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This book is designed for first-year university level English as a Second Language (ESL) students and teachers. Most ESL students have difficulties in academic English writing, especially first-year university ESL students. Within this book, first-year university level students can learn many different writing strategies from the first and the second chapter. ESL teachers can learn how to deliver the ESL lessons from the third chapter. Writing exercises, self-checklists, self-reflection forms are the supplemental materials that can be helpful in this book.

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Mengjie Wei studied her Bachelor´s degree in English at North Carolina and finished her M.A. at University of San Francisco in TESOL. She is now working as an ESL professor at College. She is an experienced ESL instructor in delivering communicative and interactive lessons. Her main interest is applied linguistics that emphasis on ESL studies.

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