Written for a broad range of students. Informed by author Dana Ferris’s many years of teaching in ESL/multilingual writing programs and in mainstream composition programs,
Language Power is designed to reach students with varied perspectives on language and writing.
Help for key writing challenges. Twenty-five tutorials provide deep coverage of a broad range of topics, including sentence structure, vocabulary, and strategies for self-editing.
Diagnostics, practice, and reflection. Discover, Practice, and Apply activities in every tutorial help students uncover what they already know, practice new strategies, and understand how the knowledge and tools they’ve acquired are relevant for their own writing.
Easy-to-reference instruction. Focus sections in every tutorial connect activities and provide quick reference help.
Flexible content. Tutorials can be used for in-class lessons or assigned to individual students as needed.
Affordable and convenient. Its low cost and availability online or in print make Language Power an ideal main text or supplement for any writing course.