Writing for adv learners English

Zusatztext 'Whereas many skills books focus on grammatical items as the building blocks of composition, Grellet has a more holistic focus on the characteristics of the style itself, which is a refreshing change … This makes Writing for Advanced Learners a compendium of ideas ? precisely what a sourcebook should be.' EL Gazette, 1996 Klappentext This book provides writing activities for advanced learners of English language and literature. Zusammenfassung This book provides writing activities for advanced learners of English language and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents; To the student; To the teacher; 1 MANIPULATION 1.1 Developing a critical mind: 1.1.1 Rewriting! 1.1.2 Editing! 1.1.3 Punctuating; 1.2 Expanding and contracting: 1.2.1 Expanding! 1.2.2 Contracting; 1.3 Completing; 1.4 Transforming; 2 IMITATION 2.1 Trying different genres: 2.1.1 Acrostics!.2.1.2 Advertisements! 2.1.3 Haikus! 2.1.4 limericks! 2.1.5 Proverbs! 2.1.6 Riddles! 2.1.7 Tall tales! 2.1.8 Tongue-twisters! 2.1.9 Visual poems; 2.2 In the manner of ...: 2.2.1 Imitating the style of a poem! 2.2.2 Imitating the style and plot of a story; 2.3 Retelling a well-known story; 2.4 Parodying a writer or a work: 2.4.1 Parodying poems! 2.4.2 Parodying prose; 2.5 Parodying a genre; 3 VARIATIONS ON A THEME 3.1 Bias; 3.2 The implied reader; 3.3 Point of view and narrative technique; 3.4 Different Genres: 3.4.1 Choosing a genre! 3.4.2 Turning a genre into another genre; 3.5 Illustrating parables and proverbs; 3.6 Stylistic constraints; 3.7 Exercises in style; 3.8 Evaluation: 3.8.1 Blurbs! 3.8.2 Reviews; 4 INVENTION 4.1 Chain writing; 4.2 Writing about paintings: 4.2.1 Pages on canvas! 4.2.2 Poems about paintings; 4.3 From titles to stories; 4.4 Finishing a poem or story: 4.4.1 Finishing a poem! 4.4.2 Completing a story; 4.5 Filling the gaps; 4.6 Imaginary worlds; KEY

Product details

• Authors: Francoise Grellet, Françoise Grellet, Frangoise Grellet, GRELLET FRANCOISE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.1996
• EAN: 9780521479714
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47971-4
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 245 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Print on demand titles; Print on demand titles; Writing for Advanced Learners of English
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language learning: specific skills, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, ELT: specific skills