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-- Forwarded message -- From: **Erlyn Baack**  Date: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:30 PM Subject: [TESL-L] Free Class, Local Aspects of English Composition To: TESL-L@listserv.cuny.edu

Hi Everybody,

I would like to announce a free eight-week online class beginning Monday, September 14, the class at @http://eslbee.com/academy.

/Local Aspects of Advanced English Composition/ is a FREE** course open to anyone. The focus of this course is on sentences (simple, compound, and complex), dependent and independent clauses, adjective clauses, appositives, parallel structure, topic sentences, controlling statements, supporting details, common sentence errors such as run-ons and comma splices, and noun clauses. This course contains MANY resource materials or "how to" instructions, followed by many practice quizzes that do not count and many /real /quizzes that DO count toward a final grade. The materials in the course are presented in eight sections over a period of eight weeks. Each week contains practice quizzes and /real/ quizzes that count toward a final score. Quizzes that count are open only during the week in which they are placed.

Three short stories by international authors are also included along with True/False comprehension quizzes and a forum for extended discussions about the short stories. The short stories are each about two or three pages, and participation in the forum discussions is for EXTRA CREDIT, but it will be a good opportunity to /apply/ the local aspects of the course to real responses, both to the stories and other course participants.

REGISTRATION IS SELF-REGISTRATION! Registration is open NOW, and anyone may register EXCEPT those with HOTMAIL or LIVE email accounts which do not work. (Please open a different email account for this class.)

Technically, the course is in MOODLE, an online learning platform much like Blackboard (only better, I think). This instance of Moodle is installed in my own website. Native English speakers interested in the IT should enter if they are not yet familiar with Moodle. Non-Native speakers of English might find the course contents a good review of writing at the local level.

Final DETAILS: All participants MUST write a self-introduction of 100-200 words AND upload a square self-photo, recent or not recent. These are required to help separate (1) real participants from (2) potential spammers who might try to join for nefarious purposes. KEY: After registration, the KEY to enter the classroom is without the <>.

I hope to meet you in the online "course room."

Thanks a lot!

Erlyn Baack, Retired ITESM, Campus Queretaro, Mexico @http://eslbee.com

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