Practical Course for Developing Writing Skills in English
- Delhi PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. 2013,c2011
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oday, more than ever before, there is a realization that communicating properly, especially in writing, is essential for all the job aspirants as well as those employees—budding managers and others—eager to build up their career. Taking this scenario into account, this book equips the reader with the ability to learn and enhance the writing skills in English.
From fundamentals of grammar to precis, paragraph and essay writing, this book dwells on all aspects of the language besides listing the words (both new and old) to enhance one’s word power, and the foreign words used in the English language.
Divided into eight sections, the book describes eight effective tools to master the art of writing. The book begins with the basics of writing, and it then goes to give a careful analysis of functional grammar, vocabulary, common errors committed and their rectifications. Finally, the book showcases the intricacies of formal and informal writings and creative writing to make a learner proficient in these areas. Each section is supported with simple examples, and easy-to-perform Practice Exercises along with their answers.
The book is intended for the undergraduate students (both regular and correspondence courses) of all universities, and higher secondary (plus 2) students of all boards. The book will also be beneficial for the students appearing for the competitive examinations and interviews as well as for the general reader who wishes to improve his/her English writing skills.
Contents: Preface • Acknowledgements Part I: Learning to Write 1. The Writing Process 2. Controlled and Guided Composition Part II: Functional Grammar 3. Parts of Speech: A Quick Review 4. Subject–Verb Agreement 5. Determiners 6. Revisiting Tenses 7. Speech 8. Active and Passive Direct—A Review 9. Conditionals 10. Modals Part III 11. Common Errors and Their Rectification Part IV: Working with Words 12. Vocabulary Enrichment 13. Methods and Strategies of Vocabulary Enrichment 14. Synonyms and Antonyms 15. Prefixes and Suffixes 16. One Word For and Odd Word Out 17. Frequently Used Foreign Words and Phrases 18. Hymonym: The Problem Words 19. Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Part V: Composition Paragraph Writing 20. Writing a Paragraph 21. Writing a Free Composition [Writing an Essay] Part VI: Mechanics of Writing 22. Graphics 23. Spelling 24. Punctuation and Capitalization Part VII: Writing with a Purpose 25. Writing Personal Letters 26. Writing Official/Business/Formal Letters 27. Writing Applications and Résumé/CV 28. Writing for Official Meetings 29. Making a Diary Entry 30. Note-making and Summarizing 31. Abstracting and Summarizing 32. Précis Writing 33. Message Writing 34. Letter to the Editor 35. Lodging a Police Complaint 36. Writing a Book Review 37. Report Writing 38. Writing a Memorandum (Memo) 39. Advertisements and Notices 40. Writing for Examinations Part VIII: Creative Writing 41. Figures of Speech 42. ABC of Creative Writing 43. Promoting Creativity and Creative Writing 44. Writing a Research Paper/Term Paper/Dissertation/Thesis 45. Drawing the Curtains Index