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ONLINE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES

Developed and updated by C. Samuel for students taking courses at the English and French Language Centre, Faculty of Arts

(Links live as at November 2, 2009) Dictionaries Grammar and Writing Vocabulary In-text citation and documentation of sources

DICTIONARIES Online with sound files (to help you with pronunciation) Answers.com: http://www.answers.com/

Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/ (thesaurus and grammar resources, too)

Encarta: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.m-w.com/ ESL Learner dictionaries online

Cambridge Dictionaries Online: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Usage: http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/ (with illustrations) Merriam Webster Learner Dictionary: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/lookup?cc=global

Other

OneLook (Reverse) Dictionary: http://www.onelook.com/

Specialty Dictionaries: http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction4.html (by discipline) WordReference.com: http://www.wordreference.com/ (Of possible interest – the

Language Forums)

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GRAMMAR AND WRITING RESOURCES General

Daily Grammar: http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

English Language Center Study Zone: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm

Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Interactive Grammar Quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

LEO: Literacy Education Online: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html

Grammar Topics (Digital Education Network): http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/grammar_topics.php Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) for ESL students: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html Sentence Sense: http://webster.commnet.edu/sensen/

Writers Workshop/Writers Resources: http://www.cws.uiuc.edu/workshop/writers/

Specific – in alphabetical order

Adjectives (the order): http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm Adjectives (participial): http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/particip.htm Adjectives (compounds with participles): http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv224.shtml Adjective clauses: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj.htm and http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/handout-adjective-clauses.php Adverbs (kinds of): http://www.english4today.com/englishgrammar/grammar/ADVERBS13.cfm

Adverb Placement: http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/AdverbPl.html

Articles: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html Conjunctions: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm

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Generic nouns: http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslhpb/grammar/lecture_5/generic.html

Gerunds (some common verbs that are followed by gerunds [-ing forms] and infinitives): http://www.myenglishteacher.net/common_verbs_followed_by_gerunds.html Gerunds and Infinitives: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/ING6.cfm Gerunds and Infinitives: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/gerunds.htm

Gerunds and infinitives (how to use them): http://langues.cmaisonneuve.qc.ca/sbeller/quizzes/Grammar_Goblins/GGvger-infinExplan.html

Gerunds (how to use them): http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/english-as-a-second-language/gerunds Gerunds Online Quiz: http://academic.cuesta.edu/ahalderma/gerinfinq.htm

Irregular verbs: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones.htm

Nouns: Count and non-count: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/nouns/online.htm

Phrasal verbs and verb/preposition combinations: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbprep.htm

Phrasal verb dictionary: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?dict=P Prepositions: http://www2.actden.com/WRIT_DEN/tips/sentence/preposit.htm and http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm

Pronouns (Indefinite): http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htm

Punctuation Made Simple: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation/ Relative clauses (restrictive and non-restrictive): http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaClauses__Restrictive_and_Nonrest.htm

Reporting verbs: http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/CLAST/Tutorial_and_Instructional_Programs/English_Works/Writing/Paraphrasing_Quoting_and_Avoiding_Plagiarism/Words_that_introduce_Quotes_or_Paraphrases.html Sentence types/structure: http://users.ipfw.edu/blythes/teach/toolkit/sentype.htm and http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html

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Subject-verb agreement: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html

Subject-verb agreement: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslsubverb.html

Verb/preposition combinations and phrasal verbs: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbprep.htm

Verb tenses: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

VOCABULARY Word lists

The Academic Word List: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/

Concordancers online The Compleat Lexical Tutor: http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/concord_e.html The Virtual Language Center’s Web Concordancer: http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ and http://www.edict.com.hk/concordance/

Other

14 Words (1): http://www.lexfiles.com/14-words.html 14 Words (2): http://people.ucsc.edu/~pmmckerc/vocab14.html Roots, prefixes and suffixes: http://ueno.cool.ne.jp/let/prefix.html Vocabulary workshop: http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm

IN-TEXT CITATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF SOURCES

McGill Library’s Citation site: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-assistance/how-to-cite/ Landmark Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/ APA MANUAL OF STYLE American Psychological Association (APA) Manual of Style

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Citing and referencing electronic sources: http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) Using APA Format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html LEO: Literacy Education Online Citing sources in research papers: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#cite LEO: Literacy Education Online APA Documentation: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/apadocument.html MLA MANUAL OF STYLE Frequently Asked Questions About MLA Style: http://www.mla.org/style_faq LEO: Literacy Education Online MLA Documentation: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/MLA.html Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) Using MLA Format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html EXAMPLES OF ESSAYS WITH APA AND MLA FORMATTING Research and Documentation, D. Hacker, Prince George’s Community College: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/