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Reference Books

 

AP Stylebook. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. 42nd ed. New York: Basic Books, 2007. Print. 

Azar, Betty Schrampfer, and Stacy A. Hagen. Understanding and Using English Grammar. White Plains, New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print.

Biber, Douglas, and Stig Johansson, et al. Longman Grammar Of Spoken And Written English (LGSWE). Harlow: Pearson Education, 1999. Print.

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Print. 

Fowler's Modern English Usage. Ed. R. W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Print.

Huddleston, Rodney and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Print.

Huddleston, Rodney and Geoffrey K. Pullum. A Student's Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005 Print.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1994.Print.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. NewYork: Modern Language Association of America. 2009. Print

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, D.C:  American Psycological Association, 2010. Print.   

Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (CoGEL) . 7th ed. New York: Longman Group, 1989. Print

Sabin, William A., The Gregg Reference Manual:A manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting. 11th ed. New York: McGraw–Hill, 2011. Print

Smalley, Regina L., Mary K. Ruetten, Joann Rishel Kozyrev. Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar. 5th ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2001. Print.

Strunk, William Jr. and E.G. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.1999. Print.

Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009. Print.

Young, Robert A. & Ann O. Strauch. Nitty Gritty Grammar. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Print

 

 

 

Practice Sites

5 Minute English

5minuteenglish.com/

Agenda Web "Hundreds of Free Exercises"

agendaweb.org/

Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe

eslcafe.com

English Grammar

englishgrammar.org 

English Grammar Secrets

.englishgrammarsecrets.com

English Grammar 101

englishgrammar101.com/

English Leap

englishleap.com/

ESL Partyland (student and teacher resource site)

eslpartyland.com

ESL Webography  (an extensive list of resources)

oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/gscw030?owa_no_site=218

JochenEnglish

.jochenenglish.de/

Learn English with Pictures

my-english-dictionary.com/

Learn English with Jokes

learn-english-jr.com/

Learning Chocolate (vocabulary with pictures and sounds)

learningchocolate.com/

Purdue University

owl.english.purdue.edu/

 

 

 

Writing Links

"Bullet Lists: Dos and Don'ts". Klariti. (2007)

http://www.klariti.com/business-writing/Guidelines-Bullet-Lists.shtml

UNC/ITS. "Punctuation" (09 Aug 2006)

http://its.uncg.edu/Style_Guide/Punctuation/

Purdue University OWL 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Purdue OWL. "The Writing Process"

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/1/

Purdue OWL. "Developing an Outline"

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

 

 

 

Research Links

Mark Hardens Artchive  (art examples through the centuries)

http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Masters in Education — Helpful guide for graduate level students interested in teaching & education jobs & careers.

http://mastersineducation.org/

Multiple Search Engines- Includes the tops 10 search engines

http://www.dogpile.com

My Virtual Reference Desk

http://www.refdesk.com/

Education Virtual Library  (research links in fields of study)

http://www.ultimatecoupons.com/education-virtual-library.html

Museums on the Web

http://www.icom.org/vlmp/

 

Instructor Blogs

English Speaking (conversational expressions, idioms, and more.)  by Laura Schwartz in Thailand

http://www.englishspeaking.org/ 

English Conversation Online

http://www.english-conversation-online.com