If you're looking for a basic grammar course that's not only interactive but fun, this is the course for you. Whether you're a student or simply an adult interested in improving your grammar skills, ABCs of Grammar will give you the bare bones of grammar without the lengthy explanations of many grammar courses. The examples of modeled grammar use cartoons, jokes, and stories to keep your interest. This intensive course in the basics of English grammar is perfect for GED preparation, ESL students, and anyone who wants to improve their speaking and writing. You'll learn parts of speech, sentence structure, sentence construction, and punctuation with plenty of links to online grammar practice. The final lesson will teach you how to be your own grammar coach so that you can continue to improve your grammar skills once the course is over.
This is a self-paced class. There are six units in the class, which can easily be completed within an eight-week period. Each unit has a pre-test (which will serve as a study guide for the unit) and a post-test to help you assess what you've learned. Assignments for each unit are both practical and fun. The Class Discussion Forums provide interaction between students and instructor.
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service
that manages all your course completions.
This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.
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1.0 CEUs
Course Description
If you're looking for a basic grammar online course that's not only interactive but fun, this is the course for you. Whether you're a student or simply an adult interested in improving your grammar skills, ABCs of Grammar will give you the bare bones of grammar without the lengthy explanations of many grammar courses. Plus the examples of modeled grammar use cartoons, jokes, and stories to keep your interest. This intensive online course in the basics of English grammar is perfect for GED preparation, intermediate-level ESL students, and anyone who wants to improve their speaking and writing. You'll learn parts of speech, sentence structure, sentence construction, and punctuation with plenty of links to online grammar practice. The final lesson will teach you how to be your own grammar coach so that you can continue to improve your grammar skills once the course is over. ABCs of Grammar will explain why grammar rules are important. Students will learn to recognize and use good sentence construction, identify the parts of speech,
determine good sentence structure and use correct punctuation in written work.
But best of all, students can become their own grammar coach through the process of self-editing.
Instructor Judy Trask highly recommends:
Grammar Smart: A Guide To Perfect Usage Princeton Review, Publisher; ISBN: 0375762159; 2nd edition; list price $12.00. Available at bookstores and online from Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
This is a good course for ESL students, Ged preparation, adults who want a refresher course and homeschoolers.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).