Proofreading and Editing: common writing mistakes
What you'll learn
- What to profread?
- What to edit?
- common writing mistakes
- common grammar mistakes
- common punctuation mistakes
- common rules used in writing
- sentence structure and its types
Requirements
- basic knowledge of grammar.
Description
You are going to learn proofreading and editing like a pro. You are going to practice and learn about the following topics:
What is proofreading?
What to proofread?
common writing mistakes
English grammar mistakes
common punctuation mistakes
sentence structures
How to Recognize Common Text Errors
And Much More!
How are you going to learn to proofread and edit?
by watching how I will correct mistakes practically. I will use my students' short stories and essays as an example. I will correct the mistakes within the documents.
So, you will learn how to edit articles, documents, or essays step by step.
you will see the feedback and correction
I will tell you why I did this or that.
by asking questions related to the lessons
With Practice Activities in the practice section, in which you will be given documents to correct as assignments. Then you will send them to me, and I will give you my feedback.
When I learn something new about the topics covered in my proofreading and editing course, I'll add it to the course - at no additional cost to you! You have my guarantee that you will love what you learn in this editing course.
Conclusion: You Got To The Right Place!
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I am Zaki, a native-like English instructor with a pure American accent.
I have been teaching English to kids and adults since 2011.
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English teaching certificates that I got :
• TESOL Certificate, Arizona State University, USA, December 2018.
• TEFL Certificate,TeacherRecord,China,October,2020.
• Write Professional Emails in English, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 14th
2018.
• IELTS teacher training by IDP, Australia
• Teaching English Online given by CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT ENGLISH in Feb 2019.
• Other certificates from Cambridge and Pearson
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Who this course is for:
- A student who wants to avoid common writing mistakes
- A student who wants to learn the common rules used in writing
- A student who has basic knowledge of a sentence structure
- A student who wants to write better essays
- Someone who wants to write better
Course content
- Preview00:31
- 00:57What is proofreading?
- 02:01What to proofread?
- 01:53Steps of proofreading and editing
Instructor
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- 3.9 Instructor Rating
- 322 Reviews
- 8,294 Students
- 13 Courses
My name is Zaki Badr. I am an online English instructor.I am a native-like English speaker with a pure American accent. A self-motivated bilingual professional with a demonstrated ability of interpreting. I have been teaching English since 2011 to many students around the world. I am talented in teaching English. Moreover, I have been studying Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2015. I know programming languages. I know how to use them efficiently.
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English teaching certificates that I've got :
* TESOL Certificate, Arizona State University, December 2018.
*TEFL Certificate,TeacherRecord,China,October,2020.
*TEFL level 5, OFQUAL regulated, London, England, June 2021.
*IELTS teacher training by IDP, Australia
*Write Professional Emails in English, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 14th, 2018.
*Teaching English Online is given by Cambridge Assessment English in Feb 2019.
* Teaching English to Young Learners by George Mason University, the USA in October 2019
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I had finished these courses :
*TOEFL Introduction.
*English grammar professional writing.
*General English.
*Three standard American accent courses.
*Speak English like an American course.
* English phonetics.
*Communication skills.
*Berlitz English Language for Live.
*A project management course.
* Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (CCNA).
* C ,C++,MATLAB,and more...
* CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)
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Skills I have:-
* I can teach easily.
* I can teach English to all levels (Beginner, intermediate, and advance).
* I can translate English movies into Arabic.
*I am a storyteller.
* I have perfect body language and a lovely voice.
*I can translate documents from Arabic into English or English into Arabic easily.
*I can sing.
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. Personal merits:-
1- Polite
2- Patient
3- Never shout at someone; No matter what happens.
4- Friendly
5- On time. I always check your messages every day. If there some questions, I always answer them as soon as possible.
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Experiences:-
*I was once a clever student. I know what mistakes students would make; I know how to help them.
*I have been teaching English for a long time to different people around the world. For example Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, France, and many other countries.
*My page on Facebook has more than 55 thousand students and it's growing.
*I had taught IELTS to a student. He got 7.5/9 in only 8 hours. I know he must have been doing lots of practice.
* I had also worked as a project manager at Enactus HTI Oct.
*I am working with Google Ad-sense and many companies.
*I had made lots of English conversation club programs at IRC(Information Resource Center) at the American Embassy in Cairo.
*I'm looking forward to meeting you.
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Enjoy taking my lovely courses. Remember, I am here always for you.