Mayflower College of English, Plymouth

Writing


  • Flo Joe
      Help, corrections and comments on students' writing for the FCE, CAE and CPE Cambridge exams. Click on "makeover" and then on "archive".
  • Writing Help
      An excellent source.
  • Internet Resources: Writing
      This is a superb site for help with your academic writing. It is aimed at university students and deserves to be fully explored.
  • The Argumentative Essay
      For detailed help, with extensive examples, this site is excellent.
  • Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
      This is a really good site for helping to develop your writing skills.
  • Purdue Online Writing Laboratory
      This excellent multi-purpose site site is particularly good for students who need to develop academic writing skills and also for those preparing for employment, or already in work.
  • Developing Creative Writing
      This really interesting site is crammed full with ideas on writing poetry and fiction in many different styles and is suitable for all language learning levels.
  • Magnetic Poetry
      This site lets you build your own poems. It provides the vocabulary and you design the poem. It is particularly good for making up Haiku.
  • Computer-Aided Writing
      This is a good site for lower level learners. You simply answer some questions and a short paragraph is written for you.
  • The Vocabula Review
      For advanced users, this monthly magazine is simply unmissable. There are sections on elegant writing, concise writing, poetry, articles, vocabulary, grammar and even a forum.
  • Basic Business Communication
      This useful source has come up with some very precise examples of essential business communication. It is clear and easy to follow.


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