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Idioms, phrasal verbs
and proverbs

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ESL Tour Program (Department of Tourism): study English and visit the Philippines at the same time

Free English Proficiency Course (EPiC) for Filipinos (students, professionals, OFWs, etc), international students (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc) and expatriates in Metro Manila.

Time and venue: Saturdays, 3 to 5 PM at the Baptist Bible Church (3970 Sociego St. Sta. Mesa, Manila, near V. Mapa LRT Station and opposite SM Centerpoint. Other schedules may be arranged for interested groups on Tuesdays or Thursdays (6:30 to 8:30 PM or 7 to 9 PM). Classes begin on July 11, 2009.

For more information, please contact Atty. Gerry T. Galacio at gtgalacio@yahoo.com or call 716-0803.

Free ESL and EFL lesson plans, worksheets, flashcards, printables and downloads (PDF, video, MP3 and Powerpoint)

Common Errors in English, by Paul Brians

Sites For Teachers (Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Activities, Clip Art in subjects like Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Writing)

Free online practice tests for learners of English, from Exam English (IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, Cambridge ESOL, LTE and others; also available in French and Spanish)

Text to Speech and Text to Speech Translator, from oddcast.com (available real time in over 60 various languages, accents and voices)

Ultimate Top 100 Kids Sites is for children, teens, parents, and teachers, with links to fun, games, education, coloring, poetry, stories, cartoons, worksheet creator or generator, game makers, printables wizard and on-line teaching materials makers with images. Some of the listed English resources are ESL-Kids.com, Tools for Educators, Have Fun Teaching, ESL PodCards, Free ESL Flashcards, Heads Up English (ready to use ESL / EFL news lessons based on world events with mp3 downloads)

WritingFix (a global resource for Writing teachers with hundreds of free interactive lessons and quality resources for classrooms where writing is taught, not just assigned; with interactive writing prompts and lessons for teachers, students and writers like Daily Writing Prompts, Interactive Writing Prompts for K-6th Grade, Right-Brained Writing Prompts using serendipity and creativity to launch a piece of writing, Left-Brained Writing Prompts, and Writing Lesson of the Month Network for teachers around the world.) Other valuable resources from the Mentor Text lessons created by Northern Nevada teachers for teachers everywhere are: Picture Books; Chapter Book Excerpts; Literary Excerpts & Poetry Classics; Poetry-Inspired lessons; Short Stories (designing skill-based writing lessons inspired by short story excerpts); Poetry and Writing Across the Curriculum Prompts (using iPod technology to generate excitement about writing assignments in all curricular areas).

Daily Writing Tips, simple yet effective tips to improve your writing. Categories include Book Reviews, Business Writing, Competitions, Expressions, Fiction Writing, Freelance Writing, General, Grammar, Grammar 101, Misused Words, Punctuation, Spelling, Vocabulary, Word of the Day, and Writing Basics. You can get DWT via RSS Feed, or by email, and stay tuned for your writing tips.

ESL Kids Lab offers free Printable ESL Worksheets and PDF Flashcards, Games for ESL Classrooms, ESL Video Lessons for kid Beginners, Interactive Students Vocabulary and Grammar Videos, and Powerpoint downloads for English teaching and learning.

MES-English.com by Mark Cox (free printables for teachers of young learners including Free Flash Cards for download; MES-Games: versatile communicative games; MES-Phonics: phonics flash card, posters and handouts for presentation; Projects and Lesson plans; Worksheets: talking worksheets, worksheets for introduction of grammar points, a phonics e-book series, award certificates, clipart to make your own worksheets, song sheets, nursery rhymes and chants cards, hundreds of color in sheets, teacher printables, and worksheets to match the MES-Flashcards, and Forums for games, activities, questions and feedback)

ESL Tower offers printable grammar and vocabulary exercises to make the lives of English teachers very easy like grammar worksheets for use in teaching by EFL, ESL, ELT and GSE teachers, vocabulary exercises to print and arranged according to topics, pronunciation printables to teach phonetics, connected speech and more.

ESL Printables, a website where English language teachers exchange resources like worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc. Its collection is growing every day with the help of teachers from around the world. If you want to download any resource, you have to send your own contributions.

ESL Galaxy offers over 2,368 free printable worksheets for ESL lesson plans and ESL Activities and there are more additions every other day .The worksheets include: Board Games, Crosswords, Grammar worksheets, Vocabulary Worksheets, Theme or Topic lesson plans, Pronunciation and Intonation, Survival English and Business English, Song and Video Activities, Word Search Puzzles, Festivals and Holiday Worksheets, Prefixes / Suffixes Word Formation, Adult Communicative Activities Lesson Plans, Young Learners' Lesson Plans, Game and Writing Templates, Cloze and gap fill exercises, It also has ESL Games and ideas for ESL Classrooms, Powerpoint downloads, Matching and Collocations, Reading and Writing Exercises, Task-based Lesson Planning, Complete Lesson Plans (with video, ppt, worksheets). Free online exercises include grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, video slide lessons, and self-grading quizzes.

ESL videos: Real English (hundreds of free exercises using authentic and natural videos of people speaking real English on streets across the globe, rendering the spontaneity of normal speech understandable for all levels of students, every lesson has 10 to 40 exercises using the English Star player, with a choice of subtitles in English, French, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese); Hugosite (free 365 American accent English lessons);and The Daily English Show (the world's first daily online English language show with over a thousand videos; produced by studio tdes and presented by Sarah, a New Zealander based in Hokkaido, Japan; with YouTube channel; transcripts available in Japanese, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Polish, and Ukrainian)

ESL Talk Time materials for conversation starters, independent speaking practice, debate clubs, discussions, lesson add-ons and more: ESL Discussions.com (currently with 642 discussion topics to choose from and 12,840 conversation questions on everyday themes and more controversial issues, in ready-to-print Word and PDF downloads); Speechtree (with dozens of conversation starters on themes such as abstract themes, academic matters, daily life, hobby topics, holiday related topics, nature topics, personal history, personal values, relationship topics, work topics, world and culture); and Road to Grammar (100 warm-up questions to turn your students into conversationalists, with topics on What-if questions, Learning English, Motivational, Likes and dislikes, Superlatives and comparatives, Social issues and opinions, and Business English).

Hot Potatoes from Half Baked Software Inc. (A suite of six applications which allow a user to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises and action mazes for the Internet. The software is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a license)

ICAL Online TESL / TEFL Training (largest commercial online teacher training provider where you can get qualified to Teach English as a Foreign Language or Teach English as a Second Language; free website resources include comprehensive online grammar of English, classroom techniques, linguistics, ESL activities and lesson plans, teaching FAQs, and ESL / EFL videos)

English - Spanish Language Dictionaries, from WordReference.com (free online Oxford Spanish dictionary, conjugator, audio pronunciations and forums for your questions; More Spanish dictionaries are Spanish - French, Spanish - Portuguese)

Hazar.com offers free online dictionaries for translating Turkish to and from English, German, Italian, Danish and Japanese; free resources for people of Turkish heritage

Yahoo downloads (the best free software for Windows like Firefox 3 and others)

Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Qedoc is a learning object repository, documentation centre and forum for author collaboration. The learning object repository has free, editable, redistributable, interoperable educational resources, based around interactive quizzes, with1,210 articles currently available). Qedoc Quiz Maker - a desktop application for making quizzes and interactive educational materials. Qedoc Quiz Player - a desktop application for playing back quizzes and interactive educational materials. eLearning resources include English, Mathematics, Geography, History, Languages, Science, Medicine, Computing and Business. e-learning resources are available in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.

Testing your level of English proficiency (online diagnostic, assessment and practice exams)

Free Online TOEFL, English and Multi-Language Vocabulary Test, from FreeTOEFL.net

Designed for multi-language vocabulary tests (Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, etc) and for English exams like TOEFL, iBT, GRE, SAT and TOEIC

Online Assessment Tests, from World English

Diagnostic Grammar Test
English Grammar Placement Test
English Language Assessment Test
Online English Assessment Tests

Diagnostic tests / Assessment tests on English grammar, from www.english-at-home.com

Assessment Tests, from Churchill House School of English Language

Test your English now (vocabulary, grammar, listening and reading (cloze test)

365 various quizzes to test your English knowledge, from Road to English Grammar

Free online, interactive exercises in grammar, vocabulary and discourse, from Language Project (approved by the British Council)

Free online practice tests for learners of English, from Exam English (managed by Steve Chadwick); also available in French and Spanish

Asia's Center for TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) will conduct intensive, five-week courses leading to a TESOL certificate on September 7 – October 9, 2009. This certificate is accredited by Cornerstone University of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Venue is no. 13 Denver St. Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. For more information, please contact Jurene Breidenbach at jureneb@actesol.com or Sam Kuka at director@actesol.com, or call office phone 922-9561.

Writing: discussions and interactive exercises

Kiran Desai, an Indian author whose novel "The Inheritance of Loss" won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award, said during a book-signing interview with CNN, "Writing is difficult." Decades ago, poet and Nobel laureate T.S. Eliot said in typical British fashion, "Writing is a bloody business."

Listed below are links to discussions and interactive exercises in writing from the best ESL and EFL resources on the Internet. Clicking the blue links will take you to the specific pages where the discussions and activities are, while clicking the website name will take you to the home page. Take time to browse these excellent websites; they are consistently good and fast loading. Besides the activities and exercises listed below, these sites generously offer, free of charge, a tremendous range of valuable resources for ESL and EFL teachers and students.

In answering the interactive exercises, you should follow carefully the prompts and directions. You should read each sentence or part aloud before clicking the answer you think is right. After the correct answer is displayed, think it over as to why it is the correct answer. (Please take note that the correct answer may depend on whether the exercise comes from an American English or a British English website.) After doing so, read the complete sentence again aloud with the correct answer.

To train yourself to think in English, try to recite the sentences with the correct answers from memory and at your full speaking volume. Or you can ask a friend to read out loud the sentences with the correct answers and you repeat them without looking at the computer screen.

Provides user friendly online resource for teachers and students in each of the five steps of the writing process – Prewriting, Writing, Revising, Editing and Publishing

Words easily confused when writing English, with word pairs, definitions, examples and sound files

Tools and information that inspire and equips young poets to be better and more thoughtful writers, and how to get rid of writer’s block through structured exercises

Kids news from the British Broadcasting Company out of the United Kingdom, providing young readers with a world view of the news

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's web site for kids with news, sports, homework help and discussion area, primarily for Canadian kids but includes a Latin news section

The English Alphabet
Use of Large Letters (Capitals)
Spelling Rules
Spelling variations in English and American English.
English Punctuation
Hyphenation

Essays & Presentations
General Information on Writing English Texts
General Information on Spoken Texts
Summaries
Comments (Stating Your Opinions)
Reviews (Films and Books)
Presentation
Business English
Business Letter (Structure)
Business Letter (Generator)
Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae, CV, Resume
Other Topics: Stylistic Devices, Rhetorical Devices; Definitions; Picture Description

Provides guides to writing stories, poems, reviews, and research papers, and features Continuous Stories and selected writings of children and teenagers (aged from 5 to 18)

The Paragraph; How to Write a Paragraph; Transitional Signals; Punctuation Rules; Capitalization Rules; The Essay

The Writing Process
Prewriting, Writing, and Revising
Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism
Types of Writing
Essays
Research Papers, Citations and Reference Formats
Abstracts and Summaries
Lab Reports
Business English
Letters
Journalism
Dissertations

Basics of Essay Writing:: Outline, Thesis, Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Writing Guides: Articles, Free Essays, Writing Tips, Style Guide
Essay Types: 5-paragraph Essay, Admission Essay, Argumentative Essay, Cause And Effect Essay, Classification Essay, Comparison Essay, Critical Essay, Deductive Essay, Definition Essay, Exploratory Essay, Expository Essay, Informal Essay, Literature Essay, Narrative Essay, Personal Essay, Persuasive Essay, Research Essay, Response Essay, Scholarship Essay
Citation Styles: MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago
Presentation Writing: Organization, Mechanics, Text, Visual Aids, 7 Things to Remember
Business Writing: Resume Writing, Cover Letter Writing

Free preview of sample essays, with the rest requiring paid subscription

Children's book author Pamela Jane tells how she gets ideas for writing

With comprehensive discussions on various levels (Sentence, Paragraph and Essay)

Paragraph Level
Sentence Variety
Consistency of Tense and Pronoun Reference
Avoiding Primer Language
Sentence-Combining Skills
Coherence and Transitions
Paragraph Development

Essay Level
Principles of Composition: Getting Started, Structure, Tone, Transitions, Editing, Logic, Formats, Rhetorical Patterns, Argumentative Essays, Research Papers, among other topics, with sample essays

A step-by-step tutorial on how to write an effective essay for late high school or early university.; Topics include Research, Proposal, Compiling your notes, Planning the essay, Writing the essay, The finished product, Extras that make essays stand out, and Examples of good and bad writing

Introducing the academic essay; Topics, titles, introductions; The body of the essay; Inside the paragraph: cohesion and topicalisation; Inside the paragraph: functional and propositional development; Writing conclusions; Academic versus nonacademic writing; Sources of data and bibliographies; Note taking from written sources; Editing and proofreading

Writing Tutorials; The Writing Process; Sentence Structure; Simple Sentences; Compound Sentences; Complex Sentences; Sentence Fragments; Run-on Sentences; The Passive Voice; Writing Paragraphs

Decide on your topic
Prepare an outline or diagram of your ideas
Write your thesis statement
Write the body
Write the introduction
Write the conclusion
Add the finishing touches

Kid Style News for Kid Style People, a twice-monthly newsmagazine featuring news, games, information and submitted articles from kids and schools from around the United States, and offers student, parent, and teacher educational resources

Lesson One: Tackling the Question
Lesson Two: Brainstorming a Topic
Lesson Three: Structure and Outline
Lesson Four: Style and Tone
Lesson Five: Intros and Conclusions
Lesson Six: Editing and Revising
Online ESL Writing Worksheets (Motivating and thought-provoking ESL Writing worksheets for students)

General writing
Writing essays
Writing reports
Writing postgraduate literature reviews
Editing your honours or postgraduate thesis
What makes a good essay
What makes a good review

Writing for subjects
Art & Design
Arts
Business and Economics
Education
Engineering
Information Technology
Law
Medicine
Pharmacy
Science

Make a Story 1 (Flash)
Make a Story 2 (Flash) (Thanks to Jeremy Taylor)

Sample compositions with comments and improvements; Write English paragraphs using the "PREP" formula; Write Powerful Introductions! Write Memorable Conclusions! Write English sentences well.

Appropriate Word Choice Exercises; Correcting Comma Splices, Run-ons, and Fragments Exercises; Editing Practice Exercises for the TWE; TWE Sample essay; Making Sentences More Concise Exercises; Recognizing Common Errors in Writing Exercises (subject-verb agreement, pronouns, differentiating between adjectives and adverbs, and verb tenses); Recognizing other ESL Errors in Writing Exercises (articles, auxiliary and main verb usage, using modals, and have + past participle, i.e.., ed, en, or irregular forms); Scoring Practice TWEs Exercises; Sentence Variety Exercises

Using Parentheses ; Using Quotation Marks; Capitalization; Spelling when adding "-ing"

Lessons on how to create outlines, write traditional essays, thematic essays, and DBQ essays, and crafting a thesis statement and writing a thesis paper

Students learn journalism through articles and quizzes, write their own stories and interview sources, and receive advice from working journalists.

Choosing Your Subject
Freewriting
The Whole and Its Parts
Planning, Freewheeling, Adjusting
The Journalists' Questions
Various sections on organizing, revising, editing, informal essays, thesis/support essays, argumentative essays, exploratory essays, and documenting

Online writing tutorial; takes students through the actual steps of writing a paragraph

Introduction - How Can We Be Better Writers?; Summary of Techniques for Better Writing; Engage Your Readers; Write Clearly; Write in a Visually Appealing Style; More About Techniques for Better Writing; Identify Your Audience; Organize Your Documents Carefully; Use a Question-and-Answer Format; Use "You" to Speak to the Reader; Use Pronouns to Represent the Reader and to Refer to the Agency; Use Active Voice; Use Short Sentences; Address One Person, Not a Group; Use the Present Tense; Use "Must" to Indicate Requirements; Place Words Carefully; Use If-Then Tables; Avoid Words and Constructions that Cause Confusion; Use Lots of Informative Headings; Divide Your Material Into Short Sections; Limit Each Paragraph to One Topic; Use Lots of Lists

PlainTrain or the Plain Language Online Training Program, offers helpful tips and techniques for improving your communication skills with the use of plain language; topics include Digest; Introduction; Reader And Purpose; Organizing Ideas; Appropriate Words; Simple Sentences; Effective Paragraphs; Design; and Testing

Principles of good writing for various subject matters (Art; Biology; English; History; Mathematics; Music; Political Science; Psychology; Religion; Sociology)

Concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation andintended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills

Biography Writing; Descriptive Writing; Folktale Writing; Mystery Writing; Myth Writing; News Writing; Poetry Writing; Speech Writing; Writing a Book Review

Online version of award winning student newspaper of Montgomery Blair High School's (www.mbhs.edu), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; a forum for community expression run entirely by students and working closely with print counterpart

Tells how to write and share a good story; topics include POWERS Writing Process (Prepare; Organize; Write; Edit; Rewrite), The Standard Writing Process; How to Proofread Your Paper; How Should Your Paper Look; The Brain Drain Writing Process

Written by Jakob Nielsen, distinguished engineer; PJ Schemenaur, technical editor; and Jonathan Fox, editor-in-chief, www.sun.com on how users read on the Web and how authors should write.
Topics include Difference Between Paper and Online Presentation; Working With a Designer:; Scannability; Navigation; Writing to Be Read: Headlines and subheads; lists, captions, and hyperlinks; Writing to Be Found; Terms to Avoid; Editorial Review of Web Pages:; Web Facts: Significant improvements in all metrics

Conceptualizing Your Essay; Quoting Sources; Research; Conclusions; Introductions; Titles; Thesis Statements; Revision and Editing; Argumentation; Documentation Formats; Support & Evidence; Grammar; Paragraphs; Style; Transitions; Avoiding Plagiarism

[43] The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard

Resource for grades 5-9 and advanced learners for students to learn to write a five paragraph essay; topics include Structure of the Essay; Getting Started; How to Write the Essay; Editing, Revising, and Evaluating; Expository Essay and Prompts; Narrative Essay and Prompts; Persuasive Essay and Prompts; General Writing Prompts for Your Use; Tips and Techniques for Effective Essays

[44] Online Writing Lab, from The OWL at Purdue

The Writing Process
Creating a Thesis Statement
Developing an Outline
Proofreading Your Writing
Starting the Writing Process
Writer's Block/ Writer's Anxiety
Professional, Technical, and Scientific Writing; Job Search Writing; General Academic Writing; Research and Citation; Grammar and Mechanics; English as a Second Language; Literary Analysis and Criticism; Writing in the Social Sciences; Writing in Engineering; Creative Writing; Teaching Writin

Affirm Your Esteem as a Writer; Getting Started by Writing a Journal; Getting the Reader's Interest; Importance of a Good Vocabulary in Writing; Computer-Based Grammar Checkers; Creative Methods; Enhance Writing Creativity Using Graphical Outlines; Outlining Enhances Writing Creativity and Productivity; Writing by Dictation
Simple Plot and a Random Story Generator; Computer-Aided Writing; Aid for Writing a Short Speech; Aid for Writing a Book Report; Types of Writing; Screenplay writing; The Screenplay Paradigm; Speech writing; Succeed by Studying Great Speeches; Children's stories; Interpreting Aesop's Fables to Teach Values; Technical Writing; Succeed in Technical Writing - lessons on technical writing methods and getting a job as a technical writer

An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle schools developed by ThinkTVNetwork, Dayton, Ohio (An OET/SchoolNet Project), teaching students how to do research and discover their own writing style

Academic Writing
What is Academic Writing?; Values in Academic Writing; Key Terms in Academic Writing; Types of Academic Writing; Strategies for Academic Writing

Essay Writing Workshop (Grammar Workout)
Essay Definition; The Nature of the Beast/Academic Writing; Prewriting; Developing Ideas for Writing/Prewriting; Working with Prewriting: Moving from Self to Subject; Gathering Information; Shaping Information; Thesis Definition; Thesis Characteristics; Analyzing the Thesis to Gather and Shape Information; More Information on Analyzing the Thesis; Topic Sentence Definition; Ordering Information in the Body of the Essay; Transitions; Outlining; Building the Essay Draft Revising; Research Paper in Progress

[48] The Writing Process, from The Writing Center of Cleveland State University

Invention; Critical Reading; Thesis; Organization; Paragraphing; Word-Processing; Revision; Documentation; Proofreading

[49] Stages of the writing process, from The Writing Center of University of Wisconsin – Madison

Planning to Write: Preparing to Write a Play Review; Reading Poetry to Write About It; Reading a Nonfiction Book to Review It

Creating an Argument: Thesis vs. Purpose Statements; Developing a Thesis Statement; Planning and Writing a Research Paper

Working with Sources: Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources; Using Literary Quotations ; Citing Sources in Your Paper

Drafting and Revising Your Paper: Peer Reviews

Finishing Your Paper

Twelve Common Errors: An Editing Checklist; How to Proofread your Paper

Letters and Application Essays; Literary Analysis Papers; Proposals and
Dissertations; Research Papers; Reviews; Scientific Reports

{50] How To Answer Esssay Questions (Powerpoint) and How To Write the Five Paragraph Essay, from The Writing Page

[51] Time for Kids

Time Magazine’s new site for kids, containing national news, world news and the latest news from talented kids of the entertainment world

[52] Tips for Writing an Essay

Presents a simple five-step approach

[53] Improving Your Style, from University of Guelph

[54] Online Guide to Writing and Research, from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC)

College Writing
The Writing Process
Thinking Strategies & Writing Patterns
The Research Process
Academic Integrity & Documentation
Assessing Your Writing
Writing Plan & Project Schedule

[55] Writing. from the University of Toronto

Advice on Academic Writing
Planning & Organizing; Reading & Researching; Using Sources; Specific Types of Writing; Style & Editing; Grammar & Punctuation; ESL Answers

[56] Text Content Analysis Tool, from Using English

Simply write or paste text you want to analyze (up to 500KB in size) and this website’s free text analysis tool will give you statistics on word count, unique words, number of sentences, average words per sentence, lexical density, and the Gunning Fog readability index. More detailed statistics are available to members.

[57] The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing, from Washington College

Topics include Thinking, Style, Structure, Evidence, Mechanics

[58] What Makes a Good Story?

Through a classic short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," by Susan Glaspell, you'll solve the mystery of whether Minnie Wright killed her husband and learn the about story's literary elements and structure through an interactive exhibit

[59] Tips-o-matic, from Writing Den

Helpful tips on writing sentences, paragraphs and essays

[60] Writing, from World English

TEST YOUR WRITING SKILLS
HELP WITH WRITING
LEARN ENGLISH PUNCTUATION

[61] YouthInkIt

YouthInk Publications Society is non-profit charitable organization dedicated to promoting literacy in Youth through journalism, communication, publishing and special projects; Teaches young people how to do interviews, write copy, and use HTML to publish on the web; Explores current environmental and social issues. Helps students get their writings published. Requires free registration.

Discussion of skills (reporting, writing, editing, photojournalism, graphics design, web journalism, opinion writing and broadcasting), issues (news, practices, law, history, ethics), industry (newspapers, magazines, radio and television, news web sites), and with grammar exercises for students.

Daily Writing Prompts
Interactive Writing Prompts for K-6th Grade
Right-Brained Writing Prompts using serendipity and creativity to launch a piece of writing
Left-Brained Writing Prompts
Writing Lesson of the Month Network for teachers around the world.)
Picture Books
Chapter Book Excerpts
Literary Excerpts & Poetry Classics
Poetry-Inspired lessons
Short Stories (designing skill-based writing lessons inspired by short story excerpts)
Poetry and Writing Across the Curriculum Prompts (using iPod technology to generate excitement about writing assignments in all curricular areas).

Research
Analysis
Brainstorming
Thesis
Outline
Introduction
Paragraphs
Conclusion
MLA Style
Language

Seven steps to better presentations by Jeff Veen
How to give a great presentation by D. Keith Robinson
How to get a standing ovation by Guy Kawasaki
The problem with presentations by Doc Searls
Great and witty video on giving better presentations (uses Hollywood movie posters and discusses among others The Morgan Freeman Rule)

PresenTired: "The Voicemail"
from Scott Schwertly on Vimeo

Notes:

Biography Maker: These online lessons explain what a biography should be and walk writers through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling. The site includes embedded links to relevant Internet resources and tips for effective writing.

English for Business, Work and other Special Purposes, from about.com ( Adult Education English for special purposes including Business, commercial, financial, legal, insurance and human resources sectors as well as help with resumes, job interviews and cover letters; resources include Business English Writing for esumes, letters and documents, Business Reading comprehension exercises, Business Speaking Skills for the workplace, English for Medical Purpose, Business English Vocabulary, Business Meetings and Presentations, Business English Lesson Plans for ESP and Vocational English, Job Interviewing, and Business English Role Plays - Dialogues, and Business English Level Test, a 100 question test to discover your business English mastery level)

Postcript is a self-study magazine for learners of Business English by Marcus Evans Linguarama with exercises on reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation, style, vocabulary and usage. Each exercise has an answer key so that you can correct your work yourself online. Each issue has a theme on which many of the exercises are based, for example, Sales, Personnel or Banking.

Free resources from englishmedialab.com include the following: Business English ESL Quizzes and Business English Listening (business meeting and interactive listening quiz for job interviews); Online Grammar Exercises; Vocabulary Videos; Pronunciation; Quizzes for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Level English Learners.

English for the medical professional, from HospitalEnglish.com (free resources for medical professionals like doctors, nurses, physical therapists, radiologists, physician assistants, pharmacists, etc, studying English and medical printables for teachers; with medical vocabulary builders and pronunciation guide, patient counseling activities, disease state directors, healthcare professional articles, medical flashcards, hospital lesson plans, and ESP worksheets)

Effective legal writing resources

How to write good legal stuff
Legal writing: structuring a better legal memorandum or opinion
University of Auckland legal research and writing guide

Learn English Professionals (British Council) can help you reach your professional aspirations by developing your English skills and helping you prepare for English language exams with its online test to see what level your English is according to the six levels outlined in the European Framework. Various sections include Maritime English, English for Engineers, English for Journalists, English for Finance, Legal English and English for Tourism. You can also practice your English with grammar movies or listen and watch Sanjeev use English in the workplace with the J@m movies, its cartoon series practicing English through work in a web design company. With the Specialist vocabulary builder (choose between Medical, Legal, IT, Marketing and Financial words), you can learn or test yourself on up to 100 words in each category). Choose the level of difficulty and start learning. Specialist Vocabbuilder uses the Collins Cobuild dictionary to create exercises just for you; the exercises are different every time. Start Specialist Vocabbuilder now.

Daily Writing Tips, simple yet effective tips to improve your writing. Categories include Book Reviews, Business Writing, Competitions, Expressions, Fiction Writing, Freelance Writing, General, Grammar, Grammar 101, Misused Words, Punctuation, Spelling, Vocabulary, Word of the Day, and Writing Basics. You can get Daily Writing Tips via RSS Feed, or by email, and stay tuned for your writing tips.

Most popular articles from Daily Writing Tips are: 40 Yiddish Words You Should Know; The Impotence of Proofreading; 6 Foreign Expressions You Should Know; Let the Word Do the Work; 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals; 50 Incorrect Pronunciations That You Should Avoid; 12 Greek Words You Should Know; 34 Writing Tips That Will Make You a Better Writer; Gross Writing Errors on the Web; Creative Writing 101; Latin Words and Expressions; Usage That Provokes "Blackboard Moments"; and 44 Resume Writing Tips.

"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" from C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia has become a beloved classic the world over. Four children walk through a seemingly ordinary wardrobe into the magical land of Narnia. A fantastic adventure begins to unfold as Aslan the Great Lion is pitted against the evil White Witch. Battles are fought, heroes are made, and one of the children has committed a crime that demands the death penalty... What will happen? Take off on an adventure you never imagined ...

Listen now to The Narnia Story (narration by Ray Comfort and introduction by Kirk Cameron) or download the MP3. If you have trouble extracting a zipped file, you may need to install a free program. Just click this link to download a free copy of ZipReader.