Re: Q: WWW tutorial on English grammar and spelling?

Nimish Shah (Nimish.Shah@durham.ac.uk)
Wed, 28 Jun 1995 11:51:43 +0100 (BST)

On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, E S Atwell wrote:

> Several members of my department (both staff and students) are concerned
> that some Computer Studies graduates have a less-than-acceptable
> command of English, producing documents etc with poor grammar, spelling
> and style. We are not sure whether this merits a compulsory Taught Module
> in English language for all Computer Studies students; however, at
> least it would be helpful to have optional self-study material available.
>
> Does anyone know of online (pref World Wide Web) 'remedial' course
> in English grammar, spelling and style, ideally aimed at professional
> report-writing?
>

Why not simply encourage the students to goto a book store, buy a revision
book on O'level English and then ask the students to work through the
exercises.

Nim.