What is the best way to prepare for the ELPE?
Probably the best way to prepare is to make an honest assessment of your own writing skills by looking at past essays you have written, and asking others to give honest assessments of your written communication. If you can identify the errors which you are most prone to making, you can take steps to locate your own errors and fix them. Use a search engine to find information and drills on writing errors like comma splices, sentence fragments, punctuation errors, and so on. Visit http://elpp.uwaterloo.ca/errors.html for a short list (but not a comprehensive list) of common writing errors. Note: if English is your second language, it is crucial that you get as much experience practising English as possible: you need to read something in English every day (and not just your text books!); you need to practise speaking and writing English with your friends; watch television and listen to the radio whenever you can. The more you immerse yourself in English, the more you will absorb the patte
