This book was written to accompany the free online course of the same name, the second of two courses offered by the College Writing Programs of the University of California, Berkeley, through edX.org. For students in the course, this book offers additional ways to practice writing, editing, and reviewing the materials. However, the materials here are independent of the course, and function as an effective study of academic and business writing.
Maggie Sokolik received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She is the author of over twenty ESL and composition textbooks. She has also written for and been featured in several educational video projects in Japan. She is the Founding Editor of TESL-EJ, a peer-reviewed journal for ESL/EFL instructors.
She is Director of College Writing Programs at UC Berkeley, where she has taught for over 25 years. She travels frequently and speaks online about grammar, writing, and instructor education.