Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs With Readings

by Anthony C. Winkler, Jo Ray McCuen-Metherell, Joray McCuen

It is the author's intention to treat writing as an extension of one' speech; to speak correctly is the key to learning to write and use grammar correctly. Grammar in the native speaker is a built-in skill, rather than an added on one and the best sense for grammar is in the ear. They suggest that there are not errors of bad grammar; instead, there are errors of inappropriate usage. The book offers full coverage of the writing process, the patterns of paragraph development, sentence grammar, and mechanics and usage. Abundant contextual exercises, writing examples and careful explanations of grammar rules appear throughout the book. For any one looking to refresh their fundamental grammar skills or in need of a book to serve as a primary reference.

510 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 1996

About the author

Anthony C. Winkler was a successful Jamaican novelist and popular contributor to many post-secondary English literary texts.

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Reviews

[Nicole]

Meh. I'm new to this whole teaching thing, so I figured I'd have a tough time deciding which textbooks to use. For this particular book, that wasn't the case--I didn't love it. I'm not even sure I liked it. The layout is actually pretty good, and just flipping through it I wanted to like it. But once I started reading I noticed it spends a lot of time and energy separating ESL students (rule-followers with syntax issues?) from native English speakers (who have an ear for the language but an unfortunate tendency to write in slang?) and it feels like it's segregating any potential class using it into two very distinct categories from the get-go. Which doesn't sit well with me. I'm not working with two separate groups of students, so why run the class this way?