Blueprints 1: Composition Skills for Academic Writing

not as what is described:"like new"! but it's ok for the price! for some reasons, the book arrived later than i expected! but at least, it still arrived.

This solid book provides ESL students and community college members with a strong foundation in academic writing. Grounded in both classic techniques and modern readings, Blueprints 2 helps fill that awkward, and considerable, skills gap between what weak students know and what college courses require. An excellent resource for IEP summer programs - and low level community college composition courses. Although I currently teach another text, Introduction to Academic Writing for Graduate Students (Swales), I also know that many of my so-called "Intermediate ESL" graduate students would benefit a great deal from this fine text. By the way, the author Folse has made many contributions to the ESL field from his excellent Great Essays and Great Paragraphs to Clear Grammar 2 and Discussion Starters.