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MORE FREE COURSES (MOOCS) 1. Writing for the Web: https://www.open2study.com/courses/writing-for-the-web 2. English Composition I: https://www.coursera.org/course/composition 3. First Year Composition 2.0: https://www.coursera.org/course/gtcomp 4. Principles of Written English (Part 1 ): https://www.edx.org/course/berkeley/colwri2-1x/college-writing-2-1x-principles/1194 5. Principals of Written English (Part 2): https://www.edx.org/course-list 6. Principals of Written English (Part 3): https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-colwri2-3x-principles-1535 7. This course (Crafting an effective writer): https://www.coursera.org/course/basicwriting will be offered again. Just add yourself to the Watchlist to be notified of when it starts: 8. Start to write fiction: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction 9. The Future of Storytelling: https://iversity.org/c/6?r=3be08 (access to archived videos only) 10. Free English courses (Self-paced MOOCs and online Diplomas) offered by: Alison.com *If you cannot access the websites by clicking on the links then please copy and paste the links (ie URL) into your search address bar . _______________________________ Useful links for English Writing 1. http://www.writingcommons.org/ 2. http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl 3. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/ 4. http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/ 5. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm 6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/ - (General\business English) 7. Open2Studies short little video course on writing for the web 8. Dr. Jakob Nielson's work on writing for the web 9. http://www.bartleby.com/141/ You must scroll down to see the contents of this guide and click "Next" at bottom of page to see the entire guide. 10. Free Online Dictionaries: http://dictionary.reference.com/ Also: http://www.merriam-webster.com/ AND http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/ http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/thanks 11. A self-paced program of videos and exercises for learning English grammar: https://caryacademy.haikulearning.com/melissa_davenport/grammaronlinepublic/cms_page/view/6326031 12. http://www.myenglishgrammar.com/home.html _____________________________ Academic writing * Thesis statements: http://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academic-writing/thesis-statement.php * Academic essays: http://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academic-writing/academic-essays.php * Citation Chart: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf * Introductions: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/introductions/ * Conclusions: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/ * Formatting Citations: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ * Organizational Patterns in Academic Writing: http://valenciacollege.edu/wp/cssc/documents/OrganizationalPatternsinAcademicWriting. pdf ______________________________ Other useful links: 1. The BBC does a good site for Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/ 2. Business English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/ 3. Purdue Online Writing Lab: : https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/974/2/ This has good resources for English as a second Language Students (ESL) - Click on the Navigation panel on the left-hand side of the website page to see the full menu. ______________________________ Targeted help * Types of sentences: http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/writing/forms/Kinds%20of%20Sentences.pdf * List of action verbs at: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/students/documents/resume_action.pdf ALSO: http://www.westga.edu/~rmcrae/FYW/awesome_action_verbs.htm * Download the free "Crafting an Effective Writer Reading Book" covering grammar at: https://class.coursera.org/basicwriting-003/wiki/Resource2 * Paragraphs: http://writingcommons.org/process/organize/paragraphs * For organizing your writing: http: //writingcommons.org/process/organize * Types of Clauses: http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/writing/forms/Types%20of%20Clauses.pdf * Tips for writing effective titles: http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/titles.pdf * Tips on how to punctuate Titles: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Punctuating_Titles_chart.pdf * Conciseness: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/1/ * Paramedic method for conciseness: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/635/01/ ______________________________ Online Tools that you can use: 1) To check for number of words, sentences, readability, etc: http://wordcounttools.com/ 2) To check if your composition is concise: http://www.writersdiet.com/WT.php 3) Free online Grammar, spelling, proofreading checker: http://www.paperrater.com/ 4) To check for plagiarism: http://www.plagaware.com https://www.plagtracker.com AND http://www.duplichecker.com 5) You can use a lot of tools to build your own journal: a. www.blogger.com b. www.wordpress.com c. https://www.tumblr.com/ d. Google Doc e. MS Word 6) Free Mind mapping software: http://www.xmind.net/ 7) Mind mapping: http://wisemapping.com/inyourserver.html 8) Gephi is an interactive visualization and exploration platform for all kinds of networks and systems: https://gephi.org/ ****************************************** -- thanks and regards sasidhar help ever, but hurt never Love all! 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