writing websitesStudents: Please let me know if you have found any URL’s (or books) that you have found helpful. Here are some that I’ve found with the help of your colleagues!
1. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/resources/concordancer.shtml
This website appears to be quite valuable for non-native speakers to learn how the English language is actually used in written and spoken situations. The web site adds:
” What is a concordancer?
A concordancer is a piece of software, either installed on a computer or accessed through a website, which can be used to search, access and analyse language from a corpus. They can be particularly useful in exploring the relationships between words and can give us very accurate information about the way language is authentically used.
A typical concordancer allows us to enter a word or phrase and search for multiple examples of how that word or phrase is used in everyday speech or writing. More complex concordancers can help us to extract examples from very particular contexts and even discriminate between spoken or written language use.”
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/index.shtml Interactive questions and answers about confusing words and expressions; prefixes, suffixes, spelling and pronunciation; determiners, nouns and pronouns; verbs and tenses; conjunctions an clauses; adjective and adverbs; modals and conditionals; prepositions and phrases; learning and exam skills (thanks to Sara Howard for this one and Rea Romero liked it!)
3. http://www.eslmonkeys.com/student/esl_learning.php Online English Learning Language Resources, especially for non-native speakers.
4. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/owls/writing-labs.html Online Writing Centers (or OWL’s)- a list of online centers that usually have good handouts dealing with basic rhetorical concepts, as well as grammar and usage problems. I recommend the Purdue University site, St. Cloud University (LEO), The University of Texas at Austin Undergrad Writing Center (also serves grad students, despite its name)
5. http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/esubjs/writing.html Web resources for writing from Hawaii Community Colleges (of all places!)
6. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar A well-developed, easy-to-follow web site describing basic grammar conventions and explanations of those conventions by Dr. Charles Darling, Capital Community College, Hartford, Conn.
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