Developmental Exercises for LB Brief

by Jane E. Aaron

LB Brief provides students of varying skills and interests with clear, reliable, and accessible explanations of handbook basicsâ the writing process, grammar and usage, and research writing. Concise and easy to use it focuses on 3 main writing in and out of college, visual literacy, and research writing. LB Brief helps writing students find what they need and then use what they find.

86 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2007

About the author

Jane E. Aaron is a professional writer and editor as well as an experienced teacher. She is the author of the best selling Little Brown Handbook and coeditor of the best-selling Bedford Reader . She has served as consultant, editor, or writer on more than a dozen other textbooks for the first-year composition course.

Reviews

[Meltha · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's bad that I read the table of contents and am already unimpressed, isn't it? Using edition 4.

Well, have now finished it. My problem with this text is it's ricidulously circuitous and repetitive. It also seems more interested in making the writers sound smart than helping students learn anything. Some sections were so simple that they were almost insulting, while others were so confusing (and frankly pointless unless the student is planning a career as an editor of grammar texts) that they made almost no sense. I'm still searching for the golden grammar book that actually works so I don't have to literally translate every sentence for my students. I've seen worse (actually, I've seen downright horrific), but this still isn't a great text.