Writing Center: Resources for ESL Students

Dave's ESL Cafe has links to numerous resources and has a help center which answers specific questions twenty-four hours a day. The idiom and phrasal verb links can be very useful as they list common English expressions with which many ESL students may not be familiar.

The ESL Blues site offers overviews on a wide range of specific points of grammar and has tons of exercises for students to try.

This page offers ESL students the opportunity to practice their language skills through a wide range of activities, including games and quizzes, on such topics as grammar, vocabulary, and idioms.

This page has a wealth of information on all aspects of reading and writing. It includes strategies on everything from writing a paper to taking a test to memorizing vocabulary words.

This handout is an introduction to the basics of academic writing conventions for students who are new to American colleges and universities.

This handout is an introduction to some of the basics of working, networking, and living at US colleges and universities.

Shen, Fan. "The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to Learning English Composition." College Composition and Communication, Vol. 40, No. 4 (December 1989): 459-465.