2007/02/12

My webography on e-writing

1.http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm
This is a webpage of an English learning website sponsored by Cambridge University, which aims to offer holistic help for primary and secondary ESL learners of English . It would be of significant help in its general consideration about the grammar and vocabulary building and specific concern to the features of ESP, business English in particular. On-line help and seminars by experienced teacher concerning ESL learning would be available to any user with free and easy submission. Interaction and communication between and among students and teachers are also facilitated with disussion board, on-line forum and e-mail system.
Rich resources and links are provided concerning ESL learning. Even without specific attention given to writing enhancement, this website is a good platform for ESL students and teachers of English to learn English writing and exchange minds on learning and teaching. Since it is targeting primary and secondary learners, pursuit for academic research may be out of the coverage of it.
2. http://www.ericdigest.org/2004-1/html
This website is an on-line data base of academic research and literature. Essays of authority guaranteed with the authors, sources and references identified provide valid and wide information relevant to the speciality of users. User-friendly and convenient search and link interface ensures the real-time access to the different area of interest. And the relevant links provided are also of academic style with expertise on different repertoire associated. Therefore, it is of much value in providing useful information for academic research on language teaching.
3. http://www.ezedia.com/education/classroom/library/E-writing/html
This website offers an on-line communication board around different issues concerning education and classroom teaching practice. Less academic in nature, it is designed to help educators with their daily teaching practice with broad discussion of current practical problems and relevant link of help provided. On-line education programs and supportive software are also available for users to enhance their certain literacy. Friendly-designed interface, convenient searching engine and data base of wide coverage are the main strength of this website.
4. http://www.writing-world.com/freelance/teach.shtml
A professional on-line data base of writing training and teaching, the website offers not only relevant research articles of authority, but specific help for writing teaching and training with useful tips. Rich research literature and teachers communication board are much helpful for language teachers. And students could improve their writing either by following the instruction or by attending the real on-line writing practice with on-line training program and e-mail contact. And in the links provided are also writing helping specified and of much authority and value, such as Writingcollege.
5. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/write.shtml
Sponsored by BBC and British Council, this website is of authority in providing holistic discussion on the specific aspects of writing process with academic articles by language researcher and teachers. Easy registration for on-line communication with other users and easy submission to the writing activities designed offers language teachers and students the precious chance of exchanging thoughts and on-line writing experience. With the purpose to help English teaching as a whole rather than certain language skill, the web offers a good opportunity for users to deal with different aspects of language learning and integrating them as a real communication process.
6. http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=664&DID=2638
As a famous global education association, TESOL provides authoritative information for academic language teaching and learning research. Rich and valid information resources for teachers of different grades and interest of research are the major characteristic of TESOL. And by joining TESOL teachers from different world can communicate with each other. To help language teachers better, this website also provides provides a number of professional development opportunities online, from the Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate Program and other online courses, to TESOL virtual seminars and online discussions on key issues in the field.
7. http://www.4ewriting.com/
A Chinese personal website about Englishwriting, it aims to provide an overall help for Chinese EFL language learners in their learning of writing in the specific context of China. Special attention dedicated to the grammar, rhetoric and genre training reflects the traditional test-driven and product-oriented writing teaching practice in China, which is although criticized by communicative aprroach, still prevails nationwide. With blog and on-line discussion board, it does offer precious opportunity for students to experience real-time communication with English writing. However, aiming to offer service for Chinese students English writing, this website is less in authority in the shortage of relevant academic research and on-line teacher assistance.

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