I am illiterate, i can't write a proper essay. How can i improve my writing skills?

Practice writing and reading everyday. Reading helps improve writing by teaching the proper grammar and practice helps as well. There is nothing wrong with taking basic courses at a community college, what matters is that you are trying to improve yourself and continue learning. Learning continues throughout life.

here are a few more tips: try to 'study back the basics'. learn better grammar and vocabulary. try to browse 'reader's digest' once in a while, they give food for thought and vocabulary words. then go on towards reading articles inside. level two is to try to study synonyms. idiomatic expressions, lingo's. this makes you a better writter; even the street slang can spice up your writing. learn to express yourself better, instead of saying 'its hot today' you could say, 'its warm as the day i went sun bathing'. you should always remember that writers are artists you can do it !

First of all don't feel stupid. The most important thing is that you are trying to educate yourself now and that you are seeking help. But you have to know that there is no easy way...remember you took the easy way out before and now its come back to haunt you. You should practice writing every day. It would be helpful if you could find someone to help you. A good way to learn is to use what is called the imitation technique. By the way kudos on reading more that is the first step. Select some sentences from your readings and copy them from the book on to a piece of paper then try to imitate the structure of the sentence with your own words right under the sentence you copied from your book. You are also best to pay attention and try to learn as much as you can in your class. If you are having difficulties following along with the class then you need to address your issue and speak to the teacher or seek out a some assistance, perhaps a fellow student. If you really can't find anyone, maybe you can find someone on line that you can send your writings to proofread and give you suggestions. The most important thing for you to know is that it is perfectly ok to make mistakes. I've read plenty of published articles by "journalists", presumably college graduates, riddled with poor grammar, improper structure and just incredibly hard to follow. So, don't be so hard on yourself.

Just a taking a shot blindfolded here but why not just ask your teacher or something? That could help.

write something everyday make sure you and someone else proofreads everything boost your vocab look at other essays as examples--dont plagerize

We reap what we sow.

Well, unless you had someone else post this for you, technically you aren't illiterate. (Er... It would help you a lot if you'd get out of the bad habit of typing "i" for "I".) Try this link. It seems to have some good advice: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/74657/write_a_better_college_paper_tips_to.html

Yes i agree. just write small things everyday, multiple times a day, and write something big about once a week, but dont drowned yourself in papers. I write poems and things like that is it has helped me. and i almost always have a dictionary with me (nerdy, i know) but it did improve my vocab. good luck.