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9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Title Words in the Mind, An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon Author Aitchison,J. Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description 4th Edition 2012 Additional notes See especially Chapter 15 ‘What’s a Bongaloo, Daddy: How Children Learn the Meaning of Words.’ Audience URL weblink Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Words-Mind-Introduction-MentalLexicon/dp/0470656476/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357657690 &sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Narratives (Modes of Writing) Andrews, R and Fisher, A 1991 Audience URL weblink 9780470656471 John Wiley & Sons, UK The book explores the latest insights into the complex relationship between language, words, and the human mind. It deals with the physiology/ psychology of child language development 9780521399685 Cambridge University Press, UK Narratives is a collection of stories, anecdotes, tales, comic strips, myths, fables and letters, all of which depend on the linking of events and states of mind in a sequence. By looking at modes of writing, rather than at themes or authors, the series draws attention to types of language. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Narratives-Modes-Writing-RichardAndrews/dp/0521399688/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135765774 2&sr=1-1 Title Language Myths Author Bauer, L. Trudgill, P. and Trudeau, G Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description 1998 Audience URL weblink Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Myths-LaurieBauer/dp/0140260234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357657607& sr=1-1 Title Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Additional notes Bryson, B. 2009 9780140260236 Penguin, UK This deals with the specifics of child speakers, why language is highly complex and how linguistic change occurs. 9780141040080 Penguin, UK This book offers an overview of the origins of English to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue. Chapter 1 gets started on describing some of the issues that have contributed to making English a world language. Chapter 12, English as a World Language, goes into more detail and would provide an entry point 1 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 for learners. It is amusingly written but makes the case for some aspects of the popularity of English, its diffusion through an empire and its dominance through American English. Chapter 16 is of relevance, too, as it sketches out areas of further possible discussion. Audience URL weblink Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Mother-Tongue-Story-EnglishLanguage/dp/0141040084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13576577 99&sr=1-1 Title Exploring Spoken English Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Carter, R and McCarthy, M 1997 Brief description The book is a practical guide to the features of natural spoken English, designed for teachers and advanced learners of English for use in groups and for self-study. The material consists of 20 varied extracts of authentic spoken English. Each unit contains an activity for the reader and a line-byline commentary offering new insights into grammar, vocabulary and discourse patterns in the text. A useful and practical resource. Additional notes Audience URL weblink 9780521568609 Cambridge University Press, UK Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Spoken-English-Bookonly/dp/0521568609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357657971&sr =1-1 Title The Language of Speech and Writing Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Carter, R and Cornbleet, S 2001 Brief description Additional notes Audience URL weblink This provides learners with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing. Units 2,4 and 5 are particularly relevant. Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL weblink Investigating Talk Cockcroft, S. 1999 Title Exploring Language and Literature 9780415231671 Routledge Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Speech-WritingIntertext/dp/0415231671/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135765814 7&sr=1-1 978-0340730867 Hodder and Stoughton, UK This provides highly useful resources for teaching a range of relevant topics and contains a number of practical exercises. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Language-Investigating-SusanCockcroft/dp/0340730862/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135765825 0&sr=1-1 2 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL weblink Croft, S and Myers, R 2000 9780198314578 Oxford University Press, UK Useful material for teachers and learners offering a general overview of the subject. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Language-Literature-StephenCroft/dp/0198314574/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357658431&sr =1-1 Title English as a Global Language Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Crystal, D 2nd Edition 2003 Brief description This contains useful subjects including the future of English as a world language, English on the Internet, and the possibility of an English 'family' of languages. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/English-Global-Language-DavidCrystal/dp/0521530326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357669123&sr=8-1 Audience URL - weblink Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Additional notes Audience URL - weblink 9780521530323 Cambridge University Press, UK The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language Crystal, D. 2nd Edition, 2003 9780521530330 Cambridge University Press, UK The book provides an account of the rise of English as a global language and explores the whys and wherefores of the history, current status and future potential of English as the international language of communication. Contains material on the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of New Englishes Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/English-Global-Language-DavidCrystal/dp/0521530326/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357658838& sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Additional notes Audience URL - weblink Student Handbook for English Durran, J and Stewart, J 2000 Title Author Publication Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar Field, M 3rd Revised Edition, 2009 9781857495850 Pearson, UK This offers guidance on grammar, spelling and the structuring of writing This is very accessible for learners and a useful resource. Learners www.amazon.co.uk/Student-Handbook-English-JamesDurran/dp/1857495853/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357658994& sr=1-1 3 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink 9781845283292 How to Books This offers practical guidance for learners on ways of improving punctuation and grammar. Learners www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Punctuation-GrammarEssentials/dp/1845283295/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13576591 04&sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink Descriptions (Modes of Writing) Goodwyn, J and A 1992 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language Jackson, H. and Stockwell, P. 1996 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Do Brilliantly: AS English Language and Literature Jeffrey, S 2002 Audience URL - weblink Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink 9780521399692 Cambridge University Press, UK This book covers a range of writing which attempts to stay close to things in the world by describing, narrating, commenting. Learners and teachers www.amazon.co.uk/Descriptions-Modes-Writing-JanetGoodwyn/dp/0521399696/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135765926 1&sr=1-1 9780748725809 Nelson Thornes, UK Useful material for teachers and learners offering a general overview of the subject Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Functions-Language-InvestigatingEnglish/dp/0748725806/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357659434 &sr=1-1 9780007126064 Collins This exam practice book contains detailed advice and tips on how to improve marks and overall grades. Examples of extracts and different types of answers are given. Learners and teachers www.amazon.co.uk/Do-Brilliantly-At-LanguageLiterature/dp/0007126069/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135765955 3&sr=1-1 Working with Short Stories Kilduff, M, Hamer, R and McCannon, J. 1991 9780521377959 Cambridge University Press, UK Each practical unit is based around a short story, introducing learners to the art of a form which is mirrored in the larger work of the novel. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Working-Short-Stories-MichaelKilduff/dp/0521377951/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357659851& 4 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Additional notes Audience URL - weblink The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches McArthur, B. 2000 978-0140232349 Longman, UK The book provides a selection of famous and influential speeches from the twentieth century – and some less well-known too. A very useful resource Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Penguin-Book-Twentieth-CenturySpeeches/dp/0140232346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13576600 38&sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink Ways of Reading Montgomery, M. Durant, A. Fabb, N. Furniss, T. and Mills, S. 3rd Edition, 2006 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Audience URL - weblink Mastering English Language Sara Thorne 2nd Edition 2008 Title The Language Instinct Author Pinker, S. Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Additional notes 1995 Audience URL - weblink Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Instinct-Science-MindPenguin/dp/0140175296/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357660681 &sr=1-1 Title Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language 9780415346344 Routledge This is an excellent teacher’s book, full of inspiring and useful exercises. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Reading-Advanced-StudentsLiterature/dp/0415346347/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135766028 2&sr=1-1 9781403994837 Palgrave Macmillan A very detailed overview of the subject highly informative for teachers and learners. Teachers www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Advanced-English-LanguagePalgrave/dp/1403994838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=135766062 4&sr=1-1 9780140175295 Penguin Offers very useful background on language acquisition for teachers and learners. Chapter 9: ‘Baby Born Talking – Describes Heaven’ is excellent, particularly because it gives some anecdotes that are very useful in lessons. 5 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Pinker, S. New Edition 2001 9780753810255 Phoenix Brief description The author explores how language works and develops, drawing on sciences and the humanities. Additional notes Audience URL - weblink The business of how children learn through errors is very informative. See especially Chapter 7 “Kids Say the Darndest Things’. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Words-Rules-Ingredients-LanguageSCIENCE/dp/0753810255/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13576608 09&sr=1-1 Title The Language of Conversation Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Pridham, F 2001 Additional notes This contains lots of example passages and has technical background on the features and structures of spoken language. Audience URL - weblink Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Conversation-Intertext-FrancescaPridham/dp/0415229642/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357661028 &sr=1-1 Title Author Publication year ISBN (13) Publisher Brief description Grammar, Structure and Style Russell, S 3rd Revised Edition, 2001 Audience URL - weblink 9780415229647 Routledge The book offers practical experience of textual analysis of conversation with commentaries and ideas for further practice and study. 9780198314783 Oxford University Press This is a highly useful resource for language activities and a reliable guide to the whole area of knowledge about language for both teachers and learners. Teachers and learners www.amazon.co.uk/Grammar-Structure-Style-PracticalAdvanced/dp/0198314787/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13576615 60&sr=1-1 Websites Title URL Brief description Audience Teacher Support http://teachers.cie.org.uk A secure online resource bank and community forum for Cambridge teachers. Title URL Andrew Moore's teaching resource website www.universalteacher.org.uk/contents.htm#langa Brief description Additional notes A very useful website for teaching resources and information. Teachers A detailed website for information and resources on English-related subjects. Some of the sections are directly related to particular UK English syllabuses, but most of the 6 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 material can be applied to any English language course at this level. Audience Teachers and learners Title URL The Routes of English www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/index.shtml Brief description Audience General resources for a variety of English topics. Teachers and learners Title DCBLOG URL http://david-crystal.blogspot.co.uk/ Brief description Audience This provides a discussion of language related topics. Title URL British Library www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html Brief description Audience Access to sound recordings, case studies and surveys, topics of accents, dialects, Received Pronunciation, Language change over time and more. Teachers and learners Title URL The Internet Grammar of English www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/ Brief descripti0n Additional notes Audience The website offers an exploration of the content of grammar, a glossary of terms and a list of exercises. This is a useful introduction to the topic. Title URL Literary Connections www.literaryconnections.co.uk/resources/lang.html Brief description Additional notes Audience The site provides a variety of resources for language study, including grammar, language varieties and rhetoric. Offers links to other relevant websites. Title URL Brief description Audience Topmarks www.topmarks.co.uk The website offers teaching resources, homework help and links to educational websites for use in the classroom. Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Additional notes Audience OpenLearn http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The website provides a general range of features and possible resources such as 'The History of English in Ten Minutes'. Offers some useful introductory material to a range of topics. Teachers and learners Teachers and learners Teachers and learners Teachers Title A Basic Guide to Textual Analysis URL Brief www.engl.niu.edu/wac/txtanal.html The website provides a range of practical exercises, guiding learners, in particular, 7 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 description Audience through textual analysis. Learners and teachers Title URL Brief description Audience The Language of Advertising www.engl.niu.edu/wac/txtanal.html A useful website for an exploration of some of the words and phrases used in advertising. Learners and teachers Title URL Marketing: The Language of Advertising www.linguarama.com/ps/marketing-themed-english/the-language-of-advertising.htm Brief description Audience The website offers an exploration of the language used in advertising, including the frequency of certain types of words. Learners and teachers Title URL Advertising – the Features www.putlearningfirst.com/language/19advert/advert2.html Brief description Audience This website explores the linguistic features which characterise advertising. Title URL Brief description Audience Language and Power www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/power.htm#adgrammar The website contains a useful section on advertising, persuasive techniques and definitions of linguistic terms. Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Audience ESL Partyland – Learn English www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/quiz.htm#grammar The website provides a variety of resources and exercises on topics like grammar, idiom, slang, phrasal verbs and vocabulary. Exercises are divided into levels of challenge: difficult, medium and easy. Teachers and learners Title URL The Language of Advertising www.stanford.edu/class/linguist34/Unit_07/is_it_normal.htm Learners and teachers www.stanford.edu/class/linguist34/Unit_03/anchor-relay.htm Brief description Audience Both links contain an exploration of the linguistic techniques employed in advertising. Title URL Advertising Techniques Brief description Audience The website explores a range of advertising strategies with examples. Title URL Stylistic Analysis - Discourse Brief description Additional notes Audience The site offers a guide on how to apply an analytical framework to different texts Title CNN Teachers and learners www.englishalanglit-inthinking.co.uk/key-concepts/advertising-techniques.htm Learners and teachers www.englishbiz.co.uk/downloads/stylistic_analysis_2.pdf Learners and teachers 8 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 URL www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/index.html www.historyplace.com/speeches Brief description Audience The website provides access to a useful range of transcriptions of speeches and provides simplified lists of features of rhetoric. Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Audience The Gifts of Speech http://gos.sbc.edu/a.html The website provides access to a range of transcriptions of speeches. Title URL Brief description Audience Language in Use www.putlearningfirst.com/language/09trans/09trans.html The website provides access to a range of transcriptions of speeches. Title URL Teachers and learners Teachers and learners The Global Language Monitor www.languagemonitor.com Brief description Audience The website offers a range of articles about language issues and contemporary material which teachers and learners will find very practical and informative. Teachers and learners Title URL The History Place Brief description Audience The website provides resources for speeches transcriptions and audio facilities for listening to them. Teachers and learners Title URL QED Forensic Linguistics www.qed.info/principles.html Brief description Additional notes Audience The website deals with the analysis of linguistic style in a forensic context. Title URL Brief description Audience Fiction: The E-Server Collection www.eserver.org/fiction/short.html; www.americanliterature.com/SS/SSINDX.HTML This is a useful website for acquiring e-texts. Title URL Brief description Audience Ability: Electronic Text Archive www.ability.org.uk/electronic_text_archives.html The site provides useful links to e-text sites Title URL Brief description Audience ebooks@Adelaide http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/literature/ This is a useful site for acquiring e-texts in clearly differentiated historical periods and genres. Teachers and learners www.historyplace.com/speeches Useful for an exploration of the relationship between speech and context. Learners and teachers Teachers and learners Teachers and learners 9 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Title Project Gutenberg URL Brief description Additional notes Audience www.gutenberg.org/ This is an excellent resource site for the provision of e-texts. Title URL Quantum Theatre Brief description Audience This is a useful resource for helping to analyse children's literature. Title URL Bibliomania Brief description Audience A website that provides plenty of examples of short stories. Title URL shortstories www.short-stories.co.uk Brief description Audience This is a website that provides plenty of examples of short stories. Title URL Brief description Audience Schoolzone www.schoolzone.co.uk The site provides information for the study of character Title URL Brief description Audience Let Me Hear Your Voice http://rutterenglishvoicelessons.blogspot.co.uk/ This is a website that offers resources exploring different techniques in fiction such as the use of imagery and dialogue. Teachers and learners Title URL BBC Schools Ages 16+ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/16/site/english.shtml www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/writing/genreaudiencerev1.shtml The first link offers resources such as creative writing tips and access to features about English; the second link focuses on writing for genre and audience, purpose and style. Teachers and learners Brief description Audience A very useful and detailed website. Teachers and learners www.quantumtheatre.co.uk/storyteachersnotesKS2.pdf Teachers and learners www.bibliomania.com/ShortStories Teachers and learners Teachers and learners Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Audience BeginningWriters.com www.beginningwriters.com The website offers tips and guidance on creative writing. Title URL Brief description elc www.elc.byu.edu/classes/buck/w_garden/guide/academic/descriptive/TE1.html The website offers tips and guidance on writing. Learners and teachers 10 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Audience Learners and teachers Title URL Cuny http://writesite.cuny.edu/projects/stages/start/freewrite/index.html Brief description Audience The website offers tips and guidance on creative writing. Title URL Brief description Audience Sandra Claassen www.mrs-claassen.co.za/1852/154301.html The website offers guidance on writing discursive and argumentative essays. Title URL JCU Study Skills Online www.jcu.edu.au/tldinfo/learningskills/mindmap/howto.html; Brief description Audience A website which offers guidance on planning strategies such as mind maps. Title URL University of Roehampton http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/unit5/index.html Learners and teachers Learners and teachers Learners and teachers http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/unit3/index.html http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/paragraphsexcercise.pdf http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/howtostudy/academicwriting/Examples%20of%2 0Introductions.pdf Brief description Audience The links offer guidance on essay planning in particular. Title URL Brief description Audience Tees Learning Hub http://dissc.tees.ac.uk/Writing/paragraphs/page9.htm ://dissc.tees.ac.uk/Writing/paragraphs/page11.htm The website offers guidance on planning areas such as sentences and paragraphs in writing. Learners and teachers Title URL Newcastle University Writing Development Centre www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wdc/learning/academic/analytic.htm Brief description Audience This is a website offering advice and guidance on writing analytically. Title URL University of Reading www.reading.ac.uk/internal/studyadvice/Studyresources/Essays/stawritingessay.aspx#introductions The website offers advice and guidance on structuring writing – from introductions, to the body of the text and conclusions. Learners and teachers Brief description Audience Title URL Brief description Audience Learners and teachers Learners and teachers The Blog Formerly Known As English Language@sfx http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/ This is a website providing a range of topics and background about English Language. Teachers and learners 11 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Title URL Brief description Audience The Language Legend http://languagelegend.blogspot.co.uk/ This is a website providing a range of topics and background about English Language. Title URL World Wide Words www.worldwidewords.org/ Brief description Audience World Wide Words tries to record at least some part of the changing developing vocabulary of the English language by featuring new words, word histories, the background to words in the news, and the curiosities of native English speech. Teachers and learners Title URL New South Wales Department of Education and Communities www.det.nsw.edu.au/eppcontent/glossary/app/resource/factsheet/4108.pdf Brief description Audience The website offers a helpful and practical list of text types and their ‘typical’ features. Title URL Omniglot www.omniglot.com/writing/writingvspeech.htm Brief description Audience This is a website which offers clear guidance on the differences between written and spoken texts. Learners and teachers Title URL Ted Power English language and Learning www.tedpower.co.uk/phonetics.htm Brief description Audience This is a website offering useful guidance on phonemic transcription. Title URL Brief description Additional notes Audience DavidCrystal.com www.davidcrystal.com/DC_articles/Clinical28.pdf This features an article exploring the difficulties of transcribing speech. Title URL Pragmatics www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/pragmatics.htm#written Brief description Additional notes Audience This provides some useful exploration of the topic as an introduction to pragmatics and its application to selected examples. A practical illustration for learners. Title URL Brief description Audience Litnotes www.litnotes.co.uk/audtheory.htm or more basic version at http://brianair.wordpress.com/film-theory/audience-responses/ A feature which explores theories of text reception – especially media texts – in a lighthearted account of ‘audience positioning’: both informative and entertaining. Teachers and learners Title The Open University Teachers and learners Learners and teachers Teachers and learners Some useful background on and starting points to the topic of transcription. Teachers and learners Teachers and learners 12 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 URL http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=397753&section=2.6 Brief description Additional notes This is a feature providing information about and an exploration of language in context. Audience Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Audience Allinfo.org -English language www.allinfo.org.uk/levelup/enb1.htm This website provides a clear guide to the features of rhetoric. Title The Speaker – a BBC television programme from 2009 URL The Open University offers a wide range of very informative and useful on-line material, some of it interactive. Teachers and learners www.bbc.co.uk/speaker/improve/experts/speechwriter.shtml Brief description Audience The programme contains some interesting material about rhetoric and speech. Title URL Dr Wheeler's Website http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/schemes.html Brief description Additional notes Audience This a website which contains a wealth of rhetorical figures to provide an understanding of their nature. There are numerous exercises and links to other relevant features and topics. Title URL The Forest of Rhetoric http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm Brief description Audience The site is intended to help beginners, as well as experts, make sense of rhetoric, both on the small scale (definitions and examples of specific terms) and on the large scale (the purposes of rhetoric, the patterns into which it has fallen historically as it has been taught and practised for 2000+ years). Teachers and learners Title URL Twenty Great American Short Stories www.americanliterature.com/SS/SSINDX.HTML Brief description Audience The website offers a range of e-texts. Title URL Novel Openings http://novelopenings.blogspot.co.uk/ Brief description Audience This website offers e-texts linked to novel openings. Title URL Writing fix www.writingfix.com/PDFs/Writing_Tools/Novel_Openings.pdf Brief description Audience This is a website which provides the openings to twenty classic novels including ones by Melville, Pynchon, Ellison, Joyce, Dickens and Beckett. Teachers and learners Teachers and learners Learners and teachers Teachers and learners Teachers and learners 13 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 Title URL Brief description Audience ereadingworksheets www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view-worksheets/point-of-view-practiceactivity.htm This is a website which offers examples and practice for writing from a certain point of view. Learners and teachers Title URL Brief description Audience whitecraftlearning www.whitcraftlearningsolutions.com/Resources/In_Media_res.pdf This is a feature which looks in particular at the term 'in media res' and some of its applications. Teachers and learners Title URL Brief description Audience Let Me Hear Your Voice http://rutterenglishvoicelessons.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/voice-lesson-3-imagery.html This is a blog which contains advice and activities which more able learners might enjoy doing. Learners Title URL Brief description Audience Thinking exercise www.elc.byu.edu/classes/buck/w_garden/guide/academic/descriptive/TE1.html This is a practice writing activity which can be used by learners unaided: it focuses on the use of sensory detail in writing. Learners Title URL University of Lancaster www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/alevel/ www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/stylistics/topic5a/7allit&rhyme.htm Brief description Additional notes Audience The first link provides an excellent link to aspects and resources of A Level English Language. The second link provides activities on the use of sounds, activities which can be used by learners unaided The first link is very useful for teachers. Teachers and learners Title URL Cuny WriteSite http://writesite.cuny.edu/projects/stages/start/freewrite/index.html Brief description Audience A writing exercise for learners to practise freewriting. Title URL BBC Brain Smart www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/memory/how_to_learn.shtml Brief description Audience A website which offers learners tips on essay planning. Title URL school-portal.co.uk www.schoolportal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupID=1059703&ResourceId=3459104 Brief description Audience A website which offers a structured planning guide for writing a composition via a template Learners Title Penn State University – John A Dutton Institute Learners Learners 14 9093 AL English Language resource list 290113 v0.2 – pm approved 18/2/13 URL www.e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/c7_p2.html Brief description Audience The website provides a style guide about, for example, the etiquette of writing e-mails and certain types of documents; it also explores issues like the use of grammar. Learners and teachers 15
