A basic writing coursebook designed to develop the writing skills of Arab students. It takes the student from writing at sentence level through to writing simple paragraphs. The main aims of the coursebook are to familiarize students with the basic conventions of spelling, punctuation, capitalization and to enable them to write simple and accurate paragraphs on a variety of themes. The main units cover the functions of description and narrative and each unit deals with the language forms associated with the particular function and topic. The book aims to concentrate on the skill Arab students find most difficult and contains a pull-out teacher"s guide.