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Eye on Editing 2: Developing Editing Skills for Writing

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I've been happy to teach ESL students from these books (Eye on Editing 1 and 2) for the past several years. My one complaint is that my students need more practice than the Self Check and Editing Practice sections contain.
Though I try to incorporate student writing into the editing exercises, I often find myself spending a lot of time modifying student writing so that it can be used for the target forms--since student writing rarely has only one type of error.
For the next edition, it would be nice if the cross reference in the back could be updated for the newer editions of the referenced texts; trying to find the "Focus on Grammar High Intermediate Second Edition" wasn't bad, but the authors have changed to a numbered series.
All told, it's a nice book to work on during an 8-week session, but the inclusion of more focused exercises would be nice--even if they were only online.

This is a good, simple to use, book on editing. I am appalled at the language and grammar skills of our students and feel this book should be mandatory!