My philosophy as a teacher of writing in China is that learning how to write well in English issimply a matter of what skills students should acquire and how they acquire them. After teaching in China for a few years, I begin to detect patterns among the thousands of papers I've read and marked. Among these was students' inability to find their own voice; a lack of understanding of what native English-speakers expect and value in writing; the repetition and so-called "stock language" and ideas u

Part l Students' Book
Unit 1 Getting Started
Unit 2 Connection and Structure
Unit 3 Description, Comparison and Contrast
Unit 4 Describing a Process
Unit 5 Describing Developments
Unit 6 Describing Graphs, Tables and Charts
Unit 7 Providing Explanations and Instructions
Unit 8 Writing an Argument
Unit 9 Writing about Problems, Consequences and Solutions
Unit 10 Writing Letters and Emails
Unit 11 Writing a Narrative
Study Section
Additional Work
Bod Writing Habits
Part II Teachers' Book
Introduction to Writing is Dialogue
Nuts and Bolts
Unit 1 Getting Started
Unit 2 Connection and Structure
Unit 3 Description, Comparison and Contrast
Unit 4 Describing a Process
Unit 5 Describing Developments
Unit 6 Describing Graphs, Tables and Charts
Unit 7 Providing Explanations and Instructions
Unit 8 Writing an Argument
Unit 9 Writing about Problems, Consequences and Solutions
Unit 10 Writing Letters and Emails
Unit 11 Writing a Narrative,