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Grammar
Essentials
Self Paced Course
| I loved the course!
It is concise and I feel adequately refreshes my grammar skills
to jumpstart me into technical writing.
-- Ken
I just started the process this
morning and the format is perfect!
-- Michelle
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Developed by Online-Learning, Grammar Essentials is a self-paced, downloadable course
designed to help you learn about English grammar through readings
and practice exercises.
The
grammar course teaches you the essential aspects of grammar through
reading materials, interactive quizzes and exercises. In total,
it contains over 175 pages of self-paced, grammar instruction with
over 150 interactive questions and exercises! With Grammar Essentials, you
learn by doing. The course is designed so that you can
take it with or without instructor support. Some people prefer to
learn on their own; others like to be able to ask for assistance
when they need it. If you take the course with instructor support,
you'll receive 30 days of email access to a qualified grammar instructor.
It's like having your own personal tutor available to you at any
time!
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Grammar Essentials will teach you how to:
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Create sentences properly |
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Identify and use basic sentence components
(e.g. nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, objects, subjects) |
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Identify and correct some of the most common problems associated
with writing sentences (e.g. subject-verb agreement, redundant
words, padded phrases, etc.) |
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Create and organize a paragraph properly |
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Identify and correct some of the most common problems associated
with writing paragraphs (e.g. wordiness, lack of parallel
structure, active vs. passive voice) |
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Correctly use basic punctuation such as commas, periods,
question marks and hyphens |
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Correctly use advanced punctuation such as apostrophes,
semi-colons and colons |
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Identify common problems with punctuation |
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Capitalize words and phrases properly |
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Use numbers in sentences and paragraphs properly |
Here's a small sample of the course materials.
— Internet Explorer
5.0 or greater
— Pentium PC with one of Windows XP/2000/ME/NT/98
— Super VGA display, 800x600 resolution, 16-bit color
— 4 MB of disk space for the downloadable files
Workbook [No Instructor Support]:
$19 USD and $19 CDN
Workbook [With Instructor Email Support]:
$49 USD and $49 CDN
The grammar course is a self-paced, self-study interactive guide.
At the present time, there is no formal testing and therefore we
do not issue a certificate for this course.
Kitty Bucsko has been teaching business writing and computer technology
courses for over 30 years. She has been a member of the Ontario
College of Teachers since its inception. She is also an active member
in the Society for Technical Communication. Doug Talbott is an online
education specialist with over 25 years of experience in visual
design, interaction design and course design.
I just started the process this morning and the format is perfect!
-- Michelle
I have really enjoyed the grammar course and had moments of "Really?
I never knew that!" For me, the most interesting section of
the course dealt with parts of a sentence. I have written material
on instinct, using rules of grammar learned long ago and forgotten.
-- David
I loved the course. It is concise and I feel that it adequately
refreshes my grammar
skills to jumpstart me into technical writing. Since it is a download
I
will most definitely be using it as a reference throughout my next
course. -- Ken
The reading material provided is excellent. The self-taught grammar
module was excellent. -- Vikrant
The extra grammar module was invaluable. -- Pat
More testimonials
We accept check, purchase order, wire transfer or credit card. All
credit card transactions are processed by Internet Secure for your
protection. Once you register, you'll be emailed a userid and password
that you can use to download your own personal copy of the course.
You can be learning the essentials of English grammar within minutes!
  
    
If for any reason, you are not satisfied with the quality and content
of the Grammar Essentials course, we will refund your money.
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