Online Writing Courses
If you need to improve your written communication skills in English then the best way is an online course with English4Today. The courses have been designed by published authors and academics and you are assigned a tutor for the duration of your course who you will be in direct email contact with you.
Your personal tutor helps you through the course work, assesses your assignments and answers your questions. Each unit of the course will help eliminate stylistic and grammatical problems and make you more aware of the best choice of vocabulary and syntax for the writing task that you are undertaking.
COURSE TYPES
English4Today provides Online Writing Courses for:
Each course also comes with a Premium English4Today membership, a fully licensed copy of the English4Today desktop software and Writers' English Grammar and Style E-book. Each course unit takes approximately 2 weeks to complete. You are assessed for each unit and provided with a complete final assessment. All tutors are highly qualified English language teachers.
English4Today Online Creative Writing Course
Course Code: E4T-WRIC
If you've always wanted to write but have lacked the confidence or technique then this is the course to get you on your way! You'll learn how to develop a good writing routine, how to plan and structure your work, how to avoid common errors and stylistic problems and how to take that all important step toward getting your work published.
- Taking the First Steps : Developing the Plot and Themes
- What to Say and How to Say it : Getting the Language Right
- Settings and Situations : Knowing Where To Go
- Characters: Who are they? Breathing Life into Characters
- Writing Descriptive Passages : Painting the Picture
- Dynamics: Keeping it all Moving
- Taking it to the finish line - wrapping up a story.
Included in this course...
- Full initial assessment of a piece of your written work
- All materials
- Your personal English4Today tutor
- 1 years access to the Online English4Today Club and learning website
- 1 licensed copy of the English4Today Desktop Edition software
Cost: Including course, initial assessment, tutor time and all extras - $175.00
English4Today Online Business Writing Course
Course Code: E4T-WRIB
Good communication means writing well! There's no escaping it ... if you write poor and grammatically incorrect English it will be taken as a reflection of your overall skills levels and can lead to serious problems of understanding and interpretation. Good communicators get ahead and you can keep the competitive edge by dramatically improving your business writing skills in English. You will work on your vocabulary usage, structure, style and grammar and develop a better understanding of the power and techniques involved in good writing.
- Common Mistakes in Business Writing
- The Main Business Writing Tasks and How to Confront Them
- Understanding Tone and Setting the Correct Language Level
- Developing An Argument and Illustrating Points
- Using Example, Metaphor and Illustration
- Dynamics: Keeping Your Writing Alive
- Arriving at The End : Are We Convinced?
Included in this course...
- Full initial assessment of a piece of your written work
- All materials
- Your personal English4Today tutor
- 1 years access to the Online English4Today Club and learning website
- 1 licensed copy of the English4Today Desktop Edition software
Cost: Including course, initial assessment, tutor time and all extras - $175.00
English4Today Online Academic Writing Course
Course Code: E4T-WRIA
Academic writing is all about accuracy and clarity. Sounds easy but in fact it isn't! 90% of academic writing (essays, term papers, theses, dissertations etc.) are poorly written. The biggest problem areas are poor planning, lack of a clear structure, turgid style and an innapropriate choice of vocabulary in an effort to sound more 'academic' or 'intelligent'. You will learn to overcome these problems and write papers that address your topic and develop your ideas logically and clearly while following the appropriate style guides for citation, bibliography, indexing etc.
- Academic versus general writing - what are the main differences?
- Understanding the task: research and planning
- Choosing Appropriate Language and Style
- Style guides: Quoting, Content Tables, Indexes & References
- Making a First Draft
- Refining Drafts
- Reviewing and Correcting
Included in this course...
- Full initial assessment of a piece of your written work
- All materials
- Your personal English4Today tutor
- 1 years access to the Online English4Today Club and learning website
- 1 licensed copy of the English4Today Desktop Edition software
Cost: Including course, initial assessment, tutor time and all extras - $175.00


