Quizzes
English Language Terms, Usage & Errors
Literacy
Writers’ Corner – Writing Tips & Improvement
Creative Writing
Publishing
Plagiarism

Quizzes

Test Your Grammar Knowledge

• http://a4esl.org/q/j/
• http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/iowa/quiz/
• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/

British English

• http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/british/1.html

Varieties of English

• http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/humanities/english/varieties_of_english.html

Just for Fun

• What Word Are You? (quiz): http://www.quizilla.com/users/mylove.myarsenic/quizzes/What%20Word%20Are%20You%3F/

English Language Terms, Usage & Errors

• World Wide Words: An extensive site “devoted to the English language – its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution – “http://www.worldwidewords.org/:
• http://www.wordwizard.com/
• Common English Errors: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
• English Glossary of Grammar Terms: http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html
• Index of English Terms: http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramind.html
• The Word Detective: http://www.word-detective.com/
• “Getting an ‘A’ on an English Paper”: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/EngPaper/
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
• Mind Tools: Tips for writing improvement – http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/WritingSkills.htm

Literacy

Academic Literacy

• http://www.academicsenate.cc.ca.us/Publications/Papers/AcademicLiteracy/main.htm
• http://www.wested.org/stratlit/prodevel/happens.shtml
• http://www.bridgewater.edu/~atrupe/AcadLit/WiredWorld.htm

National Institute for Literacy

• Adult literacy http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/adulthood.html
• National literacy statistics http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/facts_overview.html
• http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006483

The Literacy Project

• http://www.google.com/literacy/

The Literacy Site – Help Children Learn to Love Reading!

• http://www.theliteracysite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa

LEO: Literacy Education Online

• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/#citesanddocs

Writers’ Corner - Writing Tips & Improvement

• “How to Write Right” – by Gerard M. Blair: http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art4.html
• “The Importance of Good Writing Skills” – by Randall Hansen, Ph.D., & Kathleen Hansen: http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/skills.html
• The Wonderful Writing Skills (Un)Handbook: http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/
• The Learning Center (North Coast Institute )- Writing Skills: http://www.ncistudent.net/StudySkills/WritingSkills/Introduction.htm

Creative Writing

• Prompts: http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/
• Writer’s Digest 365 Prompts: http://www.writersdigest.com/writingprompts.asp?goto=closead
• The Dabbling Mum : http://www.thedabblingmum.com/writing/prompts/index.htm
• About.Com: http://freelancewrite.about.com/cs/qt.htm
• Resources for Creative Writers: http://www.theblob.org/raina/prompts/
• LitScene.com – the Search Engine for Writers: http://www.litscene.com/
• Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing : http://www.storyispromise.com/

Publishing

• http://www.writerswrite.com/
• http://www.writing-world.com/
• Everyone who’s Anyone in Trade Publishing…http://everyonewhosanyone.com/

Plagiarism

• “Plagiarism in Colleges in USA ” – http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm
• http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism