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200 FREE Cover Letters For Job Hunters (Bill Frank)

Free download library of every kind of cover letter imaginable.

Advanced Composition for International Students On-line (Carol E. Kubota)

This is a complete cyberspace class.

Advice on Academic Writing (Margaret Procter)

For native English speakers, but still useful

An Overview of English Articles Usage for Speakers of English as a Second Language (John R. Kohl)

One of the handouts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center

College Essays - SOS - ESL Corner & Links

Writing Tips

Comparison & Contrast (Michael Vallance)

Online help

Computer Assisted Sentence Production (Charles I. Kelly)

Answer a few questions, then let the JavaScript code write the sentences for you. A fun way to study writing.

Create Your Digital Postcard

Write a postcard on the web and send it to a friend.

Dakota State University's Online Writing Lab

www.dsu.edu

Dave's Graffiti Wall (Dave Sperling )

Send in some graffitti and he will put it on this page for you.

Electronic Postcards

Write a postcard to a friend.

ESL Japan: ESL Students' Essay Pages (Dale Bay)

Japanese students may write on any topic and post their essays here for others to read.

Grammar Poetry (Andreas Lund)

Write a 5-line poem, then submit it if you like.

Internet Business English Writing

Mid-Sweden University's Interactive Course

Lincoln Boundless Journals: News Online - International News Magazine

Advanced reading level; International News Magazine

Making Sentences (Nicholas Okoampah)

You can build a few sentences. Level: Very Easy. Requires a 5-part frame.

Migration in Humanity - Advanced Reading/Writing (Leslie Opp-Beckman)

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Naming a Paper (Nancy Ackles)

How to decide on a title for your paper. (The University of Washington ESL Center)

On-Line English Tutor (Judy Steidl)

This site is for native English speakers. How to improve your written English

Paragraph Making - About Myself (Alfred Lau)

Answer 12 questions and the JavaScript will write a paragraph about you.

PIZZAZ, People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling (Leslie Opp-Beckman)

Creative writing activities and copyable handouts for use in the classroom.

Purdue OWL Handouts: Punctuation: Apostrophes,Commas, Commas after Introductions, Exercise #1, Exercise #2,

Exercise #3, Exercise #4, Commas and Semicolons in Compound Sentences,Proofreading for Commas,

Commas, Run-ons, Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, Commas Set off Non-Essentials

Semi-colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks, and Italics, Semi-colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks, and Italics-Exercise,Quotation Marks,

Purdue OWL Handouts: Dealing with Writing Anxiety

Coping with Writing Anxiety, Overcoming Writer's Block

Purdue OWL Handouts: Editing/Proofreading

Higher Order Concerns (HOCs) and Lower Order Concerns (LOCs), Proofreading Strategies, Steps in Editing (Proofreading) Your Papers, Proofreading, Editing, and Revising, Proofreading Your Paper, Non-Sexist Language, Constructing Paragraphs, Paragraphing

Purdue OWL Handouts: Invention/Planning

When You Start to Write, Planning: Thought Starters (Asking the Right Questions) (101), Thought Starters, Starting to Write, Developing an Outline, Sample Outline, Invention/Planning

Purdue OWL Handouts: Other Issues/Topics

Non-Sexist Language, Writing Description, Writing Definitions, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing, Writing about Fiction, Writing Essay Exams, Logic in Argumentative Writing, Writing with Computers

Purdue OWL Handouts: Professional Writing

Writing Report Abstracts, Adding Emphasis, Revision in Business Writing, Business Letters: Subordinating Negatives in Good News and Neutral Messages, Sales Letters: Four Point Action Closing, Psychological Detail and Dramatization, Memo Writing

Purdue OWL Handouts: Style/Clarity/Coherence

Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity, Conciseness, Conciseness-Exercise #1, Transitions, Adding Emphasis, Coherence, Eliminating Wordiness

Purdue OWL Handouts: Writing in the Job Search

Your Resume, Acceptance Letter-Sample Letter, After Interview Letter-Sample Letter, Letters Concerning Employment, Accepted Another Position Letter-Sample Letter, Cover Letter Seeking Academic Position-Sample Letter, Job Offer Letter-Sample Letter, The Resume: Making It Work for You, Reference Sheet, Resume Sections, Application Letters: How to Sell Yourself, Some Action Words to Describe Skills in Resumes, Writing the Personal Statement, Job Search Self-Analysis

Purdue OWL Handouts: Writing Research Papers & Citing Sources

Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure, Quotation Marks, Quotation Marks and Italics-Exercise #1 , Semi-colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks,and Italics, Semi-colons, Parentheses, Dash, Quotation Marks,and Italics-Exercise, Paraphrasing -Exercise #1, Paraphrasing -Answers to Exercise #1, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing, MLA Format, APA Format, Sociology Format, Citing Electronic Sources, Developing Outlines, Sample Outlines, Using Statistics, Using Search Engines, Conducting a Productive Web-based Search

Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab - Handouts

Lets you search all our documents by category.

Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab - Writing Resources - Main Page

Handouts, web links, ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center

For native English speakers. Abstracts, Cover Letters, Crtiques, ...

Researchpaper.com - Writing a Research Paper (Infonautics Corporation)

General Writing Concerns, Professional Writing, ESL, Parts of Speech, ...

Spider-Man - Rebus

A 'rebus' is a story that uses pictures in place of some of the words.

Technical Communication Skills for Engineers (Michael Vallance)

Quizzes and puzzles related to communicating in a technical environment. Most require frames and JavaScript.

Three Common Composition Mistakes in Korea (Derrick Nault)

Sentences starting with "because" or "and". Also, inappropriate tone.

University of Michigan's On-line Writing Lab

Mainly for their own students. You might want to see thier Internet Writing Resources Page (Web Links).

Waky Tales at Funbrain.com

Mad Lib Stories. Fill in the blanks, then read the funny story written by this CGI script.

WINGS (ESL Writing & Art Magazine)

Writer's Handbook - Academic Writing (Literature, Research, Reviews) (The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing

Center). Thesis and Purpose Statements, Quoting and Paraphrasing, Documentation, ...

Writing and Research On-line (Gerri Brightwell)

A detailed guide for graduate students writing up their research.

Writing Challenge with Hideto - Self Introduction (Hideto Harashima)

Write your own self introduction following the example sentences.

Writing Exercises in Science (John Kimball)

 

Writing Tips - Sentence Builder (WritingDEN)

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www.englishclub.net - CVs, resumes and covering letters in English

Tutorial on writing your CV/resume and its cover letter. Includes a quiz.

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