The PAE workbook is interactive: you write in it, tick things off, quiz yourself, and it remembers your work. Here is everything it can do — and how to use it to actually get better.
Every blank, box, and lined space is live. Click and type — your sentences, your thesis, your notes. No printing, no separate doc.
Look for the red underlines and lined areas.
Self‑assessment checklists live in every chapter. Click a box and it fills — a fast way to see what you have done and what is left before you hand in.
Boxes glow when you hover. Click to toggle.
Everything you type or tick is saved in your browser automatically. Close the tab, come back tomorrow, and it is all still there. Use Clear my answers only when you want a fresh start.
Bottom-left: the Clear my answers button.
The floating Practice button opens a studio with three tools: a Chapter Quiz, Flashcards, and Sentence Surgery. This is where reading turns into remembering.
One button, three ways to practise.
Quick multiple‑choice questions on each chapter. Pick an answer and it tells you instantly — green for right, red for rethink — so you learn the moment you are wrong.
Instant feedback, no waiting.
Key terms, one per card. Click to flip the term and see its definition, then sort each card into Still learning or Got it. The studio keeps your piles for next time.
36 cards, sorted your way.
Take a weak or over‑boosted sentence and rewrite it to be precise and calibrated. The studio shows you a model so you can compare your version against a strong one.
Practise the exact skill essays are graded on.
The Contents button opens the full chapter map. Click any chapter to jump straight there — no endless scrolling to find week 9.
Your table of contents, one click away.
Each week has a matching slide deck that opens in the browser. Use the arrow keys to move through, or click the thumbnail rail. Perfect for review before class.
Find them at careercomms.com/pae/decks
Handy tables live right in the book: a transitions bank, a glossary of terms, the CRAAP source test, and citation guides. Hover any chip and it lights up.
Stop guessing which transition to use.
The workbook runs fully in the browser with nothing to install. Draft on your laptop, review flashcards on your phone on the bus — your saved work follows the device you use.
Best experience: a laptop for writing.
Read the chapter, do the writing in the book, tick the checklist, then open Practice to lock it in. Repeat weekly and your paragraph becomes your essay becomes your final talk.