Grammar Bootcamp
The Grammar Bootcamp Course is a comprehensive guide to mastering the most common grammar challenges. This hands-on course provides essential tools and exercises to improve your writing clarity, correctness, and confidence, ensuring your communication is professional and impactful.
Course Description
The goal of this course is to familiarize you with basic grammar pitfalls and to help you avoid these pitfalls in your writing, thereby making your writing more professional and powerful.
In this course, you'll learn...
Course Objectives
<b>Grammar Foundations:</b> Understand key grammar principles, including sentence structure, clauses, and subject-verb agreement.
<b>Sentence Mastery:</b> Identify and fix sentence fragments, fused sentences, and comma splices to create clear and professional writing.
<b>Punctuation Precision:</b> Master comma rules, including their use in lists, introductory phrases, and between independent clauses.
<b>Pronoun Usage:</b> Avoid vague pronouns and ensure pronoun-antecedent agreement for clarity in communication.
<b>Practical Application:</b> Apply learned principles through targeted writing exercises designed to solidify your skills.
How you'll apply these skills...
Professional Writing: Write clear, error-free emails, reports, and documents that enhance your credibility and communication.
Problem Solving: Quickly identify and correct common grammar issues in your own writing and others'.
Enhanced Clarity: Communicate ideas with precision, ensuring your readers understand your intent without confusion.
Personal Development: Build confidence in your ability to express yourself effectively in both professional and personal settings.
Course Content
Additional Info
Format
5-20 min. videos, 2 quizzes, and a final assessment
Field of study
Communications and Marketing
CPE Credits
CPEs 3.0
Prerequisites
We will review basic sentence structure at the beginning of the course, but you will need to be very familiar with the English language to benefit from the course.
This is not an ESL course, though it may be useful to second language learners who already have a grasp of vocabulary and are looking to improve grammatical awareness.