Handwriting: A2-C2 (Collins Work on Your)
By (Author) Jenny Sikls
HarperCollins Publishers
Collins
20th November 2012
13th September 2012
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
421.1
Paperback
80
Width 189mm, Height 278mm, Spine 5mm
200g
A workbook to help adult learners of English to improve their handwriting.
Work on your Handwriting will help students to improve their handwriting in English. This workbook is suitable for EFL/ESL students of all levels whose studies require longhand writing, such as those preparing for the IELTS exams. It is ideal both for use in the classroom and for self-study or academic study.
The page-by-page layout with write-in exercises gives students practice of letter, word and sentence formation. It also offers practical guidance and practice to help students to improve their punctuation. Work on your Handwriting is particularly suitable for adult learners of English whose native language has a non-Roman alphabet, such as Arabic or Mandarin.
Key features:
Letter formation examples and practice, including practice joining up different combinations of letters
Joined up writing examples and practice for forming words using continuous text
General uppercase and lowercase print examples and practice
Practice using correct spacing for letters within words
Sentence and short paragraph writing practice, with focus on spacing of words within a sentence
Error correction exercises where students pinpoint what is wrong in a text
Punctuation guidance and practice
Jenny Siklos has worked for many years in both publishing and teaching. She has taught ESL to teenagers and adults in both the UK and the US, and currently teaches at the Madison English as a Second Language School in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Having watched many adult students struggle with handwriting improvement, she has a keen interest in helping students improve handwriting through fun and engaging activities.