This writer’s reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student needs to successfully compose college-level work, including the basics of composition, grammar, and research. It is broken down into easy-to-tackle sections, while not overloading students with more information than they need. Great for any beginning writing students or as reference for advanced students!

Systematic development of reading, writing, and oral communication skills. Introduction to advanced grammar that deepens the understanding of Japanese culture and society through reading and discussion. Lab work required. This course covers lessons 22 through 27 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The goal of the course is to continue to build oral proficiency by expanding your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. Class hours will be devoted to developing speaking skills in a variety of circumstances; making requests, invitations, apologies, suggestions, dealing with problems, expressing your opinions, etc. Grammatical and social appropriateness on your utterances will be stressed. Keep in mind that daily tape-work is essential.

Continuation of 21F.505. Further development of reading, writing, and oral communication skills. Extension of advanced grammar and further enhancement of advanced vocabulary. Variety of cultural elements studied through readings, video, and discussion. Lab work required. This course covers Lessons 27 through 30 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The goal of the course is to continue expanding grammar and vocabulary by further developing four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The goal is to acquire the ability to use Japanese appropriately with increasing spontaneity emphasized, and to be prepared to become an independent learner to the point where you are capable of handling authentic Japanese by yourself, without fear or hesitation.

Advanced subject focusing on techniques, format, and prose style used in academic and professional life. Emphasis on writing as required in fields such as economics, political science, and architecture. Short assignments include: business letters, memos, and proposals that lead toward a written term project. Methods designed to deal with the special problems of those whose first language is not English. Successful completion satisfies Phase II of the Writing Requirement. This workshop is designed to help you write clearly, accurately and effectively in both an academic and a professional environment. In class, we analyze various forms of writing and address problems common to advanced speakers of English. We will often read one another's work.

A writing practicum associated with 11.200 and 11.205 that focuses on helping students present their ideas in cogent, persuasive arguments and other analytical frameworks. Reading and writing assignments and other exercises stress the connections between clear thinking, critical reading, and effective writing.

This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.
As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Grammar? What Grammar?
1 Together Forever: Subjects and Predicates
2 The Indispensables: Nouns and Verbs
3 Get Tense: Verb Tense, Principal Parts, and Irregular Verbs
4 Tall, Dark, and Wordsome: Adjectives
5 Inevitably, Adverbs
6 Among the Prepositions
7 You and I and the Personal Pronouns
8 You Did What?: Verbs and Their Complements
9 All Together Now: Conjunctions, Compounds, and Subordinate Clauses
10 Sentencing Guidelines: Building Sentences with Clauses
11 Relative Clauses, Which We Need
12 I Know That You Know What They Are: Nominal Clauses
13 They’re So Dependent: Distinguishing Dependent Clauses
14 What, More?: Verbs and Voice, Infinitives, and Passive Complements
15 They’re So Common: More on Nouns
16 Zowie!: Interjections and the Eight Parts of Speech
17 Those Verbing Verbals: Gerunds and Participles
18 To Boldly Verb: Infinitives
19 What’s That?: More Pronouns
20 Many Things: (But no Cabbages or Kings)
21 Keeping Those Little Puncs in Line: A Brief Review of Punctuation

Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.

Business Communication for Success (BCS) provides a comprehensive, integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication to serve both student and professor.

This book is suited for Business Writing, Business English or Business Research/Report Writing courses.Basics of Written Business Communication presents basic business communication concepts, vocabulary, models, and exercises in a clear, practical, and engaging way. The author provides a set of core chapters intended to provide a highly focused introduction to the field. Then, he provides an optional series of modules that provide instructors with complete flexibility to emphasize additional topics of their choice.

Chapeau! is a first-year college text. Although it may appear, at first glance, to move very fast and introduce a large amount of material early, the vocabulary and grammatical structures that we expect students to control actively by the end of the year are limited in accord with our notion of a reasonable application of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. As a result, while some instructors may be surprised at such things as the absence of the possessive pronoun, no insistence on the use of optional subjunctives, and no active treatment of the relative dont, others may be disturbed by what we still include in a first-year text. What we do expect students to acquire (which is quantitatively less than what we present in the text for them to know about), we believe they will acquire well, providing a sound basis for further study (formal or informal) and permitting us to say to them, both during and at the end of the course, "Chapeau!"

A collection of video lessons on grammar topics for beginning Mandarin Chinese, available as a YouTube playlist.

The Portuguese language lessons of ClicaBrasil highlight aspects of Brazilian culture. They are designed for intermediate to advanced students, but are accessible to everyone. Each lesson includes videos of Brazilians from all walks of life speaking naturally about their lives and their country. All lessons integrate reading, writing, listening and comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, oral communication and cultural activities with the videos.

Reviews available here: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/clicabrasil-portuguese-language-and-culture-for-intermediate-students

ClicaBrasil was developed for intermediate level Portuguese language courses at UT-Austin. People all ove the world are now using it for different purposes: self-study, classroom instruction, tutoring, or as a pastime.The lessons in ClicaBrasil integrate reading, writing, listening and reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, oral communication, and cultural activities. Numerous video clips (157, to be precise!) that show different Brazilians speaking about their lives, their culture, and their country support and enhance these activities.

College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.

This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.

This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.

A compilation of video scenarios of people interacting with each other in Portuguese. Conversations include dialogs, questions, turn taking exchanges, clarifications, false starts, hugs, laughter, asides. The scenarios are enhanced by transcriptions, translations, content analysis, and notes and discussion blogs.

Conversa Brasileira is an online open access site that contains a series of 35 video scenarios in which Brazilians talk about their daily activities, everything from hobbies to shopping, and from traffic jams to soccer games. These materials are designed to help intermediate- and advanced-level learners of Portuguese to analyze the way that Brazilians really talk and improve in their own proficiency and fluency. This textbook provides a hardcopy of all of the online materials, including the dialog transcriptions, English translations, and lesson notes that link to the original website.

1. Animals 1: Dog Lovers 1
2. Animals 2: Dog Lovers 2
3. Travel 1: Hanging Out At Breakfast 1
4. Travel 2: Hanging Out At Breakfast 2
5. Hobbies I : Anne’s Almost 4 Months Old
6. Hobbies 2: Collecting Brazilian Musical Instruments
7. Relationships 1: It’s The Same Thing All Over Again
8. Relationships 2: Eloísa’s The Black Sheep Of The Family
9. Food 1: Kill Me Now, Or Feed Me Something Brazilian
10. Food 2: Brazilian “Churrasco” With A Capital Bbq!
11. Working Out 1: I'm Just Not Feeling It
12. Working Out 2: I Love Going To The Gym
13. Wedding 1: A Coisa Tava Chique!
14. Wedding: Mixing It Up. When Brazilians Marry Americans
15. Grandparents 1: Hopscotch And Marbles Or Polly Pocket?
16. Grandparents 2: Well Grandma, There Isan Easier Way To Do It
17. Moms In The Park 1: Don’t Cry. You’reok!
18. Moms In The Park 2: They Are Getting Along Really Well
19. School 1: I Have My Very Own Locker!
20. School 2: What Are You Doing About The Whole Lunch Thing?
21. Shopping 1: They’ll Love This With A Passion!
22. Shopping 2: It Looks Like Spun Gold, Doesn’t It?
23. Shopping 3: Capricha Lá!
24. Directions 1: Tô Perdido – I’m Lost
25. Directions 2: Moço, Dá Licença – I’m Lost
26. Traffic 1: Don’t Be Blaming Me On This!
27. Traffic 2: I Hate This Traffic!
28. Gossip 1: Ói, Que Safado!
29. Gossip 2: Vai Ser Uma Dupla Interessante
30. Soccer 1: Você Foi Muito Fominha Hoje!
31. Soccer 2: Ninguém Tira O Título Da Gente
32. Jam Session 1: Acabou Batendo Aqui Na Cabeça
33. Jam Session 2:Tem Que Agradar Todomundo, Né?
34. Studio 1: Behind The Scenes, Ói, Que Safado!
35. Studio 2: Behind The Scenes – Eu Também Acho

Reviews of the book available here: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/conversa-brasileira