Principles of Written English, Workbook 2

by Maggie Sokolik

This workbook accompanies the online course, College Writing 2.2x, Principles of Written English, the second of a series of three courses offered by College Writing Programs of the University of California, Berkeley through edX.org. You do not need to have taken the first course to benefit from this second one.

This workbook offers additional ways to practice writing, editing, and reviewing the materials for the online course. The workbook includes writing prompts, vocabulary lists, and editing and grammar exercises (with suggested answers).

If you would like to purchase this workbook and are not taking the course, you may still find use for the materials. However, it should be noted that the course is offered free of charge, so you are welcome to join the live course. Information on how to do so and the website address are noted in the workbook's introduction.

62 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 13, 2014

About the author

Maggie Sokolik holds a BA in Anthropology from Reed College, and an MA in Romance Linguistics and Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She is the author of over thirty ESL and composition textbooks. She has taught at MIT, Harvard, Texas A&M, and currently UC Berkeley, primarily in College Writing Programs, where she his the Director of College Writing Programs. Most recently, she developed and taught the MOOC course “How to Write an Essay,” through edX (http://edX.org) and in partnership with the US Department of State; this course enrolled over 130,000 students in its first year. She is the founding editor of TESL-EJ (http://tesl-ej.org), a peer-reviewed journal for ESL/EFL professionals, one of the first online journals--nearing its 20th anniversary. Maggie travels frequently to speak about grammar, writing, and instructor education.