Big Dog’s Grammar – explanatory notes with quizzes http://aliscot.com/bigdog
ELC Study Zone - 330 Grammar topics http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/ Grammar Help – rules, examples and interactive exercises on English grammar points http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/
Houghton Mifflin English – sentence and sentence problems (quizzes) http://college.hmco.com/english/elibrary/sentence.html
On-line English Grammar - explains English grammar according to parts of speech http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm
The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation - an online resource by Jane Straus http://www.grammarbook.com/
Subject Verb Agreement http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/kf/mc-svad.html quiz http://www.agricola.umn.edu/owc/handouts/agreement.html subject verb agreement with mass nouns, explanatory notes with examples http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm with PowerPoint presentation on Subject verb agreement
Verb Tenses http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html tutorial on all verb tenses in English
Online Writing Labs
A+ Research and Writing Step by Step http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/stepfirst.htm
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Initiative – helps you create an e-thesis http://etd.vt.edu/
Plagiarism and How To Avoid It - visit this site before writing your essay/dissertation/thesis! http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/
Sweetland Writing Center (The University of Michigan) – resources for graduate student writers http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/grad/resources.html
Writing Centers Online - online writing labs set up by American universities http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/faculty/dinchak/wrcenter.html
Specific Writing Skills
Paragraph Development http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/parag.html developing coherent paragraphs http://www.wuacc.edu/services/zzcwwctr/org-comp.wm.txt building paragraphs http://www.wuacc.edu/services/zzcwwctr/org-cause.wm.txt development by cause and effect http://www.wuacc.edu/services/zzcwwctr/org-comp.wm.txt development by comparison and contrast
The Use of Transitional Words and Phrases http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr6.htm transitional words and phrases http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm coherence: transitions between ideas http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/transition.html a list of categorized transitions
Writing a Report http://home.clara.net/teriwatson/study/report.html essential study guide--report writing http://www.arts.nie.edu.sg/ell/student/tcs/trw1.html technical report writing for engineering students
Writing a Summary http://virtual.parkland.cc.il.us/studyskills/SummaryWriting/StepsinWriting.htm steps in writing a summary http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/writing/on-line/summary.html guidelines for writing a summary http://home1.t-online.de/home/kfmaas/summary1.html useful sentences for summaries
Reading Skills
Learning Skills Program-reading to comprehend and learn http://www.coun.uvic.ca/program/hndouts/psq5r.html
Learning Skills Program – Concept Mapping http://www.coun.uvic.ca/program/hndouts/map_ho.html
Learning Skills Program – How to Read University Texts or Journal Articles http://www.coun.uvic.ca/program/hndouts/Readtxt.html
English Sounds - compare your English pronunciation to native speakers http://www.fonetiks.org/
Sounds of English - uses diagrams and audio files to help you learn about American English http://www.soundsofenglish.org/
Oral Presentation
Creating Online Presentations - guides you through the basic steps of creating presentations with PowerPoint 2002 http://www.microsoft.com/education/DOWNLOADS/Tutorials/online/PowerPoint2002.ppt
ITM Online Help Collection: PowerPoint 2000/01 – an excellent online tutorial prepared by the University of Wisconsin http://www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint00.htm
Overcoming Speaking Anxiety - overcoming nervousness in presentations by L. Laskowski http://www.ljlseminars.com/anxiety.htm
Technical Presentations – with Chemical Engineering examples http://home.olemiss.edu/~cmprice/lectures/badpres.html
Ten Tips for Successful Public Speaking – learn how to control nervousness http://www.toastmasters.org/tips.htm
Using Overhead Transparencies http://www.ljlseminars.com/transp.htm
NUS Toastmasters’ Club http://www.nustm.cjb.net
Listening Comprehension
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab - includes listening quizzes for a variety of levels http://www.esl-lab.com/
The English Listening Lounge - American/ International English listening passages http://www.EnglishListening.com
News
Newspapers
The Daily Telegraph - a British electronic newspaper http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
The Guardian - another British newspaper http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The Electric New Paper - a local newspaper http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/
The Straits Times - the online edition of this local newspaper includes breaking news http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
USA Today - an American electronic newspaper http://www.usatoday.com/
The Washington Post - another American newspaper http://washingtonpost.com/
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