General Writing Advice

ESL Assistance

Here are links to help you if your native language is not English.

Purdue University's Writing Center ESL Resources
Purdue University's Writing Center has collected a large group of helpful handouts on many writing topics, including ESL concerns. Browse, read, and learn something more about developing your writing skills.

Article Usage
Review how articles are used in English from John Kohl at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Your Dictionary
This self-titled "Global Language Resource" has over 260 dictionaries in various languages, as well as many bilingual dictionaries.

Language Guide to Transfer Errors
"The Language Guide to Transfer Errors" lists several problem areas for multilingual/ESL writers. Use this guide to raise your awareness about your own and other languages.

The Writing Process
A helpful ESL writing site with many links, useful for native English speaking writers as well.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
This ESL site provides audio and visual language exercises for ESL students categorized as "Short Listening Exercises," "General Listening Quizzes,""Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes," and "Long Conversations."

Linguistic Funland TESL Page
This TESL home page has exercises for students, lists of organizations and journals about TESL, and descriptions of several mailing lists you can subscribe to from the site.

Dave's ESL Café
In addition to a help center where ESL teachers can answer your questions, this site has over 300 ESL links and an email connection where you can post your email address or respond to other students from all over the world.