidence in all skill areas using authentic materials from the BBC. With its wide range of support material, it meets the diverse needs of learners in a variety of teaching situations and helps to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world. Speakout has been developed in association with BBC Worldwide and BBC Learning English.