Writing Practice

  • On Write and Improve by Cambridge you are going to be able to receive feedback on your writing. It has many kinds of compositions or tasks, and at all levels. You need to be patient, rewrite and check once and again until you get a decent piece of writing. In my opinion it is quite good to avoid simple grammar mistakes, but you probably need a very good level of English to be able to detect and change every mistake related to expression.
         Additionally, If I were you, I would not pay much attention           to the level they assign to every attempt. To be honest, I           think they normally mark over the level or at least higher           than expected.
         You can sign up with a facebook account or create a                 new  account, but the good news is that it is completely             free. 

It is mainly thought for teachers but you can get files .doc with writing tasks to practise your compositions. Some of the topics are very interesting and similar to what you normally do at home.
  • But if what you need is help with how paragrahing or organise your writing using an introduction, a body and a conclusion visit IELTS Help Now. You will also find some advice for the other 3 skills following the links provided there.
  • There is also a website that gives you some advice not only on how to write in English, but also on how to improve other skills. Visit their site to know the 5 most common ESL writing mistakes. You can even ask for a free book 23 tips all ESL writers need to know: Proofreading Services or ESL Inquirer

Grubstreet.com

​I recently found this website that offers some seminars/conferences on writing at all levels for free and other https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/#/

How to write series

By Freebooks library

More on learning how to write in English

Visit BBC Skillwise.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/writing

Blog de Cristina

Cristina Cabal suggests 6 different websites to practise your writing skills:Skell, Netspeak, Just the word, ​ Words to Use, Collins English Thesaurus, and Pro Writing Aid. Explore them.
To get a more accurate idea on how to write compositions for an OSL(Official School of languages). Get pdf files for common mistakes, punctuation,etc. visit our colleague EOI English Corner wikispace.
To practise your written English visit Quora.
You must sign in with facebook. Quora is a social network to practise your English 

PURDUE ONLINE WRITING LAB

Online lab where you can find lots of resources to write better, from punctuation OWL English Purdue Punctuation to how to write different kinds of tasks OWL English Purdue Resource. Click below to access the main page:

SPELLING AND GRAMMAR CORRECTORS

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This is an online spelling corrector of many languages: http://www.correctorortografico.com/ or http://www.grammarcheck.net/ 

Spellchecker.net

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With this checker you can learn a lot about writing and also gives you suggestions to enhance your writing

Grammar Base

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Excellent website to filter your English writing and check your spelling and grammar mistakes before you hand your composition in. Give it a try!

Dividing words at the end of lines

Find the rules on Englishplus
​You can also visit the Syllable Count Dictionary to know whn to divide into syllables

Avoid wordiness. BE CONCISE

Avoid wordiness and being wishy-washy. Read the presentation by tccampa. Use Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome might not work. 

Conciseness

More PowerPoint presentations from april

Word order in English

Visit EOI Langreo to learn about Word Order in English
Click on EGO 4 U to learn about Word Order in English

SPELLING RULES

DAVID APPLEYARD

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To learn about spelling rules click on the left

Weebly Interactive Sites: Spelling

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Very interesting website to practise spelling.

Let's talk

American vs British spelling differences

Contractions

Visit the Cambridge English dictionary to know more about contractions
PUNCTUATION

A Rough guide to punctuation

This is a pdf file to learn how to punctuate in English by OTAGO POLYTECHNIC. There is another one on Wildwoodschool.ca
Visit Purdue OWL for an Online Writing Lab, including punctuation.

Use of capital letters

To have a clear idea when you should use them visit University of Sussex

Use of punctuation marks

Please, visit the links related to commas, semicolons, colons, question marks, etc. that you will find on the section Punctuation Marks on My English Teacher.net

A punctuation tale

A different way to explain punctuation marks, borrowing some ideas from the story of Cinderella by the Language Centre

Punctuation games

Weebly Interactive Sites: Punctuation

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Excellent site to practise Punctuation playing different games.

Transition Words and Connectors

Connectors and transition words are vital for compositions. 
Click above to get an index on the writing process. Download a pdf file from the busy teacher cafe: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/mini_offices/transition%20words.pdf 
Download a pdf file with a useful explanation from Writing         Center: http://writingcenter.mcc.edu/connector_words.pdf
or click below to get a thorough explanation on connectors on Grammar-Quizzes

OTHER TEXTS RULES

If you have problems to write in English, you can practise on this website at a basic level.

WRITING ASSESSMENT

CORRECTION CODES,  ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND HELP
These are the codes used to correct the compositions, the assessment criteria and some helpful advice to write compositions. Look for the writing.zip file.

TIPS FOR WRITING EXAMS

Tips for writing compositions and writing exams by LearnEnglishteens of the British Council.
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20 most common errors in Writing

Adapted from The Everyday Writer by Andrea Lunsford: http://slideplayer.com/slide/1420387/ by Jovan Sayler
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