ICT 4 ELT Portals

Writing for teachers of advanced students

Compiled and annotated by
Aaron Collier.

This webpage contains links to websites about writing for teachers of advanced students.

• The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue

  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

  A very detailed website on all kinds of writing. It has worksheets on things like grammar issues and comma use, and also introductions to things like using different citation methods and writing CVs.

• The Elements of Style

  http://orwell.ru/library/others/style/index.htm

  A classic small book avaible online that gives general guidelines on writing effectively. It contains explanations of words commonly misued and also a general overview of how to approach writing.

• English Composition: Writing for an Audience

  http://www.learner.org/resources/series128.html

  This is a series of videos about writing in all its forms, covering all of the steps in the writing process. It has interviews with some famous authors. You will have to sign up for a free account.

• English Writing Skills

  http://esl.about.com/od/writinginenglish/

  This page provides a variety of lesson plans and other guides for use with teaching writing.

• Paragraph Punch

  http://www.paragraphpunch.com/

  This is a website that takes students through all of the steps to writing a paragraph. It helps students look at the sentences in a paragraph as pieces in a sort of puzzle, which can help them edit their work effectively.

• Common Errors in English

  http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

  A list of common mistakes that even native speakers make in English along with explanations of how to fix them.

• CzEnglish

  http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/projekty/lexdb/czeng.cgi?mode=contents

  A list of the most common mistakes that native Czech speakers/writers make and their corrections, given in Czech. This site is especially useful for correcting work online, as you can easily link to a specific mistake a student has made.

• Argument & Opinion Essay Writing

  http://www.writefix.com/argument/

  A simple guide for English learners on how to writing short argument-style essays. Based around the short essays students have to write for international exams, but can provide general help.

• WritingDEN

  http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm

  A site that provides writing tips and quizzes based around different topics. The topics also include audio clips and activities at three levels.

• PIZZAZ

  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

  This site provides a variety of interesting activities for learning about writing in fun and creative ways.