What is it?
Writing is one of the four English skills that every student has to practice, and master it if he/she wants to transmit his/her thoughts in a written
way. It is a productive skill, as a matter of fact, it is mandatory to practice
it in order to be a proficient writer.
In the following list, it will be found five websites to practice this skill.
To keep in mind: They are not in hierarchical order (from the best website to the worst one) They are a compilation of useful webpages to improve the writing skill
ProWrtingAid
Are you sick and tired of making mistakes, using repetitive patterns to communicate your ideas, and a misusage of the passive voice? This online platform offers world-class grammar, and style checking combined. Through interactive quizzes and real-time writing reports, ProWritingAid helps you to strengthen your writing. You can use it on its online free version, or you can pay for getting a premium account that will provide you with more tools to be used. The age for using this platform is not specified, but an average would be over 14 years old (age may vary).
Levels: A1 - C2
Pre-Post activities: NO
Updated: Yes
Reliability: 100%
GINGER
Ginger is a website that will help you to improve your writing skills. It has grammar, punctuation, and spell-checker. It can be used online for checking your reports, essays, letters, and more. By typing a long or short text Ginger will assess you to check some mistakes that you can correct. Thanks to its software, it will recommend you to rephrase a miss-written sentence, use new vocabulary, and link your ideas properly. In this way, you will improve your writing skill by receiving valuable support, and feedback from Ginger. There is not a specific age for using this website, but an average would be over 13 years old (age may vary). You can download it to your desktop computer, or use it online. It is required to create an account.
Levels: A1 - C2
Pre-Post activities: NO
Updated: Yes
Reliability: 100%
Cambridge English Write & Improve
Do you want to improve your written English? This website provides you with immediate feedback. You can do its writing activities like writing paragraphs, and essays about different topics. It will rectify your mistakes, and show off your progress. You can also upload your written documents to be analyzed, and it will let you know if they are well-written. There is not a specific age for using this website, but an average would be over 14 years old (age may vary) You will need to create an account to get all the benefits of this website.
Levels: A1 - C1
Pre-Post activities: NO
Updated: Yes
Reliability: 100%
Quill Grammar
Through multiple-choice, and sentence completion activities, Quill Grammar will allow the students to practice their writing skills through grammar exercises. This website works in collaboration with Google, and other prestigious brands to help English learners to improve this skill. The age for using this website is not specified, but an average would be for students over 10 years old. You have to sign up for being able to do the activities on this website.
Levels: A1 - B2
Pre-Post activities: NO
Updated: Yes
Reliability: 99%
ESOL courses
This interactive website has a variety of exercises to improve the writing skill of students. Learners will be able to solve the filling gap, and multiple-choice activities to enhance their writing skills based on grammar exercises. In addition, it has an option to improve the way in which students write, an essay. The recommended age for using this website is over 10 years old (age may vary)
Levels: A2 - B2
Pre-Post activities: NO
Updated: Yes
Reliability: 99%
Hello classmates, I like the design of your blog, and I think the websites you published in this section to improve students' writing skills are good. However, the one I liked the most was the website called Ginger. According to the description, this website helps students improve what they wrote by reviewing and correcting mistakes in the documents. I liked this feature a lot. Thanks for your recommendation. I will use it!
ReplyDeleteHi guys, I have seen the websites that you have posted on this blog. And I think that each one of them is really useful, I consider that the best webpage to practice the writing skill is Write & Improve, because, It has several topics to write paragraphs or essays. In addition, it will help you to improve your writing productions by giving you suggestions about what you could change to improve it.
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