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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

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.

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.

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By dante c

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Oct 15, 2017

I really like this course, very informative. Even when I took several English courses before, there are some gaps that this course is helping me to fill.

By Lorena B C

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Jun 23, 2017

I feel that this course helped me understand various concepts that I didn't have very clear. I think that, from now on, my writing will get a lot better.

By Mingchuan Z

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Feb 20, 2016

This course really helped me, a second-language-English speaker, in improving my English writing. It is concise, and its discussion mode is indeed useful.

By Laura P

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Oct 27, 2015

This course is easy to understand and straight forward. Finally, I have a better understanding of the use of commas, conjunctions, and transitions words.

By Jose R

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Sep 30, 2024

The learning materials are clear and helpful, with many examples. You get the opportunity to check others' work and, at the same time, improve your own.

By Dylan H

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Nov 17, 2023

Super helpful course. All my questions were answered because it was so well explained. However, I did not like that firefox was needed for the practices.

By Sherajum M

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Aug 29, 2021

This course id designed with lots of examples and exercise Which are learning friendly and easy for beginners. I am greatly satisfied with this course.

By Ngô P A

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Mar 8, 2021

There is various useful information that I can not learn in high school because of lacking time; therefore, my teachers just focused on the main lessons.

By umer j

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Feb 9, 2021

This course really helped to strengthen my grammar concepts, which I had almost forgotten. I was also able to learn new things that I didn't know before.

By Daniel T

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Jun 30, 2022

Exceed my expectations. I was looking for a course that could help me to write more professional essays and definitely this course is a very good start.

By Norma A N M

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Aug 20, 2020

I am very proud and happy that I began to remember my English, and I will study another course Getting Started with Essay Writing at another time.

Thanks

By ABRAHAM O G

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Jul 31, 2020

Para aquellos que ya tienen experiencia en el estudio del inglés resulta un curso sencillo con información muy útil para mejorar la escritura en inglés.

By Jack B N

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May 17, 2020

This course on grammar and punctuation will help me become a better writer. I needed a refresher course because it's been awhile since my college days.

By walaa r

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Nov 23, 2017

It is amazing course,very informative,and to the point.Before this course ,I could not write such sentence with great confidence that it must be right.

By Mohammed Z A H

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Nov 15, 2017

I learned very important rules in this course

It was very pleasant and helpful

I would advise everyone to follow this course.

And thanks to the trainer.

By Yope A

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Jan 28, 2021

Thanks a lot for California university that this course l could learn many things about how correct Grammer and punctuation..

and l am so interesting

By Paulo R C

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Jun 14, 2020

The explanation in this course are very simple and clever. It is a good way to learn new tips about how to write more naturally and use a better style.

By Dr. V P

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Jun 8, 2020

This program has really helped to realize some of the basic grammar errors which i never pay attention to. Thank you so much for the wonderful program.

By Peter K

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Aug 7, 2018

Great overview / refresher on basic grammar rules and sentence structure! Recommend this to anyone that hasn't taken a writing class since high school.

By Mubashar R

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Mar 9, 2016

This course is excellent. It uses lecture, practice and question effectively to let learners master in Grammar and Punctuation.

Greetings

Mubashar Rehman

By Lourdes A

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Mar 16, 2021

This course was just perfect for someone like me who needed to refresh her grammar. I'm very happy I took it and I'm very satisfied with my learnings.

By Mark A J

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Dec 29, 2020

I wasn't aware of my punctuations before but now, I am so confident about it. Thanks a lot coursera for this amazing privilege that you have given us.

By Raquel O N

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Aug 1, 2020

This first module was completely good, and also I had been looking for one of this type course for a long time. I can't wait to start the next module.

By SOPHIA I A

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Jun 26, 2020

The course is a refresher and fun. The lessons are great help especially in teaching English! Good job and thank you University of California, Irving!

By TRUC T T D

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Jun 4, 2020

This course is awesome. I have never thought that I could have many mistakes in using a comma in my sentence. Thanks Professor for this useful course.