English Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
Showcase
The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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Teaching Interventions
We aim to help teacher-scholars discuss race and other charged topics in the college classroom.
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Academic Guides: Grammar: Sentence Structure and Types of Sentences
This guide includes instructional pages on sentence structure and the different types of sentences. The following topics...
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Online Exercises for English Grammar
This site contains a variety of grammar quizzes. Students answer the questions and the quizzes are automatically graded....
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English Grammar Lessons
This site contains groups of exercises for a variety of grammar exercises. One can download each group as a PDF.
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Everyday English 2
Course description Course content Course reviews Having good English skills are important for everyday life. In fact,...
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Everyday English 1
Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? This free course...
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English: skills for learning
This course is for anybody who is thinking of studying for a university degree and would like to develop the English...
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English in the world today
How did English become the global force it is today? This free course, English in the world today, explores the status of...
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English grammar in context
What are the differences between spoken and written English? Is use of grammar more or less complex than it appears? This...
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Cereal is Soup
This OER textbook on argument is different from other textbooks in these ways: It’s free digitally. The “With Readings”...
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English 5130 - Advanced Creative Writing in Specialized Genres
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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English 310 - Corporate Communication
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Elements of Prose Fiction: Quizizz — The world’s most engaging learning platform
Find and create gamified quizzes, lessons, presentations, and flashcards for students, employees, and everyone else. Get...
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Technical Report Writing Guidelines
This document specifies the recommended format to be used when submitting a formal technical report in a variety of...
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Business Communication for Success
Business Communication for Success provides a comprehensive, integrated approach to the study and application of written...
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Business English for Success
This text starts with a solid foundation in written communication with several opportunities to both review the...
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Paradox and Infinity
This course presents highlights of the more technical side of philosophy. It studies a cluster of puzzles, paradoxes, and...
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Writing About Race
Does race still matter, as Cornel West proclaimed in his 1994 book of that title, or do we now live, as others maintain,...
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Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities
Caribbean Creole languages result from language contact via colonization and the slave trade. In this course we explore...
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Seeing the City Afresh
This course explores the city through writing—listening to the voices of poets, short story writers, novelists,...
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Language Acquisition I
This course focuses on the process by which native speakers of a language acquire the ability to speak and understand...
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Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
Informed by a writing philosophy that values both spontaneity and discipline, Michelle Bonczek Evory’s Naming the...
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History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction
History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction combines innovative literary and historiographical analysis to...
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Brehe's Grammar Anatomy
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth...
New Members
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Linda AlduinLit High
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pihu patelNone
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Mary SylwesterPortland Community/Technical College
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Lauren CardonUniversity of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
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Elizabeth AlcortaNone
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Eleanor BinningsMetropolitan State University of Denver
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Susan SawyerNone
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Kabita SharmaChitwan Sakriya Women's Foundation
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Tufail ChandioUniversity of Sindh
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Maren AntonMt. Diablo Adult Education
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terry thomsonbeemedz
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Christian LopezDIFS
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Amy BeaudryQuinsigamond Community College
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Tsiky K. RanaivoarsonUniversity of Antananarivo
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Azra IqbalPrivate
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Brian CroftWestern Nebraska Community/Technical College
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Carmela CaranyaganMinistry of Education
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Kelly KallnerMadison Area Technical College
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Rebecca QuinnSierra College
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Kathryn OrtizPima Community/Technical College
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Allegra JarvisACE Charter High School
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Candace ReeseCollin County Community/Technical College
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Heather MoultonCentral Arizona College
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Nicholas EnkeCalifornia State University, Fullerton
Materials by Discipline
- Language (1144)
- Literature (860)
English on the Web
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'Shared very cordial relations with didi': Ex-JMM MLA on Droupadi Murmu - India Today
Jun 24, 2022 04:20 PM PDT
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How To Find A Good Essay Writing Service - Interview Times
Jun 24, 2022 03:16 PM PDT
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MLA Thomas Deng charged with hacking into Alberta Health Services website
Jun 24, 2022 03:14 PM PDT
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CSU Summer Arts Festival Kicks Off With Jazz and Poetry - Sierra News Online
Jun 24, 2022 02:38 PM PDT
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Bougainvillea — Poetry by David Lee Garrison | Retirees Association
Jun 24, 2022 01:45 PM PDT
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Maharashtra crisis: One more Shiv Sena MLA joins rebel Eknath Shinde's camp
Jun 24, 2022 01:30 PM PDT
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Alberta MLA Thomas Dang charged with Health Information Act breach, could face $200K fine - CBC
Jun 24, 2022 01:22 PM PDT
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One more Shiv Sena MLA Dilip Lande joins rebel Eknath Shinde's camp
Jun 24, 2022 01:10 PM PDT
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Join The Ivy Bookshop for After Midnight: A Poetry Celebration Featuring Ryan Artes And ...
Jun 24, 2022 01:08 PM PDT
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RCMP lay non-criminal charge against Alberta MLA Thomas Dang - CTV News Edmonton
Jun 24, 2022 12:38 PM PDT
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Former NDP MLA Thomas Dang charged under Health Information Act | Edmonton Journal
Jun 24, 2022 12:16 PM PDT
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Barbie dance, spoken word poetry: Performances showcased at Binibining Pilipinas 2022 ...
Jun 24, 2022 12:16 PM PDT
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8 Best Essay Writing Service for Students in the US | Branded Voices - Native News Online
Jun 24, 2022 12:02 PM PDT
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Baxter Black, Who Elevated Cowboy Poetry to Folk Art, Dies at 77 - The New York Times
Jun 24, 2022 11:33 AM PDT
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Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and Kent State poetry project express support for Ukraine
Jun 24, 2022 11:09 AM PDT
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Is This the Golden Era of Queer Literature? | Vogue
Jun 24, 2022 10:44 AM PDT
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Bihar BJP MLA gets death threat over phone, lodges complaint to police - Hindustan Times
Jun 24, 2022 10:39 AM PDT
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Jenn Espinoza's Poetry Creates a World Where Trans People Are Safe | Observer
Jun 24, 2022 10:36 AM PDT
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AIMIM MLA's driver beats up journalist Mohammad Ali and his father, video viral: Watch what he said
Jun 24, 2022 09:29 AM PDT
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When I use a word . . . . Counterfactual medical history: Milton's poetry | The BMJ
Jun 24, 2022 09:21 AM PDT
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