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Lessons

Grammar	Reading & Vocabulary	Writing
The Online Grammar Page: Basic definitions and examples	CNN Newsroom: Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises plus an archive of previous lessons.	Basic Guide for Essay Writing Provides an easy step by step procedure for essay writing.
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Comprehensive with explanations and tests	Vocabulary University Three levels of challenging exercises. Tough but rewarding if you persist	Five Tools for Writing Timed Essays Tools and tips that JC students will find useful.
Deadly Sins of Grammar: Common but mortal errors.	Wide World of Words Discussion of some current words and usage	The Argumentative Essay A bit wordy but some good advice.
. English Grammar Clinic A good place for discussions on grammar rules and usage. Good FAQ as well		Doyle's Essay Tutorial How to write that Introduction? What to say in the Conclusion? Find out at this site.
CNN Newsroom: Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises plus an archive of previous lessons.	Usage Notes: Clear some of those confusions	Occasions for Expository Writing. Good overview of what is required. Not much on the how to, though.
Grammar Safari Go hunting for examples of usage of words in actual documents. Good resource for those sentence construction exercises..	Reading and Vocabulary Texts. Authentic texts with vocabulary defined, although the articles are dated.	.Elements of Style Old but valuable book on good writing.
Cobuild Home Page A page by dictionary publiher Collins. With "Word for the Day", definitions, and much more.	Words A chapter from "The Able Writer" on figurative language. Begin here and explore the rest of what is available.	Common Errors Collection of misspelled words and confused pairs

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Newspapers & magazines

The Straits Times	Time One of the best
The Times of London Registration is required, but free of charge	Asiaweek
New York Times Registration is required, but sometimes you get in free -- worth a try.	Economist Restricted number of articles, if you want more you pay.
The Australian	New Internationalist Everything you will need for GP can be found at this site
Asahi News English version of the premier Japanese newspaper	Scientific American
New York Times Text version	Discover Magazine

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Essays and Articles Essays marked * are TPJCian essays/articles

Essays on a variety of topics and written in a variety of styles

Some of these essays / articles come from sites where there are others like it, so if you like the article, explore the site.

Are general elections democratic?

Characteristics of an Intelligent Person: Duane Bristow

Culture is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew

Eugenics: The Public Policy of Eugenics Eileen Manion

Events Leading to the Attack on Pearl Harbour: Ulysses Alltrades

Globalization: The Loss of Cultural Diversity? Bernhard Serexhe

Gene Logic: Hoffman

Human Rights and Asian Values: Amartya Sen

Human Rights and Asian Values: Diane Mauzy

Is Anyone Listening? Issac Asimov

Is Cyberspace Destroying Humanity? Sven Birkerts

On Being the Fat Girl: Aino Schoeniger

On the Merits of Racial Identity: Tomas Sandoval

Relax, It's only Stress: V.F. Libassi

Slow Progress..Have People Changed over the Centuries?: J. M Sieber

The Effects of Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offences:

The End of Life as We Know It:: Kimberly Brown

The Future of the First World: Gary Kline

The Importance of Play: Ludicity and th Anti-work Ethic: Laura Martz

The Sex Trade: Whoring in Uthopia Pat Califia

Work or Die: Annalee Newitz

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Discussions you can take part in

Please note that there are different forums here, each with its own format and rules for participation. You may want to take part in one or some of these but please observe netiquette and go by the rules. If you are unfamiliar with the rules there are always explanations --just follow the links.

TPJC Discussion Board Continue a discussion or start a new topic here
Sintercom (Singapore Internet Community) forum on Singapore and World Issues (Unmoderated)-

The "Good" Singaporean Woman (Moderated)

Do Singaporeans Really Yearn for Greener Pastures? (Moderated)

Myanmar: Engagement or Isolation (Moderated)

Race and Religion in Marriage (Moderated)

School Ranking: (Moderated)

Time Magazine's Boards (You need to sign up to participate but it's free of charge). Under each category you will find a host of issues to discuss. Try it.

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nt to start you own discussion board? E-mail me with some suggestions:

Charles Remedios dio@moe.edu.sg

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Interesting Sites to Visit Danger: You may spend hours exploring these sites: Enjoy

Science Web: Explorations in Science and Technology

Alternative Medicine Home Page

Health and Medicine Page

Patton's Argument Clinic

Ctheory Page

Virtual Science Centre

Fiction Site

Women in Classical Mythology

Classical Literature

Gender and Sexuality Page

Ancient History of Athens

The Wisdom Page

Alexander the Great

Windows to the Universe

The Rome Project: Ancient Rome

The Why Files

Industrial Revolution

World War I Site and Links

World War II

Sinternet. Music Weekly

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Reference Materials http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html

Martindale's Reference Desk

Word Frequency Counter

Language Translation On-line

Terminology Dictionary (Organised by Fields or Areas)

Webster's On-line Dictionary

Roget's Thesaurus

Virtual Encyclopedia

The Web Dictionary

Smithsonian Institution

Hyper History On-line

Calculators and Science Tables

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