Hi Geoffrey,
I'm an editor at Cambridge University Press and an ESL teacher. I'm
answering your question as an ESL teacher. Grammar in Use Intermediate by
Raymond Murphy has been around for years as a self-study book and is still
an incredible best seller all over the world. Its format is simple and
explanations clear. OK, so Cambridge publishes it, but I really think it's
a good book.
Terre
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Two lovely young ladies have signed up for my AP Lit class next year
who work hard and show great insights into the literature. They read
well, but their writing leaves something to be desired. Both are
Asian and ESL. Although born and raised in California, their parents'
speak Mandarin at home (or maybe it's Cantonese), and their writing
exhibits something other teachers at my school have called "the
Chinese voice."(Subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, preposition
difficulties, and unclear or missing pronoun antecedents are their
main difficulties, but they also have others). I would love to have
the gals in my AP Lit class, but I'm worried about their mechanics.
I would like to recommend a self-study or online grammar resource
they might work with over the summer to shore up their skills. Do any
of you know of such a thing? Or, could you recommend another way to
help?
Thanks so much,
Lesha
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