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About the Course

Course 1: Grammar and Punctuation Do you need to review English grammar? Have you forgotten the grammar you once studied? If so, this course is perfect for you. The first course in this specialization is a refresher on some tools needed for good writing. It will help prepare you for the other courses. You will need about 10 hours to complete this first course. Writing is a skill and to learn a skill well, you need to practice. In this course, you will watch short video lectures and then practice and discuss what you have learned. Make sure you take good notes and use the peer discussions to ask questions. Then you'll be able to remember the rules you learn in this course when you start writing essays in the next course. After completing this course, you will be able to: - identify the correct verb tenses to use - use commas effectively - utilize several different sentence types - write more effectively in English Please note that the free version of this class gives you access to all of the instructional videos and handouts. The peer feedback and quizzes are only available in the paid version....

Top reviews

MH

Nov 5, 2020

The course was so fascinating and it deserves everybody's time and effort. I have really enjoyed it and will confidently recommend it to anyone who is looking for a course on grammar and punctuations.

OI

Jul 2, 2020

This course was very helpful. It refreshed my memories and made me go back to so many things I thought I would never remember. It helped my writing skills a lot to. A big thank you to the instructors.

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By Donna J M

Sep 26, 2021

I feel so blessed and happy for the chance of taking this course. I've learned a lot in this lesson. And this will help me in my future career especially on teaching online.

By Femi O

Jan 12, 2021

Great course! This course is similar to EB Strunk's Element of Writing. I love the way the course goes straight to the point, enlightening you what to do and what not to do.

By Gul E L K

Jun 11, 2016

I am totally in love with this course. I experienced instant improvement in my writing skills, and found errors in my writings which I would have never thought of as errors.

By Kenna B

Feb 9, 2016

The professor is excellent!. She explains everything in a way very easy to understand. The module is basic, but it is essential if you want to improve your english writing .

By Karen T

Sep 23, 2021

I enjoyed the class. Thank you. It took me a while to complete as I had several things to do at home and this was my first achievement here. I appreciate all that you do.

By Alitzel G H

Mar 22, 2021

I´ve learned a lot about the grammar and how to have a correct punctuation. This course help me a lot, because I didn´t know some of the information it contains. Thank you.

By Arieha E

Feb 16, 2021

THIS COURSE IS THE GREATEST, THANK YOU COURSERA FOR ACCEPTING ME. I WILL MAKE GREAT USE OF MY CERTIFICATE. THANK YOU LECTURERES FOR YOUR NEEDED TIME AND PATIENCE.

THANK YOU.

By khadeejah L

Sep 30, 2020

This course was very beneficial and easy to complete within a specific time period, the resourses was very helpful and sufficient for learning. I enjoyed doing this course.

By José C P A

Jun 30, 2020

Very good and interactive course. All around I feel I have improved my grammar and punctuation skills by a lot. Thank you everyone also for the feedback in the submissions.

By Anka Y

Sep 30, 2016

Pretty good course, everything is explained very clearly, probably, the tasks are a bit easy, but I still appreciate the work of people who created this project. Thank you.

By rena b

Jan 1, 2016

All in all, this course opened up an universe of expression options for me!

Furthermore, I felt in love with semicolons!

Great presentation, perfect pace, and good practice!

By Ekaterina

Dec 8, 2015

Great and useful course, really helps to understand how the grammar and punctuation works, focuses on correct use of verb tenses as well. Definitely recommend it to anyone.

By Nguyen D K ( D

Sep 16, 2023

This course is very useful for me in not only revising many important grammar structures but also giving me some in-depth explanations about how I should write efficiently

By Mansurjon O

Nov 11, 2022

I took this course in order to improve my Writing Skills and it indeed helped me a lot. I learned how to punctuate my sentences and bring sentence variety into my writing.

By Hà N H

Mar 29, 2022

This is a foundation course that helps you know how to use commas, parallels, and variety sentence. We have a peer review platform and they excitied to review my homework.

By Ana A P

Apr 12, 2021

Ha sido un excelente curso, he aprendido un montón, me gustaría continuar con el siguiente curso pero antes reforzare las bases para así aprovechar adecuadamente el curso.

By Elizabeth L

Apr 5, 2021

I learned more in this course than I have ever learned in remedial English classes. As an aspiring writer, I now feel much more confident in presenting my work for review.

By Isabel C R

Sep 29, 2020

This is a great course if English is not your first language. You can learn easily with lots of examples and exercises to get better and better at grammar and punctuation.

By Carolina G O

Jun 20, 2020

I learned a lot during this course and made me remember some structures I already have checked but forgotten. As you mentioned, is all about practice and always be focused

By Oliinyk B I

Jun 4, 2020

This course helped me to distinguish some tenses , to understand a lot of structures in writing. Now I can write letters and essays easily and with pleasure. Thanks a lot.

By Richard A

Feb 20, 2019

I enjoyed this class, and learned more about proper grammar and punctuation. This course is suited for both the first time learner and someone who only needs a refresher.

By Temirlan M

Jan 23, 2016

Very good in as introduction to your essay writing. All of course materials were understandable; morever, patiently, she explained how I can make my sentence variety well.

By Natalia P

Nov 1, 2015

The course is excellent for people, as myself, that has good base of English language, but due to a poor daily practice in the writing area forgot about the grammar rules.

By Dr. S V

Jun 12, 2020

I enhanced my knowledge of Grammar specially writing a paragraph using a variety of sentences.

I received much knowledge about punctuation which is meaningful in written.

By Nour R

May 20, 2020

Honestly , this course helped me so much and improved my skills at writing in the correct way. I am really thankful for who are working on Grammar and Punctuation course.