English and ESL Learning Links
Reference Books
Linguistic Description
Biber, Douglas, and Stig Johansson, et al. Longman Grammar Of Spoken And Written English (LGSWE). Harlow: Pearson Education, 1999. Print.
Quirk, Randolph and Sidney Greenbaum. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (CoGEL) . 7th ed. New York: Longman Group, 1989. 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.
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009. Print.
Traditional Grammar Description
Azar, Betty Schrampfer, and Stacy A. Hagen. Understanding and Using English Grammar. White Plains, New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. 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.
Young, Robert A. & Ann O. Strauch. Nitty Gritty Grammar. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Print.
Style Manuals
AP Stylebook. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. 42nd ed. New York: Basic Books, 2007. Print.
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Print.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America. 2009. Print.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association, 2010. Print.
Sabin, William A., The Gregg Reference Manual:A manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting. 11th ed. New York: McGraw–Hill, 2011. Print
Word Use
Fowler's Modern English Usage. Ed. R. W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Print.
Garner, Bryan A.. Garner's Modern American Usage. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. Print.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1994.Print.
Resource Sites
Practice & Research
Academic
COCA "Corpus of Contemporary American English" Brigham Young University (database that searches for current use in periodicals, journals and books)
Eric – Education Resources Information Center (government)
Owl.English.purdue.edu (Purdue University)
Purdue OWL. "The Writing Process"
Purdue OWL. "Developing an Outline"
University of North Carolina. "Punctuation" (09 Aug 2006)
University of Waikato. "Student Learning Grammar" (New Zealand)
Art & Museum
Mark Hardens Artchive (art examples through the centuries)
Blogs & Journals
The Chronicle of Higher Education
English Speaking (conversational expressions, idioms, and more.) by Laura Schwartz in Thailand
ZapaTECHISTA: ESL and Technology for the 21st century classroom
Dictionaries
LDOCE "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English"
Merriam-Webster "Dictionary and Thesaurus"
My Virtual Reference Desk (dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, etc.)
OED "Oxford English Dictionary"
Virtual Salt (links to all kinds of subjects)
Library Guides
"Citing Your Sources" UC Berkeley
"Critical Evaluation of Resources" UC Berkeley
Practice Sites
Agenda Web "Hundreds of Free Exercises"
"Bullet Lists: Dos and Don'ts". Klariti. (2007)
English Grammar.org Grammar lessons, exercises, and rules for everyday use
English Grammar Secrets — Pearson Brown
ESL Webography (an extensive list of resources)
My-English-dictionary.com (vocabulary with pictures and sounds)
Learn-English-jr.com (learn English through jokes)
Professional – Careers
TEFL "Career Portal"
TESOL International Association "Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages"
Masters in Education "Helpful guide for graduate level students interested in teaching & education jobs & careers"
Writing Resources
"150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively" Open Education Database, 19 Feb 2013. Web.
http://oedb.org/library/features/150-writing-resources 9 June 2013