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Apr 26 2008

Writing from Kuwait (part 2)

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Reading, Writing, Researching

Paragraphs written by spring semester 141 classes.

My First Car by Sheikha Mohamed

There are a lot of kinds, shapes, colours and sizes of cars. When somebody wants to buy a car, he or she will think a lot about which kind of car he or she will buy. I will buy an Infinity and it will be my first one, but I don’t think about the colour because there are a lot of nice colours. I think I will be very happy when I buy it and I will like it. I should follow the rules of the road then. Finally, I think I will use it for a long time.

31st June 2005 by Sheikha Mohamed

The 31st June 2005 began and my family and I were worried about my results in high school. Then I searched with my family on the Internet to see my results. After that I saw them and I got a B, so I could study in the College of Social Sciences in Kuwait University. I hugged my mother and we were crying and happy at the same time. Then, I hugged my father, sisters and brothers, and we were all happy about this result. After that, I went with my mother and bought sweets, before going to my grandmother’s home. My mother threw sweets and the children there collected them. Finally, my family said "Congratulations" to me and after that my parents, aunts and uncle gave me nice presents.

My Favourite Buildings in Kuwait by Hessa, Nawal, Athbeya and Wadha

Entertainment City

Entertainment City was built in Doha and was opened officially in 1984. It contains three worlds: Arabic World, Future World and International World. Sharq Market was opened in 1998. It is situated within easy reach of Kuwait City and Salmiya. This market is the most famous one in Kuwait.

Kuwait Towers

Kuwait Towers are a symbol of Kuwait and our culture. They were built in 1979. They lie on Arabian Gulf Road. They are used for entertainment and water storage.

Liberation Tower

Liberation Tower is located in Kuwait City. It was opened on the 15th March 1996. It is used for communications.

The Best Person in the World by Alia Al-Radaan

The best person in the world was Baba Jaber, the Prince of Hearts, the former Emir of Kuwait. He is the best, at least for me and for all Kuwaitis. He always took care of us by improving our education and way of learning, our health services, our jobs, and our salaries. He also helped other people (non-Kuwaitis) by giving help to other countries and the poor people in the world. We really miss him.

The Best Person in the World by Nora Adel

The best person in the world is my mother. How great a mother she is. She is the greatest mother in all the world. I consider her to be a mother, sister, and father. She helps me and gives me advice when I need it. Also, she takes care of me and my family. Although she works, she cooks and cleans without being bored. She looks after me when I am sick and she becomes like medicine to my mind and body. This shows that she is kind-hearted and affectionate. In addition, she is patient, generous and kind. Finally, I appreciate all the things that she does for me and my family. I hope I can repay her marvelous work in the future (or soon). All my love and best wishes go to the mothers of the world.

Money by Ebtisam

Money is a weapon with two sides: it can bring happiness, but sometimes it brings sadness. When it brings happiness, it lasts for a short time in people’s lives, because when someone wins a lot of money, he or she will feel happy for a short time or for a few days. Then he or she will definitely return to his or her original feelings. However when someone is rich and has a lot of money because he or she was born with it, he or she will use it as if nothing strange has happened. Money can bring sadness. For example when someone wins 1,000,000KD, he or she might feel shocked and can’t believe his or her eyes and he or she might suffer heavy breathing or a heart attack. By the way, people keep making mistakes when using money because they might prefer it to other people, will not give any importance to them and will not care about them either, so I think money is evil and an angel too. When it brings happiness it is an angel, but when it brings sadness, it is called evil.

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Apr 19 2008

Call Questionnaire

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Reflections

Introduction

These are the results of a questionnaire I gave to my students at the beginning of April, to get feedback about their knowledge of computing, and their reactions to the international project. It was given out to 50 students, in 3 classes.

Results of Questionnaire

1 I can send and receive emails in English

Yes 36

No 13

N/R 2

I can send attachments by email

Y28

N21

3 I can make a movie with www.dvolver.com

Y26

N19

4 I have sent my movie to Ms. Dot

Y16

N34

5 I have registered with Blackboard

http://bb.kuniv.edu

Y23

N23

6 I have changed my password and email address in Blackboard

Y14

N36

7 I often check the 141 site in Blackboard to see if there is new information and files

Y22

N28

8 I have subscribed to http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org

Y16

N31

9 I have posted a comment in http://esleflstudents.edublogs.org/

Y11

N39

10 I enjoy the computer lab work

Y46

11 I have learned a lot in the computer lab

Y38

N11

12 I would like to bring my laptop to the computer lab

Y22

N27

13 I have subscribed to http://esleflstudents.edublogs.org/

Y16

N33

14 I like working with overseas students

Y35

N15

15 I have used the Internet to learn grammar

Y19

N29

16 I have used the Internet to become a better reader

Y43

17 I have a computer at home

Y45

18 I would like to have a foreign email pal

(please send me an email if you want one. You can also get one at the end of semester, if you are too busy just now)

Y22

N27

19 I hate computers

N47

20 I hate the Internet

N45

Notes:

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Apr 18 2008

A Little Book of Useful Links

Published by Dot MacKenzie under ESP (Science), Links

Dot MacKenzie & Eman Marafi

Feb 2006

Links – Introduction – How Can You Use the Internet to Study?

The Internet is an extremely useful means of obtaining information about any subject under the sun. Once you are connected to Netscape Communicator, for example, it is possible to type any word in the search box, and you will usually find a list of sites that provide information about the word or subject you are looking for. There are also many ways that the Internet can be used to learn English, such as:

1. learning the alphabet as you type

2. learning alphabetical ordering

3. learning to read numbers

4. scanning – working out what is useful when you are reading

5. synthesizing information from different sources

6. listening and understanding spoken English

7. writing emails to friends around the world

Moreover, there are many sites that can help you to study grammar, test you on your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, or teach you reading and writing skills, as well as sites where you can look up meanings of new words, and learn idioms. They are of use to beginning students, and those who are writing PH. D. dissertations.

In addition, if you are studying other subjects, the following list of websites may be of interest. Try them and see what you find. With some of them, you will be given links to other useful sites. There is no limit to the amount of information that you will find, useful and useless, interesting and boring. The only limit is time since most of us do not want to spend all day looking at a computer screen.

Unfortunately, links change so that some of the links here may not work. If you need specific information, type a word related to the information in a search box, and you should find lots of links. The problem then is that you will have to open each site to see if it is easy enough for you to understand, and to assess the information for its relevancy.

Advice for Authors

Alumni

Arabic

Arabic/English dictionaries

Archaeology

Architecture

Art galleries

Asking questions

Associations

Biology

Blogging

Books on the web

Business English

Calendars

CALL

Chemistry

Climatology

Clip art

CMC (Computer mediated communication)

Computer science

Conferences

Creative technology

Diagrams

Dictionaries/Idioms

Disabilities

Distance education

E-learning

Encyclopaedia

English

Environment (see geography)

E-publishers

ESP

Examinations

Food

Foreign languages

French

Games

Genealogy

Geography

Geology

German

Grammar

Groupboards

Health

History

Holidays

Home exchange

Homework

How stuff works

Idioms

Journals – see newspapers

Just for fun

Kids

Kids (teachers’ links/CALL)

Kuwait

Kuwait University online language learning

Language Schools – Kuwait

Lesson plans & material

Libraries

Linguistics

Links for majors

Listening & speaking

Magazines (see newspapers)

Marking schemes

Maths

Medical English

Meeting other teachers

Movies

Museums

Music (ESL/EFL) (see songs)

Muslim scientists/philosophers

Nasreddin

Natural history

Newspapers/magazines/journals

Oceanography

Odds & ends

Online ESL/EFL journals

Online magazines

Ornithology

Patents

Phonics (see pronunciation)

Photography

Poetry

PowerPoints

Prefixes

Presentation skills

Professional organisations

Projects

Pronunciation/phonetics

Proverbs & quotations

Publishers

Puzzles

Quizzes

Quotations

Reading

Reference/encyclopaedia

Report writing – low level

Report writing – higher level

Report writing – advanced

Report writing – other links

Rhetorical functions

School directory for Kuwait

Science

Search engines

Security (computer)

Slang

Smileys

Songs

Space

Speaking (see listening)

Speed reading

Sports

Statistics

Student life

Surfing the net

Teachers’ CALL links/Teaching ideas/Materials/Lesson plans

Teacher training

TESOL/TEFL

Testing & assessment (see quizzes & exams)

TOEFL

TOEIC

Translating

Travel

Treasures of Arabia

Typing

Virtual offices

Vocabulary/Internet vocabulary

Webquests

Websurfing

Worksheets

Writing

Why?

Young learners (see kids)

Zoology

Advice for Authors

http://www.author.co.uk/

www.authorlink.com/index.html

www.getpub.com/index.htm

http://www.writers.org.uk/

Alumni

http://infophil.com/Kuwait/Alumni/

http://www.alumni.net/Middle-East/Kuwait/Kuwait-University/

Arabic

http://www.j-cias.com/babel/arabic/001.htm

www.academicinfo.net/langarabic.html

Arabic/English Dictionary

www.dictionary.ajeeb.com/en/htm

www.almisbar.com/dict_page.html

Archaeology

www.becominghuman.org

www.cc.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/

www.channel4.com/nextstep/great_excavations

www.julen.net/aw

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

www.rchme.gov.uk/ioe

British listed buildings

www.stoa.org/metis

Photos and information about ancient monuments

www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/kuwait/

http://www.web.idirect.com/atrium/thisday.html

www.world-heritagetour.org

Unesco’s world heritage sites

http://Discoverychannel.co.uk/rebuildingthepast/_home

Replica Roman villa

Architecture

http://www.geocities.com/dygonza/unitsyllabus.html

http://www.architectureforall.com/

Art galleries

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

http://www.centrepompidou.fr/

http://www.christusrex.org/

www.illusion.com.kw

Kuwaiti art gallery

http://www.moma.org/

www.mistral.culture.fr/louvre

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

http://www.nga.gov/

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Asking questions

http://www.allexperts.com/

http://www.askme.com/

www.earl.org.uk/ask

www.ipl.org/ref/que

Associations

See professional organisations

Biology

http://www.becominghuman.org

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

http://www.cells.com/

http://www.cellsalive.com/

http://www.genochoice.com/

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience

http://www.mbbe.com/

Online learning centre

www.nature.com/genomics/human

http://www.newscientist.com/

www.nbii.gov/index.html

Blogging

https://www.blogger.com/

Books

http://www.abebooks.com/

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.bibliomania.com/

http://www.biblion.com/

http://www.bol.com/

http://www.classicbookshelf.com/

http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/

http://www.intac.com/~booklink/

http://www.keltic.co.uk

http://www.luminarium.org/

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/

www.promo.net/pg

Gutenberg Online Library

http://www.rocket-ebook.com/

http://www.studentbookworld.com/

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/

Business English

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/BusinessEnglish.asp

Grammar and vocabulary exercises for business English

http://www.bulats.org/

Business language testing service

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html

Vocabulary, grammar, reading, presentations, etc

www.english-english-english.com

Multimedia techniques

http://marksesl.com/site_map.html

http://www.eslgold.com/

Links for business English

http://eslcafe.com/search/Business_English/index.html

Business English links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/index.html

Exercises for business English

http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter8/

Inferences

http://eleaston.com/biz/bizhome.html

Business English links

Calendars

http://highhopes.com/21centurycalendar.html

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/main.html

Make your own calendar, with Saturday as the first day of the week.

CALL

http://www.members.tripod.com/grovesie/call.htm

Information and ideas on using the WWW and computers for teaching. You can share your own ideas and questions.

www.aitech.ac.jp/~teslj/TESL/CALL

Extensive CALL links

www.coe.missouri.edu/~cjw/CALL/Links.htm

Extensive list of CALL links

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/CALL/

Extensive CALL links

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/links_call.htm

Links to various CALL related sites.

http://eslcafe.com/search/Resources/index.html

Links to other sites

Chemistry

http://www.chemcenter.org/

http://chemsense.org/

www.csc.fi/lal.chem/graphics.html

http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/timeline.html

Chemistry time line

Climatology

http://www.aurorawatch.york.ac.uk/

www.bbc.co.uk/weather

www.met-office.gov.uk

www.snowforecast.com

http://www.worldclimate.com/

http://www.wunderground.com/

www.spaceweather.com

Clip art

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

Practice using clip art. Send emails to your friends and teacher with clip art included in your paragraphs. Include it in your paragraphs.

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

Learn how to insert clip art into your documents.

CMC (Computer Mediated Communication)

www.tappedin.org/

www.yahoo.groups.com

www.nicenet.net

http://helium.wimba.com

http://ispq.com/

http://geocities.com

http://www.tripod.com

Computer science

http://www.mhhe.com/

http://www.sci.kuniv.edu.kw/math_res.html

Conferences

IATEFL

http://www.iatefl.org/

TESOL

http://www.tesol.edu/conv/index.html

Diagrams

http://inspiration.com

Dictionaries/Idioms

www.almisbar.com/dict_page.htm

http://www.interport.net/

www.m-w.com

www.oed.com

www.onelook.com

www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/search.html

www.ucc.ie/infonet/acronyms/

www.webopedia.com

www.wordwizard.com/80

www.xrefer.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/Roget.html
http://www.netlingo.com/

http://www.dictionary.com/

http://www.askoxford.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://titania.cobuild.colins.co.uk/

http://farsidic.com/

Disabilities

http://eslcafe.com/search/Disabilities/index.html

Links to other sites

Distance education

www.icdlopen.ac.uk

www.homestudy.org.uk

www.open.ac.uk

Open University

www.nec.ac.uk

National Extension College

www.londonexternal.ac.uk

University of London external program

www.olc.ccta.ac.uk

Open Learning Center International

www.harcourt-learning.com

www.icslearn.com

International correspondence schools

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/odlqc/

Open and distance learning quality council

www.distance-learning.hobsons.com

E-learning

www.ukeu.com

Encyclopaedias

http://www.eb.com

Encyclopaedia Britannica on-line

http://www.encarta.msn.com

http://www.infoplease.com/

http://www.historychannel.com/

http://www.bartleby.com/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

http://www.discovery.com/

English

http://a4esl.org

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes.grammar.html

http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

http://www.britishcouncil.org/

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/

http://www.edunet.com/

http://www.english-forum.com/interactive/

http://www.english-zone.com/

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/

www.heinemann.co.uk/elt/elt.html

http://www.longman.co.uk

http://www.manythings.org/voa/

www.mcc.ac.uk/celse

http://www.monash.edu.au/

www.oup.com/elt/

www.stir.ac.uk/celt

Environment

http://www.edenproject.com/

http://www.virtualhouse.org/game.cgi

http://www.greenpeace.org/

E-publishers

www.amazon.com

http://www.barnesandnoble.com

http://www.booklocker.com/

http://www.cygenesis.co.uk/

www.know-how.org.uk/Intro.html

http://www.onlineoriginals.com/

English for specific purposes

http://www.daveseslcafe.com/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

Links for scientific writing, report writing, presentations, and research

Examinations

http://www.bulats.org/

Business language testing service

http://www.cambridge-efl.org/

Cambridge EFL

http://www.ielts.org/

International English Language Testing System

http://www.toefl.org/

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

http://www.toeic.com/

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)

Food

http://health.discovery.com/

Information and quizzes about food, health and your personality.

http://www.freshstarts.com/

Information about food

http://www.fti.net/mocolib1/kid/food1.html

History of food

http://www.recipebookonline.com/

You can send your own recipe to this site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/healthyeating/

Healthy and unhealthy food

Foreign Languages

www.travlan.com/languages/index.html

French

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/index.shtml

Games

http://eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/

Create your own learning materials

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi/Games

Games for learning English

http://www.quia.com/

Tools and templates for creating quizzes, and links to other sites
http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html
Make your own multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay quizzes. Online and ready-made quizzes

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
Make cloze, multiple choice, and comprehension quizzes, or your own homepage

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/

Create your own multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence,

crossword, matching/ordering, and gap-fill exercises. You can download free software

www.nationalgeographic.com

Games for kids

http://www.funbrain.com/detect/

Make your own word search

Genealogy

www.pro.gov.uk

Public records

www.surnameweb.org

Surname web

www.accessgenealogy.com

www.ancestry.com

vsia.edu/vnp/titanic/p2.htm

List of passengers

Worldroots.com

www.census.gov

US census

www.worldgenweb.org

www.genuki.org.uk

UK and Ireland Genealogy Service

www.rootsweb.com

www.soc.org.uk/online

www.cwgc.org

www.familiyrecords.com

www.ancestry.com

www.origins.net

Download

www.archives.ca

Canadian archives

www.genealogylinks.net

www.ukgenealogy.co.uk

www.sog.org.uk

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Geography

http://www.africam.com/

http://www.antiqueprints.com/

http://www.earthcam.com/

www.fujifilm.com/efa

www.geoexplorer.co.uk

www.geography.about.com

http://geography.miningco.com/

www.indo.com/distance/

http://www.maps.com/

www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices

www.multimap.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

www.nationalgeographic.com/maps

www.new7wonders.com/voting.php

Vote for new seven wonders of modern world

www.crystalinks.com/seven.html

www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country-frame.html

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/

www.southpole.com

www.terraquest.com

http://www.thehungersite.com/

http://www.your-nation.com/

http://en2.wikipedia.org/

Geology

www.bbc.co.uk/rocks

http://www.rodencrater.org/

German

http://Kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german.index.shtml

www.gut.languageskills.co.uk

Ages 12 – 14

Grammar

http://a4esl.org/

http://aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html

http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

http://britcoun.org/

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://www.edunet.com/

http://www.english-forum.com/interactive/

http://www.english-zone.com/

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Grammar rules and writing style, listed alphabetically.

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

Verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, determiners, practice activities, and a grammar clinic.

http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/~allenq/netgrammar/main.html

Grammar points, reading, writing, and listening practice.

http://www.Pacificnet.net/~sperling/wwwboard2/wwwboard.html

Help for ESL/EFL students.

http://www.engl.niu.edu/dhardy/grammarbook/title.html

Grammar and structure explanations with quizzes.

http://www.manythings.org/voa/

http://www.comensius.com/

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/help/grammar_help/

Hints, rules, and exercises on English grammar from Ruth Vilmi.

http://www.monash.edu.au/

Groupboards

http://www.groupboard.com

http://ssg.kuniv.edu/A6.html

Health

www.bbc.co.uk/health

http://www.centerwatch.ocm/

http://www.drkoop.com/

http://www.4woman.gov/

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

http://www.mayohealth.org/

http://www.mediconcsult.com/

http://www.medscape.com/

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

http://www.nih.gov/

http://www.quackwatch.com/

http://www.thehealthnetwork.com/

http://www.webmd.com/

History

www.erols.com/

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/gateway/index.html

http://historychannel.com

http://www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/

www.nationalgeographic.com

www.scopesys.com/anyday/

http://theclearances.org

http://www.thisdayinhistory.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg.time.html

www.activehistory.co.uk

Holidays

http://www.extremeadventures.com/au/home.php

Students’ holidays

http://www.exodus.co.uk/

Holidays all over the world.

Home exchange

http://www.homebase-hols.com/

http://www.homelink.org

http://www.intervac.com

Homework

www.bbc.co.uk/education/revision

www.bbc.co.uk/sosteacher

www.homeworkspot.com

http://www.digitalbrain.co.uk/

http://www.freeserve.com/education

http://www.gcse.com/

http://www.homeworkhigh.com/

http://www.learn.co.uk/

http://www.learnfree.co.uk/

http://www.revise.it/

http://www.revisions.co.uk/

http://www.webviews.co.uk/

http://www.yahooligans.com/

How stuff works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

www.gsp.cc

The way things work

Idioms

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/

Just for fun

http://www.comiczone.com/

Kids

http://kcu02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links to other sites

www.infotoday.com/

http://www.juniornet.com

www.baby-place.com/games.htm

Very young children’s links

Kids (Teachers’ links/CALL)

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links for children and teachers

http://www.zu.ac.ae/library/elt_teachers.html

Zayed University’s teachers’ links

Kuwait

http://www.aiwagulf.com/

http://www.arab.net/

http://www.arabsites.com/

http://www.kisr.com.kw

www.alwasat.org

www.knpc.com.kw

www.kuna.net.kw

http://kuwaitonline.com

http://www.kuwait1.net/

http://www.searchbeat.com/

www.sq8.com

www.kfas.org.kw

www.kuwaitvoice.com

www.moninfo.gov.kw

www.khaleej.com

www.ai.kuwait.com

www.kuniv.edu.kw

General site

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

Kuwait University online language learning

http://www.sis.kuniv.edu

Student information service

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

What’s on in Kuwait, and information about Arabian Peninsula

www.britishcouncil.org/kuwait/

Kuwait University Online Language Learning

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

Language schools – Kuwait

www.amideast.org

AMIDEAST

www.berlitz.com

Berlitz Language Institute

www.britishcouncil.org/kuwait

British Council

www.8qbite.com

British Institute of Training and Education

www.nht.com.kw

New Horizon

Lesson plans & material

See teachers’ CALL links

Libraries

http://www.bl.uk/

British Library

http://www.ipl.org/

Internet public library

http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/

US Library of Congress

http://www.nis.uk/

National Library of Scotland

Linguistics

http://www.cal.org/resources.update.html

Center for Applied Linguistics

http://www.eslcafe.com

Links to other sites

Links for Majors

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links to sites for many majors

http://www.infotoday.com/

Links to sites for many majors

http://webster.commnet.edu/webpicks/weblist/weblist.htm

Links for sciences, humanities, education, computers, and general education topics, e.g. writing a research paper.

http://www.amnh.org/

Information about anthropology, astronomy, biology, earth science and paleontology. Worksheets.

http://picasso.wcape.school.za/subject/subj.htm

Links to ESL, geography, history, mathematics, etc.

Listening & speaking

http://www.esl-lab.com/

www.realenglish.com

http://towerofEnglish.com

Links and quizzes

http://eslcafe.com

Links to other sites

http://www.onestopenglish.com/

Free resources

Magazines

See newspapers

Marking schemes

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/Rubrics/reportrubric.html

Scientific report rubric

www.studyzones.com

Maths

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math.drmath.college.html

http://www.lessonsplanspage.com/

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/

http://www.mathslessons.co.uk/

www.mathsnetgcse.com

www.sci.kuniv.edu.kw/math_res.html

Kuwait University’, Faculty of Science – math links

http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/ancient_numbers/maths_menu.html

Ancient number systems

http://saxakali.com/COLOR_ASP/chinamh1.htm

Math in Ancient China

http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html

Math and money

http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html

Roman numerals and date conversions

http://www.quia.com/dir/math/

Math activities

http://www.trentu.ca/academicskills/math.htm

Math links

http://www.coolmath.com/home.htm

Algebra, geometry, calculus, fractals, etc

http://en2.wikipedia.org.wiki/Mathematics

Links to many mathematical topics

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/

Math problems

Medical English

http://markesl.com/site_map.html

http://englishmed.com/

Courses for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists

Meeting other teachers

http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/do/CalendarAction

Synchronous meetings with other teachers

http://www.geocities.com/bawebhead/

Becoming a webhead

Movies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/

Information about the latest films

Museums

http://www.fmnh.org/

http://www.guggenheim.org/

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

http://www.mowa.org/

http://www.musee-online.org/

http://www.museums.reading.ac.uk/thames/ThamesIM.html

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

http://www.si.edu/

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/

Music

See songs

Muslim Scientists/Philosophers

www.Arabinfo.org/

www.asta-net.org

www.al-islam.com

www.science4islam.com

www.cyberistan.org/

www.mideasti.org/library/islam/introislam.htm

Middle Eastern religion, life and culture

Nasreddin

http://web2.uvcs/uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading

Quizzes about Nasreddin

Natural history

http://www.amnh.org/

Information about anthropology, astronomy, biology, earth science and paleontology. Worksheets

Newspapers/ Magazines/Journals

http://www.aldaily.com/

www.nytimes.com

http://www.obscurestore.com/

http://www.oneworld.net/

http://www.scitechdaily.com/

http://www.theonion.com/

http://www.english-to-go.com/english/sample_lessons.cfm

Reuters News

http://www.thepaperboy.com/

http://www.wire.ap.org/

http://www.crayon.net/

Create your own online newspapers

http://learning.turner.com/newsroom/index.html

Classroom guide for CNN news stories. Archives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/

English language activities for many different subjects.

http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html

Grammar and vocabulary exercises based on CNN newsroom broadcasts.

http://eleaston.com/

Links to all language skill areas, quizzes, tests, history, country profiles, science, sports, etc.

Oceanography

http://www.divechannel.co.uk/

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/

http://www.mermaid1.demon.co.uk/

http://www.underwaterdiscovery.org/

Odds & ends

http://www.abraxis.com/

http://aleph.se/Trans

www.deathclock.com

www.ehow.com

www.fbi.gov/

www.hammacher.com/unexp

Strange goods

www.lifeisbusy.com

www.montypython.net

www.thesurrealist.co.uk

http://www.wackyuses.com/

Online ESL/EFL journals

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html
Journal and links to other resources

http://www.chronicle.merit.edu/
Chronicle of Higher Education

http://corax.cwrl.utexas.edu/cac/
Online journal for teachers of writing

http://www.eflweb.com/
Online journal for teachers and students of English
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl
News about issues in teaching and learning EFL form the Guardian newspaper

http://www.fno.org/
Journal of educational technology for learning and literacy
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/
TESL journal. Articles, teaching techniques, activities, lesson plans, and links

http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/
E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology

http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
International peer reviewed electronic journal

http://polyglot.cal.msu.edu/llt/
E-journal for teachers of writing

http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/index.html
Online journal for foreign and second language teachers

http://www.tesol.edu/pubs/magz/tm.html
Quarterly publication of TESOL organization

Online magazines

http://www.yomag.net/

Online magazine for young Europeans. Read it, write and send your article, and see if they will publish it. Tell your friends and teacher if your article is published.

www.its-magazine.com

Ornithology

www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2408/

www.webgod.net/leonardo/flight

Patents

www.patents.ibm.com/gallery

Phonics

See pronunciation

Photography

http://www.kodak.com/

http://www.photonet.org.uk

www.stoa.org/metis

50,000 photos by Bruce Hertzler

Poetry

http://firstscience.com/site/poems.asp

Science and nature poems

http://www.readfasternow.com/links/poetry-organizations.htm

http://extext.lib.virginia.edu/epd.html

Database of poems

PowerPoint

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/index.html

Prefixes

http://www.virtualsalt.com/

Presentation skills

http://cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~aae451/presentations/index.htm
Slide presentation about making presentations and slides

http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/
Information about presentations and speeches

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/presentation.html

http://www.canberra.edu/au/studyskills/learning/oralpres.html

www.hio.hanze.nl/thar/presenta.htm

Guide to presentations

Professional organisations

www.tesol.org/
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

http://tesol-arabia.com

TESOL Arabia

http://www.britishcouncil.org/
British Council

http://www.iatefl.org/
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

http://www.catesol.org/resources.html

Pronunciation/Phonetics

http://www.sunburstmedia.com/PronWeb.html

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Pronunciation/index.html

Links to other sites

www.sunburstmedia.com/PronWeb.html

Comprehensive links

www.fonetiks.org

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html

www.rong-chang.com/pronun.htm

www.englishclub.net/pronunciation

http://www.onestopenglish.com/

http://www.celt.stir.ac.uk

Online phonology course

Proverbs & quotations

www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com

www.sylvum.com/proverbs/

www.famousquotations.com/asp/origins.asp

www.creativeproverbs.com

http://starlingtech.com/quotes/

Publishers

http://faculty.millikin.edu/~rbrooks.hum.faculty.mu/webpubcurriculum.html

Conference paper with information and links on web publishing

http://www.aw.com/

Addison Wesley Longman

http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/

Cambridge University Press

http://www.helt.co.uk

Heinemann ELT

http://www.agoralang.com

Holt, Rinehart & Winston College

http://www.thomson.com/heinle.html

Heinle & Heinle

http://www.mcp.com/

Macmillan

Http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.

McGraw Hill

http://www1.oup.co.uk

Oxford University Press

http://www.thomson.com

Thomson Publishing

http://www.press.umich.edu/

University of Michigan Press

Puzzles

http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

Make your own puzzles

http://discovery.com/index.html
Make your own crossword, word search, letter tiles, cryptogram, mazes, and math

http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

http://www.quia.com/dir/

Activities for science students

Quizzes

See grammar and English lists

http://www.nclrc.org.fltestdb/

Foreign language test database

http://a4esl.org/

Bilingual quizzes

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/

Internet TESL Journal quizzes

Quotations

http://www.brainyquote.com

Reading

http://cwa.bacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter8

Inferences

http://www.geocities.com/speed_read/

Commercial site

http://www.nelliemuller.com/reading_comprehension.htm

Reading comprehension exercises

http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/advice/english/reading/R1.htm

How to become a better reader

http://www.school-for-champions.com/grades/reading.htm

Guide to faster reading

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/texred2.htm

SQ3R reading method. Main site has study guides

http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/English/Labs.htm

Reading lab

http://www.wannalearn.com/Personal_Enrichment/Speed_Reading/

Free instructional sites

http://www.readingsoft.com/freader.html

Speed reading software and online test

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/512.html

Suggestions for increasing and effectiveness of reading

http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM

Speed reading exercises

http://www.psychwww.com/mtsite/rdstratg.html

Reading strategies

http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html

Speed reading self-pacing methods

http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/Speed1.html

Reading better and faster

http://www.school-for-champions.com/grades/reading.htm

Reading faster

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/eslc/Learning_m/reading.htm

Useful links

http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/reading.html

Reading and remembering

http://www.eslgold.com/

Links for reading

http://english-zone.com/reading/index.html

Reading exercises

http://english-zone.com/study/readtip.html

SQ3R reading method and useful reading tips

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading2.html

Reading exercises

http://www.brainquicken.com/px_project_article.asp

How to read 300% faster in 20 minutes

Reference/Encyclopaedias

http://www.about.com/

http://www.bartleby.com/62/

http://www.biography.com/

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/

http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/

http://www.eb.co.uk/

http://encyclopedia.com

http://www.eurekalert.org/

http://www.funology.com

http://historychannel.com

www.infoplease.com

http://linksmanager.com/firstscience/

http://www.nobel.se/

www.promo.net/pg

Gutenberg Online Library

http://www.refdesk.com/

Report writing – low level

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/animal/

Report about an animal

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/invention/

Report about Invention/inventors

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/planet/

Report about a planet

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/explorer

Report about an explorer

http://www.harmsky.freeuk.com/SciRep/GCSE.html

GCSE scientific report

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/bookreport.shtml

Book report

http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/howto/yahooligans/

Writing a children’s report

Report writing – higher level

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportw/understanding.html

Understanding the sections of your report/General technical guidelines

http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/osa/reports/

Successful reports for any situation

http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/studserv/report.htm

Information about report writing

http://homeworktips.about.com/library/weekly/aa012700a.htm

Writing a book report

http://www.eslnetworld.com/paper.html

Simple research paper

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ScienceReport.html

Writing a scientific report

http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/Report_Writing/body_report_writing.html

Laboratory reports

http://www.si.umich.edu/libhelp/toolkit/usingReportWriting.html

Writing reports

http://www.gary-conroy.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&s

Writing technical reports

Report writing – advanced

http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/tdrewry/reports.htm

Information about student project reports

http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/handbook.html

Technical reports

http://www.technical-writing-course.com/

Writing technical reports

http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/props.html

Technical writing proposals and reports

Report writing – other links

http://iteslj.org/links/search.cgi?query=report+writing

Report writing links

Rhetorical functions

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw~kuoll/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

School directory for Kuwait – private

www.bks.edu.kw

British School of Kuwait

www.skee.com

English School, Fahaheel

www.mdrass.moc.kw

Gulf English School

www.kes.edu.kw

Kuwait English School

www.knew.edu.kw

Kuwait National English School

www.neskt.com

New English School

www.tes.edu.kw

English School

Science

http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_fields.htm

http://www.atomicarchive.com/

www.bbc.co.uk/education/

http://www.bbc.co.uk.sia/

www.bbc.co.uk/tw/

http://www.csicop.org/

http://www.discovery.com/

www.education-world.com/science

http://encarta.com

http://encarta.co.uk

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://linksmanager.com/firstscience/

www.manythings.org/voa/

http://www.nature.com/

http://www.newscientist.com/

http://www.nytimes.com

http://www.popsi.com/

http://www.sciencedaily.co/

http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/

http://www.scientium.com/

http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/index.html

Links to topics about science

http://linksmanager.com/firstscience/links7.html

Links to different branches of science

Search engines

http://www.altavista.com/

http://www.sharpened.net/

http://www.matisse.net/

http://www.ask.com

http://www.askjeeves.com

http://www.copernic.com

http://www.directhit.com

http://education-world.com

http://www.excite.co.uk/

http://www.hotbot.com

http://www.infoseek.go.com/

http://www.go.com/

http://www.google.com/

http://www.lycos.co.uk/

http://www.nbci.com/

http://www.northernlight.com/

http://www.yahoo.com

http://www.turbo10.Com

http://www.yahooligans.com/

http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Security (Computer)

www.Sygate.com

http://security.kuniv.edu

Kuwait University’s security site

http://www.infopackets.com

Information about stopping hacking. Online video tutorials

http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/assess.asp

Information about protecting your privacy and stopping hackers

www.symantec.com

Download integrated software program to protect computer from hackers, viruses and network intrusion

http://www.zonelab.com/products/za/pestpatrol.html

Free firewalls

www.Sygate.com

Scan computer to check security levels

http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity

Information about home computer security

http://www.pcworld.co.uk

Router

www.pc.flank.com

Free firewall

www.rdcomp.net/ezbackitup/index.php

Free back ups

Slang

http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/

Links for learning slang

http://www.slanguage.com/

Smileys

http://paulmerton.ac.uk/ascii/smileys.htm

Songs

http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/songs/lyrics.asp

List of links

http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/lesson_plans/index.htm

Using music to teach English

http://thisdayinmusic.com

Space

http://www.badastronomy.com/

http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras

http://www.explorespace.com/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

http://hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/asthwto/TriAst.htm

Astrophotography

http://www.hubble.stsci.edu/

http://www.hubblesite.org

http://www.inconstantmoon.com/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://popastro.com/home.htm

http://www.popsci.com/space

www.ras.org.uk/html/astrolinks.html

http://www.setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

www.seti@home.ssl.berkeley.edu

Sign up to use your computer to search for life on other planets!

www.spaceadventures.com

http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/

http://www.spacer.com/

http://www.stsci.edu/resources/

http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/

Great photos from space

Speed reading – See reading

Sports

http://www.sportsid.com/

Videos to teach sports

Statistics

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

http://www.wiley.com/college/daniel

Student life

www.gap.org.uk

http://www.nus.org.uk/

http://english-zone.com/study/langs.html

How to be a good language student

Surfing the Net

If you do not know how to surf the net very well, the following sites will teach you how to search for information. Go to Click on ICT, Welcome to the Web and follow the instructions on the screen. Your teacher will help you if you do not know what to do. He/she will also give you print outs of the worksheets you have to fill in. You have to click on the boxes marked the Internet, Web Browsers, Searching the Internet, and Researching on the Net.

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

http://www.northernwebs.com/bc/

Comprehensive on-line tutorial

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/

Instructions on using the Web

http://www.wowusa.com/Internet101/

Course about web-searching and computing

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Internet_Basics/

Internet basics

http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/cyprus2001/workshop/

Internet applications in foreign language teaching

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll

Links to may interesting sites

Teachers’ CALL links/ Teaching ideas/Materials/ Lesson plans

http://www.isabelperez.com/tesllinks3.htm

Comprehensive list of links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
English language activities for different subject areas

http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html
Grammar and vocabulary exercises based on CNN Newsroom broadcasts

http://eleaston.com/
Links to activities in all language skill areas, quizzes and tests, history, country profiles, science, sports, etc

http://members.home.net/kayem/teach/wrkshts.html
Printable worksheets

http://www.esllessons.com/
Assorted lesson plans divided by skill area and level

http://www.english-to-go.com/english/sample_lessons.cfm
Free lesson plans based on Reuters News. Archives

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/zaire/131/onlinematerials.htm
Handouts, quizzes, articles, lesson plans, theory, etc

http://www.thestoryteller.org.uk/
Monthly online publication with suggestions for teachers
http://www.teachervision.com/
Lesson planning center, newsletters, teaching ideas, subject specific materials, etc

Teacher training

http://www.catesol.org.resources.html

TESOL/TEFL

http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html

Cutting Edge CALL Demos

http://esl.about.com/

Links for pronunciation, grammar, listening, reading, vocabulary, writing, quizzes, by skill level

http://www.academicinfo.net/esl.html

Links for ESL teachers and learners

http://www.lll.uiuc.edu/resources/index.html

Links for resources for teaching, culture, research, radio, journals, etc

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

Links divided into skill areas and topics

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/free.html

Links to listening, grammar, reading, writing, teachers’ resources, etc

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/

TEFL, TESL, and TESOL links for students and teachers

http://www.efl.arts.gla.ac.uk/Links.htm#lang

Links for teachers and students, including reading, writing, and grammar

http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/
Information about preparing presentations and speeches. Downloadable powerpoint presentations that teachers can use in the classroom

http://www.esllessons.com/

Lesson plans divided by skill area and level

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/zaire/131/onlinematerials.htm

Handouts, quizzes, articles, lesson plans, theory, etc

http://www.thestoryteller.org.uk/

Suggestions and activities

http://www.teachervision.com/

Lesson planning center, newsletters, teaching ideas, subject specific materials, etc

Testing & assessment

See quizzes

TOEFL

http://www.toefl.org/

Test of English as a Foreign Language

http://www.kaplan.com/intl/toefl_top.html

Information about TOEFL test

TOEIC

http://www.toeic.com/

Test of English for International Communication

Translating

www.spiegel.de

http://world.altavista.com

http://yourdictionary.com

http://www.directlanguages.com/

Travel

http://www.abirdseyeviewof.com/

http://www.atomictourist.com/

http://www.cheapflights.com/

http://www.daysoutuk.com/

www.extremeholidays.com

http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel

http://www.humanclock.com/

http://www.lastminute.com/

http://www.laterooms.co.uk/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

http://www.mapquest.com/

http://www.oanda.com/

Currency exchange

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/

www.spaceadventures.com

http://www.thomascook.com/

http://www.vintagelabels.org/

http://www.whatsonwhen.com/

http://www.worldclimate.com/

www.worldtimezone.com

Treasures of Arabia

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Typing

http://typingmaster.com

http://easytype.com

http://typequick.com.au

Virtual offices

http://www.tappedin.org

http://ssg.kuniv.edu.kw/A6.html

Vocabulary

http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/ConceptsTch.htm
Advanced Students

http://eslcafe.com

Links for vocabulary learning

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/linguisticsissues/teachingvocabulary.html
Advanced learners
http://people.bu.edu/jpettigr/Artilces_and_Presentations/Vocabulary.htm
Techniques for teaching simple to advanced vocabulary

http://www.orst.edu/Dept/eli/july2000.html
Vocabulary games

http://www.vocabulary.com/

Useful links and ideas for teaching vocabulary

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/textools/web_vp.html
Software to mark texts according to first 1000 words, second 1000 words, and AWL

http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~waring/Wordlists/lemma.html

2000 most common words in English

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/div1/awl/awlinfo.html

Academic word list

http://132.208.224.131/

Test your knowledge of vocabulary

http://plaza3.mbn.or.jp/~bauman/aboutgsl.html

2284 most common words in English

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ConcordanceIndex/

Links to several concordances, including Brown Corpus and Academic Word List

http://www.m-w.com/shakespeare/ShakHome.htm

Words and meanings first used by Shakespeare

http://www.wordfocus.com

Latin and Greek elements in English

Webquests

http://www.Nationalgeographic.com

http://www.nelliemuler.com/Nellies_English_Projects.htm

Webquests for teachers, students, and adults

http://schooldiscovery.com/

Web surfing

http://www.northernwebs.com/bc/

Comprehensive on-line tutorial

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/

Instructions on using the Web

http://www.wowusa.com/Internet101/

Course about web-searching and computing

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Internet_Basics/

Internet basics

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

Teaches you how to surf the net

http://ask.elibrary.com/

Research tool for archives of 17 million documents

Worksheets

http://www.english-to-go.com/

Archive of instant lesson plans based on Reuters’ news

http://members.home.net/kayem/teach/wrkshts.html

Printable worksheets

Writing

See 162, 163 and 173 writing links in

http://uc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

http://english.unitecnology.ac.za/writers/

Writers’ Window. Write and display your writing. Complete a continuous story and send it to this site so it is published on the Internet http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/centers.html

Links to Writing Centers

www.english-zone.com/writing/para-strctr.html

Writing paragraphs

http://www.dictionary.com/writing

Links to writing resources

http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/logo.htm

Exercises for scientific writing

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Scientific writing and research

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

Scientific writing and research

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/