Basic Composition for Esl: An Expository Workbook

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Summary: Basic Composition for Esl : An Expository Workbook
Review: I and my colleagues have used Basic Comp for ESL for a number of years through the second and third edition of this book. We have found the book to very useful and user-freindly. The design and content of the text leads writers through a structured practice of the writing process and a structured analysis of basic rhetorical models. It also gives practice in sentence-generating and editing. The explanatory material is accessible to lower-level students while still useful to higher-level students. We use this book for lower intermediate and intermediate level students; we use Huizenga's Writing Workout as an elementary level text.

As an ESL program administrator, I find that I can give this text to a neophyte teacher of writing and not have to give extensive support. As a longtime teacher of writing, I have found that I can easily move my student writers through the material as quickly or slowly as is needed.

If you are a new teacher of ESL writing, get a copy of this book. If you are looking for a text for a class, definitely consider it.