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These pages are dedicated mainly to HTW's students of English, especially to      Chemistry Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation Computer Sciences Women General Science and Technology Cartography and Surveying Colleagues These pages will include, among other things, reading assignments along with other information that seems pertinent to me for these courses of study. All homework assignments will also be included for those who tend to leave their notebooks at home.  You will also find links to    dictionaries general reference news vocabulary writing tips acronyms, etc. GRAMMAR intercultural communication internships If you come across any links which you think other HTW students of English might enjoy OR if you discover broken links, please pass them on.  8 July 2008, mail to liston at htw-dresden.de First, one of the many links on "Netiquette," this one thanks to Albion and Virginia Shea. Of increasing importance is "How to Cite Electronic Sources"; these links are supplied by The Library of Congress.  The following links include dictionaries, encyclopedias, on-line grammars, electronic journals; most belong to the rubric "general knowledge".  DICTIONARIES The Oxford English Dictionary Merriam-Webster's A Web of Online Dictionaries A Multilingual On-Line Dictionary: Logos LEO Dictionary German-English English-German For those who have the good fortune to study English with Americans, British, Irish, and Germans educated in the UK but who sometimes feel the need for translation help:  The American-British - British American Dictionary VOCABULARY A.Word.A.Day Another "word of the day", this one The Maven's. ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, PHRASES The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server A Glossary of the European Communities and European Union: Acronyms, Initiatives, Institutions, Policies, Programmes, Terms,  by Derek Urwin GENERAL REFERENCE Encyclopedia Britannica Encarta Online The CIA's  World Factbook The USA's gateway Healthfinderto "consumer health information" Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Printing Office ON-LINE/ONLINE GRAMMARS as well as other language-learning links October 1997's "Best of the Net", a wonderful Internet Grammar with interactive quizzes An On-line English Grammar and an English for Internet, free English courses including grammar, writing, listening and speaking A Web of On-line Grammars English as a Second Language Homepage as well as Lingua Center Home Page from the Division of English as an International Language, lots of language learning links provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Yamada Web Guide to English as a Second Language Resources for English Language and Culture from Ohio University DAILIES, WEEKLIES, MONTHLIES, QUARTERLIES The International Herald Tribune USA Today CNN PBS Time Magazine, People, Life, Fortuneand many others And the wonderful NewsLink Slate for all you Anglophiles The BBC The Daily Telegraph The Economist (You can access the complete edition through the HTWD Library.) The Financial Times PRACTICAL TRAINING ABROAD Writing Tips includes a whole section of links for résumés. Studienberatung USA in der Fachhochschule Hannover "Effective Applications" Further preparation for that stay abroad is offered by Travel Language which, daily word by daily word, offers translations and pronunciation help in a number of languages.

3 December 2001, M.R. Liston