A learning system comprising a database for storing predetermined articles having embedded linguistic hypertext links, vocabulary, grammatical rules, and grammatical data; a software engine configured to display a selected article from the predetermined articles and generate selectable teaching tools such that the selection of a teaching tool from the selectable teaching tools results in the selected article displaying embedded linguistic hypertext links associated with the selected teaching tool; and wherein the selection of one or more of the embedded linguistic hypertext links in the article provides a contextual explanation that teaches a student the conventions of standard written English.