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READING, WRITING, SPEAKING AND LISTENING

1.1. Learning to Read Independently

Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/

Word of the Day
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday/

1.2. Reading Critically in All Content Areas

SCORE: Graphic Organizers
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sorganiz.htm

1.3. Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

LitLinks
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

1.4. Types of Writing

Paradigm Online Writing Center
http://www.powa.org/discover/index.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org/

1.5. Quality of Writing

11 Rules of Writing
http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
http://www.grammarbook.com/

Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

The Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

1.6. Speaking and Listening

Public Speaking Website
http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_public_speaking_2

Public Speaking Home Page
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/pubspeak/

Speaking and Listening Skills
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/speaklisten.html

Virtual Presentation Assistant
http://www2.ku.edu/~coms/virtual_assistant/vpa/vpa.htm

1.7. Characteristics and Functions of the English Language

A History of the English Language
http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm

1.8. Research

APA, MLA, Turabian and Chicago Citation Styles
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm

APA Style: Electronic Resources
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

IPL Teenspace: A+ Research & Writing
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/aplus/

OWL at Purdue University: Writing a Report
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportW/