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The Able Writer
An in-depth and exhaustive guide to good English writing style. Aimed at University level students.

Authors  
About.com's Author guide Scott Rettberg leads you to a wealth of information concerning authors and their respective works.

Arts & Letters Daily
A wonderful treasure trove of interesting articles to be found on the Net broken into three categories; Articles of Note, Books, Essays and Opinion. This page is updated on a daily basis and offers a host of advanced reading materials.

Arts Journal
Every weekday Arts Journal monitors and collects stories from more than 100 North American, Australian and European newspapers and magazines that write about the arts, and posts links directly to the stories on the Arts Journal site.

Bangkok Post
This is truly an outstanding site designed by the Bangkok Post to help its non-native speakers read an English newspaper. Difficult vocabulary is expained, exercises to improve comprehension are included, and there are many other approaches offered to help readers with their comprehension. Well worth a visit.

Book Collecting  
About.com's Guide Cathy Gallagher provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Book Collecting.

Books for Kids  
About.com's Guide Linda Sue Grimes provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Books for Kids.

BookLink Home Page
Extensive online bookshop for ESL teaching materials including over 3000 titles from more than 50 publishers.

Current Events -- World  
About.com's Guide Keith Porter provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Current Events -- World.

Edit English
This company provides editing services to foreign speakers of English. Services include: TOEFL essay correction, business documents, and ESL/EFL student tutoring.

Email  
About.com's Guide Heinz Tschabitscher provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Email.

English Literature  
About.com's Guide Leigh Anne Jones provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning English Literature.

Extensive Reading Homepage  
A very important approach to reading in a foreign language, "Extensive reading... is generally associated with reading large amounts with the aim of getting an overall understanding of the material. Readers are more concerned with the meaning of the text than the meaning of individual words or sentences." This outstanding resource is provided by the ER Working Group.

Guide for Writing Research Papers
This Guide for Writing Research Papers is based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation. By the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library Capital Community-Technical College Hartford, Connecticut

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
This is actually a document for university students. Any ESL who is college or university bound can benefit greatly from this advice. Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library Capital Community-Technical College Hartford, Connecticut

Interactive Fiction  
About.com's Guide Stephen Granade provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Interactive Fiction.

Journals  
About.com's Guide Catherine deCuir provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Journals.

Literacy Education Online
A very extensive writing style site. This site also contains an ESL section. From St. Cloud State University and LEO: Literacy Education Online.

Multilingual Poetry & Translations  
About.com's Guides Bob Holman & Margery Snyder guide to sites featuring multilingual poetry and poetry translated into English on the Internet.

Newspapers -- US  
About.com's Guide Jack Downs provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Newspapers -- US.

Newspapers -- World  
About.com's Guide Andris Straumanis provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Newspapers -- World.

Non-Fiction  
About.com's Guide Mary Angela Penny provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Non-Fiction.

The On-Line Books Page.
More than 5,000 texts available at this online library. Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom.

Paragraph Punch  
Paragraph Punch is designed to help users learn how to write a basic paragraph. The program guides users through each step in writing a complete paragraph. Help messages are provided throughout. Users are encouraged by seeing their work develop and progress.

Philosophy  
About.com's Guide Rich Gray provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Philosophy.

Poetry  
About.com's Guides Bob Holman & Margery Snyder provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Poetry.

Project Gutenberg
The largest project of its kind on the Net founded and led by Michael Hart, the Project Gutenberg provides free public domain literature. It currently contains over 10,000 texts!

Publishing  
About.com's Guide Wendy Butler provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Publishing.

Purdue Onlinie Writing Lab Resources
From Purdue University this online writing lab includes over 120 handouts including some specifically aimed at ESL learners. An absolute must for TOEFL candidates.

Reading Efficiently
From Glendale Community College by Dennis Doyle, this introduction to improving reading skills is meant for native speakers. However, it includes reading tips and strategies that also apply to ESL/EFL learners.

Romance Fiction  
About.com's Guide Jim Trent provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Romance Fiction.

Screenwriting  
About.com's Guide Allen White provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Screenwriting.

SOON online magazine
British ESL magazine with a variety of articles centering around Christian values. This site seems to use ESL as a means not only of learning, but also of spreading Christian viewpoints.

Tales of Wonder
An extensive archive of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Perfect for short reading comprehensions for intermediate to advanced students.

Technical Writing  
About.com's Guide Gary Conroy provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Technical Writing.

Writing Den
Writing help on three levels: sentence, paragraphs and essays. Good basic rules for intermediate to upper intermediate students.

Writing for Multimedia: A Guide
Not strictly a guide for ESL learners, this guide is considered by many to be the authoriative source by Michael Butzgy. Well worth the time and effort if you or your students need to write for a computer learning/teaching enviornment.

U of Victoria Writer's Guide
Originally prepared for students in the English Department at the University of Victoria, the Guide is an introduction to the process of writing and to the study of literature. Guide's focus is on essay writing style.

Writers' Exchange  
About.com's Guide Susan Molthop provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Writers' Exchange.

Young Adult Books  
About.com's Guide Kimberly Pauley provides expert resources and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources concerning Young Adult Books.


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