Grammar Links
for English Language Learners, Especially for Writers
This site provides links to other
sites planned for ESL/EFL learners, especially sites that provide information
about English grammar. In addition, links are provided to sites that provide
information for writers in U.S. colleges and universities.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing: Professor Charles Darling at Capital Community
College in Hartford, Connecticut, created this site that combines information
with various quizzes. It also has links to sites for ESL/EFL students.
Cobuild
Dictionary: The publisher of the Collins CoBuild Dictionary of the
English Language provides information here about that dictionary and about
their collection of information on the English language.
An
Elementary Grammar: This site from the English Institute in the UK
provides information for ESL learners at lower proficiency levels on various
topics, including "word order, "articles," and others.
English
Grammar Clinic: This site is prepared by the teachers at the Lydbury
Language Centre. You can submit a question for them to answer or consult
their list of Frequency Asked Questions.
Edunet
Grammar Clinic: This is a frame version of the English Grammar Clinic.
Grammar
and Style Notes: Jack Lynch collected these rules on grammar and style
for use by his own students and now shares them with the world.
Grammar
Help: Written by an ESL teacher and her students, these pages contain
hints, rules and exercises on English grammar.
An
On-Line English Grammar: This site from Auther Hughes is arranged alphabetically.
The
LinguaCenter Grammar Safari: This innovative site provides a method
for a learner to find out about how a particular type of grammar is used
in context. As the authors say: "Students of English who limit their study
of grammar to what they find in grammar books are like naturalists who
limit their study of nature to an encyclopedia. Once you leave the safe
confines of the grammar books, you begin to learn all kinds of interesting
things about the way English is used. It isn't easy; in fact, it's a jungle
out there. Grammar books tend to make things fairly simple and there is
some value in that. Nevertheless, for the serious student of English, it's
worthwhile also to broaden your horizons and explore the jungle out in
the real world. The World Wide Web (WWW) is an excellent place to begin
experiencing English as it occurs in its natural surroundings--not only
are there millions of English texts readily available, but also most of
them can be electronically searched for those elusive yet fascinating English
grammar structures."
Undergraduate
Writing Center ( Dictionaries and Thesauruses ): from the Writing Center
at Texas Tech University: Use these to learn about parts of speech, sentences,
clauses, and paragraph development.
Pat
Byrd
Applied Linguistics and ESL
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia USA 30303-3083
patbyrd@gsu.edu