WRITING & GRAMMAR
 

English Grammar on the Web   This site is planned to give ESL/EFL teachers background information on teaching grammar in ESL/EFL classes as well as material to use in their classes. Just a bit scroll down.  Links are also given to the Journal of English Grammar on the Web and Heinle & Heinle's Inventory of Published Grammar Activities.  Edited by Pat Byrd . Applied English Grammar on the Web   Applied English Grammar on the Web is a collection of grammar activities for ESL writing students who are preparing to enter U.S. colleges and universities.  The material has been developed from the point of view of the ESL STUDENT who needs to learn to be a more effective writer of academic English.  Edited and maintaind by Pat Byrd & Beverly Benson. Guide to Grammar and Style   Lots of good advice, easy to use (alphabetical listing, hyperlinked), useful for the teacher who want to be versed with meta-language.  You will also find how e.g. & i.e. are different, and when italic is used.  Produced by Jack Lynch. Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization   Do you wonder why they use hyphen, italic, semi-colon, etc?  "Punctuation" will give you an answer.  But a bit scroll down.

The American Heritage Book of English Usage   I recommend you refer to "Grammar", and "Word Choice" for better explanation of word usage to your students.  Scroll down a bit.  Maintained by Bartleby.com. Sentence Fragments   If you are an unexperienced ESL teacher, in this site, you'll learn what major errors your students often make in their writing, and how to fix them.  Produced by Lindsay Lyons. The Online English Grammar   Do you want to learn how to explain English DETERMINERS?  This will do.  Just click "d".  By the Hampstead School of English. Guide to Grammar and Writing   You will find grammar explanations on either word, sentence, paragraph, or essay and research paper level, among which word, sentence, and paragraph levels provide VERY USEFUL ONLINE QUIZZES on the explanations.  Scroll down to the bottom to try the quizzes.  Hosted by Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut. Writing Den: Writing Tips   You will discover some useful tips about writing sentences, paragraphs, and essays.  Helpful for the teacher.  Produced by ACT360 Media Ltd.

WRITING FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES
 

The organization of a Presentation Handout   Stan Dubinsky's tips From Dr. Caroline R. Wiltshire 's LIN 6084 : Well organized, very practical for graduate study.              Abstracts for Conferences        Curriculum Vitae        Research Proposal        Grant Proposal        Getting Articles Published in Journals        Précis        Evaluating Titles Your Guide to RESUME Writing  Do you need to write a resume?  Before you begin to write, take these preliminary steps.  You can also refer to sample resume.  Maintained by National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Formal Letters   This site provides the preparatory work necessary tofacilitate the writing of formal letters.  Scroll down just a little bit to see samples.  From Michael Berman's weekly column. A + Research Writing   A six-step approach from the Internet Public Library.  Librarians provide a lot of help to students in the exploring, finding and organizing phases of their writing projects. Powerpoint Presentation There are several PowerPoint presentations available.  You will use this as sample presentation material.  From the Guide to Grammar and Writing . IRB-02 Institutional Review Board (I.R.B.)   This IRB is responsible for reviewing and monitoring research projects involving human participants conducted by faculty, students, and staff who are NOT employed at the UF Health Science Center, Shands HealthCare, Inc. or the Gainesville VA hospital and will NOT be conducted at those sites.

DICTIONARIES
 

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary   Merriam-Webster delivers the most up-to-date dictionary on the Web. Yourdictionary.com   You'll find your own language.  Also, it links to other online dictionaries.  Amazing! Alternative Dictionary   These pages contain words and expressions you most likely won't find in a normal dictionary. This is an experimental "internet collaborative project", which means that all entries are made by internet users.

OneLook Dictionaries   Here is the place to look for "hard to find" words that may not appear in general dictionaries.  If you type a word for search, you will see what special dictionaries (e.g. slang, medical, science dictionaries) as well as general dictionaries say in one look. Rhyming Dictionary   You can find rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, related words, homophones, and more.  Especially, you will be surprised you can find how Shakespere used the words you choose.

ENCYCLOPEDIA
 

Encyclopedia Britannica    This is now a phenomenal resource.  Connections are provided for the World Wide Web as well as to articles within the Britannica.

Free Internet Encyclopedia   This is an encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet.--a work in perpetual progress.

LINKS
 

Scholarly Writing Program Academic Spoken English (A.S.E.) English Language Institute (E.L.I.)

University of Florida Program in Linguistics Our Project (TESL 6372, Spring 2001)

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