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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

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.

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.

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By Glauber A

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Feb 6, 2016

Although this course was intended as an advanced English grammar review, I could learn a lot of new things I'd never studied before. I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot from it.

By Bryan H

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Nov 4, 2020

This was a great course as someone who struggles to understand basic grammar rules. I feel more comfortable writing essays and emails. Also, my sentence variety has dramatically improved!

By Asikur R

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Jul 20, 2020

Instructor mam was very friendly through all the videos. Her speeches are slow and clear. It helped me to understand better on different sentences patterns, punctuation uses. Thanks a lot

By Subrata K N

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May 5, 2020

Though we have all studied grammar, this course made me realize that some of the nuances of punctuations required revisiting. The course was really helpful as a practice for good writing.

By Ana R

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Feb 24, 2019

Excellent course, easy to follow, objective was clearly defined. All the lessons were easy to grasp, succinctly explained and nicely reinforced by user friendly quizzes. Highly recommend!

By Christopher D

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Nov 22, 2016

This course is incredibly simple, but it had explained a lot about English grammar and punctuation; it added structure to things I have been doing without understanding and with mistakes.

By Hernando Z

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Dec 23, 2015

This course has given me very practical tools for my daily job. Now I feel more confident in the way I write sentences. My writing has become more clear and precise.

Thank you very much!

By Sheryl G B P

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Jan 15, 2021

I definitely learned a lot from this course. Highly recommended as it is very easy to understand and the pee-assessment is a great idea on online social interaction. Thank you very much!

By Carlos D 马

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Dec 29, 2020

I would like to thank the Coursera team and teachers and instructors from University of California, Irvine that made this course possible.

Thank you everyone and I wish you all the Best!

By Bruna C

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Oct 16, 2020

Curso completo e muito útil a respeito do básico para criar uma boa composição escrita em inglês (e em alguns pontos pode ser aplicado até mesmo na composição escrita de outras línguas).

By Kunwar S

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Aug 12, 2020

I am very happy to say that this course is designed in such a way that caters to the needs of the beginners. There is proper coordination of lectures, quizzes, and supporting resources.

By Deleted A

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Jan 24, 2018

Great course. I always have problems where to punctuate my sentences and identify compound or complex sentences. Now, I'm able to clear the fog, and I'm ready for Tricky English grammar.

By Deleted A

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Jun 14, 2021

I do recommend you to enroll this course. Thanks to this course, I learned how to punctuate sentences correctly and how to avoid writing boring essays! And all this is in only 2 weeks!

By Haroon I

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Sep 12, 2020

our teacher has taught us in vary lovely manner. she knows the art that how to teach and pursue all his student.May Allah bless you with more knowledge and award you with more success..

By Rafael A C

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Feb 7, 2016

Excellent and simple explanations about the major factors in Grammar and Punctuation. I am honored to finish this course, and I have to congratulate all people involved in this project.

By Parul B

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Jan 14, 2016

It was such a great course. With this course, my understanding raised to one level up, indeed. The way it is designed is fantastic. I want to take up the next course as well.

Thanks

Parul

By Shreyas S A

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Jan 5, 2023

The course gave me a good understanding of the required aspects of grammar and punctuation. It would help me in the process of writing research articles, papers and my doctoral thesis.

By Disiree O

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Nov 10, 2019

I have learned so much. Thank you for this course. I may have to revisit some of the lessons and do more review so I can really master the grammar and punctuation being discussed here.

By Lauren S

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Jan 27, 2019

I learned what I came here for. I love that it caters to all levels of learners, and I was still able to get a lot out of it. It was a great refresher to what I learned in high school.

By Cristina J

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Oct 27, 2015

This course is a very good course. It is well structured, and it has a lot of extra tools(links) to practice more grammar. I really enjoyed this course, and I will advice it to anyone.

By Caroline G G C

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Sep 25, 2015

It's been a pleasure to take these classes! The teacher holds the knowledgement and the most important, in my point of view, she knows how to teach!!! Very glad I enrolled this course!

By Lu M

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Jan 20, 2021

Very nice and clear course, which didn't give me too much stress. I can finish my work step by step, day by day. The course arrangement is very reasonable. I like this course so much.

By Jennyflor G M

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Oct 27, 2020

The materials especially the quizzes are very helpful for an active recall which is one of the best techniques in studying. Also, peer discussions are helpful and easy to accomplish.

By Isabel A G

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Aug 30, 2020

Excelent course!

Thank you so much! I really grateful for all that I can learn in this course, if you need to improve your english grammar, this course is for you. You can learn a lot.

By Foyez R

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Aug 25, 2020

This course id very helpful and I learned many grammatical functions, specially about punctuation and .

I want to give a big thank to authority, course related wise advisor and mentor.