2NEW WRITING HANDBOOK COVER - WRITING CORNER.docx

1THE WRITING CORNER - by Gary Lee A NEW HANDBOOK OF WRITING 2 This book isa fresh and colourful approach to the teaching of writing that deals with various kinds of writing from personal writing and descriptive writing to discursive and practical writing. It deals not just with writing for exams, but with writing for - and as- COMMUNICATION. It focuses on the various stages of the writing process - from planning, writing, editing and redrafting to the presentation of the finished product position or article. It also deals with the different writing skills – editing and revision, proof-reading an d error-correction, and on how to improve vocabulary and expression, grammar and sentence structure, punctuation and spelling. It includes useful appendices on Plagiarism, British and American English, Chinglish, mon student errors in writing, as well asa note for teachers and students on how to use the book. 3 I made three benches – and this is the best one Thomas Edison 4