Banished Words
As I promised in my last post, here's the Lake Superior State University list of banished words.
I don't always agree with them, but they remind me to think carefully before using a popular new expression. It may already be a cliché.
ESL/EFL Resources
- Aardvark's English Forum: ESL, EFL, ELT, TESOL, TEFL, TESL
- BBC | British Council: teaching English
- Business English Writing Courses
- Center for Applied Linguistics: Resources
- Dear Ai - Good advice for ESL Students
- EFL Geek: ESL & EFL in Korea
- ELT Podcast: Basic Conversations
- English-Speaking Section of Foreign Language Teachers United
- Englishforums.com: Learn English with online help
- Englishtag: English Language Internet Resources
- ESL Associations & Organizations
- ESL Listening: Podcasts
- ESL on the Web
- ESL Page (Podcast)
- ESL Resources, Handouts and Exercises for Students and Teachers
- ESL Teacher Resources, Job Boards, and Worksheets
- Fudan Fuzhong Podcasting Page
- Guardian Unlimited: TEFL
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Idiom of the Week and Wordwatch
- Just Vocabulary's Podcast
- Learn English
- Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun (Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students)
- Listen to English--Learn English! (Podcast)
- Literacy Education Online: Verb Tenses
- Online Slang Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Phrasal Verb Dictionary
- Podictionary: the podcast for word lovers
- Radio Australia - Chinese Service - English for tourism
- SlangSite.com - The Slang Dictionary
- TEFL News (Guardian Weekly)
- TESall.com
- The ESL Free Press
- The Westcoast Reader
- Thesaurus.com
- Writing Links for ESL
- WWW ESL Resources
- You Don't Say: Language and Usage
- Zahra's English Book
Useful Links
- Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more
- APA Style
- Ask the English Teacher
- British Columbia Arts Council
- Capilano College
- Capilano College Library
- Citizendium
- Communications Page
- Editors' Association of Canada (EAC)
- Finding Information on the Internet
Useful tutorial from UC Berkeley. - Google Directory - Arts > Writers Resources > Style Guides
- Google Help : Search Features
- Grammar Resources on the Web
- Grant Proposal Writing Tips
- Grant-Writing Tools for Non-Profit Organizations
- Guide to Conducting Online Research
Very helpful suggestions here. - Harbin University of Science and Technology
- How to Write Almost Anything at explorewriting.co.uk
- Inflation Calculator-Bank of Canada
- Investment Calculator- Bank of Canada
- Measuring Worth
- MLA Style
- NationMaster.com
Excellent reference source! - Plain Language Action & Information Network
- Statistics Canada
- StatsCan: Travel and tourism statistics
- The Plain Language Association International
- Wikipedia
- Wordorigins.org
Fascinating place to browse around. - Writing a Proposal
Education Links
- BC Ministry of Advanced Education
- BC Ministry of Education
- British Columbia Teachers' Federation
- Canadian Education Association / Association canadienne d'?cation
- Canadian Education Statistics
- Education Statistics on the Internet
- OECD Education Information
- US National Center for Education Statistics
Buy Writing for the Web 3.0 in Canada
This is also the link for purchasers outside North America.
Buy Writing for the Web 3.0 in USA
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Books and Writers
Literary news and reviews - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Homage to Arrhenius
News and resources about climate change - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Prototype
About blogging in education: an idea whose time has not yet come.
Read The Tyee
July 2008
English Teacher's Visitors
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- lee on Holiday Wishes
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- Crawford Kilian on Were or Was?
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- Jim on The Use of "There"
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- Anshuman on Pronoun Antecedent Again
- tedrespe on Neither or Either?
- hilllady on The Possessive of "Illinois"
- chuckp on I is?
Business-Writing and Editing Resources
- 10 Secrets For Writing Killer Complaint Letters
- A Guide for Writing Research Papers (MLA)
- Business Communication: Main Article Menu
- Business Correspondence--Overview
- Business Letter Writing Basics
- Business Writing (Blog)
- Business writing - Wikibooks
- Business Writing Help
- Crafting a Powerful Executive Summary
- Finding Your Focus: The Writing Process
- General Writing Concerns (Purdue)
- Giving a Presentation: How Al Gore Does It
- How to write a business proposal
- How to Write an Executive Summary
- MIT: Management Communication for Undergraduates
- Online Writing Lab Handouts: Professional Writing
- Plain English guide to writing reports
- Proposal Writing - A Practical Writing Guide
- Proposal Writing Hints
- Proposal Writing Short Course
- Report Writing
- The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
- The Art of the Executive Summary
- Winning Elements of Business Proposals
- Winning Business Proposals
- Writing That Works®: The Newsletter on Practical Business Writing, Editing and Communications and APEX® Awards for Publication Excellence, An Annual Awards Contest for Communicators Home Page
Intercultural Communication
- Intercultural Business Communication on the WWW (Finland—PDF)
- Intercultural Communication (Mexico)
- Intercultural Communication (Ohio ESL)
- Intercultural Communication Context (University of Kentucky)
- Intercultural Communication Principles - Wikipedia
- Intermundo: Intercultural Communication
- Simon Fraser University: David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
- This Is China! Weblog
Webwriting Resources
- A List Apart
- A List Apart: 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web
- Angela Booth's Writing Blog
- Anne Wayman—The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource
- BBC Styleguide Articles
- Blog Flux (Directory)
- BlogWrite for CEOs
- Books, Jobs and other Resources for Copywriters
Nick Usborne's Excess Voice site is a treasure trove. - BuzzMachine
- BuzzWhack: The Buzzword Compliant Dictionary
Essential reading. - Citizendium
- Contentious
Amy Gharan's must-read blog. - Copyblogger
- cybersoc.com
- Developing Information Content for the World Wide Web
Excellent article. - Ecrire pour le web
- Edit-Work
Not an active site, but content is worth a visit. - Editors Weblog
- Editors' Association of Canada - Design, typography and electronic publishing
- Effective Web Writing
An article I published in 2001. - Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digital World
- Electronic Text: Writing Tips
Great resource from Dennis Jerz at Seton Hill University. - Excess Voice
- Finding Information on the Internet
Useful guide from University of California at Berkeley. - First Monday
- flyte: what works online
- Google Directory - Arts > Writers Resources > Style Guides
- Gunning Fog Index
- Human Factors Newsletter
Useful advice on writing for the computer screen. - if:book/Institute for the Future of the Book
- Introduction to Online Journalism
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
Our first Webwriting guru, still pushing into new territory. - Lee Hopkins
- Netcraft
- Nielsen Norman Group: usability consulting, training & user research reports
- Official Google Blog
- Online Journalism 2: Features and Personal Web Sites
- Online Journalism Blog
- Online Journalism Review
- Online Writing List
If a grief shared is halved, and a joy shared is doubled, this is the place for Webwriters to share! - ONLINE! Citation Styles
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Poynter Online - EyeTrack '07
- Poynter Online - Web Tips
- Poynter Online - Writing Tools
- Quality Web Content
Great stuff from New Zealand! - Readability.info
- ReadWriteWeb
- Rédaction (Français)
- Référencement, Design et Cie
- Saila.com
A site with good advice on Website creation, news about online news, and other matters of concern to Web writers. - SEO copywriting: Learn writing for search engines best practices.
- Social Media
- The Cluetrain Manifesto
An excellent polemic on good and bad online communication. - We We Calculator
Good way to remember the "you" attitude in online writing! - Web Design Ideas Inspirational and Informational Blog
- Web Standards New Zealand: Passionate about excellence on the web
- WebWord
Good site, frequently updated. - Webwriting guidelines
- Wikinomics
- Wikipedia
- WOW Technology Minute
- Writers Remember
- Writing for the web
Very good Australian "mini-course." - Writing for the Web: Comparing Pages & Screens
- Writing Great Ezines & Blogs from Patsi Krakoff
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