Features of QES include:
- Redrafting and process writing are enabled. This improves learning and achieves the goals of learning by doing, doing by learning, and improving through doing.
- QES is totally online, in the cloud, no need to install or download software.
- Learners can change interface language at any time for a localized experience or to practice more English use.
- According to the situational needs of teaching, the system enables teachers to allow or disallow students to paste text from other programs or to share homework and feedback.
- Teachers can set required minimum words in the body, and the system allows students to write as many words as they want.
- Students can complete assignments from anywhere, no need to use a computer lab because work can be accessed through any wireless connection, such as smartphones, tablets, and notebooks.
- All work is automatically saved and turned in to the teacher, no need to upload, email, or print out homework.
- Frequently used teacher feedback, comments, and notes are stored for each teacher to easily insert into student work at any time, reducing grading time and effort. This individualized teacher feedback is fully customizable.
- Learners can practice writing:
A. Six Basic Sentence Patterns
1. Subject + Complete Intransitive Verb (S_Vi)
2. Subject + Incomplete Intransitive Verb + Subject Complement (S_Vi_SC)
3. Subject + Complete Transitive Verb + Object (S_Vt_O)
4. Subject + Incomplete Transitive Verb + Object + Object Complement (S_Vt_O_OC)
5. Subject + Double-object Verb+ Indirect Object + Direct Object (S_Vd_IO_DO)
6. Subject + Double-object Verb + Direct Object + Preposition + Indirect Object (S_Vd_DO_Prep_IO)
B. Sentence Types
1. Simple Sentence
2. Complex Sentence
3. Compound Sentence
4. Compound-Complex Sentence
5. Sentence Exercise
6. Sentence Practice
7. Topic Sentence
8. Supporting Sentence
9. Concluding Sentence
C. Paragraphs
1. Argumentation
2. Cause and Effect
3. Comparison and Contrast
4. Definition
5. Description
6. Exemplification
7. Journal
8. Monthly Journal
9. Weekly Journal
10. Narration
11. Opinion
12. Persuasion
13. Problem-solution
14. Process
15. Travel
D. Others
1. Quiz
2. Midterm Exam
3. Final Exam
4. CEE
5. GEPT
6. Other Composition Type
7. Exercise (Units 1~17)
- Each writing type can be used in up to nine different assignments per class.
- Each writing type includes Help Notes, containing built-in writing guidelines on writing style, content, and format with examples to guide learners in practicing writing.
- QES provides a Help Video with a 60-second demonstration on every page.
- All learners can practice writing simultaneously.
- QES increases the instructional value of the teacher's effort. After teacher assessment, learners can view others' contents, grades, and teacher feedback; in fact, learners can learn by seeing what others have done.
Table of Contents:
Part I Eight Parts of Speech
Unit 1 Noun
Unit 2 Pronoun
Unit 3 Adjective
Unit 4 Verb
Unit 5 Adverb
Unit 6 Preposition
Unit 7 Conjunction
Unit 8 Interjection
Part II Types of Clauses
Unit 9 Independent Clause
Unit 10 Subordinate Clause: Noun Clause, Adjective Clause, and Adverb Clause
Part III Types of Sentences
Unit 11 Simple Sentence: Six Basic Sentence Patterns
Unit 12 Compound Sentence
Unit 13 Complex Sentence
Unit 14 Compound-Complex Sentence
Part IV Paragraph Structure
Unit 15 Topic Sentence
Unit 16 Supporting Sentence
Unit 17 Concluding Sentence
Part V Paragraph Rhetorical Structures
Unit 18 Argumentation
Unit 19 Cause and Effect
Unit 20 Comparison and Contrast
Unit 21 Definition
Unit 22 Description
Unit 23 Exemplification
Unit 24 Journal
Unit 25 Narration
Unit 26 Opinion
Unit 27 Persuasion
Unit 28 Problem-Solution
Unit 29 Process
The Support Center of Writing Software: QBook Writing Center
Website: http://writingcenter.qbook.org
